With Ducati having pulled out their factory team from the World Superbike series and Suzuki willing to support Alstare Suzuki only with one rider, finally some good news from Honda Motor Europe who has announced that they have finalized a new three-year agreement to support Ten Kate Racing in the Superbike championship.

With this announcement the Dutch team will continue after nine world championship titles – eight in World Supersport and one in World Superbike to be its number one supported team in the World Superbike paddock and the new agreement is intended to give the team stability and continuity for its long-term development.

The team has already officially announced Jonathan Rea as their 2011 rider, but have yet to confirm if Hannspree will continue to be their main sponsor and if their budget will allow them to field a second rider.

Carlo Fiorani, sporting manager of Honda Motor Europe, said: “After ten years of collaboration in the World Superbike paddock, we are happy to say that the level of co-operation between ourselves and Ten Kate Racing is stronger than ever. We are therefore delighted to confirm that this partnership will continue into the future.”

Ten Kate Racing principal, Gerrit ten Kate, commented: “We are very happy to remain loyal to Honda. We have enjoyed a really good relationship for the past decade and enjoyed multiple world championships and race wins together. This new three-year agreement will enable us to continue with our technical development, our rider programme and to maintain a strong team structure. In the next few weeks we will finalise those three ingredients to prepare for the future.”

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