Bradley Ray retains Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK seat for 2024

Ray's roo🦋kie year was a rollercoaster campꦜaign as he adjusted to the WorldSBK-spec Yamaha YZF-R1, having won the British title a year earlier.
He finished 19th in the standings despite missing four rounds, one point behind fellow&n🌳bsp;Yamaha rookie Lorenzo Baldassarri who took part in every race.
Ray said: “I’m really happy to 𒊎sign𒁏 with Yamaha and Motox again for the 2024 season.
"I f🅰eel like it’s important to get a second year to really blossom♎ and be able to show your full potential!
"We had some strong races in 2023 ⛦together so I’m excited to build on that. I’m super happy to be doing the full Championshiꦇp too and think this will be very beneficial for myself throughout 2024.
"I want ওto say a massive thank you to everyone at Yama🥂ha and Sandro at Motox for giving me a second year and another opportunity to compete in WorldSBK. See you in Australia.”
Team Manager Sandro Carusi added: "I’m pleased to continue on the journey we began with Bradley inꦍ Worl🍒dSBK last year.
"His surgery during the season slowed our growth somewhat, but in the first part of the year we showed we could be competitive together. I’m confident, both tha🅺t he will make a full recovery and that we can achieve positive result💖s in the 2024 Championship.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from Americ🌄an sports, to football, to F1.