In 2022, the ‘titanic trio’ arrive with the gap shrinking and them getting closer and closer, making for an even more interesting dynamic. Who will be ‘magnifique’ at Magny-Cours?

WorldSBK Gallery: All The Best Shots From The 2022 Season So Far

By Bike Review • 2 years ago

Sep
2022

The Magny-Cours round signified the start of the second half for the 2022 WorldSBK season. Check out the super close points tally and all the best shots of the year so far below...

With the second half of the season officially underway, check out all the best shots from the 2022 WorldSBK season so far. The top three riders are extremely close together in terms of points, so it’s heating up to be an exciting end to the season!

Read all the race reports here…

Championship Standings After French Round (Full Standings Here)

1 Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) 332 points
2 Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK) 302
3 Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) 285

The whole weekend in the Czech Republic saw the championship leaders with their elbows out at every chance they got.

From crowning Champions to bringing iconic battles and unpredictability, the Pirelli French Round awaits the next instalment of a sensational WorldSBK season.

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Giving chase in the standings is six-time World Champion Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK).

Several riders from WorldBK and WorldSSP showed off their singing voices in a rider concert, with this concert alone raising $450 for Two Wheels for Life’s valuable work.

Signed boots from six-time Champion Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) were sold for $1650.

Across the UK Round, lots of riders donated items for auction or took part in a rider concert to raise money for charity.

Bautista initially lost out at the start but was able to battle back, first to take second place from Toprak Razgatlioglu.

The championship is really starting to heat up now. The battle is looking to go until the final round!

After a thrilling battle at Misano, Bautista claimed victory ahead of Rea to extend his lead in the Championship standings.

Rea’s second place gave him his 224th podium and ninth this year as well as Kawasaki’s 498th in WorldSBK.

Bautista secured his second win of the Misano round after fighting his way past the reigning Champion to take Race 2 victory

DIABLO Supercorsa was created thanks to the experience of Pirelli in the FIM Superbike World Championship, which since 2004 has partnered with the Italian tyre company as its sole supplier.

The Pirelli Emilia-Romagna round at Misano will see Pirelli celebrate 20 years as Sole Tyre Supplier for all the classes of the FIM Superbike World Championship.

Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) battled his way up from 10th on the grid to claim a second podium of the weekend, and the season.

Iker Lecuona (Team HRC) claimed fifth place to claim his sixth top-five finish in the first 12 races of the season.

Razgatlioglu got the holeshot on the opening lap of the race and from there did not look back as he claimed his first race win of the season and secure a front row start for Race 2.

The 2022 championship is heating up as Razgatlioglu is frantically trying to defend his title.

In what has been a very strong opening four rounds of the Championship, a challenge lies ahead for Iker Lecuona (Team HRC). The Spanish rookie has never raced at Donington Park…

Vierge overtook Lecuona in the closing stages of the 21-lap race to claim his first top five result in WorldSBK, finishing just a tenth ahead of his teammate.

The MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship descended on the Circuito Estoril and it was a thriller in Portugal as Alvaro Bautista claimed a stunning victory…

Donington Park has been far from a happy hunting ground for Ducati in recent years; no win since 2011 and the Ducati Panigale V4 R has only had one third place.

All three races at the Estoril Round decided on the final lap as an epic weekend of action concludes with a second Rea victory.

Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha with Brixx) dropped back from the lead duo to settle for third place.

Now all the riders will be focusing on extending their leads as much as possible as the end of the season will approach fast.

Razgatlioglu got a good start from second on the grid to lead into Turn 1 with Rea in second and it was a precursor of what was to come during the 21-lap race.

A decent weekend for both the Ducati riders at Estoril, showing consistency…

Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) was able to continue his streak of podium finishes in 2022, making it eight out of eight so far this season.

In second place, it looks settled for Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK), who relinquishes his crown after just one season. He’s 37 points ahead of title rival Jonathan Rea.

Another record for Rea after claiming an incredible 10-lap Superpole Race after taking advantage of a last-lap mistake from his rival.

Rea’s victory gave him his 21st consecutive podium at Aragon and his 22nd in total, the most any rider has at a single circuit for his 216th podium in his career.

Jonathan Rea and Alvaro Bautista went head-to-head in the 18-lap season opening race of the 2022 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship at the Spanish circuit of Aragon.

Spain’s Alvaro Bautista is beaming and “in love” with his Ducati after a near-perfect weekend saw him take two victories on Sunday and a second-place on Saturday in the opening round of the 2022 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship.

With victory, Bautista leads the Championship standings for the first time since Misano in 2019.

From the box seat start, he fought off early challenges but streaked ahead to take victory by more than four seconds from Kawasaki’s Jonathan Rea with Toprak Razgatlioglu in third.

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