Phillip Island WorldSBK preview, entry list and schedule
WorldSBK 2023
Grand Ridge Brewery’s Australian Circuit features three World Superbike races (two 22 laps and a 10 lap Tissot Superpole Race), with World Supersport returning with two 18 laps. Along with this, ASBK will launch the track with a total of 9 races on the weekend from February 24-26.
Spectators will get their first taste of the 2023 season as the action on the track gets underway at 08:50 on Friday.
GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK rookies Remy Gardner and Dominique Aegerter will have their first official Superbike World Championship this weekend at 11:30 a.m. Friday.
The trio of contenders are always near the top including defending world champion Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati), 2021 world champion Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK) and six world champion times Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki World Racing Team SBK). Their teammates Michael Rinaldi, Andrea Locatelli and Alex Lowes weren’t bad either!
And of course, in a major milestone that we certainly need no introduction – spectators will enjoy a truly Australian feast as they witness the lights go out for the start of the first WorldSBK race. first by Remy Gardner. It’s been seven years of prolonged drought since Australia last had a full-time racer in the World Super Series. Remy Gardner’s impact is undeniable as the 2021 Moto2 World Champion enters the GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team.
In charge of BMW will likely be headed by Scott Redding though on pre-season prototype Loris Baz could prove the sharpest tool in BMW’s magazine. Rookie Garrett Gerloff looks set to make a successful transition to the BMW M 1000 RR, and Dutch driver Michael van der Mark returns to the top..?
Honda has worked so hard to get back on the podium in WorldSBK and they are very close… Will they make the final leap forward to allow exiled MotoGP riders Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge to challenge for won..?
Axel Bassani showed impressive speed last year and couldn’t drop the price, or will Danilo Petrucci surprise and beat him to private bragging rights Ducati..?
And then, of course, we have Tom Sykes coming back to WorldSBK… Pre-season test form isn’t great for #66 but Phillip Island is a circuit that Sykes knows well and he can make one. surprise attack on established candidates.
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Phillip Island WorldSBK . Event Calendar
Friday, February 24, 2023 | |||||
Begin | Complete | Class | Meeting |
ring | Distance |
0740 | 0750 | Timekeeping | Check the tracking system | ||
0810 | 0820 | FIM medical check /// FIM follow-up test | |||
0850 | 0910 | Australia’s Supersport 300 | FP | ||
0915 | 0940 | Australian super sport | FP | ||
0945 | 1015 | Superbike Australia | FP1 | ||
1030 | 1115 | worldSSP | FP1 | ||
1130 | 1215 | worldSBK | FP | ||
1225 | 1255 | ASBK billions of trips | |||
1305 | 1325 | Australia’s Supersport 300 | Ask | ||
1335 | 1355 | Australian super sport | Ask | ||
1405 | 1435 | Superbike Australia | FP2 | ||
1500 | 1545 | worldSSP | FP2 | ||
1600 | 1645 | worldSBK | FP2 | ||
1705 | Australia’s Supersport 300 | R1 | 8 | 35.56km | |
Saturday February 25, 2023 | |||||
Begin | Complete | Class | Meeting | ring | Distance |
0740 | 0750 | Timekeeping | Check the tracking system | ||
0810 | 0820 | FIM medical check /// FIM follow-up test | |||
0900 | 0920 | Superbike Australia | Ask | ||
0940 | Australia’s Supersport 300 | R2 | 8 | 35.56km | |
1015 | Australian super sport | R1 | ten | 44.45km | |
1050 | 1120 | worldSBK | FP3 | ||
1140 | Superbike AustraliaR1 | twelfth | 53.34km | ||
1225 | 1245 | worldSSP | super pole | ||
1310 | 1325 | worldSBK | super pole | ||
1340 | 1410 | Pit Walk 1 & Safe Car Loop | |||
1430 | worldSSP | R1 | 18 | 80.01km | |
1505 | 1535 | ASBK billions of trips | |||
1600 | worldSBK | R1 | 22 | 97.79km | |
1720 | Australian super sport | R2 | ten | 44.45km | |
Sunday, February 26, 2023 | |||||
Begin | Complete | Meeting | Meeting | ring | Distance |
0800 | 0810 | Timekeeping | Check the tracking system | ||
0830 | 0840 | FIM medical check /// FIM follow-up test | |||
0910 | Australia’s Supersport 300 | R3 | 8 | 35.56km | |
0945 | Superbike Australia | R2 | twelfth | 53.34km | |
1030 | 1045 | worldSBK | WUP | ||
1055 | 1110 | worldSSP | WUP | ||
1130 | Australian super sport | R3 | ten | 44.45km | |
1200 | 1235 | Pit Walk 2 & Safe Car Circuit | ASBK’s presentation on the podium | ||
1300 | worldSBK | SPRING | ten | 44.45km | |
1340 | Superbike Australia | R3 | twelfth | 53.34km | |
1430 | worldSSP | R2 | 80.01km | ||
1505 | 1535 | ASBK billions of trips | ASBK’s presentation on the podium | ||
1600 | worldSBK | R3 | 22 | 97.79km |
List of participants in WorldSBK 2023
N. | horseman | nature | Team |
19 | Alvaro Bautista | psychic | Racing Aruba.It – Ducati |
21 | Michael Ruben Rinaldi | ITA | Racing Aruba.It – Ducati |
54 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | Team Yamaha WorldSBK |
55 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | Team Yamaha WorldSBK |
22 | Alex Lowe | GBR | Kawasaki WorldSBK . Racing Team |
65 | Jonathan Rea | GBR | Kawasaki WorldSBK Racing Team |
7 | Iker Lecuona | psychic | Team HRC |
97 | Xavi Vierge | psychic | Team HRC |
45 | Scott Redding | GBR | Team ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK |
60 | Michael van der Mark | NED | Team ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK |
47 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Race Motocorsa |
thirty first | Garrett Gerloff | USA | BMW Action Bonovo |
76 | culi baz | FRA | BMW Action Bonovo |
77 | Dominique Aegerter | SUI | Team GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK |
eighty seven | Remy Gardner | AUS | Team GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK |
5 | Philipp Oettl | GER | Team GoEleven |
66 | Tom Sykes | GBR | Kawasaki Puccitti . Race |
9 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Barni Spark Racing Team |
28 | Bradley Ray | GBR | Team Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK |
35 | Hafizh Syahrin | GHOST | MIE race |
51 | Eric Granado | bra | MIE race |
52 | Oliver Konig | CZE | Orelac Racing Verdnatura |
34 | Lorenzo Baldassari | ITA | GMT94 YAMAHA |
List of participants in WorldSSP 2023
Drivers marked with * will only compete in the European round
N. | horseman | nature | Team |
9 | Jorge Navarro | psychic | Ten Kate Racing Yamaha |
62 | Stefano Manzi | ITA | Ten Kate Racing Yamaha |
sixty one | can be oncu | TUR | Kawasaki Puccitti . Race |
19 | Andrea Mantovani | ITA | Evan Bros. WorldTeam SSP Yamaha |
4 | Harry Truelove | GBR | Victory Dynavolt |
66 | Niki Tuuli | RING | Victory Dynavolt |
23 | Marcel Schroetter | GER | MV Agusta Reparto Corse |
54 | Bahattin Sofuoglu | TUR | MV Agusta Reparto Corse |
11 | Nicolo Bulega | ITA | Aruba Racing WorldSSPTeam |
ninety four | Valentin Debise | FRA | GMT94 YAMAHA |
sixty four | Federico Caricasulo | ITA | Race Althea |
3 | Raffaele De Rosa | ITA | Orelac Racing Verdnatura |
22 | Federico Fuligi * | ITA | Orelac Racing Verdnatura |
28 | Glenn van Straalen | NED | Team EAB |
29 | Nicholas Spinelli | ITA | Yamaha VFT Racing |
98 | Maiki Abe * | JPN | Yamaha VFT Racing |
55 | Yari Montella | ITA | Barni Spark Racing Team |
77 | Adam Norrodim | GHOST | MIE – MS Racing Honda Team |
95 | Tarran Mackenzie | GBR | MIE – MS Racing Honda Team |
32 | Oliver Bayliss | AUS | Racing D34G |
seventy three | Maximilian Kofler * | AUT | Racing D34G |
68 | Electric Luke * | AUS | Puccetti’s Motozoo Race |
69 | Tom Booth-Amos * | GBR | Puccetti’s Motozoo Race |
16 | Yuta Okaya * | JPN | Prodina Kawasaki Racing WorldSSP |
27 | Alvaro Diaz * | psychic | Arco Yart Yamaha WorldSSP |
99 | Adrian Huertas | psychic | MTMKawasaki |
17 | John McPhee | GBR | Vince64 by Puccetti Racing |
39 | Apiwath Wongthananon | EXCUSE | Thai Yamaha Racing Team |
51 | Anupab Sarmoon | EXCUSE | Thai Yamaha Racing Team |
7 | Tom Edwards * | AUS | YART – Team Yamaha WorldSSP |
World SBK Calendar 2023 | |||
Round | Day | Location |
|
R1 | February 24–26 | Phillip Island | Australian |
R2 | March 3–5 | mandalika | Indonesian language |
R3 | Application 21–23 | Arsenic | Dutch |
R4 | May 5–7 | Barcelona-Catalunya | Catalunya |
R5 | 2–4 June | Misano | Emilia-Romagna |
R6 | June 30–July 2 | Donington Park | UK |
R7 | July 28–30 | Most of | Czech |
R8 | September 8–10 | Magny-Cours | French |
R9 | September 22–24 | Aragon | Aragon |
R10 | September 29 – October 1 | Portimao | Portuguese |
R11 | October 13–15 | San Juan | people Argentina |
R12 | TBA | TBA | TBA |