2026 Sportbike World Championship

2026 Sportbike World Championship
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Support series: Superbike World Championship Supersport World Championship Women’s Circuit Racing World Championship Yamaha R3 bLU cRU FIM World Cup

The 2026 Sportbike World Championship will be the first season of the new Sportbike World Championship class. The new class replaced the Supersport 300 World Championship who ran for nine season as the support class for the Superbike World Championship from 2017 up to 2025. ^{[1] [2]}

Race calendar and results

The provisional 2026 season calendar was announced on 31 July 2025. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

2026 calendar ^[3]

Round			Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Winning constructor	Ref
1	R1	Portuguese Round	Algarve International Circuit	28 March
	R2			29 March
2	R1	Dutch Round	TT Circuit Assen	18 April
	R2			19 April
3	R1	Czech Round	Autodrom Most	16 May
	R2			17 May
4	R1	Aragón Round [6]	MotorLand Aragón	30 May
	R2			31 May
5	R1	Emilia-Romagna Round	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	13 June
	R2			14 June
6	R1	French Round	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	5 September
	R2			6 September
7	R1	Italian Round	Cremona Circuit	26 September
	R2			27 September
8	R1	Spanish Round	Circuito de Jerez	17 October
	R2			18 October

Entry list

2026 entry list [7] Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds MMR Aprilia RS 660 Factory 41 Ioannis Peristeras TBC 98 Thomas Benetti TBC Revo–M2 11 Mattia Sorrenti TBC 91 Matteo Vannucci TBC Deza–Box 77 Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-6R 636 16 Álvaro Fuertes TBC 77 José Osuna TBC MTM Kawasaki 34 Xavier Artigas [8] [9] TBC 71 Loris Veneman [8] [9] TBC Pons Motosport Italika Racing 40 Julian Correa [10] [11] TBC 88 Daniel Mogeda TBC Prodina Kawasaki Racing 38 David Salvador [12] TBC 47 Antonio Torres [12] TBC Kove Racing Team 109 Kove 450RR 7 Beñat Fernández [13] [14] TBC 66 Phillip Tonn [15] TBC Track & Trades Wixx Racing Suzuki GSX–8R 6 Jeffrey Buis TBC 65 Ferre Fleerackers TBC VLR Racing Team Suzuki 68 Kas Beekmans TBC CM Triumph Factory Racing Triumph [16] Daytona 660 18 Bruno Ieraci TBC 23 Elia Bartolini TBC PHR Performance Triumph 55 Harrison Dessoy [17] [18] TBC 73 Fenton Seabright [17] [18] TBC ARCO Yamaha MotoR University Team Yamaha [19] YZF–R7 33 Gonzalo Sánchez TBC 69 Alessandro Di Persio TBC Miguel Oliveira Team 79 Tomás Alonso TBC Panattoni BGR Smrz Racing 21 Troy Sovička TBC 26 Mirko Gennai TBC PATA AG Motorsport Italia 89 Taiyo Aksu [20] TBC / ProGP Nitiracing 27 Felix Mulya [21] TBC 93 Arai Agaska [21] TBC Team BrCorse 43 Marco Gaggi TBC 50 Carter Thompson [22] TBC Yamaha MS Racing FIMLA AD78 12 Humberto Maier TBC 92 Gabin Cazard TBC

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

References

1. Chung, Dennis (24 June 2024). "World Supersport 300 Championship to End After 2025 Season". motorcycle.com. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
2. "Introducing a new entry class: World Sportbike". worldsbk.com. Dorna Sports. 15 May 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
3. "2026 WorldSBK calendar unveiled with new dates for classic rounds". WorldSBK.com. Dorna Sports. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
4. "2026 WorldSBK calendar unveiled with new dates for classic rounds". WorldSBK.com. FIM. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
5. "2026 World Superbike Calendar". cyclenews.com. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
6. Brittle, Cian. "WorldSBK extends contract with MotorLand Aragon until 2027" . Retrieved 20 September 2025.
7. "MAIDEN SEASON ENTRY LIST: Six manufacturers and their riders are all set to face off in WorldSPB's inaugural season!". worldsbk.com. 27 November 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
8. "MTM Kawasaki to join World Sportbike with Xavi Artigas and Loris Veneman". kawasaki.co.uk. 12 November 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
9. Newman, Luke (13 November 2025). "MTM Kawasaki will participate in the debut World Sportbike season". bikesportnews.com. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
10. Bice, Sean (27 November 2025). "American Rider Correa Will Compete In All-New 2026 FIM Sportbike World Championship". motoamerica.com. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
11. "More about American Julian Correa racing in FIM World Sportbike". roadracingworld.com. 28 November 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
12. "Prodina Racing conferma Salvador e Torres per il debutto nella Sportbike 2026". prodina.it (in Italian). 19 November 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
13. "Benat Fernandez and his Kove team's brass confirm #7 will ride for Kove in WorldSPB and reflect on their 2025 title". worldsbk.com. 6 November 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
14. "Benat Fernandez Steps Up To The Sportbike World Championship With Kove Racing Team 109". team109.ie. 6 November 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
15. "Kove Racing Team 109 finalise 2026 rider line up, Phillip Tonn joins the squad in WorldSPB". team109.ie. 7 November 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
16. "Triumph Enters World Sportbike Championship With Daytona 660". motorcycle.com. 24 November 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
17. "Triumph Factory Racing and PHR Performance Set for World Sportbike". triumphmotorcycles.co.uk. 24 November 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
18. Close, Josh (24 November 2025). "WorldSBK: PHR Performance Triumph enter World Sportbike Championship with Harrison Dessoy and Fenton Seabright". motorcyclenews.com. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
19. "Yamaha Motor Europe to enter inaugural FIM Sportbike World Championship with R7". yamaha-racing.com. 6 November 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
20. "Taiyo Aksu confirmed on WorldSPB grid in 26 with Yamaha". mcnews.com.au. 26 November 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
21. "Dua Pembalap Indonesia di World Sportbike 2026! Arai Agaska dan Felix Putra Mulya Siap Gaspol dengan Yamaha R7". otoinfo.id (in Indonesian). 2 December 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
22. "Carter Thompson secures berth on WorldSPB grid for 2026 with Yamaha". mcnews.com.au. 7 November 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.

External links

• Official website