The grid for the 2024 WorldSBK Championship is steadily beginning to fill with important announcements in recent weeks from the Kawasaki Racing Team and an all-new entry in Marc VDS Racing.

As it stands, four of the five factory teams have at least one confirmed rider for the 2024 WorldSBK season, though there remains many more competitive seats up for grabs.

Kawasaki became the first factory team confirm both of its riders following news that Jonathan Rea will again be joined by Alex Lowes. Excitingly for the Englishman, next year will see him size up against his twin brother Sam Lowes on the international stage for the first time after it was revealed he and Marc VDS Racing will switch from Moto2 with a customer Ducati entry.

Aruba.it Ducati, meanwhile, is still agonising over a decision for who will partner its champion Alvaro Bautista. After initial thoughts the seat would be chosen between Michael Ruben Rinaldi and Axel Bassani, the success of Aruba.it Ducati's runaway WorldSSP Championship leader Nicolo Bulega appears to be swinging the decision in his favour

The most seismic news for 2024 so far, however, is Toprak Razgatlioglu's impending switch from Yamaha to BMW. An announcement over whether Scott Redding or Michael van der Mark will partner him is expected imminently.

Meanwhile, Yamaha has given no indication of who could replace the Turk, but has confirmed Andrea Locatelli is staying on. Dominique Aegerter is the most likely candidate among Yamaha's internal applicants, but the likes of Franco Morbidelli, Fabio di Giannantonio or even Johann Zarco have been mooted for a switch from MotoGP too.

Over at Honda, while there is a desire to retain Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge, the former has been linked with a return to MotoGP at LCR Honda if Alex Rins leaves for Yamaha. If so, Rinaldi is thought to be top of its list of candidates.

Among the privateers, Bassani and Danilo Petrucci are set to stay with Motocorsa and Barni Ducati respectively, while the latter could add a second entry for Andrea Iannone.

If Aegerter goes to Pata Yamaha, his GYTR GRT squad could look to Bradley Ray or promote its leading WorldSSP candidate, Stefano Manzi.