Axel Bassani e🌳n﷽ters the 2025 WorldSBK season searching for his first victory in the class.

It comes off the backꦰ of what Bassani himself🌼 described as a “difficult year” in 2024, which saw him score a best result of fifth in his first year with the factory Kawasaki Racing Team.

“It’s been quite a difficult year, because for me it’s been the first year with the Kawasaki,🍒 so to change the bꦉike is never easy, change also the team,” Bassani told WorldSBK.com at the EICMA motorcycle how earlier this month.

“So, it’s been difficult, but I think I learned a lot of things, I had a lot of funny moments with the team, and we see next📖 year, a new challenge, and we see what happens.”

Bassani’s justification for leaving behind the Motocorsa Ducati and joining the factory Kawasaki team for 2024 was ♊to take a step up and win races in WorldSBK.

That hasn’t yet happened, ಞbut after topping the second day of the Jerez test last month Bassani isn’t ruling out a maiden win in 2025.

“For sure, I always try to win, like every rider,” he 🌠said.

“But it’s difficult because the level of the Superbike every yea൲r is higher. So, it w💃ill be difficult, but not impossible.

“We are there to do our best, for sure with ꦆBimota we can do a good job. I hope to take my first win next year, but if it doesn’t happen it’s part of the game, I will try to do my best.”

Bimota’s first impression “really nice”

Bassani will make th🌺e half-switch from Kawasaꦚki to Bimota machinery in 2025. The new KB998 uses the same engine as the ZX-10RR, and although it’s renamed the Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team is essentially unchanged for next season.

There is a new chassis, though, as well as a new fairing, for team and 𒈔rider to understand this winter.

“The eng🐬ine is completely the same [as the Kawasaki], so the difference is the 𓆏chassis,” Bassani explained.

“The feeling that you have on the bike is quite different. But for the first day it has been nice, the feeling that I had with the bike was really nice, I enjoyed a lot the one day of test; and also my lap time was better by half-a-second than with the Kawasaki, so this ♑means the feeling is good.

“I hope to continue in this w🍨ay; it’s only the first day but I think if we start in a good way it’s better.”