Spain’s JEG Racing Team, an FIM EWC newcomer, heads into the 8 Hours of Sepang with a very strong Franco-Japanese line-up. Takuya Tsuda will partner Gregory Leblanc and Naomichi Uramoto to ride the Suzuki 71 in Malaysia.

Team ERC Endurance, who recently received official backing from Ducati Corse in the FIM EWC, have announced a brand-new line-up for the 8 Hours of Sepang. Randy de Puniet is to join Ondřej Ježek and Louis Rossi in the saddle of the Panigale V4R.

Wójcik Racing Team’s two squads, 77 and 777, made a big impression at the Bol d’Or this past September. They are gearing up for another battle at the front in Malaysia on 14 December.

Ducati is the latest manufacturer to enter the FIM Endurance World Championship. At the 8 Hours of Sepang, Team ERC Endurance will field a Ducati Panigale V4R with official backing from the Italian brand.