In this category you will find articles covering the FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK). This includes race reports, analyses, background information and developments involving riders, teams and manufacturers.
The list below brings together news from the current season, reports from individual race weekends and updates regarding the rider market, technical developments and regulation changes. Off-track topics such as contract situations or strategic decisions may also be covered.
This section provides a central overview of all WorldSBK-related content and allows direct access to season-specific topics, riders and teams.
At Jerez, Honda sent the next generation of the CBR1000RR-R Fireblade onto the track for the first time, hidden under a camouflage livery. The race bike features Ducati-inspired aerodynamics and is expected to form the basis of a new homologation model.
Franco Morbidelli is leaving MotoGP after nine years and will ride for the Ducati factory team Aruba.it Racing in the Superbike World Championship in 2027. He takes over the Panigale V4 R of world champion Nicolò Bulega, and his experience with Michelin tyres plays an important role.
The founder of ZXMoto has a big goal: he wants to build more than one million motorcycles a year. The path there is set to run through a superbike with a V5 engine, for which there is no room in the current regulations yet.
The CFMoto V4 SR-RR is turning its first laps on the race track, with riders in the saddle who will soon be racing in MotoGP. The test with the Aspar team shows how closely CFMoto links its first superbike to its own racing plans.
ZXMoto’s new V5 engine is said to be on show at EICMA in November, with the Superbike World Championship named as the target for 2028. Yet a five-cylinder does not appear in that series’ rulebook at all.
Nicolo Bulega moves up from the Superbike World Championship to MotoGP for the 2027 season and will race for the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team. Ducati Corse has extended its agreement with the 26-year-old Italian, while his five-year spell with the Aruba.it Racing Superbike team comes to an end.
Jack Miller will race in the Superbike World Championship from 2027 and has signed a two-year contract with Yamaha. The Australian takes over Xavi Vierge’s seat in the factory team, ending twelve years in the premier class.
The ZXMoto 820RR and the Ducati Panigale V2 have long been racing against each other in the Supersport World Championship, yet they do not meet in any showroom so far. A comparison of engine, suspension, brakes and prices shows how big the gap between the Chinese newcomer and the Italian supersport bike really is in 2026.
Bimota and electronics partner GET have revealed how the movable winglets on the KB998 Rimini work. The technology is now fitted to the road-legal model as well, but it could disappear from racing as early as 2027.
Jorge Martinez has clearly spelled out the order of CFMoto’s racing plans. The Chinese manufacturer is to enter World Superbike first and only tackle MotoGP after that.
BMW dominates WorldSBK with the M1000RR, but below this flagship there is no sport motorcycle for additional world championship classes. Motorsport director Sven Blusch now hints for the first time that this could change.
Brembo Hyction: Carbon-ceramic brakes coming to the Superbike World Championship in 2027
Provec Racing unveiled a special edition of the KB998 Rimini at Assen that is consistently tailored to the racetrack. The run is limited to only five motorcycles worldwide, each tied to an extensive support package centred on the Superbike World Championship.
The Chinese motorcycle manufacturer ZX Moto has won its first World Supersport Championship race. Valentin Debise took a double victory in Portimão on the 820RR — a twin-cylinder that is shaking up the established order.
During an international raid in Mexico, investigators discovered an extraordinary collection of historic and modern racing motorcycles. The seized machines are attributed to one of the FBI’s most wanted criminals and are considered one of the most spectacular collections of its kind.
Italian manufacturer Ducati suffered a serious theft last fall. Racing parts for MotoGP and Superbike worth around €200,000 were stolen, but have since been recovered by the police.
Following his retirement as a full-time rider in the Superbike World Championship, Jonathan Rea will now serve as an official test rider for Honda. This brings things full circle for the Northern Irishman, who began his international racing career with Honda and is now returning to the Japanese manufacturer after successful years with Kawasaki.
There will be a significant change in the paddock for the 2026 Superbike World Championship: Iker Lecuona will join the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati team and ride the Panigale V4R. This marks the end of his four-year collaboration with Honda HRC.
After almost two decades in professional motorcycle racing, Jonathan Rea announces his retirement from full-time racing at the end of the 2025 WorldSBK season. The six-time world champion, who has more titles, wins, podium finishes, and fastest laps than any other rider in the history of the Superbike World Championship, is thus drawing a line under an extraordinary career.
Toprak Razgatlıoğlu will make the long-awaited move to MotoGP in 2026, and it has now been officially confirmed. The two-time Superbike World Champion from Turkey has signed a two-year contract with the Prima Pramac Yamaha Team. After a brief but successful intermezzo with BMW, the 27-year-old is thus returning to the Yamaha family – but this time on the big stage of Grand Prix racing.
