World Superbike: Kawasaki signs Bassani to replace Rea in 2024
As reported by Motorsport.com earlier this month, Bassani will leave Motocorsa Ducati after three seasons to join Alex Lowes at Kawasaki next year. It follows Rea’s decision to end his deal with Kawasaki with a year left on his contract and move to rival Japanese marque Yamaha. Bassani has been selected to take the place of six-time champion Rea on the back of three stellar seasons in WSBK on a satellite Ducati, which has seen him score six podiums and two front row starts so far. The Italian currently sits a strong fifth in the standings, one position ahead of Michael Ruben Rinaldi, and was in contention to re place his countryman at the factory Ducati squad for 2024 until being passed over in favour of Nicolo Bulega. He will now leave the Ducati camp altogether and move to Kawasaki, which had been left scrambling for a re place ment for Rea since the Ulsterman announced earlier this month that he would leave KRT amid frustrations over the team’s c...