2026 Superbike World Championship

The 2026 Superbike World Championship will be the 39th season of the Superbike World Championship. This will be the first season in 13 years without featuring the reigning Superbike World Champion as Toprak Razgatlıoğlu who had previously won the championship in 2025, is set to compete in MotoGP from 2026 onwards.

2026 Superbike World Championship
Previous:	2025	Next:	2027
Support series: Supersport World Championship Sportbike World Championship Women’s Circuit Racing World Championship Yamaha R3 bLU cRU FIM World Cup

Furthermore, Jonathan Rea has declared his retirement as the most successful World Superbike rider thus far, having won six championship titles and 119 races during his career.

Race calendar and results

The provisional 2026 season calendar was announced on 31 July 2025.^[1]^[2]^[3]

More information Round, Circuit ...

2026 Superbike World Championship Calendar^[1] ^[4]
Round			Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Winning constructor	Ref
1	R1	Australian Round	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	21 February	Nicolò Bulega	Nicolò Bulega	Nicolò Bulega	Aruba.it Racing - Ducati	Ducati
	SR			22 February	Nicolò Bulega	Nicolò Bulega	Nicolò Bulega	Aruba.it Racing - Ducati	Ducati
	R2			22 February		Nicolò Bulega	Nicolò Bulega	Aruba.it Racing - Ducati	Ducati
2	R1	Portuguese Round	Algarve International Circuit	28 March	Nicolò Bulega	Nicolò Bulega	Nicolò Bulega	Aruba.it Racing - Ducati	Ducati
	SR			29 March	Nicolò Bulega	Nicolò Bulega	Nicolò Bulega	Aruba.it Racing - Ducati	Ducati
	R2			29 March		Iker Lecuona	Nicolò Bulega	Aruba.it Racing - Ducati	Ducati
3	R1	Dutch Round	TT Circuit Assen	18 April	Nicolò Bulega	Nicolò Bulega	Nicolò Bulega	Aruba.it Racing - Ducati	Ducati
	SR			19 April	Nicolò Bulega	Nicolò Bulega	Nicolò Bulega	Aruba.it Racing - Ducati	Ducati
	R2			19 April		Nicolò Bulega	Nicolò Bulega	Aruba.it Racing - Ducati	Ducati
4	R1	Hungarian Round	Balaton Park Circuit	2 May	Nicolò Bulega
	SR			3 May	Nicolò Bulega
	R2			3 May
5	R1	Czech Round	Autodrom Most	16 May
	SR			17 May
	R2			17 May
6	R1	Aragón Round^[5]	MotorLand Aragón	30 May
	SR			31 May
	R2			31 May
7	R1	Emilia-Romagna Round	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	13 June
	SR			14 June
	R2			14 June
8	R1	UK Round	Donington Park	11 July
	SR			12 July
	R2			12 July
9	R1	French Round	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	5 September
	SR			6 September
	R2			6 September
10	R1	Italian Round	Cremona Circuit	26 September
	SR			27 September
	R2			27 September
11	R1	Estoril Round	Circuito do Estoril	10 October
	SR			11 October
	R2			11 October
12	R1	Spanish Round	Circuito de Jerez	17 October
	SR			18 October
	R2			18 October

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Entry list

More information Team, Constructor ...

2026 entry list^[6]
Team	Constructor	Motorcycle	No.	Rider	Rounds
Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team	Bimota	KB998	22	Alex Lowes^[7]	1–4
Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team	Bimota	KB998	47	Axel Bassani^[7]	1–4
ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	BMW	M1000RR	9	Danilo Petrucci^[8]	1–4
ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	BMW	M1000RR	88	Miguel Oliveira^[9]	1–4
Aruba.it Racing - Ducati	Ducati	Panigale V4 R	7	Iker Lecuona^[10]	1–4
Aruba.it Racing - Ducati			11	Nicolò Bulega^[11]	1–4
Barni Spark Racing Team			5	Yari Montella^[12]	1–4
Barni Spark Racing Team			19	Álvaro Bautista^[13]	1–4
Superbike Advocates Racing			46	Tommy Bridewell	2–4
Elf Marc VDS Racing Team			14	Sam Lowes^[14]	1–4
MGM Racing Performance			95	Tarran Mackenzie^[15]	1–4
Motocorsa Racing			67	Alberto Surra	1–4
Team PATA GoEleven			34	Lorenzo Baldassarri^[16]	1–4
Honda HRC	Honda	CBR1000RR-R	17	Ryan Vickers	1
			35	Somkiat Chantra^[17]	2–4
			45	Tetsuta Nagashima^[18]	1
			65	Jonathan Rea^[19]	2–3
			92	Yuki Kunii^[20]	4
			96	Jake Dixon^[17]	TBC
Kawasaki WorldSBK Team	Kawasaki	Ninja ZX-10RR	31	Garrett Gerloff^[21]	1–4
GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team	Yamaha	YZF-R1	62	Stefano Manzi^[22]	1–4
GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team			87	Remy Gardner^[23]	1–4
PATA Maxus Yamaha			55	Andrea Locatelli^[24]	1–4
PATA Maxus Yamaha			97	Xavi Vierge^[25]	1–4
Team Apreco			85	Twan Smits^[26]	3
Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team			13	Mattia Rato^[27]	1–4
Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team			54	Bahattin Sofuoğlu^[27]	1–4
Source:^[28]

Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

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Team changes

Petronas MIE Racing Honda Team will leave the championship after six seasons.
Superbike Advocates Racing will join to Superbike World Championship in 2026 season with Ducati bike and Tommy Bridewell riders.

Rider changes

Somkiat Chantra (coming from MotoGP with LCR Honda) and Jake Dixon (coming from Moto2 with Marc VDS) make their World Superbike debut with Honda HRC, replacing Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge, who both move to Aruba.it Racing - Ducati and PATA Maxus Yamaha respectively, resulting in the following:
- Álvaro Bautista joins Ducati's satellite team, Barni Spark Racing Team after leaving the official Ducati team at the end of 2025.
- Jonathan Rea retires from full-time racing after the 2025 season. He was announced to become a test rider for Honda.
Danilo Petrucci leaves Barni Spark Racing Team after three seasons to join ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team, replacing Michael van der Mark.
Five-time MotoGP race winner Miguel Oliveira makes his World Superbike debut with ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team, replacing reigning World Champion Toprak Razgatlıoğlu, who replaces Oliveira at Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP.
Mattia Rato makes his World Superbike debut with Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team, replacing Michael Ruben Rinaldi.
Lorenzo Baldassarri makes his World Superbike return since 2023, joining Team GoEleven to replace Andrea Iannone, who leaves the team after two seasons. He tried to jumpstart his own team, Cainam Racing Team, who was in the provisional entry list, but then no other news came after that.
Reigning Supersport World Champion Stefano Manzi makes his premier class debut with GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team, replacing Dominique Aegerter, who returns to Supersport World Championship.
Alberto Surra makes his World Superbike debut with Motocorsa Racing, replacing Ryan Vickers.
Tarran Mackenzie remains with MGM Bonovo Racing after riding for them as a replacement rider in the 2025 season after Scott Redding left World Superbike during the middle of the season.

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Race 1 and Race 2

More information Position, Points ...

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

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Superpole Race

More information Position, Points ...

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
Points	12	9	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

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Riders' championship

More information Pos., Rider ...

Pos.	Rider	Bike	PHI			POR			ASS			BAL			MOS			ARA			MIS			DON			MAG			CRE			EST			JER			Pts.
Pos.	Rider	Bike	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	Pts.
1	Nicolò Bulega	Ducati	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	P	P																										186
2	Iker Lecuona	Ducati	6	9	8	2	2	2	2	2	2																												117
3	Sam Lowes	Ducati	5	5	Ret	5	5	5	3	3	3																												82
4	Miguel Oliveira	BMW	8	18	7	3	3	3	7	11	12																												69
5	Alex Lowes	Bimota	7	3	Ret	4	4	4	5	5	11																												69
6	Axel Bassani	Bimota	4	2	2	8	8	8	12	18	13																												67
7	Álvaro Bautista	Ducati	Ret	7	3	9	9	Ret	4	4	4																												59
8	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Ducati	3	8	9	11	10	6	8	13	6																												58
9	Yari Montella	Ducati	2	4	Ret	16	6	NC	11	8	5																												48
10	Andrea Locatelli	Yamaha	13	14	5	12	11	9	6	9	8																												44
11	Danilo Petrucci	BMW	10	10	6	10	12	7	18	7	9																												41
12	Xavi Vierge	Yamaha	Ret	DNS	Ret	6	7	14	10	6	7																												34
13	Tarran Mackenzie	Ducati	12	11	4	14	13	Ret	9	Ret	10																												32
14	Garrett Gerloff	Kawasaki	11	6	10	7	14	Ret	16	14	18																												24
15	Remy Gardner	Yamaha	Ret	16	13	13	16	10	14	10	14																												16
16	Alberto Surra	Ducati	9	12	12	15	15	Ret	15	12	17																												13
17	Stefano Manzi	Yamaha	Ret	13	14	17	17	11	19	16	15																												8
18	Tetsuta Nagashima	Honda	14	17	11																																		7
19	Tommy Bridewell	Ducati				Ret	19	13	13	15	16																												6
20	Jonathan Rea	Honda				19	18	12	17	17	19																												4
21	Ryan Vickers	Honda	15	15	Ret																																		1
22	Bahattin Sofuoğlu	Yamaha	16	19	15	20	Ret	Ret	20	20	20																												1
23	Somkiat Chantra	Honda				18	Ret	15	WD	WD	WD																												1
24	Mattia Rato	Yamaha	17	20	Ret	21	20	Ret	22	19	21																												0
25	Twan Smits	Yamaha							21	21	22																												0
	Yuki Kunii	Honda																																					0
Pos.	Rider	Bike	PHI			POR			ASS			BAL			MOS			ARA			MIS			DON			MAG			CRE			EST			JER			Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

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Teams' championship

More information Pos., Team ...

Pos.	Team	Bike No.	PHI			POR			ASS			BAL			MOS			ARA			MIS			DON			MAG			CRE			EST			JER			Pts.
Pos.	Team	Bike No.	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	Pts.
1	Aruba.it Racing - Ducati	7	6	9	8	2	2	2	2	2	2																												303
1	Aruba.it Racing - Ducati	11	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	P	P																										303
2	Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team	22	7	3	Ret	4	4	4	5	5	11																												136
2	Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team	47	4	2	2	8	8	8	12	18	13																												136
3	ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	9	10	10	6	10	12	7	18	7	9																												110
3	ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	88	8	18	7	3	3	3	7	11	12																												110
4	Barni Spark Racing Team	5	2	4	Ret	16	6	NC	11	8	5																												102
4	Barni Spark Racing Team	19	Ret	7	3	9	9	Ret	4	4	4																												102
5	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	14	5	5	Ret	5	5	5	3	3	3																												82
6	PATA Maxus Yamaha	55	13	14	5	12	11	9	6	9	8																												78
6	PATA Maxus Yamaha	97	Ret	DNS	Ret	6	7	14	10	6	7																												78
7	Team PATA GoEleven	34	3	8	9	11	10	6	8	13	6																												58
8	MGM Optical Express Racing	95	12	11	4	14	13	Ret	9	Ret	10																												32
9	Kawasaki WorldSBK Team	31	11	6	10	7	14	Ret	16	14	18																												24
10	GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team	62	Ret	13	14	17	17	11	19	16	15																												22
10	GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team	87	Ret	16	13	13	16	10	14	10	14																												22
11	Motocorsa Racing	67	9	12	12	15	15	Ret	15	12	17																												13
12	Honda HRC	17	15	15	Ret																																		13
		35				18	Ret	15	WD	WD	WD
		45	14	17	11
		65				19	18	12	17	17	19
		92
13	Superbike Advocates Racing	46				Ret	19	13	13	15	16																												6
14	Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team	13	17	20	Ret	21	20	Ret	22	19	21																												1
14	Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team	54	16	19	15	20	Ret	Ret	20	20	20																												1
Pos.	Team	Bike No.	PHI			POR			ASS			BAL			MOS			ARA			MIS			DON			MAG			CRE			EST			JER			Pts.

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Manifacturer's championship

More information Pos., Manufacturer ...

Pos.	Manufacturer	PHI			POR			ASS			BAL			MOS			ARA			MIS			DON			MAG			CRE			EST			JER			Pts.
Pos.	Manufacturer	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	Pts.
1	Ducati	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1																												186
2	Bimota	4	2	2	4	4	4	5	5	11																												93
3	BMW	8	10	6	3	3	3	7	7	9																												76
4	Yamaha	13	13	5	6	7	9	6	6	7																												57
5	Kawasaki	11	6	10	7	14	Ret	16	14	18																												24
6	Honda	14	15	11	18	18	12	17	17	19																												11
Pos.	Manufacturer	PHI			POR			ASS			BAL			MOS			ARA			MIS			DON			MAG			CRE			EST			JER			Pts.

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2026 Superbike World Championship

Race calendar and results

Entry list

Team changes

Rider changes

Championship standings

Riders' championship

Teams' championship

Notes

References

External links

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