James Hillier finds a last-gasp deal to race at Isle of Man TT
James Hillier links up with former team who𒁏 planned to sit out of the TT

James Hillier has reunited with some familiar faces in 🌊a last-ditch deal to ride at the 2025 Isle of Man TT.
Hillier will rejoin Bournemouth Kawasaki after the𝓡 collapse of WTF Racing.
But he will still feature at the TT next month after striking a new deal with Bournemouth Kawasaki, whoജ had planned to sit the event out.
Hillier will race in two Supersport ra♏ces for Bournemouth Kawasaki at the TT, riding🃏 a Ninja ZX-6R.
He is seeded at No5 in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:list of top 20 Supersport riders.
Hillier✨ said: “After a difficult f🍷ew days, it was great to secure a ride back with Pete and Bournemouth Kawasaki, especially as it was back with my Kawasaki ZX-6R from last year.
“We both know what we need to do, and I am sure ꧒we will hit the ‘25 TT🐷 running.
“Massive thanks to ꦆthe team and everyone who has helped get this ♔sorted at such short notice.”
He added: “Pete was obviously one of the first people I contacted when I found myself without a ride and it was ve🌠ry simple t🐟o arrange a deal for the Supersport class.
“My old crew chief, Phil Biggs, will again look after the ZX-6R but I’m not afraid of work and if I had to work out the back of the van♋ at the TT and sleep in it overnight, I’d do it – it’s si💜mply a case of putting the big boy pants on and getting on with it!”
Pete Extance, Team Owner of Bournemouth Kawasaki, said: “2025 started with the idea of having a year out of the TT, but when that changed, we were only too happy to speak with James and put a deal togethe༒r for him to ride the Bourneඣmouth Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R.
“It didn’t take long for us to agree on a deal with J💝ames to return, 💛and we set to work preparing the bike for the TT starting in the last week of May.
“We firmly believe James and the team have podium♋ potential, and hopefully, that secon👍d TT career win that James richly deserves.”
Ross Burridge, Head of Marketing & Racing Departm🌳ent at Kawasaki Motors UK, said: “It was a s🐭hame to see what happened to James earlier this month; however, it has presented us with a great opportunity to have another go at getting on that Supersport podium at the Isle of Man TT.
“James and the team have a huge amount of experience with the bike and attacking the event in general, so we are confident it will be a g🥃reat two weeks. I would like to thank Kawasaki Insurance for getting on board at this late stage and helping put the team in a position to go full throttle into the two races at the end of this month.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky 𒁃Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to fo♔otball, to F1.