Tetsuta Nagashima will race for Honda as a wildcard at this weekend’s World Supꩵerbike Championship finale.

It will be the Japanese rider’s second WSBK outing, after he stepped in to 🐟replace the injured Iker Lecuona in Australia two years ago.

Nagashima returns this weekend in Jerez aim🧸ing to maximise his knowledge of the track, built from his Moto2 career and testing.

“I’m really looking forward to competing in the final round of the WorldSBK Champ🐼ionshi🌳p at Jerez,” Nagashima said.

“I’ve been carrying out WorldSBK testing for a while now, and 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 understanding of the bike and identify the differences wi🅰th respect to two years ago. I can’t wait to be bac♎k in action.”

Nagashima won his first Moto2 ༒race in 2020 befor𝓰e becoming an official Honda test rider.

Two years ago, he won the Suzuka 8 Hours alongsi♚de Tak𝓀umi Takahashi and Lecuona.

In 2023 he won motorcycle racing’s most famous endurance race for a secon𓆉d time, alongside Takahashi and Xavi Vierge.

He now races full-time in the ✅All Japan Championship but brings his knowledge of the CBR1000RR-R to the final WSBK round of the year.