Tommy Bridewell will make a return to the World Superbike grid by becoming a member of Honda HRC at Aragon, instead of the injured Iker Lecuona.
Bridewell, 37, will line up alongside Xavi Vierge for Spherical 10 of the season on September 26-28.
Lecuona remains to be sidelined after requiring forearm surgical procedure for a Flip 1 pile-up at July’s Hungary spherical.
Honda states that the Spaniard is “progressing effectively” and is “working laborious with gymnasium coaching and physiotherapy with the goal of returning to racing quickly.”
Bridewell clinched the 2023 British Superbike title with PBM Ducati earlier than switching to Honda, the place he narrowly missed out on back-to-back crowns in 2024 after an exhilarating title finale with Kyle Ryde.
At present seventh on this yr’s BSB standings, Bridewell has mixed his British marketing campaign with HRC testing duties, most not too long ago becoming a member of Vierge at this week’s Jerez WorldSBK check.
Bridewell’s most up-to-date WorldSBK race look was as a Honda Racing UK wild-card at his residence Donington Park spherical in July, the place his solely end was 18th place within the Superpole race.
Honda’s 2026 WorldSBK line-up stays unconfirmed, with each Lecuona (Aruba.it Ducati) and Vierge (TBA) confirmed as leaving.
Moto2 star Jake Dixon is predicted to safe one CBR1000RR-R seat, with MotoGP rookie Somkiat Chantra amongst these linked to the opposite.
