Kove Racing Team 109 to field two riders in 2026 FIM Sportbike World Championship
Retro Traffic Team 109 – the 2025 FIM Supersport 300 World Championship winning squad – are delighted to announce their extended partnership with Chinese manufacturer Kove.
The continued collaboration will see Kove provide factory support to the squad, who are based out of the TechnoPark at Motorland Aragon in Spain. The team will be known as Kove Racing Team 109.
In addition to receiving direct factory support, Kove Racing Team 109 are also delighted to reveal that they will field two riders in the all new FIM Sportbike World Championship which will run over eight rounds alongside the FIM Superbike World Championship. Both riders will be announced shortly.
Paul Tobin – Team Principal: “Everyone at Team 109 is excited to announce that we will receive factory support from Kove in 2026 for the FIM Sportbike World Championship, using their 450RR machines. This is a culmination of all our determination, passion, and hard work over recent years, especially in 2025 where we used Kove’s 321RRS with Benat Fernandez and won the FIM Supersport 300 World Championship – the final year of the series – as an independent team. Kove’s tagline is – focus on performance -and you can see this with their street bikes. With this collaboration we will be able to provide the factory more data to allow them to increase the DNA of performance in their road going machines that people can buy. It is an exciting time for us. We are delighted to have Kove’s support and look forward to working closely with them and hopefully we will have similar success with their 450RR in 2026. We certainly will be doing everything we can to win!”
You can follow Kove Racing Team 109’s preparations for the 2026 season through their social media channels (links within this media release) and through their official website:
For more information about Kove and their range of machines please visit: http://www.kovemoto.com
More information relating to the FIM Sportbike World Championship can be found here:http://www.worldsbk.com