AndreaLocatelli

Andrea Locatelli enters his fifth season with the factory Yamaha team in WorldSBK. After coming close in 2024 in Australia especially, ‘Loka’ claimed a first race win in 2025 at Assen, breaking the record for most races before claiming his first win.

Yamaha (2021-)

Locatelli first made the step into WorldSBK in 2021, earning a factory seat immediately after a dominant WorldSSP title win. He took four podiums in his rookie season, finishing fourth in the standings, as then-teammate Toprak Razgatlioglu took the title. Two more rostrums came in 2022 as he finished fifth in the standings, before returning to fourth a year after – with eight podiums to his name. 2024 was a challenging season for Yamaha as they slipped down the pecking order, but ‘Loka’ still secured four podiums on the R1 machine.

WorldSSP (2020)

The #55 made the switch from Moto2™ to WorldSSP for the 2020 season and soon showed his potential on production-based machinery. Armed with the Yamaha R6, Locatelli won 12 races out of 15, including his first nine, only being defeated in a rain-soaked Barcelona Race 1 – although he bounced back the next day to secure the title.

Before WorldSSP

Before his switch to WorldSSP, Locatelli competed in Moto3™ for four seasons, claiming two podiums in Germany and Australia in 2016, before moving into Moto2™ for three seasons. He was a consistent points challenger but podiums eluded him before he moved into the World Superbike paddock.