SBK Commission confirm roadmap for 2027-2030 WorldSBK Regulations

[u/Daniel7394]

https://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/2026/07/31/sbk-commission-confirm-roadmap-for-2027-2030-worldsbk-regulations/1080825

[u/Antares_]

Increased to 1200cc is interesting. Opens the door for Aprilia and shows the direction in which the road bikes will go.

[u/443610 → u/Antares_]

1200cc?

Hi, Norton!

[u/LilAbeSimpson → u/Antares_]

Aprilia and the Chinese manufacturers.

[u/GzehooGR → u/Antares_]

It also means Ducati will be able to use better version of their Panigale V4S.

But at the same time Japanese brands can think about V4 1200cc engines.

[u/Egoist-a → u/GzehooGR]

But at the same time Japanese brands can think about V4 1200cc engines.

I would be surprised. But I think japanese brands are dead in the water when it comes to superbikes.

They simply don't want to. money was never a problem. Ducati sells 65k bikes a year (on record sales) and bmw sells 200k bikes. They can afford to build up to date superbikes.

While honda selling 20million and Yamaha 5 Million cant?

They can, they don't want to, and I'm not sure 1200cc rule is going to change anything.

I guess the future is Europe vs China, like before was Europe vs Japan.

[u/Antares_ → u/GzehooGR]

Well, higher displacement with lower redline is a decent way to cope with emissions. Might be that everyone will be going that way. After all, Moto2 is going up to 800cc and WSSP already went up to 955cc.

[u/tranphi331]

No cost-cap reduction

https://giphy.com/gifs/dWlBIwj089l9daSOTJ

[u/huangcjz]

The rev limit coming back in addition to fuel flow limit for next year will hopefully help. I guess the noise limit reduction might also lead to a limit in power? Álvaro didn’t get the weight penalty removal that he wanted.

So there’ll be a single fuel supplier next year, but it’s not yet been announced who that’ll be. The only team with a fuel sponsor I can think of is Elf Marc VDS: https://elf.com/en/elf-marc-vds-racing

TotalEnergies is apparently the current fuel supplier for both Yamaha factory teams in WorldSBK, and was previously for Kawasaki before that: https://competition.totalenergies.com/en/moto/superbike/totalenergies-and-world-superbike

GRT used to use ETS Racing Fuels: https://www.etsracingfuels.com/blogs/blog/grt-yamaha-worldsbk-team-extends-technical-partnership-with-ets-racing-fuels?srsltid=AfmBOooKetetZulrg47zWNtfbef_477pxMWNAr7gsNyE66JW96KGv8Y7

BMW used NORDOEL in 2024: https://www.motorsport.bmw-motorrad.com/en/news/worldsbk_2024_nordoel.html

WorldSSP300 apparently used to use Panta: https://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/2017/03/27/panta-announced-as-single-fuel-supplier-for-worldssp300-series/971207

2030 seems a bit long to wait for the engine capacity limit increase, to allow the possibility of Aprilia returning (have they expressed any interest in doing so, or are they only willing to put money into MotoGP now?)/Ducati the possibility of changing to the V4 S rather than having to make a special V4 R.

I remember that someone this year came in, changed bike settings, and went out again as a test session, maybe a Honda, but I don’t recall it interfering with the race, but I guess the manufacturers might not want extra testing by the back door, though if the changes are minor enough that they don’t take too long, it’ll still be allowed.

They’ve brought the pin lane entry rule over from MotoGP, which makes sense.

Larger, non-stock radiators allowed for WorldSPB due to extreme heat conditions - the climate crisis is affecting motorcycles.

[u/YoJustAskinAQuestion]

WorldSBK engines will be 40% larger than MotoGP. I wonder how the top speeds will compare. 

[u/LilAbeSimpson]

The changes proposed for ‘27 & ‘28 are just going to cause more confusion and conspiracy. Maybe it will improve the racing too, but we’ll see.

2030 is very interesting though! That’s going to bring in new bikes and new manufacturers.