The 2026 Superbike World Championship is the 39th season of the Superbike World Championship. This is the first season in 13 years without featuring the reigning Superbike World Champion as Toprak Razgatlıoğlu who had previously won the championship in 2025, is competing in MotoGP from 2026 onwards. Ducati successfully defended the constructors' championship, winning its 22nd constructors' championship and fifth in a row. The Aruba.it Racing - Ducati team also successfully defended the teams' championship, securing its fifth consecutive teams' championship.
The championship was won by Nicolò Bulega, who became World Champion in 2026 after finishing second in Race 2 at the Italian Round. He set a record for the most consecutive race wins, winning 25 in a row from Race 2 at the 2025 Estoril Round to Race 2 at the 2026 Emilia-Romagna Round, while Iker Lecuona had already secured at least second place in the championship standings after winning Race 1 at the Italian Round but still retained a mathematical chance of winning the title. Despite adding wins in the Superpole Race and Race 2 to complete a hat-trick, Lecuona could not overtake Bulega in the championship standings and ultimately had to settle for the runner-up spot. He also set a record for the most second-place finishes in a single season, with 22 so far, as well as a record for the most consecutive second-place finishes in a single season, with 18.
2026 is the final season for the Pirelli as long-standing tyre supplier since 2004 season as Michelin will take over as championship's official tyre supplier from 2027 season onwards.
Race calendar and results The provisional 2026 season calendar was announced on 31 July 2025.
2026 Superbike World Championship Calendarhttps://motorsportstats.com/series/fim-superbike-world-championship/results/2026RoundCircuitDatePole position Fastest lapWinning riderWinning teamRef 1 R1 Australian Round Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 21 February Ducati SR 22 February Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati R2 Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati 2 R1 Portuguese Round Algarve International Circuit 28 March Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati SR 29 March Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati R2 Iker Lecuona Nicolò Bulega Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati 3 R1 Dutch Round TT Circuit Assen 18 April Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati SR 19 April Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati R2 Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati 4 R1 Hungarian Round Balaton Park Circuit 2 May Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati SR 3 May Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati R2 Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati 5 R1 Czech Round Autodrom Most 16 May Nicolò Bulega Iker Lecuona Nicolò Bulega Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati SR 17 May Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati R2 Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati 6 R1 Aragón Round MotorLand Aragón 30 May Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati SR 31 May Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati R2 Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati 7 R1 13 June Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati SR 14 June Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati R2 Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati 8 R1 UK Round Donington Park 11 July Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Iker Lecuona Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati SR 12 July Sam Lowes Nicolò Bulega Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati R2 Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati 9 R1 French Round Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 5 September Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati SR 6 September Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati R2 Nicolò Bulega Nicolò Bulega Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati 10 R1 Italian Round Cremona Circuit Iker Lecuona Iker Lecuona Iker Lecuona Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati SR 27 September Nicolò Bulega Iker Lecuona Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati R2 Iker Lecuona Iker Lecuona Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati 11 R1 Estoril Round Circuito do Estoril 10 October SR 11 October R2 12 R1 Spanish Round Circuito de Jerez 17 October SR 18 October R2
Entry list 2026 entry listTeamConstructorMotorcycleRiderRounds Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team Bimota KB998 22 Alex Lowes 1–10 47 Axel Bassani 1–10 ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW M1000RR 9 Danilo Petrucci 38 Hannes Soomer 6 60 5–7 88 Miguel Oliveira 1–4, 7–10 Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati Panigale V4 R 7 Iker Lecuona 1–10 11 Nicolò Bulega 1–10 Barni Spark Racing Team 5 Yari Montella 1–10 19 Álvaro Bautista 1–10 Superbike Advocates 46 Tommy Bridewell 2–10 ELF Marc VDS Racing Team 14 Sam Lowes 1–10 MGM Optical Express Racing 76 Loris Baz 10 95 Tarran Mackenzie 1–8 Motocorsa Racing 67 Alberto Surra 1–10 Team Goeleven 34 Lorenzo Baldassarri 1–10 Honda HRC Honda 17 Ryan Vickers 1, 7 35 Somkiat Chantra 2–10 45 Tetsuta Nagashima 1 65 Jonathan Rea 2–3 65 Jonathan Rea 8 92 Yuki Kunii 4–5 96 Jake Dixon 6, 8–10 Kawasaki WorldSBK Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 31 Garrett Gerloff 1–10 Yamaha YZF-R1 62 Stefano Manzi 1–10 87 Remy Gardner 1–10 PATA Maxus Yamaha 55 Andrea Locatelli 1–10 97 Xavi Vierge 1–10 Team Apreco 85 Twan Smits 3 Motoxracing WorldSBK Team 13 Mattia Rato 1–10 54 Bahattin Sofuoğlu 1–9 85 Twan Smits 10Source:KeyRegular riderWildcard rider
Team changes Petronas MIE Racing Honda Team will leave the championship after six seasons. Superbike Advocates Racing will join the Superbike World Championship in the 2026 season with a Ducati bike and rider Tommy Bridewell.
Rider changes Somkiat Chantra (coming from MotoGP with LCR Honda) and Jake Dixon (coming from Moto2 with Marc VDS) make their World Superbike debut with Honda HRC, replacing Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge, who both move to Aruba.it Racing - Ducati and PATA Maxus Yamaha respectively, resulting in the following: Álvaro Bautista joins Ducati's satellite team, Barni Spark Racing Team after leaving the official Ducati team at the end of 2025. Jonathan Rea retires from full-time racing after the 2025 season. He was announced to become a test rider for Honda. Danilo Petrucci leaves Barni Spark Racing Team after three seasons to join ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team, replacing Michael van der Mark. Five-time MotoGP race winner Miguel Oliveira makes his World Superbike debut with ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team, replacing reigning World Champion Toprak Razgatlıoğlu, who replaces Oliveira at Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP. Mattia Rato makes his World Superbike debut with Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team, replacing Michael Ruben Rinaldi. Lorenzo Baldassarri makes his World Superbike return since 2023, joining Team Goeleven to replace Andrea Iannone, who leaves the team after two seasons. He tried to jumpstart his own team, Cainam Racing Team, who was in the provisional entry list, but then no other news came after that. Reigning Supersport World Champion Stefano Manzi makes his premier class debut with GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team, replacing Dominique Aegerter, who returns to Supersport World Championship. Alberto Surra makes his World Superbike debut with Motocorsa Racing, replacing Ryan Vickers. Tarran Mackenzie remains with MGM Optical Express Racing after riding for the team as a replacement rider in the 2025 season, following Scott Redding's departure from World Superbike midway through the season.
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 Points252016131110987654321
Superpole Race Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Points1297654321
Riders' championship Pos.RiderBikePHIPORASSBALMOSARAMISDONMAGCREESTJERPts.R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2 1 Nicolò Bulega Ducati 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 602 2 Iker Lecuona Ducati 6 9 8 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 Ret 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 469 3 Yari Montella Ducati 2 4 Ret 16 6 NC 11 8 5 4 5 3 3 3 3 7 9 Ret 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 3 3 Ret 4 3 269 4 Alex Lowes Bimota 7 3 Ret 4 4 4 5 5 11 6 7 Ret 7 9 7 4 5 4 5 Ret 4 7 4 5 5 5 13 6 6 5 226 5 Sam Lowes Ducati 5 5 Ret 5 5 5 3 3 3 9 20 6 Ret 17 12 3 3 3 Ret Ret 10 4 3 7 3 Ret 11 3 5 Ret 219 6 Lorenzo Baldassarri Ducati 3 8 9 11 10 6 8 13 6 Ret 3 4 6 4 4 6 Ret Ret Ret 5 15 6 6 8 6 7 4 4 Ret 7 193 7 Axel Bassani Bimota 4 2 2 8 8 8 12 18 13 17 15 Ret 5 13 8 8 6 5 4 4 Ret 9 5 4 7 11 9 8 16 9 184 8 Garrett Gerloff 11 6 10 7 14 Ret 16 14 18 13 8 5 4 6 5 9 12 6 14 14 12 8 9 6 9 13 7 5 Ret 8 145 9 Alberto Surra Ducati 9 12 12 15 15 Ret 15 12 17 8 6 7 9 5 6 14 4 8 6 7 6 WD WD WD 8 4 5 Ret 3 4 140 10 Álvaro Bautista Ducati Ret 7 3 9 9 Ret 4 4 4 5 4 11 WD WD WD Ret 8 7 9 12 Ret 14 11 10 14 15 6 10 Ret Ret 125 11 Andrea Locatelli Yamaha 13 14 5 12 11 9 6 9 8 7 13 Ret 8 11 9 Ret Ret 13 7 8 7 13 12 11 12 10 Ret 7 10 10 118 12 Miguel Oliveira BMW 8 18 7 3 3 3 7 11 12 3 Ret DNS 8 6 Ret 11 20 12 Ret 12 15 Ret 8 Ret 109 13 Xavi Vierge Yamaha Ret DNS Ret 6 7 14 10 6 7 10 10 12 12 Ret 11 13 10 Ret 12 Ret 11 10 8 9 10 9 8 Ret 12 Ret 95 14 Tarran Mackenzie Ducati 12 11 4 14 13 Ret 9 Ret 10 12 9 8 11 7 Ret 10 Ret 11 11 9 5 WD WD WD 81 15 Tommy Bridewell Ducati Ret 19 13 13 15 16 14 12 Ret 13 8 10 5 7 9 13 Ret 14 5 7 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 7 Ret 66 16 Danilo Petrucci BMW 10 10 6 10 12 7 18 7 9 11 16 DNS Ret WD WD 15 19 15 13 16 12 14 11 12 61 17 Remy Gardner Yamaha Ret 16 13 13 16 10 14 10 14 16 11 9 15 12 14 17 13 12 Ret 13 8 12 15 13 Ret 8 10 12 WD WD 57 18 Stefano Manzi Yamaha Ret 13 14 17 17 11 19 16 15 15 14 10 10 14 15 12 14 14 10 10 16 16 13 16 Ret 18 Ret 11 Ret 11 44 19 Jake Dixon Honda 16 WD WD 18 17 17 11 14 Ret 9 9 6 23 20 BMW 14 10 13 11 11 10 Ret 11 9 23 21 Somkiat Chantra Honda 18 Ret 15 WD WD WD 19 19 15 17 Ret 18 15 18 15 15 15 13 20 18 Ret Ret 17 14 13 13 13 16 22 Tetsuta Nagashima Honda 14 17 11 7 23 Jonathan Rea Honda 19 18 12 17 17 19 Ret 10 14 6 24 Bahattin Sofuoğlu Yamaha 16 19 15 20 Ret Ret 20 20 20 18 18 13 16 Ret 16 18 16 16 16 16 Ret 17 14 19 WD WD WD 4 25 Loris Baz Ducati 15 15 14 3 26 Mattia Rato Yamaha 17 20 Ret 21 20 Ret 22 19 21 20 17 14 18 15 17 19 17 17 17 18 17 19 16 18 Ret Ret Ret 16 14 15 3 27 Ryan Vickers Honda 15 15 Ret Ret 17 18 1 28 Hannes Soomer BMW Ret 15 18 0 29 Twan Smits Yamaha 21 21 22 17 Ret 16 0 30 Yuki Kunii Honda 21 21 16 Ret 16 19 0Pos.RiderBikePHIPORASSBALMOSARAMISDONMAGCREESTJERPts.Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap
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