Benato Fernandes stated he’s as excited for the 2026 World Sportbike season as he was for the 2025 World SSP300 Championship, saying he has “no expectations.”
2025 was Fernandes’ first season within the WorldSSP300, coinciding with the ultimate season of the 300 championship that arrived in 2017.
Regardless of his inexperience, he made a direct impression, taking pole place within the first race in Portugal and successful the next race. He received the championship in a tense closing race showdown at Jerez, making a four-wide move into the ultimate nook to take the race win and the title.
Having gone into the season with no expectations, the success he achieved on the finish of the season has clearly influenced Fernandes’ method to the 2026 season, when the Supersport 300 will probably be changed by the brand new World Sportbike class because the third tier of the World Superbike pyramid.
“Identical to firstly of the yr, I haven’t got any expectations. I did not count on (something),” Fernandes informed WorldSBK.com throughout the EICMA present in Milan.
“My purpose is similar: to do my finest. Now, if I do my finest, I will be very completely satisfied.”
“Because of this I can at all times push slightly extra and enhance each race. That’s the fundamental purpose, and the primary purpose is to do my finest and work quite a bit with the workforce.”
Fernandes added that in early 2026 testing, he’ll first check out the Kobe 450RR he’ll race subsequent yr, campaigned by Casey O’Gorman within the 2025 BSB Sportsbike Championship.
“I had by no means ridden a motorbike earlier than,” Fernandez stated. “I watched the race at BSB and I don’t know what is going to occur.
“Proper now, I haven’t got any emotions.
“We count on to obtain the bike in early 2026, so I want to check the bike and do some checks with the workforce to get a really feel for it earlier than the race.”
