Camier joins Red Bull Honda for 2018

Leon Camier will switch to t🌠he Red Bull Honda squad for the♑ 2018 World Superbike championship from MV Agusta.

The 2009 British Superbike champion was strongly linked with a switch to the Ten Kate Racing-run🔯 squad throughout the season and a deal for next year has been confirmed which will see Camier join the factory Honda squad.

Since the tragic death of Nicky Hayden the Red Bull Honda squad has been without a full-time second rider alongside Stefa🌞n Bradl but the German has also be blighted by a number of injuries which have ruled him out of t☂he remainder of 2017.

As a result, the factory Honda team will rotate between replacement🎀 riders Davide Giuglian🥀o, Jake Gagne and Takumi Takahashi for the remaining two rounds of the season before welcoming Camier to the team during winter testing.

Honda World Superbike operating manager Marco Chini is thrilled to secure Camier foജr 2018 and is confident the British rider can help lift the performance of the new Fir𒉰eblade after a difficult introduction this year.

“We’re extremely happy to have Leon on board for the upcoming WorldSBK season,” Chini said. “He’s a great talent and an extremely professional rider, so I’m sure it will be a pleasure to work with hi🍰m.

“We’re confident that his expertise will help us raise the performance of the Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade SP2 to a whole new level so we’re looking forward to the new🧔 challenge.

“Right now, however, there’s still a season to complete, so we a🤡re fully concentrated on the remaining rounds in orཧder to improve our package and finish the year on a high note.”

After graduating from BSB as champion in 2009, Camier spent two years racing for Apri𒀰lia in the World Superbike championship before switiching to Suzuki for two s🥀easons.

Camier found himself without a full-time ride in World Superbike in 2014 but ꩵacted as replacement rider for BMW and then MV Agusta where he was able to secure a full-time ride with the Italian manufactuﷺrer since 2015.