Michael van der Mark has been officially confirmed as joining the factory BMW Motorrad Wo𒆙rldSBK Team in 2021.

The Dutchman, 27, 🐓recently announced hꦚe would be leaving Yamaha and has now been named as BMW's first signing for next season.

After winning the World Supersport championship in 2014, van der Mark moved with Ten Kate Honda to the Sup🤡erbike class, then switched to Pata Yamaha in 2017.

As well as three WorldSBK race victories, van der Mark has been part of the victorious Suzuka 8 Hours team on four occasions andꦚ made two MotoGP starts in late 2017.

“We are delighted to welcome Michael to the BMW Motorrad ꦉWorldSBK team," said team principal Shaun Mir.✱ "He brings a wealth of experience and is one of the youngest, most talented riders on the WorldSBK grid.

"Securing Michael's services emphasis the focus and determination we have to compete for top honours, and we will give Michael every chance to reac♎h that goal."

"We are very pleased about the commitment of Michael, who has devel🌠oped very strongly in the World Superbike Championship in recent years," added BMW Motorrad Motorsport director Marc Bongers.

"We are convinced that Michael is an enrichment for our project, and together, in combination with the strong package we can 🔯offer him, we can reach the next higher level in terms of resu🃏lts.

"We would like to welcome Michael to the BMW Wo💙rldSBK team a❀nd look forward to a strong cooperation.”

Former world champion Tom Sykes finished eighth overall in last year's WorldSBK 🌟standings for BMW, with four podiums. The Englishman h꧅as been joined by another proven race winner, Eugene Laverty, for the 2020 season.

van der Mark's future tea🐎m-mate 'will be announced at a later date'.