The 2024 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship has reached the second half of the season, however already, consideration is popping into what the 2025 grid will appear to be. Some riders are below contract for subsequent season, a lot have their futures up within the air, and there have been loads of feedback made about what to anticipate in 2025. So, what is understood to date in regards to the complexion of subsequent yr’s grid?
UNDER CONTRACT: hypothesis about Bautista’s future ends, loads of riders in place
The straightforward place to start out is who has a 2025 contract of their pocket already. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) is under contract for next year, as are Pata Prometeon Yamaha duo Jonathan Rea and Andrea Locatelli. At Group HRC, each Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge’s renewal was announced as two years to cover the 2024 and 2025 seasons. It’s been confirmed by both Kenan Sofuoglu and Shaun Muir that Toprak Razgatlioglu’s (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) contract covers each this and subsequent season. Though his 2025 teammate had been unknown, BWM announced after Misano that the current Razgatlioglu-Michael van der Mark line-up would stay in place for 2025. Alex Lowes (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) had his future secured with the new Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team, with that announcement coming at Misano, with teammate Axel Bassani signing a deal for ‘2024 and past’ when he joined KRT for this season; his future was announced on Saturday at Misano.
Garrett Gerloff was on the lookout for a brand new seat after Bonovo Motion BMW’s announcement about withdrawing on the finish of the season, but he’s secured himself a place on next year’s grid after inking a deal with Kawasaki Puccetti Racing. On the Tuesday after the Portuguese Spherical, the Barni Spark Racing Team announced Danilo Petrucci for 2025, maintaining ‘Petrux’ on the grid for a 3rd marketing campaign. One rider whose future had been up within the air was Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati), however any hypothesis was put to mattress within the week leading up to the French Round, with the announcement that he had signed a new one-year contract for the 2025 campaign. Two extra Impartial Ducati outfits confirmed their plans in the course of the Italian Spherical. Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) will stay with his current team, but race in WorldSBK alongside Petrucci, in 2025. At Team Motocorsa Racing, Ryan Vickers will join the team for next season as he replaces Michael Ruben Rinaldi. Only a few days after the Aragon Spherical, Sam Lowes’ future was secured after it was introduced he would stay with the Elf Marc VDS Racing Team for 2025.
NOT YET SORTED FOR 2025: the riders aiming to safe a journey
Each GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Group riders, Dominique Aegerter and Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Group), Tito Rabat (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing), Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Group Motocorsa Racing), Bradley Ray (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Group), Philipp Oettl (GMT94 Yamaha) and Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Group) are all but to signal for subsequent yr. With Bonovo Motion BMW’s information, it meant each Gerloff and teammate Scott Redding have been on the lookout for a brand new seat. Whereas Gerloff has his secured – see above – Redding revealed he has a BMW contract for 2025 with no information on his future but.
WHAT’S BEEN SAID SO FAR: manufacturing facility workforce ambitions
Iannone addressed rumours about his future at Assen, with links to other manufacturers or Championships in the press, saying: “I’m joyful I’m being spoken about. I do know if I’m on high, I’ve many probabilities. My goal is to be in a manufacturing facility workforce, however we are going to see. I’m joyful as a result of after a very long time, I felt many issues, and curiosity from many producers. I’m honoured. I feel, after Assen at Misano, we are going to know one thing extra about this.” The subject got here up once more on the Cremona take a look at, with workforce boss Denis Sacchetti stating that ‘it doesn’t rely on us’. When pressed on it once more at Misano, ‘The Maniac’ revealed he had proposals on the table and declared a factory bike was important.
IN THE MEDIA: what’s been reported?
Gardner has been quoted by Motorsport-Total.com as saying he has an choice for 2025 to be with GRT Yamaha, whereas Aegerter – in the identical article – stated “the circumstances should be proper” to stick with the workforce and that there are “different alternate options” for the double WorldSSP Champion. With seats filling up in MotoGP™ and WorldSBK, riders can be on the lookout for seats. One such rider is Augusto Fernandez who is quoted by Motorsport.com Spain as saying: “The concept is to proceed with an enormous bike, if I do not get something in MotoGP™ I am going to go to World Superbike, I will not go to Moto2™, that is for positive.”
2025 WorldSBK grid (TBA = To Be Introduced)
Aruba.it Racing – Ducati: Nicolo Bulega and Alvaro Bautista
Pata Prometeon Yamaha: Jonathan Rea and Andrea Locatelli
Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Group: Axel Bassani and Alex Lowes
Group HRC: Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge
ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Group: Toprak Razgatlioglu and Michael van der Mark
Kawasaki Puccetti Racing: Garrett Gerloff
Barni Spark Racing Group: Danilo Petrucci and Yari Montella
Group Motocorsa Racing: Ryan Vickers
Elf Marc VDS Racing Group: Sam Lowes
