WorldSBK: PHR Performance Triumph enter World Sportbike Championship with Fenton Seabright
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Peter Hickman’s PHR Performance team will enter the new World Sportbike Championship next year as an official Triumph Factory supported effort.
Fenton Seabright joins PHR after finishing third overall in the national championship onboard the Aprilia RS660. Seabright won three races and celebrated three further podiums.
Seabright has plenty of experience within the World Superbike Championship paddock having competed in the outgoing World Supersport 300 class between 2022 and 2024. Seabright’s best season came in 2023 when he finished 13th overall with a best result of sixth and a total of 10 top 10 results.
“I’m really looking forward to 2026, a move back to the World Superbike Championship is what we’ve been working towards since moving back to the British Superbike paddock in the Sportbike class, so I’m really happy with that,” Seabright said.
“I’m hoping that working with Pete [Hickman] and the PHR Performance team will allow me to fight at the front, win some races and have a shot of the WorldSPB crown.”
Hickman’s team were crowned the first-ever Sportbike champions in 2024 with Richard Cooper, whilst Hickman himself has enjoyed a successful partnership with Triumph in recent years at the Isle of Man TT, North West 200 and Daytona 200.
“I’m really excited about the opportunity for PHR Performance entering into a World Championship for the very first time, which was never really on the cards or a thought process I’d ever had,” Hickman said. “But the opportunity has arisen, and I think we’re in the strongest position we could ever be in, having worked with the Triumph Daytona 660 for two years in the British Championship.
“We won with Richard [Cooper] in 2024 and won a few races this year with Harrison, and if it hadn’t been for his injury we could have won the championship, so I don’t think we could be in a stronger position.
“We don’t know the circuits, but Fenton does and Harrison knows about half of them, but he knows the bike inside out, as do we. I’m really looking forward to it and having Fenton onboard, it’s a super young team; everyone is under 22 years old – the mechanics, electronics and the riders, so it’s going to be an exciting time not only for PHR Performance but also for all the boys and also Triumph.”
The first round of the 2026 FIM Sportbike World Championship takes place at Portimao on 27-29 March.