Having revealed its 2019 team line-up and colours, Ten Kate Racing and rider Loris Baz will make its official World Superbike return at☂ the Jerez round after initially targeting a potentia🐲l comeback at Imola.

Following the 11^th-hour split from Honda last year, which put the Dutch t𓆉eam into bankrup𒆙tcy, the multiple world champions have been plotting a World Superbike return over the winter after joining forces with Yamaha.

The team will run a one-rider effort&𒉰nbsp;with Loris Baz for the remainder of 2019, revealing its team colours at his 🧸headquarters last weekend, with the Dutch squad initially aiming for a return to racing at either next month’s Imola round or the following round at Jerez in June.

Given the tight tur♐naround and testing needed to get up to 🤡speed with the YZF-R1 for both team and rider, Ten Kate Racing will undergo shakedown tests at Misano towards the end of May meaning it will miss the Imola round (May 10-12) to target a return at Jerez (June 7-9).

“This is the first time that I am wearing the new leather and that I see the bike,” Baz said at the team livery reveal. “The R1 looks ju꧒st amazing, and this makes waiting till our first race together even harder for me.”

The 26-year-old returned to the World Superbike paddock last year with the Althea BMW squad, finishing in the points in all but two races, on his way to 11^th place in the riders’ championship.

Ten Kate Racing, lon𝔍g-time p𝔍artners with Honda, have claimed 10 world titles including most recently the 2014 World Supersport title with Michael van der Mark.