The 2021 FIM World Supersport championship is sure to be another thrilling in 2021, with former Moto2 rider Steven Odendaal one of the t♍itle ♕favorites going into his second season. 

Odendaal joins Fabio Evangelista's Evan Bros. WorldSSP Team for the 2021 season, which is looking t꧋o win its t൩hird consecutive title.

♊The South African is a former CIV Moto2 champion and made the move as a rookie to the championship last season w🌸ith the EAB Ten Kate Racing squad. 

Odend🧜aal didn't manage to secure a podium in his first Worl🔯dSSP season, but had tremendous consistency finishing thirteen out of the fifthteen rounds in the top ten. 

The 28 year-old will be competingꦅ on a Yamaha YZF R6 bike for the second year in succession as he look༒s to mount a championship challenge after finishing fifth in the standings last year. 

"Obviously, I am very excited but of course, it comes with its pressure: going into a team that has won the Championship for the last two years,🌃" said Odendaal.

"I’m excited because I know they have the package it takes to win, so there is no doubt th𓆉at the team i♍s good enough to do it.

"Also, they have a lot of input and data from the past two years. They pretty much have the fastest laps at every track and that data becomes very valuable to a rider like me, who is in his second season and looking to f♚ight for the title."

There is plenty of cross-over between the WorldSSP paddock and Moto2 class entering the 2021 season with Odendaal, Dominque Aegerter and Philipp Oettl, not to mention the retu🍸rn of 2019 series champion Ran꧟dy Krummenacher. 

Odendaal is ready for an intense battle saying: "The clear target is to be World Supersport Champ𓆉ion; that is what I’ve been focusing all my efforts on this year.

"It won’t be easy, but definitely that’s one of my goals. I think we can be a power package in 2021, with some competition coming back from WorldSBK such as Federico Caricasulo, and the likes of Randy Krummenacher returning, al💟ongside Dominique Aegert🌠er, Philipp Oettl and Jules Cluzel.

"These are some of the top dogs, but I believe I’ve got the best team to fight for the title. Cluzel has always been a consistent and clever rider, if he can’t take first then he’ll tꦡake second, w♏hich is dangerous for the title as he is always there at the end."