2024 Superbike World Championship

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2024 Superbike World Championship
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Feeder series:
Supersport World Championship
Supersport 300 World Championship
Women’s Motorcycling World Championship
Yamaha R3 bLU cRU FIM World Cup
Álvaro Bautista (pictured in 2022) will enter as the defending world champion.

The 2024 Superbike World Championship will be the 37th season of the Superbike World Championship.

The season is scheduled for the inaugural FIM Women’s Motorcycling World Championship as a support class, held over six rounds at selected European tracks using identical Yamaha YZF-R7 machines.

Race calendar and results[edit]

The provisional 2024 season calendar was announced on 26 October 2023.[1]

2024 calendar[1]
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Winning constructor
1 R1 Australia Australian Round Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 24 February Italy Nicolò Bulega Italy Nicolò Bulega Italy Nicolò Bulega Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Italy Ducati
SR 25 February Spain Álvaro Bautista United Kingdom Alex Lowes Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Japan Kawasaki
R2 Italy Nicolò Bulega United Kingdom Alex Lowes Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Japan Kawasaki
2 R1 Catalonia Catalunya Round Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 23 March Turkey Toprak Razgatlıoğlu United Kingdom Sam Lowes Turkey Toprak Razgatlıoğlu ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team Germany BMW
SR 24 March Italy Nicolò Bulega Turkey Toprak Razgatlıoğlu ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team Germany BMW
R2 Italy Nicolò Bulega Spain Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Italy Ducati
3 R1 Netherlands Dutch Round TT Circuit Assen 20 April United Kingdom Jonathan Rea Turkey Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Italy Nicholas Spinelli Barni Spark Racing Team Italy Ducati
SR 21 April Italy Nicolò Bulega Spain Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Italy Ducati
R2 Australia Remy Gardner Turkey Toprak Razgatlıoğlu ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team Germany BMW
4 R1 Emilia-Romagna Emilia-Romagna Round Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli 15 June
SR 16 June
R2
5 R1 United Kingdom UK Round Donington Park 13 July
SR 14 July
R2
6 R1 Czech Republic Czech Round Autodrom Most 20 July
SR 21 July
R2
7 R1 Portugal Portuguese Round Algarve International Circuit 10 August
SR 11 August
R2
8 R1 Hungary Hungarian Round Balaton Park Circuit 24 August
SR 25 August
R2
9 R1 France French Round Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 7 September
SR 8 September
R2
10 R1 Italy Italian Round Cremona Circuit 21 September
SR 22 September
R2
11 R1 Aragon Aragón Round MotorLand Aragón 28 September
SR 29 September
R2
12 R1 Spain Spanish Round Circuito de Jerez 19 October
SR 20 October
R2

Entry list[edit]

2024 entry list[2]
Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds
Germany Bonovo Action BMW BMW M1000RR 31 United States Garrett Gerloff[3] 1–3
45 United Kingdom Scott Redding[4] 1–3
Germany ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team 54 Turkey Toprak Razgatlıoğlu[5] 1–3
60 Netherlands Michael van der Mark[3] 1–3
Italy Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati Panigale V4 R 1 Spain Álvaro Bautista[6] 1–3
11 Italy Nicolò Bulega[6] 1–3
Italy Barni Spark Racing Team 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci[7] 1–2
24 Italy Nicholas Spinelli 3
Belgium Elf Marc VDS Racing Team 14 United Kingdom Sam Lowes[8] 1–3
Italy Motocorsa Racing 21 Italy Michael Ruben Rinaldi[9] 1–3
Italy Team GoEleven 29 Italy Andrea Iannone[10] 1–3
Japan Team HRC Honda CBR1000RR-R 7 Spain Iker Lecuona[11] 1–3
97 Spain Xavi Vierge[11] 1–3
Japan Petronas MIE Racing Honda Team 27 Malaysia Adam Norrodin[12] 1–3
95 United Kingdom Tarran Mackenzie[12] 1–3
Japan Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 22 United Kingdom Alex Lowes[13] 1–3
47 Italy Axel Bassani[14] 1–3
Italy Kawasaki Puccetti Racing 53 Spain Tito Rabat[15] 1–3
France GMT94 Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 5 Germany Philipp Öttl[16] 1–3
Italy Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team 28 United Kingdom Bradley Ray[17] 1–3
Japan Pata Prometeon Yamaha 55 Italy Andrea Locatelli[18] 1–3
65 United Kingdom Jonathan Rea[19] 1–3
Italy GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team 77 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter[20] 1–3
87 Australia Remy Gardner[20] 1–3
Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

Rider changes[edit]

  • Toprak Razgatlıoğlu will move to ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team from Pata Yamaha. He will replace Scott Redding, who has moved to BMW’s satellite team, Bonovo Action BMW. Loris Baz will leave the team after two years.
  • After nine years with Kawasaki Racing Team, Jonathan Rea will replace Toprak Razgatlıoğlu at the Pata Yamaha factory team. After three years with Motocorsa Racing, Axel Bassani will ride for Kawasaki Racing Team, replacing Rea.
  • Nicolò Bulega will be promoted from the Supersport World Championship to Aruba.it Racing's Superbike World Championship team, replacing Michael Ruben Rinaldi, who will still ride a Ducati, but for Motocorsa Racing.
  • Sam Lowes and his Marc VDS team will enter the Superbike World Championship from Moto2, with their bike being supplied by Ducati.
  • Andrea Iannone joins the World Superbike grid after having served a four-year ban, riding for Team GoEleven, replacing Philipp Öttl. Öttl will stay on the Superbike grid, joining GMT94 Yamaha, replacing the 2022 Supersport runner up Lorenzo Baldassarri.
  • Both Tarran Mackenzie and Adam Norrodin have been promoted by their 2023 Supersport team, Petronas MIE Racing Honda, to the World Superbike grid, replacing Hafizh Syahrin and Eric Granado.

Championship standings[edit]

Points were awarded as follows:

Race 1 and Race 2
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Superpole Race
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th 
Points 12 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Riders' championship[edit]

Pos. Rider Bike PHI
Australia
BAR
Spain
ASS
Netherlands
MIS
Italy
DON
United Kingdom
MOS
Czech Republic
POR
Portugal
BAL
Hungary
MAG
France
CRE
Italy
ARA
Spain
JER
Spain
Pts.
R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2
1 Spain Bautista Ducati 15 4 2 3 3 1 3 1 2 123
2 Turkey Razgatlıoğlu BMW 5 3 Ret 1 1 3 2 9 1 117
3 Italy Bulega Ducati 1 5 5 2 4 2 11 2 8 109
4 United Kingdom A. Lowes Kawasaki 4 1 1 6 5 6 5 3 Ret 93
5 Italy Locatelli Yamaha 2 2 Ret 5 8 13 12 6 5 64
6 Italy Iannone Ducati 3 14 4 4 2 Ret Ret 15 4 64
7 Netherlands van der Mark BMW 7 16 9 9 6 4 7 8 9 58
8 Australia Gardner Yamaha Ret 6 12 15 9 7 4 4 3 54
9 Italy Petrucci Ducati 8 15 3 7 7 5 47
10 Switzerland Aegerter Yamaha 6 7 10 8 10 9 13 14 7 46
11 United Kingdom S. Lowes Ducati 13 8 7 Ret 11 12 19 7 6 31
12 United States Gerloff BMW 9 13 8 12 17 10 16 11 12 29
13 Italy Spinelli Ducati 1 18 16 25
14 Spain Vierge Honda 10 12 13 14 15 14 10 12 10 25
15 United Kingdom Rea Yamaha 17 10 Ret Ret 12 8 6 5 19 23
16 Italy Bassani Kawasaki 12 11 11 10 14 Ret 9 13 18 22
17 Italy Rinaldi Ducati 14 9 6 11 18 Ret Ret 16 13 21
18 United Kingdom Redding BMW 11 17 17 17 12 11 8 10 Ret 18
19 United Kingdom Mackenzie Honda 19 Ret 18 16 20 17 14 17 11 7
20 Germany Öttl Yamaha 16 18 14 19 19 16 18 19 14 4
21 Spain Lecuona Honda DNS WD WD 13 21 Ret WD WD WD 3
22 Spain Rabat Kawasaki 18 19 16 21 16 15 Ret Ret 15 2
23 United Kingdom Ray Yamaha 21 21 15 18 22 Ret 15 20 17 2
24 Malaysia Norrodin Honda 20 20 19 20 Ret 18 17 Ret 20 0
Pos. Rider Bike PHI
Australia
BAR
Spain
ASS
Netherlands
MIS
Italy
DON
United Kingdom
MOS
Czech Republic
POR
Portugal
BAL
Hungary
MAG
France
CRE
Italy
ARA
Spain
JER
Spain
Pts.
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole position

Italics – Fastest lap

Teams' championship[edit]

Pos. Rider Bike
No.
PHI
Australia
BAR
Spain
ASS
Netherlands
MIS
Italy
DON
United Kingdom
MOS
Czech Republic
POR
Portugal
BAL
Hungary
MAG
France
CRE
Italy
ARA
Spain
JER
Spain
Pts.
R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2
1 Aruba.it Racing – Ducati 1 15 4 2 3 3 1 162
11 1 5 5 2 4 2
2 ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team 54 5 3 Ret 1 1 3 111
60 7 16 9 9 6 4
3 Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK 22 4 1 1 6 5 6 90
47 12 11 11 10 14 Ret
4 Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK 55 2 2 Ret 5 8 13 53
65 17 10 Ret Ret 13 8
5 GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team 77 6 7 10 8 10 9 53
87 Ret 6 12 15 9 7
6 Team GoEleven 29 3 14 4 4 2 Ret 51
7 Barni Spark Racing Team 9 8 16 3 7 7 5 47
8 Bonovo Action BMW 31 9 13 8 12 17 10 35
45 11 17 17 17 12 11
9 Elf Marc VDS Racing Team 14 13 8 7 Ret 11 12 18
10 Motocorsa Racing 21 14 9 6 11 18 Ret 18
11 Team HRC 7 DNS WD WD 13 21 Ret 16
97 10 12 13 14 15 14
12 GMT94 Yamaha 5 16 18 14 19 19 16 2
13 Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team 28 21 21 15 18 22 Ret 1
14 Kawasaki Puccetti Racing 53 18 19 16 21 16 15 1
15 Petronas MIE Racing Honda Team 27 20 20 19 20 Ret 18 0
95 19 Ret 18 16 20 17

Manufacturers' championship[edit]

Pos. Manufacturer PHI
Australia
BAR
Spain
ASS
Netherlands
MIS
Italy
DON
United Kingdom
MOS
Czech Republic
POR
Portugal
BAL
Hungary
MAG
France
CRE
Italy
ARA
Spain
JER
Spain
Pts.
R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2
1 Italy Ducati 1 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 162
2 Germany BMW 5 3 8 1 1 3 2 8 1 126
3 Japan Kawasaki 4 1 1 6 5 6 5 3 15 94
4 Japan Yamaha 2 2 10 5 8 7 4 4 3 90
5 Japan Honda 10 12 13 13 15 14 10 12 10 26
Pos. Manufacturer PHI
Australia
BAR
Spain
ASS
Netherlands
MIS
Italy
DON
United Kingdom
MOS
Czech Republic
POR
Portugal
BAL
Hungary
MAG
France
CRE
Italy
ARA
Spain
JER
Spain
Pts.

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "2024 WorldSBK calendar announced, two new circuits ready for action". WorldSBK.com. Dorna Sports. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  2. ^ "2024 WorldSBK Permanent Entry List" (PDF). Superbike World Championship. Dorna Sports. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
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  4. ^ "Redding joins Bonovo in 2024 as BMW retains him as factory rider". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  5. ^ "BOMBSHELL TRANSFER: Razgatlioglu to join the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team for 2024". WorldSBK.com. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  6. ^ a b "GRADUATING TO WorldSBK: Bulega replaces Rinaldi as Bautista's teammate for 2024". WorldSBK.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
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  9. ^ "NEW TEAM, SAME MANUFACTURER: Rinaldi signs for Motocorsa Racing for 2024". www.worldsbk.com. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
  10. ^ "Iannone secures 2024 World Superbike seat with Go Eleven Ducati". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  11. ^ a b "HONDA CONFIRMS 2024 WORLDSBK LINE-UP". visordown.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  12. ^ a b "SAME TEAM, NEW CHAMPIONSHIP: Mackenzie, Norrodin graduate to WorldSBK with MIE Honda". WorldSBK.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  13. ^ "REMAINING IN GREEN: Lowes with Kawasaki for 2024 WorldSBK season". www.worldsbk.com. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  14. ^ "AXEL BASSANI SIGNS WITH KAWASAKI FOR 2024 WORLDSBK". visordown.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  15. ^ "Rabat secures full-season WSBK seat with Puccetti Kawasaki". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  16. ^ "A NEW HOME: Oettl secures 2024 WorldSBK grid spot with GMT94 Yamaha". WorldSBK.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  17. ^ "BRADLEY RAY ANNOUNCES 2024 WORLDSBK PLANS". visordown.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  18. ^ "Yamaha signs new Locatelli deal after Razgatlioglu's exit". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  19. ^ "A NEW BLUE CHAPTER BEGINS: Rea inks two-year contract to replace Razgatlioglu at Yamaha". www.worldsbk.com. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  20. ^ a b "STAYING PUT: Gardner signs for GRT Yamaha for 2024 alongside Aegerter". WorldSBK.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.

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