The 37 year-old rider secured the 2022 WorldSBK Riders’ Championship at Mandalika. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.It Racing – Ducati) fought hard during the 2022 season, resisting the charge of 2021 WorldSBK Champion Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK) and six-time Champion Jonathan Re .
Match-point: Bautista will have his first title chance in WorldSBK’s 900th race Event schedule (local time) Friday, November 11th 09:00-09:45 > WorldSSP - FP1 10:00-10:45 > WorldSBK - FP1 12:00-12:45 > WorldSSP - FP2 13:00-13:45 > WorldSBK - FP2 Saturday, November 12th 08:30-09:00 > WorldSBK - FP3 09:55-10:15 > WorldSSP - Superpole 10:40-10:55 > WorldSBK - Superpole 12:00 > WorldSSP - Race 1 13:30 > WorldSBK - Race Sunday, November 13th 08:30-08:45 > WorldSBK - WUP 08:55-09:10 > WorldSSP - WUP 10:30 > WorldSBK - SP Race 12:00 > WorldSSP - Race 2 13:30 > WorldSBK - Race 2 WorldSBK in numbers 900 – The first race in Mandalika will be the 900th in WorldSBK history. 32-33 – Alvaro Bautista (30 wins) and Toprak Razgatlioglu (29) are rapidly closing in on the most successful winners in WorldSBK history. Bautista has the sixth all-time pla
FOCUS ON THE SUPERPOLE RACE(asphalt: 45° C / air: 22° C)In the Superpole Race, the most popular front solution was the A0674 SC1 development tyre (option B), whereas at the rear, the one used by most of the riders was the standard SCX (option A), chosen by 16 out of the 22 riders on the grid, including pole man Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha.
Outspoken ahead of San Juan Touching down in South America, WorldSBK is ready to tango in Argentina as Thursday’s debriefs revealed plenty ahead of the Motul Argentinean Round Arriving in Argentina and at the foot of the jaw-dropping awe-inspiring Andes, the 2022 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship race is reaching the summit to its season, with just three rounds and nine races to go. With the titanic trio of 2022 all still in with contention, the Motul Argentinean Round could be the most pivotal round yet as the Circuito San Juan Villicum beckons. We caught up with all of the stars of the show across all five manufacturers and tension and pressure builds ahead of WorldSBK’s annual visit to South America. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati): “We start from a worse position than the others… I don’t know what to expect” “I have good memories from three years ago as I won my first race here in San Juan,