2014 World Superbike Rider Roster
The FIM has released the provisional rider-entry list for the 2014 World Superbike Championship, which will feature 14 rounds.
Twenty-seven riders will fill the grid on nine different manufactures – Aprilia (RSV4), Bimota (BB3; subject to homologation), BMW (S1000RR), Ducati (Panigale 1199R), Erik Buell Racing (1190 RX), Honda (CBR1000RR), Kawasaki (ZX-10R Ninja), MV Agusta (F4 RR), and Suzuki (GSX-R 1000).
The newest manufacturers on the grid are Bimota, Erik Buell Racing and MV Agusta.
Bimota will enter its BMW-powered BB3 with Ayrton Badovini and Christian Iddon, but the Alstare-managed team has yet to be confirmed.
Erik Buell Racing will be the first American manufacturer on the World Superbike grid since the series debuted in 1988. With title-sponsor Hero MotoCorp, EBR will field two American riders – Aaron Yates and Geoff May, both known throughout the AMA SuperBike paddock.
MV Agusta announced its official return to the series in November. With partner Yakhnich Motorsports, the Italian-based manufacturer will field one F4RR with Claudio Corti at the controls.
Heading into 2014 World Superbike, which gets underway February 23 at Phillip Island, Australia, Kawasaki Racing Team’s Tom Sykes is the reigning champion. The battle came down to the final round when Sykes beat Eugene Laverty (then Aprilia) to earn his first-ever World SBK title. It was also Kawasaki’s first since Scott Russell took the 1993 title aboard a ZXR750.
For a week-by-week racing schedule of 2014 World SBK, and all other series, click here.
2014 World Superbike Provisional Rider Entry List:
- 33 Marco Melandri ITA Aprilia RSV4 1000 Factory SBK Aprilia Racing Team
- 50 Sylvain Guintoli FRA Aprilia RSV4 1000 Factory SBK Aprilia Racing Team
- 52 Sylvain Barrier FRA BMW S1000 RR SBK EVO BMW Motorrad Italia Superbike Team
- 1 Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki ZX-10R SBK Kawasaki Racing Team
- 44 David Salom ESP Kawasaki ZX-10R SBK EVO Kawasaki Racing Team
- 76 Loris Baz FRA Kawasaki ZX-10R SBK Kawasaki Racing Team
- 22 Alexander Thomas Lowes GBR Suzuki GSX-R1000 SBK Voltcom Crescent Suzuki
- 58 Eugene Laverty IRL Suzuki GSX-R1000 SBK Voltcom Crescent Suzuki
- 65 Jonathan Rea GBR Honda CBR1000RR SBK PATA Honda World Superbike Team
- 91 Leon Haslam GBR Honda CBR1000RR SBK PATA Honda World Superbike Team
- 2 Christian Iddon GBR Bimota BB3 * SBK EVO Team ALSTARE
- 86 Ayrton Badovini ITA Bimota BB3 * SBK EVO Team ALSTARE
- 24 Toni Elias ESP Aprilia RSV4 1000 Factory SBK Red Devils Roma
- 59 Niccolò Canepa ITA Ducati Panigale 1199 R SBK EVO Althea Racing
- 21 Alessandro Andreozzi ITA Kawasaki ZX-10R SBK EVO Team Pedercini
- 23 Luca Scassa ITA Kawasaki ZX-10R SBK EVO Team Pedercini
- 32 Sheridan Morais RSA Kawasaki ZX-10R SBK EVO IRON BRAIN Kawasaki SBK Team
- 84 Michel Fabrizio ITA Kawasaki ZX-10R SBK EVO IRON BRAIN Kawasaki SBK Team
- 10 Imre Toth HUN BMW S1000 RR SBK BMW Team Toth
- 56 Peter Sebestyen HUN BMW S1000 RR SBK EVO BMW Team Toth
- 7 Chaz Davies GBR Ducati Panigale 1199R SBK Ducati Superbike Team
- 34 Davide Giugliano ITA Ducati Panigale 1199R SBK Ducati Superbike Team
- 9 Fabien Foret FRA Kawasaki ZX-10R SBK EVO MAHI Racing Team India
- 11 Jeremy Guarnoni FRA Kawasaki ZX-10R SBK EVO MRS Kawasaki
- 71 Claudio Corti ITA MV Agusta F4 RR SBK MV Agusta RC-Yakhnich Motorsport
- 20 Aaron Yates USA EBR 1190 RX SBK Team Hero EBR
- 99 Geoff May USA EBR 1190 RX SBK Team Hero EBR
* STH: Subject to homologation
