Tommy Bridewell and Kyle Ryde among four WSBK wildcards in Jerez

ꦑBr🐠itish Superbike Championship duo will race in World Superbikes this weekend

Bridewell, Ryde
Bridewell, Ryde

Tommy Bridewell and Kyle Ryde are among💦 four wildcards for this weekend's World Superbike Champ⛎ionship season-finale.

Ryde pipped Bridewell to the British Superbike Championship af💦ter an 𓆏epic Race 3 at Brands Hatch on Sunday.

They both return to action immediately by joining th✨e world’s elite Superbike riders.

Tetsuta Nagashima (Team HRC) and 𝕴Luca Bernardi (Yamaha🌞 Motoxracing) are the other two wildcards this weekend in Jerez.

Yamaha’s Ryde previously said: “It’s obviously really 🦂exciting to hear that the team will be going to compete in the final round of the FIM Superbike World Championship at Jerez, and it is something I’m incredibly ♑grateful to have the opportunity to do.

“I love Jerez, ♔it is such an awesome track. I did a few laps there on my R6 earlier this year, and I really like the circuit, so I’m already itching to get out on the World Superbike-spec R1.

“The team are working hard behind the scenes now to get it all ready, and I just can’t wait. Thank you to Alan, Pau🐬l and all my guys for giving up the⭕ir time and efforts to give us the chance to ride on the world stage.”

Honda’s Bridewell will become the sixth CBR1000RR-R rider on the Jerez♌ grid.

He also raced at 𒈔the WSBK Cremona round this year.

Bridewell previously said: “I love racing motorbikes so to get to go and have anothe▨r go is another great opportunity to go out and race my b💫ike.

“Jerez is a really good circuit too as it’s got a bit of everything, heavy braking with a slow fi﷽rst sector that then starts opening up and getting quick🐬er and quicker.

“Going to Jerez for me is about continuing the work that we are doing, gathering informa๊tion and doing ♕the best that I can.

“I rode well at Cremona with the package that we were on and ultimately, we will be a li🐟ttle bit better equipped with a slightly upgraded spec at Jere⛄z. I want to go there and do as well as I can.”

Bridewell’s f🐻ellow Honda wildcard Nagasꦬhima is a two-time Suzuka 8 Hours champion.

Nagashima said: “I’m really 🐎looking forward to competing in the final round of the WorldSBK Championship at Jerez.

“I’ve been carrying out WorldSBK testing for a while now, a꧟nd in 2022, I took part in my first and only race weekend in Australia, where the results weren’t bad.

“I’m curious to see how the bike performs now and what we can achieve. I🗹 hope to gain a better unde💃rstanding of the bike and identify the differences with respect to two years ago. I can’t wait to be back in action.”

Meanwhile Bernardi, who didn’t score poi🐻nts at the previous Estoril WSBK round, is back.

“First of all, I am very happy 🎐to be able to still be part of Sandro Carusi's team,” Bernar♑di said.

“Jerez is a track that I really like. I hav༒e never raced on this track, only tested, a☂nd I know that it is very technical and that it suits my riding style.

“I hope to continue the work started in Portugal, to continue my growth and to obtai🃏n better results.”

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