Yamaha has officially confirmed Japanese rider Kohta Nozane will be staying with GRT for the 202𒊎2 World Superbike campaign. 

Nozane’s signing ജalso means Yamaha is the only WorldSBK manufacturer to have all of their seats for next year filled thus far - Garrett Gerloff alongside Nozane at GRT, while championship leader Toprak Razgat𒉰lioglu and Andrea Locatelli are staying with Pata Yamaha. 

Nozane’s debut season has seen him take two top tens finishꦍes, the first of which came at the se💃ason opener in Aragon, while another in race two at Catalunya saw him get the better of factory Honda rider Leon Haslam.

Speaking about retaining Nozane, Yamaha Motor Europe Road Racing Manager, Andrea Dos🧸oli said: "Kohta has shown some really great progress throughout his first season in the WorldSBK championship. 

"It is not easy to adapt to the new circuits, ones🔴 that most of the grid are familiar with, new tyres and a different bike to what he was used to. 

"Despite this, we’ve been impressed with the ꦦway in which he has improved, and he showed some promising꧒ performances in recent races. 

"Next year, we are co🦄nfident Kohta will be able to achieve the next level, fighting regularly in the top 10 like he has shown he can do in some races this year. So we’re very happy to have him on board with us for another season."

As has been the case for many rounds this se🐻ason, this weekend will be another c🌼ompletely new circuit for the former Japanese championship rider as World Superbike returns to San Juan, Argentina, for just the second time (first of those in 2019).