An edition marked by renewal, with a redesigned weekend format, new categories, an adjusted calendar and several developments intended to enrich the sporting and event experience. Overview of the main sporting news.
The 2025 season will have been rhythmic, tight and synonymous with records for some. But for 2026, the French Superbike Championship promises to be even more attractive. The numerous driver movements announced within the field and the sporting developments suggest a colorful 2026 vintage, with 6 events contested on the most beautiful French speed circuits, combining technicality, speed and precision.
A new organization of categories in 2026:
As usual, the emblematic categories of the French Superbike Championship will be there. The 2026 season, however, marks an important evolution in the sporting organization of the championship.
The OGP by Motul category is evolving and becoming the Moto 4 OGP by Motulnow structured as a one-make cup powered by the Honda NSF250R, while the Moto 4 category becomes Pre-Moto 4.
Finally, the Sidecar specialty is complemented by the Open sub-category, expanding the grids and diversifying the field.
These developments are part of an overall desire to make the FSBK more readable, accessible and coherent in the sporting progression offered to pilots.
Many transfers already notable:
Who says winter break says transfers. We note in particular the change of Bartholomé PERRIN, 2025 Supersport champion, who leaves DMT Racing to join Team TWR. Also note the return of Loïc ARBEL, entered in World Supersport last season. In 2026, the former 2024 Superbike Challenger will be riding a Yamaha R9. A choice also made by Mathieu GINES, who is making his return to Supersport this year after a season in Superbike shortened by an injury. The off-season is also marked by the tenure of the MICHAUD brothers at Junior Team LMS Suzuki, with Roméo entered in the Production Superbike and Mathias lined up in Superbike.
Will the five-time French champion Kenny FORAY be able to seek a new title against his leading rival in the person of Alan TECHER? Could last year’s rookie, Enzo DE LA VEGA, shake up the inevitable? Or, will the passage of Grégory LEBLANC’s team to BMWs be the detail that will make the difference this season?
If the first elements of an answer will emerge from the opening at Le Mans this weekend, the suspense should continue until September 27 at Magny-Cours, scene of the grand final of French speed, which will bring together for the first time the FSBK and the Coupes de France Promosport for a big motorcycle festival.
