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World Superbike winner back in top class with Yamaha
Five-time World Superbike race winner Michael Ruben Rinaldi will return to the series’ top class as Tito Rabat’s replacement at Yamaha Motoxracing. Former MotoGP rider Tito Rabat, the 2014 Moto2 world champion, joined Motoxracing for the 2025 World Superbike campaign alongside rookie Bahattin Sofuoglu. After a tough start to the campaign, in which the Spaniard scored points just twice and failed to breach the top 10 in a race, Rabat and Motoxracing parted ways earlier this month. Rinaldi will join the team from the Misano round in mid-June onwards as Rabat’s replacement. Roberto Garcia, the reigning European Moto2 champion, will make his World Supersport debut in Rinaldi’s place at Misano with GMT94. Garcia expressed his enthusiasm for the opportunity and is eager to show his potential and push at 120% as part of the Yamaha family and GMT94 team.
