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Thitipong Warokorn will return to the Chang International Circuit in Buriram for the Pirelli Thai Round of the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship. Having had a successful World Supersport outing at the circuit in 2017, the local hero will take part in a wildcard appearance, this year in the WorldSBK class. The Thai sensation will be riding the Kawasaki Thailand Racing Team ZX-10RR for his debut in the premier class of production-based racing.

Warokorn has a wealth of international experience, having been a Grand Prix rider for two full years, with 43 starts to his name and a best finish of 18^th at the inaugural Moto2 race at the Chang International Circuit last season. The 30-year-old made his World Supersport debut in 2015, finishing just outside the points in 16^th, before finishing a phenomenal fourth in 2017.

Warokorn won at home in Buriram in the Asian Road Race Championship round at the venue in 2018, his only win of the season, whilst a podium at the track in the same championship the year before shows that he is a fast rider on home soil.

Warokorn will look to pursue his fellow countryman Ratthapark Wilairot’s achievement in Thailand in 2015, by becoming a race winner. Wilairot took a glorious victory in the first ever event at the Chang International Circuit in 2015, in the WorldSSP category. The best finish in the WorldSBK category by a Thai wildcard is by Anucha Nakcharoensri, who finished 17^th in Race 2, 2015.

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