Superbikes | Team Presentations 2023: update

The 2023 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship promises to give us an exciting year once again starting from the traditional first event scheduled in Australia at Phillip Island. Before hitting the track, several tests and team presentations await us in which we will see new faces on the line-up and new bikes. Here are all the dates with the appointments confirmed so far: the list will be updated based on communications from the teams.

After 11 years of waiting since the last world title, in 2023 Ducati aims to retain the world crown with reigning champion Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati). The Spaniard and his teammate Michael Ruben Rinaldi are ready to unveil the 2023 bikes and liveries in the splendid scenery of the Dolomites and Madonna di Campiglio together with the MotoGP™ team during a three-day event scheduled from 22 to 24 January. One of the Independent Ducati teams, Team GoEleven, presented its livery in Cherasco in the presence of over 250 people including the famous Ruben Xaus, winner of 11 races in WorldSBK and already on the podium in MotoGP™. Click here for more detailed information.

The Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Team will present their colors together with riders Toprak Razgatlioglu and Andrea Locatelli before the end of January. New look also for the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team which welcomes RoKit as title sponsor and which will field the M 1000 RR on the track once again entrusted to Scott Redding and Michael van der Mark. Yamaha will present itself on Monday 30 January on the eve of the Portimao test while the presentation of the German manufacturer is scheduled for Friday 10 February. Appointment scheduled for mid-February for Team HRC with Iker Lecuona and Xavi Viergeche preparing to face their second season in WorldSBK.

Team GoEleven was the first team to present itself as the launch of Kawasaki Puccetti Racing for the 2023 season is scheduled for Sunday 5 February on Instagram from Reggio Emilia in the presence of the 2013 WorldSBK champion Tom Sykes and Can Oncu who will race in WorldSSP.

CONFIRMED DATES (updating)

January 14: Team GoEleven, Cherasco – ALREADY DONE
22-24 January (presentation on 23 January): Aruba.it Racing – Ducati, Madonna di Campiglio – ALREADY DONE
January 30: Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Team, online – ALREADY DONE

February 5: Kawasaki Puccetti Racing, online
February 10: RoKit BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team, online
Mid February: Team HRC