The FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) ha released a provisional list of the riders who will be competing in the 2013 World Superbike championship and Supersport championship, which will kick off in just two weeks time.
This year’s WSBK grid will see only 19 full-time riders -down five from 2012 – with seven riders of Italian nationality compared to Great Britain’s five, France’s three and Spain and Germany are represented by one rider each.
Kawasaki, BMW and Aprilia manufacturers will have 4 riders each, followed by Ducati who has three, while Honda and Suzuki will have two bikes each.
WSBK 2013 entry list:2- Leon Camier – FIXI Crescent Suzuki – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 5- Alexander Lundh – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R 7- Carlos Checa – Team Ducati Alstare – Ducati 1199 Panigale R 16- Jules Cluzel – FIXI Crescent Suzuki – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 18- Ivan Clementi – HTM Racing – BMW S1000RR 19- Chaz Davies – BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK Team – BMW S1000RR HP4 23- Federico Sandi – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R 27- Max Neukirchner – MR Racing – Ducati 1199 Panigale R 31- Vittorio Iannuzzo – Grillini Dentalmatic SBK Team – BMW S1000RR 33- Marco Melandri – BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK Team – BMW S1000RR HP4 34- Davide Giugliano – Althea Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory 50- Sylvain Guintoli – Aprilia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory 58- Eugene Laverty – Aprilia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory 65- Jonathan Rea – Pata Honda World Superbike Team – Honda CBR 1000RR 66- Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R 76- Loris Baz – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R 84- Michel Fabrizio – Red Devils Roma – Aprilia RSV4 Factory 86- Ayrton Badovini – Team Ducati Alstare – Ducati 1199 Panigale R 91- Leon Haslam – Pata Honda World Superbike Team – Honda CBR 1000RR Compared to World Superbikes, World Supersport will see a bumper crop of riders, 35 riders are listed with six different manufacturers represented Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha, Suzuki, MV Agusta and Triumph.
Honda will have 15 entries, Kawasaki nine, Yamaha seven, while MV Agusta and Suzuki have two each and Triumph just one.
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2013 World Supersport entry list:1- Kenan Sofuoglu – Mahi Racing Team India – Kawasaki ZX-6R 4- Jack Kennedy – Rivamoto – Honda CBR 600RR 5- Raffaele De Rosa – Team Lorini – Honda CBR 600RR 6- Vladimir Ivanov – Kawasaki DMC Lorenzini Team – Kawasaki ZX-6R 7- Nacho Calero Perez – Honda PTR – Honda CBR 600RR 8- Andrea Antonelli – Team GoEleven – Kawasaki ZX-6R 9- Luca Scassa – Kawasaki Intermoto PonyExpress – Kawasaki ZX-6R 10- Imre Toth – Racing Team Toth – Honda CBR 600RR 11- Sam Lowes – Yakhnich Motorsport – Yamaha YZF R6 14- Gabor Talmacsi – ProRace – Honda CBR 600RR 17- Luca Salvadori – Team Pata by Martini – Yamaha YZF R6 20- Mathew Scholtz – Suriano Racing Team – Suzuki GSX-R 600 21- Christian Iddon – ParkinGO MV Agusta Corse – MV Agusta F3 675 24- Eduard Blokhin – Rivamoto – Honda CBR 600RR 25- Alex Baldolini – Team Lorini – Honda CBR 600RR 26- Lorenzo Zanetti – Pata Honda Team – Honda CBR 600RR 32- Sheridan Morais – PTR Honda – Honda CBR 600RR 34- Balazs Nemeth – Com Plus SMS Racing – Honda CBR 600RR 35- Mitchell Carr – AARK Racing – Triumph Daytona 675R 37- David Linortner – Team Honda PTR – Honda CBR 600RR 44- David Salom – Kawasaki Intermoto PonyExpress – Kawasaki ZX-6R 47- Roberto Rolfo – ParkinGO MV Agusta Corse – MV Agusta F3 675 50- Sergei Krapukhin – RWT Coca Cola Motorsport – Yamaha YZF R6 55- Massimo Roccoli – Team Pata by Martini – Yamaha YZF R6 59- Alex Schacht – Racing Team Toth – Honda CBR 600RR 60- Michael van der Mark – Pata Honda Team – Honda CBR 600RR 61- Fabio Menghi – VFT Racing – Yamaha YZF R6 64- Matt Davies – Team Honda PTR – Honda CBR 600RR 65- Vladimir Leonov – Yakhnich Motorsport – Yamaha YZF R6 73- Dino Lombardi – Pata by Martini Team – Yamaha YZF R6 84- Riccardo Russo – Puccetti Racing Kawasaki – Kawasaki ZX-6R 87- Luca Marconi – PTR Honda – Honda CBR 600RR 88- Kev Coghlan – Kawasaki DMC Lorenzini Team – Kawasaki ZX-6R 91- Roberto Tamburini – Suriano Racing Team – Suzuki GSX-R 600 99- Fabien Foret – Mahi Racing Team India – Kawasaki ZX-6R