Tetsuta Nagashima will race for Honda as a wildcard at this weekend’s World Superbike Championship finale.
Will probably be the Japanese rider’s second WSBK outing, after he stepped in to exchange the injured Iker Lecuona in Australia two years in the past.
Nagashima returns this weekend in Jerez aiming to maximise his data of the monitor, constructed from his Moto2 profession and testing.
“I’m actually trying ahead to competing within the closing spherical of the WorldSBK Championship at Jerez,” Nagashima mentioned.
“I’ve been finishing up WorldSBK testing for some time now, and in 2022, I took half in my first and solely race weekend in Australia, the place the outcomes weren’t dangerous.
“I’m curious to see how the bike performs now and what we are able to obtain.
“I hope to achieve a greater understanding of the bike and establish the variations with respect to 2 years in the past. I can’t wait to be again in motion.”
Nagashima received his first Moto2 race in 2020 earlier than changing into an official Honda check rider.
Two years in the past, he received the Suzuka 8 Hours alongside Takumi Takahashi and Lecuona.
In 2023 he received motorbike racing’s most well-known endurance race for a second time, alongside Takahashi and Xavi Vierge.
He now races full-time within the All Japan Championship however brings his data of the CBR1000RR-R to the ultimate WSBK spherical of the yr.
