British Supersport rider Joe Francis is team Webike IKAZUCHI Racing’s pick to replace the absent Anthony West on the SuperSports 600cc grid.
The 21-year-old Brit has been progressing up the British Superbike Championship ranks in recent years, and finished 7thoverall in the Dickies British Supersport in 2016.
Other riders that were under consideration to fill in for West included the likes of Gino Rea, Augustus Fernandez.
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