Along with multiple EWC champion Matthieu Lagrive and fellow young star Martin Renaudin, Cauchi will chase EWC Superstock honours for the Yamaha-supported 3ART Best of Bike outfit during the upcoming EWC season.

Cauchi, from France, will be 19 when the 2023 EWC title chase begins with the 24 Heures Motos at Le Mans from 13-16 April. He made his EWC debut for Slider Endurance in last September’s 100th-anniversary Bol d’Or having finished runner-up in the French Supersport Championship in 2021.

Like Lagrive and Renaudin, Cauchi is a former GMT94 rider and deputised for the injured Jules Cluzel in the Barcelona FIM Supersport World Championship round in 2021.

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