The other day James Toseland and his manager Roger Burnett were spotted heading into the BMW Italia headquarters at San Donato Milanese, to conclude the deal that would see the Briton ride for the new BMW satellite World Superbike team.
Toseland lost his ride in Yamaha Sterilgarda after a disappointing return to the Superbike series, after spending two seasons in MotoGP and finished only 9th in the championship.
During the David Jefferies awards that took place Saturday evening, where the piano playing and singing rider confirmed that he will fielded in the Italian team with Superstock champion Aryton Badovini, who completed dominated his championship winning nine out the ten races with the BMW S1000RR, will be his team mate.
“We have been talking about this for some time but obviously couldn’t say anything about.
I am delighted and we start testing next month.
” said Toseland.
The privateer team is expected to test at Jerez with the official BMW team.
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