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World Superbikes (AKA “The diesels”) are the top level branch of production based racing. WSB is a much more affordable way to go world championship racing and often produces a better spectacle than Moto GP.

More media savy than the politically correct Blue Riband class, interviews often glean more information than - “My Honda Suzuki Yamaha ducati (delete as appropriate) worked great and my tyres (insert make) worked fantastic.

The Superbike World Championship began in 1988, being open to modified versions of road bike models available to the public. For many years, the formula allowed for machines with 1000 cc V-twin engines (principally Ducati, but later Aprilia and Honda) to go up against the 750 cc four-cylinder engines (Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki and Suzuki).

For the first few seasons Honda with the RC30 was winning but gradually the twins got the upper hand.

Using 1000 cc V-twin engines benefited Ducati and it was able to dominate the championship for many years. From 1993 to 1999 Carl Fogarty and Ducati dominated, Fogarty won the title a record 4 times and finished runner up 2 times