When Ducati in 2010 said 'From 2011 onwards, Ducati will no longer compete with a factory team in the Superbike World Championship, and has decided to limit its participation to the supply of machines and support to private teams.', I told my wife this is it soon you not have to look motorcycle racing anymore, but still WSB went on and hopeful after Yamaha pulls out it will still go on.
What is the future for the World Superbike Championship, next year the MotoGP will also start to race with 1000cc engines, and with Yamaha withdrawing from the competition what is left. Ducati is also out of the WSB competition.