Phillip Island in Australia continues to be the traditional lead-off round in World Superbike competition for 2020 and most of the usual venues are back as well, with some notable changes along the way.
Markus Reiterberger in action in the 2019 Qatar round. Tom Sykes is the other half of BMW's official factory WSBK race team. Photo courtesy of BMW Motorrad.
The United States is left out of this year's action, as are Thailand and the Czech Republic, all of which hosted races in recent seasons.
24-25 Feb: Final pre-season testing for WSBK & WSSP at Phillip Island
Round 1: 28 Feb-1 Mar, Phillip Island, Australia
Round 2: 13-15 Mar, Losail Int'l Circuit, Qatar
Round 3: 27-29 Mar: Circuito de Jerez, Spain
Round 4: 17-19 Apr: TT Circuit Assen, Netherlands
Round 5: 8-10 May: Autodromo Ferrari di Imola, Italy
Round 6: 22-24 May: Motorland Aragón, Spain
Round 7: 12-14 Jun: Misano World Circuit Simonelli, Italy
Round 10: 4-6 Sep: Autodromo Int'l do Algarve, Portugal
Round 11: 18-20 Sep: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Spain (debut event!)
Round 12: 25-27 Sep: Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, France
Round 13: 9-11 Oct: Circuito San Juan Villicum, Argentina
WSSP300 riders do not participate in the fly-away rounds, so will only appear in Rounds 3 through 12. The date of the mid-season testing round, which usually takes place during the holiday break in late July or August, has not been announced as of yet.