Johann Zarco Dispels WorldSBK Rumors
W
ith his place at Pramac
Ducati under severe threat,
Johann Zarco has made his po-
sition clear for 2024—he will not
accept a move to WorldSBK. The
Frenchman feels he deserves to
stay in his current squad. If that
doesn't work out, he has said he
will consider taking over Alex
Rins' vacant seat at LCR Honda.
"I'm fourth in the champion
-
ship so why should I think about
the Superbike now?" he said.
"Also, we're used to saying that
if you make results, you can
have your seat in MotoGP for
next year. I'm doing it and I still
don't have the seat for next year.
So that makes the feeling a bit
strange. But for sure, what I'm
doing now, I won't go to Super
-
bike. Not because I don't like
Superbike, but I'm still perform-
ing in MotoGP. How many guys
are every year in the top five in
the championship, even if I'm
not always finishing inside the
top five? I'm a strong soldier and
I will remain it. It's good to have
the interest of Honda. It wouldn't
be a bad challenge."
Neil Morrison
WIND
IN THE
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Johann Zarco looks
like he'll be Honda-
bound in 2024.
WorldSBK Calendar Update
The final round of the 2023 WorldSBK Championship will
be held at Jerez instead of in Argentina.
T
he Motul FIM Superbike World
Championship will be back at
the Circuito de Jerez-Angel Nieto
for the 12th and final round of the
2023 season, October 27-29. The
Prometeon Spanish round will
replace the previously scheduled
curtain-closer in Argentina.
The Spanish venue has hosted 21
WorldSBK races in its history, with
the latest held in September 2021.
With this latest update, the
WorldSBK and WorldSSP seasons
will conclude their respective cam
-
paigns at Jerez. The WorldSSP300
season will finish as planned with
the Pirelli Portuguese Round at
Portimao from September 29 to
October 1.
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