2006 World Superbike by G

[G.Irish]

This is where the action is at boys. I predict that World Superbike will be hands down, the best racing on TV. Although Troy Corser won the championship handily last season, there were a lot of tenacious knife fights fought at the front of the pack. WSBK last season saw 7 different race winners (Corser, Kagayama,Vermeulen, Haga, Lanzi, Toseland, Laconi)and this season should follow the trend.

The big story this year is that there are a lot of new faces either entering the series for the first time or returning to the series after a hiatus.

Without further adieu, here are the entries for 2005.

= WSBK Champion
= Former Moto GP racer
= World Supersport Champion (600 cc Superbike basically)
= Former WSBK racer

Alstare Suzuki
Troy Corser
Yukio Kagayama
Fabien Foret

Ten Kate Honda
Karl Muggeridge
James Toseland

Ducati Xerox
Troy Bayliss
Lorenzo Lanzi

Yamaha Italia
Noriyuki Haga
Andrew Pitt

PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse
Chris Walker
Regis Laconi
Fonsi Nieto

Klaffi Honda
Alex Barros

Yamaha France
Norick Abe
Sebastien Gimbert
Shinichi Nakatomi

Ducati SC Caracchi
Roberto Rolfo

Sterilgarda - Berik (Ducati)
Ruben Xaus
Marco Borciani

Team Pedercini (Ducati)
Max Neukirchner
Ivan Clementi
Lucio Pedercini

Foggy Petronas
Steve Martin
Craig Jones

DFXtreme (Honda)
Pierfrancesco (Frankie) Chili
Michel Fabrizio

Kawasaki Bertochhi
Franco Battaini

Celani Team Suzuki Italia
Ianuzzo Vittorio