List of Superbike World Championship racers Wikipedia

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.

FIM Women’s Motorcycling World Championship

The FIM is also involved in non-sport activities – tourism, rallies and leisure, mobility, or sport-related activities such as women in motorcycling, technical, medical and legal aspects. Finally, sustainability is linked to both sporting and non-sporting areas, as is the educational side we are developing to get the new generation on 2 wheels.

Race 2 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca was the start of Colin Edwards’ comeback, he went on to win all 9 remaining races and (aided by a race 2 crash for Bayliss at Assen) Edwards won the championship at the final elaverty.com race of the season at Imola. The final race of the season saw both riders fighting wheel to wheel for the entire race. The British Superbike championship (known to most as “BSB”) is the leading motorcycle racing championship in the United Kingdom. The commercial and television rights have been delegated to MotorSport Vision.1 Ducati, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha all have well supported teams, while Honda has the only HRC supported superbike team outside Japan. Japanese rider Ryuichi Kiyonari won the 2006, 2007 and 2010 titles riding for HM Plant Honda.

• Colin Edwards again reclaimed the title in 2002 on the same VTR1000 SPW bike.
• As in world superbike a control tyre is used, although supersport regulations dictate that the tyres must be road legal and therefore race slicks are not allowed.
• The 2014 event saw podium places go to Jack Affara (Champion), Armstrong Ngugu (2nd Position) and Ikhide Izokpu (3rd Position).
• It has been a difficult season for the Northern Ireland rider, who has struggled to replicate the form that took him to six consecutive championships with Kawasaki from 2015 until 2020.

National Superbike series

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.

The series runs from February to December and consists of seven rounds per season. Many notable riders have been successful on the world stage, such as Troy Corser, Steve Martin, Rob Phillis, Peter Goddard, Josh Brookes, Troy Bayliss, Anthony Gobert, Matthew Mladin, Aaron Slight, Bryan Staring, Josh Waters, and Mike Jones. This is a list of racers that took part in one or more Superbike World Championship races, since the championship was established in 1988.

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.

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.