After winn꧂ing the 2020 WorldSBK manufacturers’ title by one point ove💝r Ducati, Kawasaki slipped from first to third in 2021 after injuries and on-track inconsistencies plagued their season.

Jonathan Rea was once again phenomenal for much of the season, however, 🌄the six-time World Superbike champion was beaten for the first time since joining Kawasaki in 2015.

Toprak Razgatlioglu was faultless throughout the year as he took a maiden world title and first for Yamaha since 2009, while also bec💯oming Turkey’s first ever premier class champion.

U♐nlike Razgatlioglu, the same mistake-free campaign didn’t take place for Rea as he suffered five race crashes which all ended in non-scores for the Northern Irishman. 

But despite that, and being on a package that looked slightly worse than Yamaha and Ducati, Rea managed to finish꧟ just 13 points ﷽down on Razgatlioglu, showing he’s still at the top of his game.

Whi🎉le those crashes at Donington Park, Most and Portimao all had a significant effect on Kawasaki losing out to Yamaha and Ducati, it was injuries to Alex Lowes and Lucas Mahias that ultimately cost the Japanese manufacturer. 

Lowes looked on course for a comfortable fourth place in the championship following the opening few rounds, however, a stunning run of results from Yamaha rookie Andrea Locatelli during the middle part of the season and crashes at Magny-Cours and Catalunya led to the Brit sta𝕴rting to drop down the order. 

Lowes’ injury problems began after taking a knock to his right-hand and wrist, before a right acromioclavicular joint separation occurred during FP3 at the final round in Mandalika. Lowes eventually dropped from fourth to eighth in t𒆙he standings as he missed a total of seven races 

With Kawasaki finishing 37🅰 points down on Yamaha, it’s fair to say had Lowes not encountered those problems then it’s a points total he would be expected to cover relatively easily over seven races. ꦆ;

Lowes wasn’t alone in suffering from injuries as Puccettꦅi Kawasaki rider Mahais missed the last ten races after suffering a big accident with Chaz Davies in Catalunya - that came off the back of crashes at his home round in Magny-Cours too. 

Although the Frenchman was further down the championship c🌳ompared to Lowes, Mahias would still have contributed a solid amount of points had he competed in those final few races.

Orelac VerdNatura rider Isaac Vinales had a solid first season in WorldSBK as he contributed 45 points💎 to Kawasaki’s efforts.

Finally we have Pedercini Kawasaki w🦩ho were unlikely to make much of a difference for the Japanese manufacturer when it came to improving their third position.

Loris Cresson s♏cored points on just one occasion, while the second seat saw seven rider changes as the team failed to lock down a replacement for early-season rider🐻 Samuele Cavalieri.