The Scott Racing team has announce🎃d that it is expanding its Isle of Man TT presence for 2025, with Manx racer Joe Yeardsley making his big bike class debut with the outfit.

Yeardsley, 🃏winner of the 🐼Senior Manx Grand Prix in 2023, contested only the Supersport and Supertwin classes at his debut TT last year.

Carrying a hand injury thwarted his charge, but he still came away with a top 12 finish in one of the two Supersport races and an eighth in the Supertwin🌜 class.

For the first time in 2025, Y🌼eardsley will tackle the big bike classes at the TT, with Scott Racing fielding him on the Aprilia RSV4 Mike Browne rode last year to the m🎃arque’s fastest ever lap in the Superbike, Superstock and Senior TT races.

On top of that, Yeardsley will campaign a Yamaha R6 in the Supersport ra🦩ces and an Aprilia RS 660 in the Supertwin class.

French racer Julien Cregniot wi𝕴l🐷l be his team-mate.

“To be honest I have mixed feelings lo𓃲oking back on last year’s TT as a lack of track time both before the TT and during practice week meant I didn’t get as many laps as I would have liked, on top of the hand injury,” Yeardsley said.

“I didn’t ma🐭ke as much progress as I’d hoped in the Supertwin class where my lap times were pretty mღuch the same as the Manx.

“Having said that, never in a m⭕illion years did I think I’d take a top ten finish in my first year at the TT, so I was over the moon with the result!

“I was equally pleased with the 600cc resultཧs; a top 12 finish in the Supersport race is something to be proud of so those two classes will again be my main focus this year.

“I only🐼 started racing in 2021 and I’ve never ridden a big bike before anywhere so am aware there’s♕ a steep learning curve ahead of me.

“The beauty though is that everyone knows that and there are no expectations, aims or hopes from anyone whenꦺ it comes to the 1000cc races.

“It’s a project for all of us so it’s🐭 all about learning as much as I can this first year to put me in good stead for the years after.

“The Supersp🍸ort and Supertwin races will be the ones where we hope to get some strong results again and we’ll take it as it comes on the big bike.

“With a good p🐬re-season and plenty of meetings penc💮illed in though, I’ll be better prepared than ever for the TT so am confident of having a strong year.”