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Jonathan Rea reunited with familiar face as 2024 Yamaha crew chief is confirmed
Six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea is leaving Kawasaki and will start a new chapter with Yamaha, beginning next week at a postseason test. Toprak Razgatlıoglu is also leaving Yamaha and moving to BMW, bringing his current crew chief Phil Marron along with him. However, Rea’s current crew chief at Kawasaki, Pere Riba, will remain with the team despite the rider’s high-profile move. Andrew Pitt, who is currently Andrea Locatelli’s crew chief, will join Rea at Yamaha next season. locatelli will need a new crew chief, but Yamaha hasn’t announced who it will be yet. Rea and Pitt were teammates back in 2008 when they both rode for Hanspree Ten Kate Honda in WorldSSP. Yamaha Team Principal, Paul Denning, confirmed that Pitt and Rea have a close relationship that goes back many years and that a new crew chief will be announced at the end of November to work with Locatelli.
Source: Crash
