GSE Racing has officially announced just days after concluding their championship winning 2008 season and ahead of their high-profile switch to Yamaha in 2009, that their BSB title-winning team will be running James Ellison and Leon Camier in their partnership with Yamaha Motor UK.
Three times title winner, Camier joined the team in 2008 and is looking forward to challenging the championship.
Former MotoGP rider and winner of the British Superbike Cup on a Yamaha in 2004, James Ellison joins GSE Racing from Hydrex Bike Animal Honda with whom he finished 7th in this year’s British Superbike Championship.
“To be riding for the most successful team in the paddock represents a fantastic opportunity for me; I’m ecstatic.
I came close to signing with the team in 2005 and kept in contact with Colin Wright ever since just in case another chance came up and now finally, here I am! I’m really looking forward to riding a Yamaha once again and hopefully repeating the success I had with them back in 2004.
” GSE Racing will looking for a record fifth British Superbike title in 2009 with Yamaha YZF-R1.