A Qatar at the start of the season, three races in Spain and Germany on the program with the Oschersleben site are the original features of the new 2020 WSBK season calendar. 13 meetings remain on the program. Here are the details…
The 2020 Superbike World Cup calendar once again includes 13 events. In addition to three races in Spain, we find one in Germany at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben. The festivities will begin on 28 February at Phillip Island in Australia. On the previous Monday and Tuesday, Dorna's first official test for the Superbike and Supersport classes will take place at the same circuit.
On the way back from Australia, two weeks later the Qatar. Unlike recent years, we will not drive from Thursday to Saturday, but like everywhere else from Friday to Sunday.
Europe will open its race series with Jerez. The Supersport 300 World Championship will also be present for the first time. In April, you won't have to uncover yourself with a thread Assen, in the hope that it doesn't snow like this year. Then there will be a three-week break until May 10 with Imola and two weeks later in Aragón. Misano is mid-June again and Donington Park the first weekend in July.
A month later, the near-production motorcycle world championship returns to Germany after two years of absence. In 2017 the Lausitzring was in the race and for 2020 a contract was signed with the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, 30 kilometers southwest of Magdeburg – with an option to extend.
There will then be a five-week summer break, until the beginning of September, when the start of the school year will take place at Portimão, in the Algarve. From September 18 to 20, the third Spanish event will take place on the Barcelona Grand Prix track. Promoter Dorna, along with the Barcelona-based factory teams of Kawasaki and Honda, are confident of making the event in the metropolis a success. The last European race will take place in Magny-Cours the last weekend of September, the World Cup final will be played in Argentina two weeks later.
In addition Buriram in Thailand, the popular race of Laguna Seca in California is surprisingly absent. With the new local developer, no agreement has been reached. Oschersleben and Barcelona replace these two expensive races abroad.
The World Championship supersport 300 is represented in all events except those of Australia, Qatar and Argentina.
