Ducati Dominates 2026 BSB Season as Kyle Ryde Does the Treble

Ducati is celebrating having returned to the British Superbike Championship throne after Kyle Ryde successfully defended his riders’ title.

The 29-year old becomes only the second rider in BSB history to claim three consecutive titles, though his latest triumph is his first to be achieved on Ducati Panigale V4 R machinery.

Ducati’s first BSB title since Tommy Bridewell claimed the championship trophy in 2023, the manufacturer ended 2026 with three representatives inside the final top five with Scott Redding chasing Ryde all season en route to the runners-up spot and Leon Haslam taking fifth.

It was a season dominated by Ryde and Redding out front with the pair clinching 25 of the year’s 30 encounters.

However, it was Ryde on the Nitrous Competitions Racing machine that would succeed on the back of a scintillating start to the year that yielded ten wins from the opening 15 races.

Scoring a total of 16 wins overall, Ryde brands this success as his ‘best title by miles’.

“We’ve done a good job all year and then there’s doubts in your mind that it could really mean nothing if something went wrong,” Ryde told the British Superbike Championship website.

“So, there was a lot of pressure, not just on me but also the team to get the bike over the line. Every race I have finished has been in the top four and it has been an amazing season.

“This is the best title by miles, I say that because of the way I reacted going over the line, screamed for a good 15 seconds, it was quite embarrassing actually! It felt so good; I have grown up watching Scott on TV and I know what a good rider he is, so to beat him on the exact same machinery chalks off something in my head.

“I rode my heart out this season and now we can celebrate and start thinking about 2027!”

Though he’d fall short of repeating his title-winning success of 2019, ex-MotoGP and WorldSBK rider Redding made a significant impact in his first full season of BSB racing since his run to championship glory.

Teaming up with the Hager-backed Paul Bird Motorsport team once more, Redding topped the podium on nine occasions.

Elsewhere, the ultra-experienced Haslam claimed six podiums aboard the Moto Rapido Racing Ducati en route to fifth overall.