Kawasaki Racing Team Launches 2024 WorldSBK Project

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2024 official riders Alex Lowes and Axel Bassani helped the refreshed KRT FIM Superbike World Championship team unveil the factory Ninja ZX-10RR at the team’s public launch on Thursday 8 February 2024.
KRT’s striking new colour schemes, graphics packages and team clothing styles were introduced to the world’s media and fans via digital platforms at 18.00-CET. Existing KRT partner Cheshire Mouldings is now a primary sponsor and lubricant specialists Motul is a new sponsor for the team.
The most significant changes for some time have taken place inside the KRT effort since the end of the 2023 season, in readiness for the imminent restart in competitive racing activities. It is apt that the visual element of the bike and rider packages is also a slight departure from some previous norms.
On the human side, there is a new-look rider line up, with the experienced KRT combatant Lowes joined by the double Independent Riders’ champion Axel Bassani. The ambitious young Italian is now enjoying his first taste of being an official rider in WorldSBK.
Alex now has Pere Riba as his crew chief, with Marcel Duinker in charge of Axel’s on-track learning curve. Other changes have taken place inside the pit-crew and personnel line-up to rejuvenate the overall effort.
After winter development from KMC in Japan and their global technical partners, Lowes, Bassani and their respective technical crews have enjoyed a successful recent test programme in Spain and Portugal. They have been running their machine set-ups to suit a series of recent changes to the WorldSBK technical regulations.
In terms of machinery, the Ninja ZX-10RR now has additional peak revs and some internal upgrades to modify engine inertia, plus some small but key changes to the top end. In combination, these initiatives will allow the 2024 WorldSBK bike to have an additional 500rpm at the top of the rev-range.
As well as continuing partnerships with Showa and many other top companies with enviable reputations in racing, KRT has forged an all-new bond with specialist lubricants company Motul, with the French company becoming a main partner of KRT for the 2024 WorldSBK season.