Triumph works team CM Racing lines up for the 2027 World Superbike Championship

In the 2021 Supersport World Championship, CM Racing made a name for itself as a Yamaha team with Luca Bernardi, as the Italian secured several podium finishes as a rookie and was tipped as a rising star. However, a serious crash brought Bernardi’s season to a premature end, and when the Italian team was left in the lurch by Randy Krummenacher the following year, Alessio Cavaliere shut down his team after a disappointing season with Max Kofler.

Surprisingly, CM Racing returned to the new World Sportbike Championship as a Triumph works team with two bikes. The most successful rider was Bruno Ieraci, who secured a spectacular home victory at Misano but finished the 2026 season only tenth in the World Championship due to various crashes.

In the national series, the Italian impressed by becoming the 300cc champion in 2023 and winning the Sportbike Series in 2025; at World Championship level, however, strong and weak races alternated. For 2027, the 26-year-old is being given a second chance by CM Racing.

“We are proud and look forward to continuing on this journey together for another year. We firmly believe in Bruno, his talent and his potential, and we are eagerly anticipating a new season, which we will tackle with even greater motivation, determination and ambition,” the team said in a statement. “We know there is still much more to achieve. Our goal for 2027 is clear: to take another step forward, to continue growing together and to fight for even better results.”

Ieraci’s team-mate this year was 23-year-old Elia Bartolini, who has not yet signed a contract for the new season. The best Triumph rider in the 2026 World Sportbike Championship was Fenton Seabright, who finished sixth overall with Team PHR, led by road racer Peter Hickman. In the manufacturers’ championship, Triumph took second place with the Daytona 660.