Superbike, starting as early as 2025

Superbike, test

A few hours from the conclusion of the 2024 season, at the Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto kicks off with a two-day test the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship in which we will see for the first time the new Bimota KB998 with which the Italian manufacturer is preparing to return to the World Championship; this will beà also the first time of Garrett Gerloff on a Kawasaki.

The Bimota KB998 will be on its debut in Jerez, entrusted to Alex Lowes and Axel Bassani, who in 2025 will be riders in the Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team, a new project under the leadership of Provec Racing, with the latter featuring Kawasaki green until 2024.

Garrett Gerloff, after Yamaha and BMW, is about to begin his third experience with a different manufacturer in WorldSBK: the Kawasaki Puccetti Racing team and the ZX-10RR await him. Ryan Vickers in 2025 will race in WorldSBK with Team Motocorsa Racing riding the Panigale V4 R that until recently has been fighting for the podium.

In action in Jerez is the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati team, with Nicolò Bulega and Alvaro Bautista who will try to get off to a good start in 2025. Bulega last weekend in Jerez won two races, a weekend to forget instead for Bautista. Also on track with the Panigale V2 is Philipp Oettl who returns to the WorldSSP together with the world champion team in 2023 and 2024. Team HRC will field Xavi Vierge, also considering that Iker Lecuona è out after crashing in Tissot Superpole Race. The Honda test team and the Honda Racing UK team will also take part in the test.

Absent instead is the newly crowned 2024 world champion Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) who will be busy in Turkey in the title celebrations, although è BMW is expected to be on track.