Ondrej Vostatek: Own team, new life in the WorldSSP

Apart from the first half of 2023, Ondrej Vostatek has been a permanent entry in the Supersport World Championship since the 2022 season.

Since then, despite missing some consistency, the Czech rider born in 2004 managed to score a few top 10 results with different teams and bikes: MS Racing Yamaha (2022), PTR Triumph Racing (mid-2023 and 2024) and WRP Racing Ducati (2025). What’s the next step? Contesting the 2026 season of the WorldSSP on a Trumph machine and with the Compos Racing Team, a squad founded by his father Jan, which stepped up to the world stage after a successful 2025 campaign in the ESBK Supersport Championship in Spain.

Palmen in Motorradsport interviewed Ondrej Vostatek to talk about this season and his career so far, including the time he spent in the FIM CEV (now MotoJunior).

Ondrej, what do you expect from the 2026 season?

For this season I expect to be constantly in the points and to be also in the top 10. Of course it would be great to step on the podium, but the top 10 is the main and more realistic goal for me. The main issue we have now is that my pace is not far from the top guys, but I still struggle a lot in putting together a fast lap in the Superpole, something that’s quite affected my race weekends so far. In any case, we should not forget that the Compos Racing Team is facing its first year in the World Championship and this is only its second year of life, and in 2025 we were already runner-up in the Spanish ESBK Supersport Championship (with Marcos Ludeña, ed).

This is your fourth full season in the Supersport World Championship, and you have ridden three different bikes: Yamaha R6, Triumph Street Triple 765 and Ducati Panigale V2. Which one do you prefer?

The Yamaha R6 is a really great bike, especially in terms of handling and suspensions. On the other hand, the Triumph is much stiffer and it punishes you for a little mistake, and the Ducati is more flexible and bends more in the corners. In any case, it depends on how the bike works and how they prepare the bike.

You have been in the WorldSSP since 2022, apart from the first half of the 2023 season. What’s the best memory you have so far?

The Australian round from this season, because already in the tests I was basically around the top 3, and the weekend was good. I was competitive in all the sessions, which is something that’s rarely happened to me so far.

In the past seasons, you scored a few top 10 results, but not consistently. What was missing?

When you are in a team, you kind of have to make some compromise with the team owner on what you have and you don’t have. And sometimes you wonder what is missing, especially when the weekend starts well, but suddenly you are one second slower than your teammate and you don't know why. When you are not fully supported by your team, sometimes you can still turn the situation around and get some good results, but you are not able to do it constantly, because it depends on the tracks and on the situation you live in that moment. To get rid of that kind of uncertainty, we decided with my dad to create our own team, thanks to the sponsors we have.

Let’s now jump back to the start of your career. How did it all begin?

My dad never raced, but he had a Honda CBR600RR bike and he liked to watch MotoGP and similar championships. When I was a little kid, I already used to watch races with him and I always said that I wanted to try it. When I turned 7, I received my first pocket bike as a present, and from there we started a good career. I became Czech and German champion in a few categories, and I was European Champion as well and European Stock 600 vicechampion in 2021. I have also raced in important international championships and raced against guys who are now in MotoGP, so despite my young age I consider myself really experienced.

You also competed in the Moto3 Junior World Championship, back in 2019 and 2020. What are your main memories from those two seasons?

I was with the IgaX team in the first year, and it was a difficult one: the team didn’t have a lot of budget, they were new in the category and in that moment we kind of got burnt. In 2020, instead, I was with the Aspar Team, but I grew up significantly in that year and I became a bit too heavy for those bikes. For this, and other reasons, we struggled a lot and we decided to move to a different category.

What happened next?

I had one chance to move to the Moto2 European Championship. I also got an offer from a great team such as Team Ciatti, but it was too expensive for just one season, so we decided to move to the Superstock 600 class. That was a good move, because in 2021 I finished second in the category (behind Álex Escrig, ed) and from there I arrived in the Supersport World Championship.

You raced with important teams like Aspar in the Moto3 JWC, and Héctor Faubel’s Fau55 Tey Racing Team in the Stock 600. What did you learn when racing in those teams?

When I raced with Aspar, I learnt that when you are not from Spain, you are always a little bit “put aside” and it’s very difficult to show them that you can be their primary option. A Spanish or Italian team tends to support mainly riders from their same country. But this is something I honestly understand. I wouldn’t even say that it’s a bad thing, but just that it kind of opens your eyes a bit more. On the other hand, in 2021 I mainly learnt how to better ride the 600cc bike, but nothing in particular.

How do you rate your 2021 season with Fau55?

I joined the team at the second race, after splitting with the previous team (H43, ed) after just one round. And with them, I had a positive experience: the atmosphere in the team was friendly, there was way less pressure and me and my teammate Escrig finished first and second in our category. I am still in a good relationship with Héctor Faubel and whenever we are both in a GP, we like to meet and have a chat.

Do you also go to MotoGP events?

Yes, especially the Czech GP in Brno. The funny thing is that now I basically know half of the MotoGP paddock. I know the people from the Aspar team, I know riders I raced against, and also managed to beat sometimes, like Pedro Acosta and Fermín Aldeguer…It’s always good to see these guys.

At this stage, what’s your goal for the future? Do you want to get to World Superbike, or do you still keep an open door towards Grand Prix racing, like Moto2?

I would like to try a Moto2 bike. I've never tried it, but I believe it's a good bike and I am sure that with my team, and the contacts we have, we could deliver a good package. But now I want to focus on World Supersport and try make progress, so we can be consistently in the top 10 and then in the top 5.

If you had an offer from the Superbike World Championship and one from the Moto2 World Championship, which one would you pick?

It depends on the team. If I get a good offer from a factory team in Superbikes, I will catch the opportunity and go there. But it should be a factory team, because otherwise it’s hard to be in good positions in today’s WorldSBK. If an offer came to race also in the MotoGP paddock, I would be happy, but it’s realistically too far away and there are many more names in the list in front of me.

Outside of racing, what’s your biggest passion?

Music. Even if it’s just on my own and for fun, I like to play guitar.

In conclusion, do you want to thank anyone in particular for your career so far, and what you will hopefully experience in the future?

For sure I would like to thank my family, because they gave up a lot of things to back me and my career. Everything is around bikes for us, and if I am here it’s mainly thanks to them and all the partners, sponsors and people who support me. On the other hand, I want to thank also those people who don’t support me, or even tried to obstacle me, because the idea of proving them wrong, as I have already done many times, gives me extra motivation to do my best.

Palmen in Motorradsport thanks Ondrej Vostatek for his time. Best wishes to him and the Compos Racing Team for the next races and seasons.