OliBayliss

Son of three-time WorldSBK Champion Troy Bayliss, Oli Bayliss’ arrival in 2023 brought one of the most notable surnames in motorcycling back to the WorldSBK paddock – and on a Ducati. He spent his first season in the Championship with Barni Ducati, achieving a top six finish as a best result, before switching to Davide Giuliano’s D34G Racing squad, again on the Panigale V2. An injury hit campaign in 2023 followed but he returned in 2024 to complete an all-Australian line-up for the team, alongside Tom Edwards. Bayliss’s 2024 season was a healthy improvement on 2023’s effort, improving from 21^st in the championship standings to 14^th, landing a season- best performance at Race 1 in Phillip Island with a fifth-place finish.

In 2025 he raced with PTR Triumph Factory Racing after three years racing on Ducati machinery, maintaining his pace to place in P14 in the final Riders’ Championship standings atop a new machine and with a new team. He narrowly missed his first podium in WorldSSP in Hungary’s Race 2 at Balaton Park, a mark he’ll look to hit this time around in 2026.