The desk under reveals the 2025 World Superbike line-up in its ultimate kind forward of the season opener at Phillip Island in February.
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2025 WorldSBK Rider Line-Up |
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| Rider | Group |
| Nicolo Bulega | Aruba.it Racing Ducati |
| Alvaro Bautista | Aruba.it Racing Ducati |
| Danilo Petrucci | Barni Spark Racing Ducati |
| Yari Montella | Barni Spark Racing Ducati |
| Andrea Iannoe | Go Eleven Ducati |
| Sam Lowes | Marc VDS Racing Group Ducati |
| Ryan Vickers | Motocorsa Ducati |
| Scott Redding | Bonovo MGM Ducati |
| Toprak Razgatlioglu | ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Group |
| Michael van der Mark | ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Group |
| Andrea Locatelli | Pata Yamaha |
| Jonathan Rea | Pata Yamaha |
| Remy Gardner | GYTR GRT Yamaha |
| Dominique Aegerter | GYTR GRT Yamaha |
| Tito Rabat | Motoxracing Yamaha |
| Bahattin Sofuoglu | Motoxracing Yamaha |
| Xavi Vierge | Group HRC Honda |
| Iker Lecuona | Group HRC Honda |
| Tarran Mackenzie | Petronas MIE Racing Honda |
| Zaqhwan Zaidi | Petronas MIE Racing Honda |
| Alex Lowes | Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Group |
| Axel Bassani | Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Group |
| Garrett Gerloff | Kawasaki WorldSBK Group |
Ducati
Ducati’s 2025 WorldSBK line-up is essentially the identical as 2024’s. Two-times WorldSBK Champion Alvaro Bautista can be again alongside Nicolo Bulega within the manufacturing unit Aruba.it Racing Ducati squad, whereas Andrea Iannone stays at Go Eleven Ducati (with further technical assist from the manufacturing unit) and Sam Lowes will get a second season on the Elf Marc VDS Racing machine.
The Barni Spark Racing Ducati squad retains Danilo Petrucci for 2025, however scraps its WorldSSP staff to be able to promote its 2024 Supersport rider Yari Montella to a second Ducati Superbike, alongside Petrucci.
The Motocorsa staff retains its one-bike setup, however swaps Michael Ruben Rinaldi for BSB race winner Ryan Vickers, who will make his debut full WorldSBK marketing campaign in 2025.
For Rinaldi, WorldSSP on a Yamaha R9 awaits, however there may be an extra Ducati in 2025, as Scott Redding stays with the Bonovo MGM staff for its swap to Borgo Panigale equipment.
BMW
BMW downsizes its WorldSBK challenge for 2025, because the Bonovo Motion MGM staff is ejected from beneath the Bavarian model’s umbrella.
The manufacturing unit staff will retain Michael van der Mark and Toprak Razgatlioglu for subsequent season.
Yamaha
Yamaha’s two manufacturing unit WorldSBK groups will each retain their 2024 line-ups in 2025. Andrea Locatelli will stay alongside Jonathan Rea within the Pata Prometeon Yamaha staff, whereas the GYTR GRT Yamaha squad retains Remy Gardner alongside Dominique Aegerter.
The Motoxracing staff will lose Bradley Ray subsequent season, as he returns to BSB with the OMG Yamaha staff, however will develop to 2 bikes, with Tito Rabat becoming a member of the staff and Bahattin Sofuoglu graduating from WorldSSP.
The GMT94 staff, which fielded Philipp Oettl in 2024, won’t race in WorldSBK subsequent yr and can revert to its earlier place as a WorldSSP-only staff fielding the aforementioned Michael Ruben Rinaldi and Lucas Mahias on Yamaha R9s.
Honda
Very similar to Yamaha, the manufacturing unit Group HRC will keep the identical for Honda in 2025, with Xavi Vierge remaining alongside Iker Lecuona.
The satellite tv for pc Petronas MIE staff will stay for 2025, too, and can hold Tarran Mackenzie, however Adam Norrodin has been changed by rookie Zaqhwan Zaidi, who final yr raced the All-Japan Superbike Championship and the Supersport 600 class within the Asia Highway Racing Championship.
Kawasaki/Bimota
The Kawasaki Racing Group will swap to Bimota branding in 2025, however the staff will stay the identical and with an equivalent rider roster to 2024: Alex Lowes and Axel Bassani.
The outfit beforehand known as Kawasaki Puccetti Racing will renamed to Kawasaki WorldSBK Group in 2025, eject Tito Rabat, and usher in Garrett Gerloff.