ColinAppleyard/Macadam Yamaha’s Harry Truelove will wildcard at Donington Park this weekend, making his debut in the FIM Supersport World Championship.
The team have joined the WSS grid previously, but for Truelove this will represent his first opportunity to compete in the class, as he continues his fight for the 2022 Quattro Group British Supersport Championship where he sits second in the standings ahead of Brands Hatch next weekend. Truelove will line up on a WSS-spec Yamaha for the event.
Truelove said: “I’m very excited to get the opportunity to make my World Championship debut, especially at the iconic Donington Park. Over the years, many Brits have attended this event and performed well, putting their names out there with some of best riders in the world. Although we have a number of changes to get used to bike and tyre wise, I’m going to approach the weekend like any other, working through the program with my team as we normally do.
“Team Appleyard Macadam already have previous experience of this event having competed in it back in 2016 with Andrew Irwin, as well in 2019 with both Jack Kennedy and Brad Jones who both secured point scoring finishes.”
Team Principal, Robin Appleyard, commented: “It’s always nice to showcase ourselves on the world stage and even more so that we’re able to give Harry his debut. I’m very proud of the team for the effort that has gone in to making this event possible, especially Alex Smith for the long hours building an entirely new motorcycle for this event, which has not been easy alongside all our existing commitments. As always, we’d like to thank our partners and sponsors for their continued support.”