Former Moto3 World Champion Danny Kent will make his World Endurance debut in 2021 after signing for the R2CL squad.

The French privateer team had their most outstanding season in 2013, winning fourth place overall in the world standings and second place at Le Mans with British road racing specialist Guy Martin.

In 2021, R2CL are back with a new all-British line-up who have practically no experience of the sport – starting with Kent who will ride the R2CL Suzuki with two compatriots who compete in British Superbike, Luke Mossey and Dan Linfoot.

Linfoot is the only one of the three sprint riders to have dipped his toe into the Endurance waters, having participated in the Suzuka Eight-Hours.

Cyril Cohen, the R2CL team manager, has deliberately taken on three high-performance sprint riders who are almost entirely new to Endurance. He spoke to us about his objectives. “In rational terms, the objective is the Top 10, but passion dictates that a Top 5 position would be better. The riders have their instructions: no going hell for leather right from the start, and preparing both physically and from the nutritional standpoint to complete the 24 hours.”