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A strong effort by Lowes gave the British support plenty to cheer for, while there was success for home rider Scott Redding – fourth on his BMW – with Yamaha’s Jonathan Rea crossing the line in eighth place. Toprak Razgatlioglu has extended his lead at the top of the World Superbike Championship standings after competing a hat-trick of wins at Donington Park. “I’ve been in this paddock since I was 21. In 2009 I came to the Superbike World Championship. If I’m still here at 40, please tell me to make room for up-and-coming young riders. There are many fast riders coming up.

There was a breakthrough on Sunday for six-time champion Rea, 37, as he finished third in the Superpole sprint race to collect his first podium for Yamaha. The world’s first ‘Superbike’ was built by brothers Ross and Ralph Hannan in the mid/late 1970s. First ridden successfully in Australia and overseas, including the Suzuka 8 hour and the Bol d’Or 24-hour endurance races, by Graeme Crosby who went on to international success and was eventually inducted into the NZ sports “Hall of Fame”. Jonathan Rea won his third Superbike world title for Kawasaki, by winning the Magny-Cours Race 1. Aprilia rider Max Biaggi clinched his second SBK championship, pipping Kawasaki rider Tom Sykes by just half a point.

From 1993 to 1999 Carl Fogarty and Ducati dominated, Fogarty won the title a record four times and finished as runner-up twice on factory Ducatis. Troy Corser also won the 1996 title and finished as runner-up in 1995, both times on a Ducati. The championship is regulated by the FIM, the international governing body of motorcycle racing. The 2021 Superbike World Championship (known officially as the 2021 Motul FIM Superbike World Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 34th season of the Superbike World Championship. Meanwhile, Nesbitt remains for a third campaign in BSB having finished his sophomore season 11th overall.

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McPhee’s best season came in 2019 when he finished fifth overall with 1 victory, three further podiums, two poles and one fastest lap. The Nigeria Superbike Road Race, The Bikers Trophy (The BT) is held annually on the last weekend in November, in Edo State, Nigeria. It is the premier motorcycling sports event in Nigeria and West Africa with participants and spectators from all over the World. Realizing that 1,000 cc V-twin engines suited the superbike racing formula more, Honda introduced its own V-Twin powered motorcycle the VTR1000 SPW in 2000.

After a difficult 2024 World Superbike season rumours and discussion began about Jonathan Rea’s future. The 37-year-old has been in the World Superbike Championship since 2009 but has seen a drop in performance in recent seasons. In sixth position Lecuona ended a very strong weekend for Honda with three top six finishes. Nicolo Bulega, Bautista’s teammate, finished third, which drew the rookie to within 13 points of Championship leader Toprak Razgatlioglu, who is out with injury. Nicolo Bulega won Race One at the Superbike World Championship event in Jerez, but with a second place finish Toprak Razgatlioglu on a BMW M 1000 RR sealed the 2024 World Championship.

In 2003 the FIM changed the rules to allow 1,000 cc machines (twins, triples or four-cylinder) to race. Rule changes in MotoGP to allow four-stroke engines meant that Superbike Championship the Japanese manufacturers focused their resources there, leaving the Superbike World Championship with limited factory involvement7 (only Ducati and Suzuki). The motorcycles that race in the championship are tuned versions of motorcycles available for sale to the public, by contrast with MotoGP where purpose built machines are used. MotoGP is the motorcycle world’s equivalent of Formula One, whereas Superbike racing is similar to sports car racing. Superbike World Championship (also known as WorldSBK, SBK, World Superbike, WSB, or WSBK) is a silhouette road racing series based on heavily modified production sports motorcycles.

• The 2024 Superbike World Championship was the 37th season of the Superbike World Championship.
• The Superstock 600 European Championship was a support class to the Superbike World Championship.
• Beginning in 2015 the US National Superbike championship moved to a new organization, MotoAmerica, after several years of decline.
• Japanese rider Ryuichi Kiyonari won the 2006, 2007 and 2010 titles riding for HM Plant Honda.

Bayliss’ main rivals in his title defense included former MotoGP rider Max Biaggi riding a Suzuki, 2004 champion James Toseland riding a Honda and Noriyuki Haga riding a Yamaha. After all these years racing bikes in different championships, it was really the first time where I had a great chance of winning races and winning the championship — I was not an outsider anymore, I became someone that should be fighting for the title. The All Japan Road Race Championship, also known as MFJ Superbike is the premiere motorcycle road racing championship in Japan and is run by MFJ. The championship started in 1967 and has been running a superbike class since 1994. The series runs a small 7 round schedule but has a large field of Japanese riders and bikes. The chassis of a supersport machine must remain largely as production, while engine tuning is possible, but tightly regulated.

First Yamaha podium for Rea

However, things were looking more positive at Donington Park, a circuit Rea has won at six times in the past, as he finished fifth in the first feature race to equal his best finish of the season, and followed that with a third in the Superpole race. The Northern Irishman has had several years of success in World Superbikes as he won six titles in the class. But in 2024 he finished his debut year with Yamaha in 13th place and only had one podium finish during the season. Fan favorite Danilo Petrucci won FIM Superbike World Championship Race Two Sunday at the Cremona Circuit, in Italy. Riding his Pirelli-equipped Barni Spark Racing Team Ducati Panigale V4 R, the Italian won the 23-lap race by 1.023 seconds, giving him a clean sweep of all three race wins on the weekend. The Australian Superbike Championship, the premier national Superbike series, is run by Motorcycling Australia.

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Alex Lowes rounded out the top five finishers on his factory Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR. The calendar includes classic venues, along with the exciting debut of the Hungarian Round at the Balaton Park Circuit in July. Following the traditional official pre-season test on February 17th-18th at Phillip Island, the season will begin at the Australian venue from February 21st to 23rd.

Marco Melandri won more races than both Biaggi and Sykes this season but failing to score points in 5 of the last 6 races cost him the title. An Indonesian race was also proposed for the 2008 season, but this was later cancelled by the FIM,5 though it was later introduced in the 2021 season. The following year he again recorded one win, but with four further podiums and a pole position on his way to seventh overall. McPhee made a one-off Moto2 appearance with Petronas Sprinta Racing during the 2021 season. “I had some setbacks as well, crashes as well in the races sometimes, I crashed in the wet in Assen but remounted and managed to finish seventh in the end. The story of the 2014 season was not a straightforward one for Guintoli to navigate, as mistakes in the first part of the season left him 44 points behind Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes with three rounds, six races in the old two-race format, and 150 points remaining.