Hafizh Syahrin's 2024 is proceeding apace. A bearer of the JDT Racing Team in the Superbike class of the Asia Road Racing Championship, where he occupies the top position in the standings after the third round in the championship, the Malaysian rider is in fact preparing to make his return to the World Championship stage. About nine months after his last appearance in World Superbike.
Leaving the championship at the end of 2023, after two complicated seasons with the MIE team, Syahrin will make his return to the grid of the premier class of production derivatives next August, to compete in the Round at Portimao as a wild card. An appointment that will see the 30-year-old mount a Ducati Panigale V4R, with technical support from the Bologna-based manufacturer and the colors of the facility financed by the Prince of Johor with which he competes full-time in the ARRC.
Before sporting the JDT Racing Team livery on the Algarve track, however, there is another important event awaiting the former MotoGP rider on the weekend of July 19-21. In fact, Syahrin will have the opportunity to prepare in the best possible way for his return to World Superbike, taking part in the Suzuka 8 Hours with Ducati Team Kagayama's Panigale V4R, crewed by Ryo Mizuno and Josh Waters. It's another comeback for the Malaysian, who had already raced the famous endurance race in 2017 just with the Japanese team, alternating with Yukio Kagayama himself and Naomichi Uramoto, driving the Suzuki GSX-R1000 fielded by the team.
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