The last World Superbike race took place on April 21st in Assen, for the next one we will have to wait until June 15th in Misano Adriatico. A long break that the riders don’t like, who in the meantime have trained to be ready for the two tests that will precede the restart of the championship. The first takes place tomorrow 23 May and Friday 24 May, the other in Misano Adriatico on 30-31 May.
Superbike, Cremona test: teams and riders present
At the Cremona Circuit, which will debut on the WorldSBK calendar on the weekend of 20-22 September, everyone will want to get to grips with a new track and have some useful data ahead of the round. There is also the Aruba Racing Ducati team, which fields the reigning world champion Alvaro Bautista and Nicolò Bulega. Other Panigale V4 R in action will be those of Michael Rinaldi of the Motocorsa team (organizer of the test), Andrea Iannone of the Go Eleven team and Sam Lowes of the Marc VDS team. Absent is Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team), not yet physically fit after the motocross accident.
Yamaha fields both the Pata Prometeon team with Jonathan Rea and Andrea Locatelli and the GYTR GRT team with the Gardner-Aegerter pair. Honda will also ride with four bikes: those of the official HRC team (Xavi Vierge and the returning Iker Lecuona) and those of Petronas MIE (Mackenzie-Norrodin).
BMW and Kawasaki at reduced ranks
BMW and Kawasaki have decided not to present their teams, so Toprak Razgatlioglu, Michael van der Mark, Alex Lowes and Axel Bassani will not be present in Cremona. In action the M 1000 RR of Garrett Gerloff and Scott Redding of the Bonovo Action BMW team and the Ninja ZX10-RR of Tito Rabat of the Kawasaki Puccetti Racing team.
Some World Supersport riders will also ride: Adrian Huertas (Aruba Ducati), Can Oncu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing), Raffaele De Rosa (QJ Motor Factory Racing), Kaito Toba and Khairul Idham Bin Pawi (Petronas MIE Honda). And the official WorldSBK website adds that Honda riders from the British Superbike Championship will also ride: Tommy Bridewell and Andrew Irwin.
Photo: WorldSBK
