AxelBassani

Italian star Axel Bassani will ride for his third manufacturer in WorldSBK this year as he jumps on the Bimota KB998 Rimini machine alongside Alex Lowes. The Feltre-born rider started his time with Bimota by being fast in testing and will be hoping he can carry that forward into his fifth year in WorldSBK.

Bimota (2025-)

Bimota will be the third brand ‘El Bocia’ has ridden for in WorldSBK, after Ducati and Kawasaki. After being quick in testing, Bassani will be aiming to return to the rostrum after missing out in the 2024 season.

Kawasaki (2024)

Bassani moved from Ducati machinery to the Kawasaki ZX-10RR team in 2024 as he had the perhaps unenviable task of replacing six-time Champion Jonathan Rea following his move to Yamaha. It was his only year in WorldSBK without finishing on the rostrum and finishing outside the top ten in the Championship.

Ducati (2021-2023)

Bassani’s WorldSBK debut came on the Panigale V4 R and he was an instant hit with the Motocorsa Racing outfit. He claimed his first podium in a wet race in Barcelona when Ducati finished 1-2-3, while he was on the rostrum a further three times in 2022 and finished seventh in the standings. He went one better the following year, despite one podium fewer, before his move to Kawasaki.

Before WorldSBK

Prior to becoming a hotshot in WorldSBK, Bassani competed in STK600 in 2015 for two races, scoring one podium at Magny-Cours, before moving into WorldSSP in 2016. He finished 12^th in the standings but didn’t race full-time in WorldSSP again until 2020 when he finished second in the WorldSSP Challenge.