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WSBK Rider List for 2012

 
 

Who is in and who is out?

WSBK have released entry list for the 2012 race season. Mostly dull and un-newsworthy really. Sadly though it would appear that Nitro Nori will be absent. Pouring virtual concrete over the rumors that Haga San is saying "Sayonara".

Camier switches to Crescent Suzuki from Aprilia Alitalia.
Rea stays on a Honda, but has changed to #65.
Davide Giugliano #34 joins the class with Althea Racing.
With the much-published withdrawl of Yamaha, Melandri finds a new team and ride in BMW Motorrad Motorsport, while Laverty goes to Aprilia Racing.
Hiroshi Aoyama #4 comes to WSBK from MotoGP, joining Honda World Superbike Team.
Fabrizio switches from his Suzuki and Aitchison from his Kawasaki both to BMW machines.
Italian Lorenzo Zanetti joins the WSBK class on a Ducati sporting #78.
It comes a pleasant surprise to see Tom Sykes on a Kawasaki again, after all that drama at the Nurburgring last year.
Leandro Mercado joins the field on a ZX-10R, Chaz Davies on an Aprilia,
Hopkins is back on the GSX-R.
Berger changes teams, but stays Ducati.
Raffaele De Rosa comes on board on a Honda and Niccolo Canepa on a Ducati.

 


NUMBER RIDER NAT. MOTORCYCLE TEAM NAME

3 Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia RSV4 1000 F Aprilia Racing Team
58 Eugene Laverty IRL Aprilia RSV4 1000 F Aprilia Racing Team
7 Carlos Checa ESP Ducati 1098R Althea Racing
34 Davide Giugliano ITA Ducati 1098R Althea Racing
50 Sylvain Guintoli FRA Ducati 1098R Team Effenbert Liberty Racing
96 Jakub Smrz CZE Ducati 1098R Team Effenbert Liberty Racing
33 Marco Melandri ITA BMW S1000 RR BMW Motorrad Motorsport
91 Leon Haslam GBR BMW S1000 RR BMW Motorrad Motorsport
4 Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Honda CBR1000RR Honda World Superbike Team
65 Jonathan Rea GBR Honda CBR1000RR Honda World Superbike Team
84 Michel Fabrizio ITA BMW S1000 RR BMW Motorrad Italia GOLDBET SBK Team
86 Ayrton Badovini ITA BMW S1000 RR BMW Motorrad Italia GOLDBET SBK Team
78 Lorenzo Zanetti ITA Ducati 1098R PATA Racing Team
17 Joan Lascorz ESP Kawasaki ZX-10R Kawasaki Racing Team
66 Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki ZX-10R Kawasaki Racing Team
36 Leandro Mercado ARG Kawasaki ZX-10R Team Pedercini
44 David Salom ESP Kawasaki ZX-10R Team Pedercini
21 John Hopkins USA Suzuki GSX-R1000 Crescent Suzuki
2 Leon Camier GBR Suzuki GSX-R1000 Crescent Suzuki
8 Mark Aitchison AUS BMW S1000 RR Grillini Progea Superbike Team
121 Maxime Berger FRA Ducati 1098R Liberty Racing - Team Effenbert
19 Chaz Davies GBR Aprilia RSV4 1000 F ParkinGO Aprilia Racing Team
35 Raffaele De Rosa ITA Honda CBR1000RR Pro Ride Motorsports
59 Niccolo Canepa ITA Ducati 1098R Team Ducati Roma