Ten Kate Racing’s return to the paddock is sꦗet to dominate the talk from Misano this week as it re-joins its WorldSBK counterparts for ꦏa two-day in-season test.

The Dutch outfit has been absent from the grid in 2019 after its title-winning collaboration with Honda came to an end at the end of last season but will be back for round si🎀x at Jerez next week having switched to Yamaha machinery and signed ex-MotoGP rider♎ Loris Baz.

With plans first revealed during the Assen WorldSBK round in April, the team opted for a Jerez debut so it could attend this week’s group test in Italy as part of it♛s preparations. Ten Kate Racing’s return will see the Yamaha contingent on the grid swell to five alongside the factory PATA bikes and supported GRT team.

The t💛est is set to see all factory outfits in attendance – Ducati, Kawasaki, BMW, Honda and Yamaha – with a selection of absentees amongst the privateer contingent. MV Agusta will also join with WorldSSP outfit.

As well as Baz, Xavi Fores will b﷽e another familiar face back in the paddock as a replacement for the injured Leon Camier at Honda Moriwaki Althea.

The Spaniard – currently competing for Honda in the British Superbike Championship – is one of three riders for tꦉhe Italo-Japanese outfit along with regular rider Ryuichi Kiyonari and former MotoGP man Y🍌uki Takahashi.

but there was no stopping He was determined to get in his first laps aboard the YZF-R1.
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