The 2023 Superbike World Championship was the 36th season of the Superbike World Championship. The championship was won by Álvaro Bautista, who came into the season as the defending world champion. Axel Bassani won the Independent riders' championship
Race calendar and results The provisional 2023 season calendar was announced on 8 November 2022. It was then updated on 28 February 2023 to announce the seventh round at Imola Circuit on 14–16 July. It was updated again on 24 July, the Argentinian round at Circuito San Juan Villicum was cancelled due to the political reasons. On 2 August, it was announced that Circuito de Jerez will be the Argentina Round's replacement, making it the track's return to the championship with the last one being held in 2021.
2023 Superbike World Championship Calendar Round Circuit Date Superpole Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Winning constructor Ref 1 R1 Grand Ridge Brewery Australian RoundPhillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 25 February Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Jonathan Rea Álvaro BautistaAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati SR 26 February Dominique Aegerter Álvaro BautistaAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati R2 Álvaro Bautista Álvaro BautistaAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati 2 R1 MOTUL Indonesian RoundPertamina Mandalika International Street Circuit 4 March Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Álvaro Bautista Álvaro BautistaAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati SR 5 March Jonathan Rea Toprak RazgatlıoğluPata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK Yamaha R2 Álvaro Bautista Álvaro BautistaAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati 3 R1 Pirelli Dutch RoundTT Circuit Assen 22 April Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Álvaro BautistaAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati SR 23 April Álvaro Bautista Álvaro BautistaAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati R2 Álvaro Bautista Álvaro BautistaAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati 4 R1 Prosseco DOC Catalunya RoundCircuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 6 May Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Álvaro BautistaAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati SR 7 May Álvaro Bautista Álvaro BautistaAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati R2 Álvaro Bautista Álvaro BautistaAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati 5 R1 Pirelli Emilia-Romagna RoundMisano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli 3 June Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Álvaro BautistaAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati SR 4 June Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Álvaro BautistaAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati R2 Álvaro Bautista Álvaro BautistaAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati 6 R1 Prosseco DOC UK RoundDonington Park Circuit 1 July Jonathan Rea Álvaro Bautista Álvaro BautistaAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati SR 2 July Álvaro Bautista Toprak RazgatlıoğluPata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK Yamaha R2 Álvaro Bautista Álvaro BautistaAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati 7 R1 Prometeon Italian RoundImola Circuit 15 July Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Álvaro Bautista Álvaro BautistaAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati SR 16 July Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Toprak RazgatlıoğluPata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK Yamaha R2 Axel Bassani Toprak RazgatlıoğluPata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK Yamaha 8 R1 Czech RoundAutodrom Most 29 July Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Álvaro Bautista Jonathan ReaKawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki SR 30 July Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Toprak RazgatlıoğluPata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK Yamaha R2 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Álvaro BautistaAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati 9 R1 Pirelli French RoundCircuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 9 September Garrett Gerloff Álvaro Bautista Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK Yamaha SR 10 September Álvaro Bautista Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK Yamaha R2 Álvaro Bautista Álvaro BautistaAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati 10 R1 Aragón RoundMotorLand Aragón 23 September Jonathan Rea Álvaro Bautista Michael Ruben RinaldiAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati SR 24 September Jonathan Rea Álvaro BautistaAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati R2 Álvaro Bautista Álvaro BautistaAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati 11 R1 Pirelli Portuguese RoundAlgarve International Circuit 30 September Jonathan Rea Álvaro Bautista Álvaro BautistaAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati SR 1 October Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Álvaro BautistaAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati R2 Álvaro Bautista Álvaro BautistaAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati 12 R1 Prometeon Spanish Round Circuito de Jerez 28 October Álvaro Bautista Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Álvaro BautistaAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati SR 29 October Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Álvaro BautistaAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati R2 Jonathan Rea Álvaro BautistaAruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati
Entry list 2023 entry listTeamConstructorMotorcycleRiderRounds Bmax Racing BMW M1000RR 16 Gabriele Ruiu 3–5, 7, 10–12 Bonovo Action BMW 31 Garrett Gerloff All 76 Loris Baz All ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team 45 Scott Redding All 60 Michael van der Mark 1–3, 8–12 66 Tom Sykes 5–6 75 Ivo Miguel Lopes 4 91 Leon Haslam 7 Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati Panigale V4 R 1 Álvaro Bautista All 21 Michael Ruben Rinaldi All Barni Spark Racing Team 9 Danilo Petrucci All Motocorsa Racing 47 Axel Bassani All Team GoEleven 5 Philipp Öttl All Holzhauer Racing Promotion Honda CBR1000RR-R 61 Florian Alt 12 Team HRC 7 Iker Lecuona All 97 Xavi Vierge All Petronas MIE Racing Honda Team 20 Roberto Tamburini 7 35 Hafizh Syahrin 1–6, 9–12 36 Leandro Mercado12 38 Hannes Soomer 8–9 51 Eric Granado 1–4, 6–8, 10–11 88 Ryo Mizuno 5 Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 66 Tom Sykes 1–4 53 Tito Rabat 5–8, 10–12 44 Lucas Mahias 9 Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK 22 Alex Lowes 1–9, 11–12 65 Jonathan Rea All 99 Florian Marino 10 Orelac Racing VerdNatura 52 Oliver König 1–4, 6–12 70 Luca Vitali 5 TPR by Viñales Racing 32 Isaac Viñales 3–11 GMT94 Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 34 Lorenzo Baldassarri All GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team 77 Dominique Aegerter All 87 Remy Gardner All PATA Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK 54 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu All 55 Andrea Locatelli All Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team 20 Roberto Tamburini 8 28 Bradley Ray 3–7, 9–11 Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider
Rider changes Preseason Remy Gardner and Dominique Aegerter will race for GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team, replacing Kohta Nozane and Garrett Gerloff. Gardner has raced in the MotoGP World Championship in 2022. Tom Sykes will return to the Superbike World Championship, joining Kawasaki Puccetti Racing. Sykes has raced in the British Superbike Championship in 2022. Danilo Petrucci will make his full-time debut with Barni Spark Racing Team. Garrett Gerloff will move to Bonovo Action BMW from GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team, replacing Eugene Laverty. Isaac Viñales joined Team Pedercini, now in a partnership with Viñales Racing. They will miss the first two races because of sponsorship issues.
Midseason On May 2, ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team announced that Ivo Miguel Lopes would compete at the Catalunya round, substituting for Michael van der Mark who got diagnosed with a left femur fracture after a crash from the Dutch round. On May 9, Tom Sykes and Kawasaki Puccetti Racing announced their split after 4 rounds into the season. He will compete for ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team, substituting for the recovering Michael van der Mark. On May 25, Kawasaki Puccetti Racing announced that Tito Rabat would return to the WorldSBK grid, filling the seat of Tom Sykes who moved to ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team weeks prior. On May 31, Petronas MIE Racing Honda Team announced that Ryo Mizuno would make his WorldSBK debut at the Emilia-Romagna Round, substituting for the still-recovering Eric Granado. On June 1, Orelac Racing VerdNatura announced that Luca Vitali would make his WorldSBK debut at the Emilia-Romagna Round, substituting for the injured Oliver König . On July 27, Petronas MIE Racing Honda Team announced that Hannes Soomer would make his WorldSBK debut at the Czech Republic Round, substituting for the still-recovering Hafizh Syahrin.
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 MAN ASS BAR MIS DON IMO MOS MAG ARA POR 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 Álvaro Bautista Ducati 1 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 Ret 12 3 1 10 2 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 628 2 Toprak RazgatlıoğluYamaha 3 3 Ret 2 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 Ret 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 552 3 Jonathan ReaKawasaki 2 7 8 9 4 Ret 2 2 Ret 3 Ret 5 5 5 4 3 3 5 3 4 3 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 4 3 Ret 10 4 3 21 370 4 Andrea LocatelliYamaha 4 5 3 3 2 5 4 5 3 4 3 7 12 7 6 5 4 8 4 3 4 6 Ret 7 6 4 4 4 4 Ret 9 3 5 3 5 10 327 5 Ducati 14 2 2 Ret 7 4 15 13 10 Ret 8 3 2 3 Ret 13 17 Ret 5 5 5 14 5 5 2 Ret Ret 1 5 3 Ret 6 3 8 11 6 251 6 Axel BassaniDucati 5 9 4 4 5 8 5 6 5 7 10 11 4 4 3 7 8 7 7 6 2 7 4 4 17 8 6 9 15 5 13 11 12 Ret Ret 11 249 7 Danilo PetrucciDucati 8 11 9 5 11 6 9 15 8DSQ 11 12 Ret NC 7 4 5 3 6 8 9 3 8 2 5 5 7 5 12 Ret 12 15 6 5 9 5 228 8 Dominique AegerterYamaha 13 Ret 7 8 10 12 6 7 4 5 6 8 6 21 11 12 11 11 Ret 14 12 8 11 11 11 6 Ret 15 14 12 14 14 8 18 2 3 163 9 Remy GardnerYamaha 12 Ret 10 DNS 14 7 8 12 6 10 Ret 13 9 Ret 10 10 15 12 11 11 11 11 6 6 15 11 8 7 10 9 6 4 Ret Ret 6 4 156 10 Xavi ViergeHonda 7 12 11 7 6 3 11 9 Ret 8 9 6 10 8 5 11 14 Ret 12 19 14 17 Ret 9 12 9 9 12 7 8 10 9 15 10 10 13 149 11 Alex LowesKawasaki Ret 4 Ret 10 3 13 7 4 9 Ret 5 4 7 6 Ret 6 6 6 9 7 Ret 9 7 14 8 Ret DNS 5 Ret DNS 7 Ret DNS 149 12 Garrett GerloffBMW 10 15 14 14 12 11 12 17 12 9 7 10 13 9 8 Ret 7 9 13 Ret 13 Ret 9 20 4 Ret 5 8 9 10 4 8 4 14 Ret 9 144 13 Iker LecuonaHonda 6 8 6 12 16 9 Ret 11 Ret 6 4 9 8 NC DNS Ret 13 14 Ret 13 10 5 10 12 14 12 11 10 6 6 8 5 7 9 13 16 143 14 Scott ReddingBMW 9 14 13 Ret 9 10 10 8 7 Ret 12 Ret 11 11 14 8 9 4 10 9 8 4 13 8 7 20 Ret 11 11 14 15 13 14 Ret Ret 8 126 15 Philipp ÖttlDucati 11 6 5 13 13 Ret 14 14 11 11 13 14 14 10 9 Ret 10 10 Ret 12 15 Ret 21 13 9 10 10 6 8 7 11 10 9 6 7 7 124 16 Loris BazBMW 18 13 15 11 Ret DNS 17 Ret Ret 13 18 16 17 13 12 Ret 23 Ret 8 10 7 10 12 10 13 7 12 14 Ret 13 18 12 Ret 13 14 17 60 17 Michael van der MarkBMW Ret 10 12 6 8 Ret 13 10 Ret 13 14 15 16 13 Ret 13 13 11 7 7 11 Ret 8 12 54 18 Lorenzo BaldassarriYamaha 17 16 16 15 15 14 16 20 13 17 17 Ret 15 12 Ret 14 16 19 Ret 18 16 16 Ret Ret Ret 14 13 17 21 16 16 16 13 12 12 15 20 19 Bradley RayYamaha 18 16 Ret 12 14 15 18 14 Ret Ret 12 13 15 16 6 Ret 15 17 18 18 17 17 17 18 19 20 Tom SykesKawasaki Ret 20 Ret 18 Ret Ret Ret 19 15 16 19 Ret11BMW 16 20 13 9 18 Ret 21 Hafizh SyahrinHonda 15 19 17 16 17 15 19 18 14 14 16 Ret Ret 15 15 17 19 15 18 18 14 19 19 Ret 20 19 Ret 15 16 18 11 22 Tito RabatKawasaki 19 16 Ret 16 20 Ret 16 20 Ret 15 15 18 Ret 17 18 19 18 16 11 15 14 8 23 Leon HaslamBMW 14 15 Ret 2 24 Florian MarinoKawasaki 16 16 15 1 25 Hannes SoomerHonda Ret 19 19 21 17 15 1 26 Isaac ViñalesKawasaki 23 Ret 18 Ret 20 Ret 20 17 16 15 21 16 Ret 22 Ret 18 16 17 Ret 19 16 20 20 20 Ret 20 17 1 27 Ivo LopesBMW 15 15 17 1 Oliver KönigKawasaki Ret 17 18 17 18 Ret 20 23 16 Ret DNS DNS 18 22 17 Ret 23 Ret 20 20 Ret 20 21 18 22 22 21 23 DNS DNS 16 17 23 0 Eric GranadoHonda 16 18 19 DNS 19 DNS 21 21 17 Ret DNS DNS 19 24 18 Ret 24 19 Ret 17 Ret Ret Ret 19 21 DNS DNS 0 Roberto TamburiniHonda 18 21 180Yamaha 19 18 16 Gabriele RuiuBMW 22 22 19 Ret DNS DNS DNS Ret DNS 17 17 17 21 Ret Ret 22 21 19 Ret 19 19 0 Luca VitaliKawasaki Ret 18 Ret 0 Leandro MercadoHonda 17 20 20 0 Ryo MizunoHonda 21 19 Ret 0 Lucas MahiasKawasaki 19 16 DNS 0 Florian AltHonda 19 18 22 0 Pos. Rider Bike PHI MAN ASS BAR MIS DON IMO MOS MAG ARA POR JER Pts.Bold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap
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