SBK|The 2018 Entry List has been published

More than two months before the start of the new season of the production-derived World Championship, which will begin on February 23 at Phillip Island (Australia), the Federation has published the Entry List of the teams and riders that we will see in action.

There are 21 riders divided into 15 teams: the most sensational changes in leadership concerned Honda, which will field Leon Camier and Jake Gagne, MV Agusta with Jordi Torres and Althea BMW which welcomes the returning Loris Baz to WorldSuperbike after three years in MotoGP: the The Frenchman is currently the only driver of the team, given that Raffaele De Rosa moved to Supersport with MV Agusta together with Ayrton Badovini.

New faces also in Kawasaki Puccetti with the Turkish rider Toprak Razgatlioglu who moves up in category from the Supersport Championship, in the Grillini team with the confirmed Roberto Rolfo who will team up with the very young Italian rider Gabriele Ruiu, who however will have to wait until he turns 18, so we'll see him on the track up to Donington: in his place will be Gamarino from Supersport.
The Pedercini team will field Yonny Hernandez, a highly experienced former MotoGP rider, while the talented Argentinian Leandro Mercado will compete with the Kawasaki of the Orelac Racing VerdNatura team, given that Ioda Racing will not take part in the championship next year.
Finally, another novelty is the TripleM Honda World Superbike Team, the official satellite team of the Japanese company which has decided to entrust the CBR to PJ Jacobsen.

However, there is no news in the Kawasaki team, with Jonathan Rea and Tom Sykes, in Aruba Racing Ducati, with Chaz Davies and Marco Melandri, waiting to understand the use of Michael Rinaldi, in Pata Yamaha Official with Alex Lowes and Michael Van der Mark, and in Aprilia which confirms Eugene Laverty and Lorenzo Savadori.

Below is the Entry List:

1. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki ZX-10RR Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
2. 66 Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki ZX-10RR Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
3. 7 Chaz Davies GBR Ducati Panigale R Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
4. 33 Marco Melandri ITA Ducati Panigale R Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
5. 22 Alex Lowes GBR Yamaha YZF R1 Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team
6. 60 Michael van der Mark NED Yamaha YZF R1 Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team
7. 32 Lorenzo Savadori ITA Aprilia RSV4 RF Milwaukee Aprilia
8. 50 Eugene Laverty IRL Aprilia RSV4 RF Milwaukee Aprilia
9. 76 Loris Baz FRA BMW S 1000 RR GULF ALTHEA BMW Racing Team
10. 12 Xavi Fores ESP Ducati Panigale R Barni Racing Team
11. 81 Jordi Torres ESP MV Agusta 1000 F4 MV Agusta Racing Department
12. 2 Leon Camier GBR Honda CBR1000RR Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team
13. 45 Jake Gagne USA Honda CBR1000RR Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team
14. 40 Román Ramos ESP Kawasaki ZX-10RR Team GoEleven Kawasaki
15. 54 Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Kawasaki ZX-10RR Kawasaki Puccetti Racing
16. 16 Gabriele Ruiu ITA Suzuki GSX-R1000 Grillini Racing Team
17. 44 Roberto Rolfo ITA Suzuki GSX-R1000 Grillini Racing Team
18. 68 Yonny Hernandez WITH Kawasaki ZX-10RR Team Pedercini Racing
19. 37 Ondrej Jezek CZE Yamaha YZF R1 Guandalini Racing
20. 36 Leandro Mercado ARG Kawasaki ZX-10RR Orelac Racing VerdNatura
21. 99 Patrick Jacobsen USA Honda CBR1000RR TripleM Honda World Superbike Team