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
FIM Yamaha R3 BLU BRU 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 which ran for nine seasons 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 Portugal Portuguese Round Algarve International Circuit 28 March Italy Matteo Vannucci Netherlands Loris Veneman Spain Antonio Torres Italy Team Prodina Kawasaki XCI Japan Kawasaki [6]
R2 29 March Italy Matteo Vannucci Netherlands Loris Veneman Belgium MTM Kawasaki Japan Kawasaki [7]
2 R1 Netherlands Dutch Round TT Circuit Assen 18 April Netherlands Loris Veneman Belgium Ferre Fleerackers Netherlands Jeffrey Buis Netherlands Track & Trades Wixx Racing Japan Suzuki [8]
R2 19 April Spain Beñat Fernández Belgium Ferre Fleerackers Netherlands Track & Trades Wixx Racing Japan Suzuki [9]
3 R1 Czech Republic Czech Round Autodrom Most 16 May Spain David Salvador Italy Bruno Ieraci Italy Matteo Vannucci Italy Revo–M2 Italy Aprilia [10]
R2 17 May Italy Matteo Vannucci Spain Antonio Torres Italy Team Prodina Kawasaki XCI Japan Kawasaki [11]
4 R1 Aragon Aragón Round[12] MotorLand Aragón 30 May Spain David Salvador Australia Carter Thompson Spain David Salvador Italy Team Prodina Kawasaki XCI Japan Kawasaki [13]
R2 31 May Spain David Salvador Spain Xavier Artigas Belgium MTM Kawasaki Japan Kawasaki [14]
5 R1 Emilia-Romagna Emilia-Romagna Round Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli 13 June Spain David Salvador United Kingdom Fenton Seabright Italy Bruno Ieraci Italy CM Triumph Factory Racing United Kingdom Triumph [15]
R2 14 June Italy Matteo Vannucci Spain David Salvador Italy Team Prodina Kawasaki XCI Japan Kawasaki [16]
6 R1 France French Round Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 5 September
R2 6 September
7 R1 Italy Italian Round Cremona Circuit 26 September
R2 27 September
8 R1 Spain Spanish Round Circuito de Jerez 17 October
R2 18 October

Entry list

2026 entry list[17]
Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds
Italy MMR Aprilia RS 660 Factory 41 Greece Ioannis Peristeras 1–5
98 Italy Thomas Benetti 1–5
Italy Revo–M2 11 Italy Mattia Sorrenti 1–5
91 Italy Matteo Vannucci 1–5
Italy Team MMP Velocita 25 Italy Filippo Bianchi 5
Italy PATA AG Motorsport Italia Honda CBR600RR 89 Australia Taiyo Aksu 5
France Rac41–Honda 36 France Diego Poncet 1
Spain Deza–Box 77 Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-6R 636 16 Spain Álvaro Fuertes 1–5
77 Spain José Osuna 1–5
Belgium MTM Kawasaki 31 Spain Roberto Fernández 4
34 Spain Xavier Artigas[18][19] 1–5
71 Netherlands Loris Veneman[18][19] 1–5
Spain Pons Motosport Italika Racing 39 Spain Juan Risueño 1–5
40 United States Julian Correa[20][21] 1–5
Italy Team Prodina Kawasaki XCI 38 Spain David Salvador[22] 1–5
47 Spain Antonio Torres[22] 1–5
Republic of Ireland Kove Racing Team 109 Kove 450RR 7 Spain Beñat Fernández[23][24] 1–3, 5
66 Germany Phillip Tonn[25] 1–2
67 Germany Loris Schönrock[26] 3
88 Spain Daniel Mogeda 4
96 Denmark Oliver Svendsen 4
99 Italy Alessandro Zanca 5
Netherlands Track & Trades Wixx Racing Suzuki GSX–8R 6 Netherlands Jeffrey Buis 1–5
65 Belgium Ferre Fleerackers 1–5
Netherlands VLR Racing Team Suzuki 68 Netherlands Kas Beekmans 1–5
Italy CM Triumph Factory Racing Triumph[27] Daytona 660 18 Italy Bruno Ieraci 1–5
23 Italy Elia Bartolini 1–5
Germany Freudenberg Rora-Paligo Racing 37 Czech Republic Štěpán Zuda[28] 3
United Kingdom PHR Performance Triumph 55 United Kingdom Harrison Dessoy[29][30] 1–5
73 United Kingdom Fenton Seabright[29][30] 1–5
Spain ARCO Yamaha MotoR University Team Yamaha[31] YZF–R7 33 Spain Gonzalo Sánchez 1–5
69 Italy Alessandro Di Persio 1–5
Netherlands Indi Racing by Yamaha Ten Kate Racing 13 Netherlands Indi Schunselaar[32] 2
Portugal Miguel Oliveira Team 9 United Kingdom Carl Harris 5
61 Spain Marcos Ruda 4
79 Portugal Tomás Alonso 1–3
Czech Republic Panattoni BGR Smrz Racing 21 Czech Republic Troy Sovička 1–5
26 Italy Mirko Gennai 1–5
Italy PATA AG Motorsport Italia 89 Australia Taiyo Aksu[33] 1–4
Indonesia ProGP NitiRacing 27 Indonesia Felix Mulya[34] 1–5
93 Indonesia Arai Agaska[34] 1–5
Italy Team BrCorse 43 Italy Marco Gaggi 1–5
50 Australia Carter Thompson[35] 1–5
Brazil Yamaha AD78 FIMLA by MS Racing 12 Brazil Humberto Maier 1–5
92 France Gabin Cazard 1–5
Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

Championship standings

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

Riders' championship

Pos. Rider Bike POR
Portugal		 ASS
Netherlands		 MOS
Czech Republic		 ARA
Spain		 MIS
Emilia-Romagna		 MAG
France		 CRE
Italy		 JER
Spain		 Pts.
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Spain David Salvador Kawasaki 2 2 3 4 3 3 1 Ret 4 1 164
2 Spain Antonio Torres Kawasaki 1 3 10 10 4 1 4 7 5 10 130
3 Spain Xavier Artigas Kawasaki 5 4 2 6 6 Ret 2 1 7 5 129
4 Netherlands Jeffrey Buis Suzuki 4 6 1 3 2 Ret 10 Ret 9 6 107
5 Italy Matteo Vannucci Aprilia 24 8 4 2 1 4 5 23 26 7 99
6 Australia Carter Thompson Yamaha 12 14 13 9 Ret 5 6 2 3 2 93
7 Italy Bruno Ieraci Triumph 6 10 6 7 8 2 DNS DNS 1 Ret 88
8 Belgium Ferre Fleerackers Suzuki 3 9 5 1 9 10 18 8 18 12 84
9 United Kingdom Fenton Seabright Triumph Ret DNS Ret 25 7 Ret 3 4 6 3 64
10 Netherlands Loris Veneman Kawasaki 9 1 Ret 8 5 Ret 7 Ret 14 Ret 62
11 Spain Álvaro Fuertes Kawasaki 8 11 27 23 12 8 11 5 12 13 48
12 Italy Elia Bartolini Triumph 23 5 7 14 14 Ret 12 6 8 21 46
13 United Kingdom Harrison Dessoy Triumph Ret 12 Ret 13 28 6 8 3 21 16 41
14 Italy Filippo Bianchi Aprilia 2 4 33
15 Italy Marco Gaggi Yamaha 10 15 11 12 21 20 15 11 Ret 8 30
16 Spain José Osuna Kawasaki Ret 19 12 17 DNS 9 16 9 11 9 30
17 Netherlands Kas Beekmans Suzuki Ret 17 8 5 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 15 25
18 Italy Mirko Gennai Yamaha 13 24 14 15 16 13 13 12 15 11 21
19 France Diego Poncet Honda 7 7 18
20 Spain Beñat Fernández Kove DSQ DSQ 9 11 10 18 Ret Ret 18
21 Indonesia Felix Mulya Yamaha Ret 28 28 DNS 13 7 19 DNS DNS DNS 12
22 Italy Alessandro Di Persio Yamaha 11 18 17 26 23 19 9 Ret 19 25 12
23 Italy Thomas Benetti Aprilia Ret 13 18 28 22 14 Ret 21 10 Ret 11
24 Spain Juan Risueño Kawasaki 15 27 25 22 27 11 21 20 13 14 11
25 United States Julian Correa Kawasaki 16 16 26 16 17 12 17 10 20 19 10
26 Spain Gonzalo Sánchez Yamaha Ret Ret 15 19 18 Ret Ret 13 16 Ret 4
27 Brazil Humberto Maier Yamaha 18 22 21 18 19 Ret 14 14 17 Ret 4
28 Italy Mattia Sorrenti Aprilia 14 21 Ret Ret Ret 16 28 22 22 17 2
29 Australia Taiyo Aksu Yamaha 17 Ret 24 21 20 15 DNS 17 1
Honda 24 18
30 Spain Roberto Fernández Kawasaki 20 15 1
31 Indonesia Arai Agaska Yamaha 20 23 22 27 15 Ret 23 Ret Ret 23 1
32 Greece Ioannis Peristeras Aprilia 19 20 16 24 25 17 24 16 Ret 20 0
33 Germany Phillip Tonn Kove DSQ DSQ 19 20 0
34 Netherlands Indi Schunselaar Yamaha 20 29 0
35 France Gabin Cazard Yamaha 21 26 23 Ret 24 21 25 18 Ret 22 0
36 Portugal Tomás Alonso Yamaha 22 29 Ret Ret 26 DNS 0
37 Spain Daniel Mogeda Kove 22 19 0
38 Czech Republic Troy Sovička Yamaha Ret 25 Ret 30 29 Ret 27 24 23 Ret 0
39 Italy Alessandro Zanca Kove 25 24 0
40 Spain Marcos Ruda Yamaha 26 DNS 0
41 Denmark Oliver Svendsen Kove 29 Ret 0
Czech Republic Štěpán Zuda Triumph DNS DNS
Germany Loris Schönrock Kove DNQ DNQ
United Kingdom Carl Harris Yamaha DNQ DNQ
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid 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

Teams' championship

Pos. Teams Bike

No.

 POR
Portugal		 ASS
Netherlands		 MOS
Czech Republic		 ARA
Spain		 MIS
Emilia-Romagna		 MAG
France		 CRE
Italy		 JER
Spain		 Pts.
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Italy Team Prodina Kawasaki XCI 38 2 2 3 4 3 3 1 Ret 4 1 294
47 1 3 10 10 4 1 4 7 5 10
2 Belgium MTM Kawasaki 31 20 15 192
34 5 4 2 6 6 Ret 2 1 7 5
71 9 1 Ret 8 5 Ret 7 Ret 14 Ret
3 Netherlands Track & Trades Wixx Racing 6 4 6 1 3 2 Ret 10 Ret 9 6 191
65 3 9 5 1 9 10 18 8 18 12
4 Italy CM Triumph Factory Racing 18 6 10 6 7 8 2 DNS DNS 1 Ret 134
23 23 5 7 14 14 Ret 12 6 8 21
5 Italy Team BrCorse 43 10 15 11 12 21 20 15 11 Ret 8 123
50 12 14 13 9 Ret 5 6 2 3 2
6 United Kingdom PHR Performance Triumph 55 Ret 12 Ret 13 28 6 8 3 21 16 105
73 Ret DNS Ret 25 7 Ret 3 4 6 3
7 Italy Revo–M2 11 14 21 Ret Ret Ret 16 28 22 22 17 101
91 24 8 4 2 1 4 5 23 26 7
8 Spain Deza–Box 77 Racing Team 16 8 11 27 23 12 8 11 5 12 13 78
77 Ret 19 12 17 DNS 9 16 9 11 9
9 Italy Team MMP Velocita 25 2 4 33
10 Netherlands VLR Racing Team Suzuki 68 Ret 17 8 5 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 15 25
11 Czech Republic Panattoni BGR Smrz Racing 21 Ret 25 Ret 30 29 Ret 27 24 23 Ret 22
26 13 24 14 15 16 13 13 12 15 11
12 Spain Pons Motosport Italika Racing 39 15 27 25 22 27 11 21 20 13 14 21
40 16 16 26 16 17 12 17 10 20 19
13 Spain ARCO Yamaha MotoR University Team 33 Ret Ret 15 19 18 Ret Ret 13 16 Ret 16
69 11 18 17 26 23 19 9 Ret 19 25
14 France Rac41–Honda 36 7 7 18
15 Republic of Ireland Kove Racing Team 109 7 DSQ DSQ 9 11 10 18 Ret Ret 18
66 DSQ DSQ 19 20
67 DNQ DNQ
88 22 19
96 29 Ret
99 25 24
16 Indonesia ProGP NitiRacing 27 Ret 28 28 DNS 13 7 19 DNS DNS DNS 13
93 20 23 22 27 15 Ret 23 Ret Ret 23
17 Italy MMR 41 19 20 16 24 25 17 24 16 Ret 20 11
98 Ret 13 18 28 22 14 Ret 21 10 Ret
18 Brazil Yamaha AD78 FIMLA by MS Racing 12 18 22 21 18 19 Ret 14 14 17 Ret 4
92 21 26 23 Ret 24 21 25 18 Ret 22
19 Italy PATA AG Motorsport Italia 89 17 Ret 24 21 20 15 DNS 17 24 18 1
20 Netherlands Indi Racing by Yamaha Ten Kate Racing 13 20 29 0
21 Portugal Miguel Oliveira Team 9 DNQ DNQ 0
61 26 DNS
79 22 29 Ret Ret 26 DNS
Germany Freudenberg Rora-Paligo Racing 37 DNS DNS 0

Manufacturers' championship

Pos. Manufacturer POR
Portugal		 ASS
Netherlands		 MOS
Czech Republic		 ARA
Spain		 MIS
Emilia-Romagna		 MAG
France		 CRE
Italy		 JER
Spain		 Pts.
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Japan Kawasaki 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 1 5 1 210
2 United Kingdom Triumph 6 5 6 7 7 2 3 3 1 3 142
3 Japan Suzuki 3 6 1 1 2 10 10 8 9 7 132
4 Italy Aprilia 14 8 4 2 1 4 5 16 2 5 123
5 Japan Yamaha 10 14 11 9 13 5 6 2 3 2 100
6 Japan Honda 7 7 24 18 18
7 China Kove DSQ DSQ 9 11 10 18 22 19 25 24 18

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