Bradley Ray retains Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK seat for 2024

Ray's rookie year was a rollercoaster campaign as he adjusted to the WorldSBK-spec Yamaha YZF-R1, havingꦯ won the British title a year earlier.
He finished 19th in the standings despite missing four rounds, one point behind fellow Yamaha rookie Lorenzo Baldassarri who took p🐻art in every raಌce.
Ray said: “I’m really happy to sign with Yamaha and M෴otox again for the 2024 season.
"I feel like it’s important to get a second year to really blossom and be able to show you�🤡�r full potential!
"We had some strong races in 2023 tog🌺ether so I’m excited to build on that. I’m super happy to be doing the full Championship too and think this will be ver🀅y beneficial for myself throughout 2024.
"I want toᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ�ꦉ�ᩚᩚᩚ say a massive thank you to everyone at Yamaha and Sandro at Motox for giving me a second year and another opportunity to compete in WorldSBK. See you in Australia.”
Team Manager Sandro Cꦡarusi added: "I’m pleased to continue on the journey we began with Bradley in WorldSBK 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 that he will make a full recovery and that we c🐓an achieve positive results in the 2024 Championship.”

James was a sports journalist at Sk♌y Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.