2024 Superbike World Championship

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 is the 37th season of the Superbike World Championship.

The season is scheduled for the inaugural FIM Women’s Motorcycling World Championship held as a support-class.

Race calendar and results

The provisional 2024 season calendar was announced on 26 October 2023. ^[1] However, on 7 June 2024, it was announced that the Hungarian round at the Balaton Park Circuit was cancelled and replaced by Estoril round at Circuito do Estoril due to the ongoing works at the Balaton Park Circuit. ^[2]

2024 calendar ^[1]

Round			Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Winning constructor
1	R1	Australian Round	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	24 February	Nicolò Bulega	Nicolò Bulega	Nicolò Bulega	Aruba.it Racing - Ducati	Ducati
	SR			25 February		Álvaro Bautista	Alex Lowes	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	Kawasaki
	R2					Nicolò Bulega	Alex Lowes	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	Kawasaki
2	R1	Catalunya Round	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	23 March	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Sam Lowes	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	BMW
	SR			24 March		Nicolò Bulega	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	BMW
	R2					Nicolò Bulega	Álvaro Bautista	Aruba.it Racing - Ducati	Ducati
3	R1	Dutch Round	TT Circuit Assen	20 April	Jonathan Rea	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Nicholas Spinelli	Barni Spark Racing Team	Ducati
	SR			21 April		Nicolò Bulega	Álvaro Bautista	Aruba.it Racing - Ducati	Ducati
	R2					Remy Gardner	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	BMW
4	R1	Emilia-Romagna Round	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	15 June	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Nicolò Bulega	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	BMW
	SR			16 June		Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	BMW
	R2					Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	BMW
5	R1	UK Round	Donington Park	13 July	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	BMW
	SR			14 July		Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	BMW
	R2					Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	BMW
6	R1	Czech Round	Autodrom Most	20 July	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	BMW
	SR			21 July		Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	BMW
	R2					Michael van der Mark	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	BMW
7	R1	Portuguese Round	Algarve International Circuit	10 August
	SR			11 August
	R2
8	R1	French Round	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	7 September
	SR			8 September
	R2
9	R1	Italian Round	Cremona Circuit	21 September
	SR			22 September
	R2
10	R1	Aragón Round	MotorLand Aragón	28 September
	SR			29 September
	R2
11	R1	Estoril Round	Circuito do Estoril	12 October [lower-alpha 1]
	SR			13 October [lower-alpha 1]
	R2
12	R1	Spanish Round	Circuito de Jerez	19 October
	SR			20 October
	R2
Races under contract to run in 2024, but cancelled:
C	R1	Hungarian Round	Balaton Park Circuit	N/A [lower-alpha 2]	—
	SR			N/A [lower-alpha 2]
	R2

Entry list

2024 entry list [3] Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Bonovo Action BMW BMW M1000RR 31 Garrett Gerloff [4] 1–5 45 Scott Redding [5] 1–5 ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team 54 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu [6] 1–5 60 Michael van der Mark [4] 1–5 Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati Panigale V4 R 1 Álvaro Bautista [7] 1–5 11 Nicolò Bulega [7] 1–5 51 Michele Pirro 4 Barni Spark Racing Team 9 Danilo Petrucci [8] 1–2, 4–5 24 Nicholas Spinelli 3 Elf Marc VDS Racing Team 14 Sam Lowes [9] 1–5 Motocorsa Racing 21 Michael Ruben Rinaldi [10] 1–5 Team GoEleven 29 Andrea Iannone [11] 1–5 Team HRC Honda CBR1000RR-R 7 Iker Lecuona [12] 1–5 97 Xavi Vierge [12] 1–5 Petronas MIE Racing Honda Team 27 Adam Norrodin [13] 1–5 36 Leandro Mercado 79 Hayden Gillim 95 Tarran Mackenzie [13] 1–5 Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 22 Alex Lowes [14] 1–5 47 Axel Bassani [15] 1–5 Kawasaki Puccetti Racing 53 Tito Rabat [16] 1–5 GMT94 Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 5 Philipp Öttl [17] 1–5 Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team 28 Bradley Ray [18] 1–5 Pata Prometeon Yamaha 55 Andrea Locatelli [19] 1–5 65 Jonathan Rea [20] 1–5 GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team 77 Dominique Aegerter [21] 1–5 87 Remy Gardner [21] 1–5

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Rider changes

• 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

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

Pos. Rider Bike PHI BAR ASS MIS DON MOS POR MAG CRE ARA EST JER 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 Razgatlıoğlu BMW 5 3 Ret 1 1 3 2 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 303 2 Bulega Ducati 1 5 5 2 4 2 11 2 8 2 2 2 4 2 2 6 2 2 239 3 Bautista Ducati 15 4 2 3 3 1 3 1 2 3 17 3 3 6 5 4 NC Ret 199 4 A. Lowes Kawasaki 4 1 1 6 5 6 5 3 Ret 5 3 4 2 5 3 Ret 3 9 179 5 Locatelli Yamaha 2 2 Ret 5 8 13 12 6 5 4 4 5 6 7 7 7 6 3 145 6 Iannone Ducati 3 14 4 4 2 Ret Ret 15 4 7 5 11 11 10 Ret 3 7 8 115 7 Gardner Yamaha Ret 6 12 15 9 7 4 4 3 6 Ret 8 10 13 11 5 5 4 112 8 Petrucci Ducati 8 15 3 7 7 5 9 9 6 7 9 6 2 4 Ret 111 9 van der Mark BMW 7 16 9 9 6 4 7 8 9 8 12 Ret 9 12 12 9 9 5 96 10 Rea Yamaha 17 10 Ret Ret 12 8 6 5 19 Ret 8 10 5 3 8 10 8 6 75 11 Aegerter Yamaha 6 7 10 8 10 9 13 14 7 Ret 10 Ret 8 11 9 13 18 16 64 12 Bassani Kawasaki 12 11 11 10 14 Ret 9 13 18 11 6 7 12 Ret 10 16 13 Ret 50 13 Gerloff BMW 9 13 8 12 17 10 16 11 12 12 Ret 18 14 14 13 8 12 12 50 14 Redding BMW 11 17 17 17 12 11 8 10 Ret 15 14 12 Ret 4 4 15 Ret 13 46 15 S. Lowes Ducati 13 8 7 Ret 11 12 19 7 6 Ret Ret 13 19 8 16 12 Ret 40 16 Rinaldi Ducati 14 9 6 11 18 Ret Ret 16 13 14 11 16 15 16 17 11 10 7 38 17 Vierge Honda 10 12 13 14 15 14 10 12 10 16 13 Ret Ret 15 15 14 Ret 11 33 18 Lecuona Honda DNS WD WD 13 21 Ret WD WD WD 10 7 9 13 17 14 Ret 14 10 30 19 Spinelli Ducati 1 18 16 25 20 Mackenzie Honda 19 Ret 18 16 20 17 14 17 11 Ret 18 19 Ret DNS DNS 7 21 Rabat Kawasaki 18 19 16 21 16 15 Ret Ret 15 19 15 14 17 18 19 17 15 14 6 22 Öttl Yamaha 16 18 14 19 19 16 18 19 14 17 19 15 18 20 20 18 17 Ret 5 23 Pirro Ducati 13 16 Ret 3 24 Ray Yamaha 21 21 15 18 22 Ret 15 20 17 18 20 17 16 19 18 19 16 15 3 25 Norrodin Honda 20 20 19 20 Ret 18 17 Ret 20 20 21 Ret 20 21 Ret 0 26 Mercado Honda 20 19 17 0 27 Gillim Honda 21 20 18 0 Pos. Rider Bike PHI BAR ASS MIS DON MOS POR MAG CRE ARA EST JER 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

Pos.	Rider	Bike No.	PHI			BAR			ASS			MIS			DON			MOS			POR			MAG			CRE			ARA			EST			JER			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	3	1	2	3	17	3	3	6	5																						386
		11	1	5	5	2	4	2	11	2	8	2	2	2	4	2	2
2	ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	54	5	3	Ret	1	1	3	2	9	1	1	1	1	1	1	1																						318
		60	7	16	9	9	6	4	7	8	9	8	12	Ret	9	12	12
3	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	22	4	1	1	6	5	6	5	3	Ret	5	3	4	2	5	3																						211
		47	12	11	11	10	14	Ret	9	13	18	11	6	7	12	Ret	10
4	GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team	77	6	7	10	8	10	9	13	14	7	Ret	10	Ret	8	11	9																						144
		87	Ret	6	12	15	9	7	4	4	3	6	Ret	8	10	13	11
5	Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK	55	2	2	Ret	5	8	13	12	6	5	4	4	5	6	7	7																						173
		65	17	10	Ret	Ret	13	8	6	5	19	Ret	8	10	5	3	8
6	Barni Spark Racing Team	9	8	16	3	7	7	5				9	9	6	7	9	6																						110
		24							1	18	16
7	Team GoEleven	29	3	14	4	4	2	Ret	Ret	15	4																												64
8	Bonovo Action BMW	31	9	13	8	12	17	10	16	11	12																												47
		45	11	17	17	17	12	11	8	10	Ret
9	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	14	13	8	7	Ret	11	12	19	7	6																												31
10	Team HRC	7	DNS	WD	WD	13	21	Ret	WD	WD	WD																												28
		97	10	12	13	14	15	14	10	12	10
11	Motocorsa Racing	21	14	9	6	11	18	Ret	Ret	16	13																												21
12	Petronas MIE Racing Honda Team	27	20	20	19	20	Ret	18	17	Ret	20																												7
		95	19	Ret	18	16	20	17	14	17	11
13	GMT94 Yamaha	5	16	18	14	19	19	16	18	19	14																												4
14	Kawasaki Puccetti Racing	53	18	19	16	21	16	15	Ret	Ret	15																												2
15	Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team	28	21	21	15	18	22	Ret	15	20	17																												2

Manufacturers' championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	PHI			BAR			ASS			MIS			DON			MOS			POR			MAG			CRE			ARA			EST			JER			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	BMW	5	3	8	1	1	3	2	8	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1																			312‬
2	Ducati	1	4	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2																			305‬
3	Kawasaki	4	1	1	6	5	6	5	3	15	5	3	4	2	5	3																						166
4	Yamaha	2	2	10	5	8	7	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	3	7																						145
5	Honda	10	12	13	13	15	14	10	12	10	10	7	9	13	15	14																						47
Pos.	Manufacturer	PHI			BAR			ASS			MIS			DON			MOS			POR			MAG			CRE			ARA			EST			JER			Pts.

FIM Women’s Motorcycling World Championship

Main article: FIM Women's Motorcycling World Championship

The series will start from June, held over six rounds at selected European circuits, using identical race-prepared Yamaha YZF-R7 machines.

Notes

1. The Estoril round was added to the calendar on 7 June 2024. It replaced the Hungarian round. ^[2]
2. The Hungarian round was originally due to take place on 23–25 August 2024. It was cancelled and replaced by the Estoril round. ^[2]

References

1. "2024 WorldSBK calendar announced, two new circuits ready for action". WorldSBK.com. Dorna Sports. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
2. "Estoril to host penultimate round in 2024, Hungarian Round cancelled". WorldSBK.com. Dorna. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
3. "2024 WorldSBK Permanent Entry List" (PDF). Superbike World Championship . Dorna Sports. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
4. "BMW Motorrad Motorsport in the WorldSBK 2024: four strong factory riders in two strong BMW teams". press.bmwgroup.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
5. "Redding joins Bonovo in 2024 as BMW retains him as factory rider". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
6. "BOMBSHELL TRANSFER: Razgatlioglu to join the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team for 2024". WorldSBK.com. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
7. "GRADUATING TO WorldSBK: Bulega replaces Rinaldi as Bautista's teammate for 2024". WorldSBK.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
8. "Petrucci extends World Superbike deal with Barni Ducati". Motorsport.com. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
9. "Marc VDS and Sam Lowes to join WorldSBK in 2024 with Ducati machinery". www.worldsbk.com. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
10. "NEW TEAM, SAME MANUFACTURER: Rinaldi signs for Motocorsa Racing for 2024". www.worldsbk.com. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
11. "Iannone secures 2024 World Superbike seat with Go Eleven Ducati". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
12. "HONDA CONFIRMS 2024 WORLDSBK LINE-UP". visordown.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
13. "SAME TEAM, NEW CHAMPIONSHIP: Mackenzie, Norrodin graduate to WorldSBK with MIE Honda". WorldSBK.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
14. "REMAINING IN GREEN: Lowes with Kawasaki for 2024 WorldSBK season". www.worldsbk.com. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
15. "AXEL BASSANI SIGNS WITH KAWASAKI FOR 2024 WORLDSBK". visordown.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
16. "Rabat secures full-season WSBK seat with Puccetti Kawasaki". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
17. "A NEW HOME: Oettl secures 2024 WorldSBK grid spot with GMT94 Yamaha". WorldSBK.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
18. "BRADLEY RAY ANNOUNCES 2024 WORLDSBK PLANS". visordown.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
19. "Yamaha signs new Locatelli deal after Razgatlioglu's exit". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
20. "A NEW BLUE CHAPTER BEGINS: Rea inks two-year contract to replace Razgatlioglu at Yamaha". www.worldsbk.com. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
21. "STAYING PUT: Gardner signs for GRT Yamaha for 2024 alongside Aegerter". WorldSBK.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.

External links

• Official website