It’s official: Tito Rabat will compete in the World Superbike Championship next season, after being chosen by the Kawasaki Puccetti Team. The rider joined the team in 2022, and this year had a more extensive program with 21 races.
The Moto2 World Champion in 2014 was in MotoGP between 2016 and 2020 before moving to WSBK the following year. However, the results weren’t the best, and in 2022, he moved to the Spanish championship, where he secured the title. In 2023, he returned to WSBK from the Misano round with Kawasaki Puccetti Racing, which will now have him as a full-time rider.
The team owner, Manuel Puccetti, stated that the goal is to consistently be in the top ten: ‘It is with great pleasure that we announce our agreement with Tito Rabat for the 2024 WorldSBK season. We’re very happy to continue to build on this collaboration with such a talented and professional rider, with whom our entire team immediately got on well. Up until now, Rabat has stood in for other riders, without having the chance to complete testing together and so we’re pleased to be able to run an entire season with him in 2024. Our preparation will involve winter tests in January, at both Jerez and Portimao, where Tito will be able to build confidence with a Ninja that will be even more competitive than the 2023 machine, also thanks to updates resulting from concession parts. Our goal will be to regular top ten finishes’.