Nozane

Alongside world champions Pata Yamaha, satellite team GRT have officially unveiled its 2022 WorldSBK colours for Garrett Gerloff and Kohta Nozane.

Despite his best WorldSBK result of the year in Mandalika, Kohta Nozane is aware that a step forward in performance is needed in 2022; ‘I will need to make a step up and the target for 2022 is to make it onto the podium for the first time’.

Yamaha becomes the first manufacturer to confirm all of their 2022 World Superbike riders after deciding to retain Japanese rider Kohta Nozane.

Kohta Nozane withdraws from round four of the 2021 WorldSBK championship at Donington Park due to injury.

Valentino Rossi has described Yamaha’s decision to drop Jonas Folger as its MotoGP test rider from next year as “a shame” and warns it needs riders capable of matching race lap times to be effective.