‘He’s a double world Superbike champion!’ – Bautista celebrates after Race 1 win in Jerez
The FIM Superbike World Championship is back for 2024.
Alvaro Bautista leads the way as he hopes to win a third consecutive world title but several riders will be hot on his heels including former champions Jonathan Rea and Toprak Razgatlioglu.
A stacked calendar of fast-paced racing action will also see two new venues with Hungary’s all-new Balaton Park Circuit and the Cremona Circuit in northern Italy joining the traditional staples.
Here is all you need to know…
When is the 2024 FIM Superbike World Championship?
The new season of WorldSBK action begins on Friday 23 February 23 2024, and will culminate with the final race on Sunday 13 October 2024.
How to watch?
discovery+ will provide live coverage with the best race action also live on Eurosport, with highlights and reaction via eurosport.com.
Calendar
23rd – 25th February: Phillip Island, Australia22nd – 24th March: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Spain19th – 21st April: TT Circuit Assen, the Netherlands14th – 16th June: Misano World Circuit “Marco Simoncelli”, Italy12th – 14th July: Donington Park, United Kingdom19th – 21st July: Autodrom Most, Czech Republic9th – 11st August: Autodromo Internacional do Algarve, Portugal23rd – 25th August: Balaton Park Circuit, Hungary*6th – 8th September: Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, France20th – 22nd September: Cremona Circuit, Italy*27th – 29th September: MotorLand Aragon, Spain18th – 20th October: Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto
2024 WorldSBK Riders
1 Alvaro Bautista – Aruba.it Racing Ducati5 Philipp Oettl – GMT94 Yamaha7 Iker Lecuona – Team HRC9 Danilo Petrucci – Barni Spark Racing Team11 Nicolo Bulega – Aruba.it Racing Ducati14 Sam Lowes – ELF Marc VDS Racing Team21 Michael Ruben Rinaldi – Team Motocorsa Racing22 Alex Lowes – Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK27 Adam Norrodin – Petronas MIE Racing Honda28 Bradley Ray – Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team29 Andrea Iannone – Team Go Eleven31 Garrett Gerloff – Bonovo Action BMW45 Scott Redding – Bonovo Action BMW47 Axel Bassani – Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK53 Tito Rabat – Kawasaki Puccetti Racing54 Toprak Razgatlioglu – Rokit BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team55 Andrea Locatelli – ATA Prometeon Yamaha60 Michael Van Der Mark – Rokit BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team65 Jonathan Rea – PATA Prometeon Yamaha77 Dominique Aegerter – GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team87 Remy Gardner – GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team95 Tarran Mackenzie – Petronas MIE Racing Honda97 Xavi Vierge – Team HRC
Format
There are 12 rounds of racing across the season.
Race weekend schedule
1st free practice 2nd free practice 3rd free practice Superpole: sets the starting positions for Race 1 and the Superpole Race (to qualify for the race, riders must record a lap time no longer than 107% of the time recorded by the pole-position rider)Warm-up Superpole Race – 10 lapsRace 2 (Top nine from Superpole Race start in that position for Race 2; positions from 10th onwards set from Saturday’s Superpole)
1st – 25, 2nd – 20, 3rd – 16, 4th – 13, 5th – 11, 6th – 10, 7th – 9, 8th – 8, 9th – 7, 10th – 6, 11th – 5, 12th – 4, 13th – 3, 14th – 2, 15th – 1
1st – 12, 2nd – 9, 3rd – 7, 4th – 6, 5th – 5, 6th – 4, 7th – 3, 8th – 2, 9th – 1
Stream the 2024 Superbikes season live on Eurosport and discovery+
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