Overview
- Honda announced on Wednesday that Somkiat Chantra has signed a contract extension for the 2027 WorldSBK season and will remain team‑mate to Jake Dixon.
- Chantra’s first WorldSBK year has been disrupted by injury, forcing him to miss pre‑season testing plus rounds at Phillip Island and Assen and leaving him with 16 championship points so far.
- Jake Dixon had already committed to a multi‑year deal with HRC and delivered the team’s best result this season with sixth place at Cremona.
- Chantra showed pace in a one‑off MotoGP return at Motegi, where he matched his best WorldSBK finish of 13th and outqualified full‑time HRC rider Luca Marini.
- HRC says the unchanged line‑up will give engineers steady rider feedback for iterative improvements to the CBR1000RR‑R SP as the team prepares for 2027 and for the final two rounds of this season at Estoril and Jerez.