Loris Cresson is set to be confirmed as the lone Pedercini Kawasaki rider for the 2022 Wo♈rldSBK championship. 

Cresson, who competed for Pedercini Kawasaki as p♔art of a two-rider team last season, was expected to do so once again this ღupcoming season. 

But with 2013 world champion Tom Sykes and more recently Leoꦿn Haslam electing to go elsewhere - Haslam has officially joined Lee Hardy Racing Kawasaki in BSB - the team now finds itself without a second rider. 

Atꦬ the end of January, Dorna published the officia🍰l WorldSBK entry list for the upcoming season, with Pedercini Kawasaki the only team without their rider line-up confirmed. 

Part of the delay in Team Owner Lucio Pedercini announcing his plans is due to Chinese main sponsor Outdo Batteries not yet confirming whether it will continue to back th﷽e team. 

Pedercini Kawasaki have been a mainstay iꦬnside the Superbike class since 1998, but with pre-season testing fully underway, getting its 2022 plans finalised, and quickly, is paramount for both the team and Cresson who had a tough 2021 campaign.

The Belgian rider scored points on just one o𓄧ccasion which came during race one at Assen.  

Once Cresson officially joins the team, it means a 24🎀-rider grid will be complete while Cresson and Pedercini will be the fifth ZX-10RR to be confirmed after KRT duo Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes, Puccetti’s Lucas Mahias and the series’ youngest r🌞ider Oliver Konig who will ride for Orelac Racing Verdnatura.   

Confirmed 2022 WorldSBK grid: 

Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK: Toprak Razgatlioglu/Andrea Locatelli

GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team: Garrett Gerloff/Kohta Nozane

Gil Motor Sport-Yamaha: Christophe Ponsson

Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team: Isaac Vinales

Kawasaki Racing WorldSBK Team: Jonathan Rea/Alex Lowes

Puccetti Kawasaki: Lucas Mahias

Orelac Racing Verdnatura: Oliver Konig

Pedercini Kawasaki: Loris Cresson*

Aruba.it Racing Ducati: Alvaro Bautista/Michael Rinaldi

Motocorsa Racing: Axel Bassani

Team GoEleven Ducati: Philipp Oettl

Barni Spark Ducati: Luca Bernardi

BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team: Scott Redding/Michael Van Der Mark

Bonovo Action BMW: Loris Baz/Eugene Laverty

Team HRC: Iker Lecuona/Xavi Vierge

MIE Racing Honda Team: Leandro Mercado/Hafizh Syahrin