From a press release issued by Team Suzuki News Service:

RIZLA SUZUKI TEAM FOR ASSEN WSB ROUND

Rizla Crescent Suzuki British Superbike Championship rider John Reynolds is to make a special ‘wild-card’ entry at the Assen World Superbike Championship round on September 7th. It was originally planned for both Reynolds and Rizla team mate Yuki Kagayama to race at Assen, but the Japanese star crashed at last week’s British Superbike round at Cadwell Park, breaking his pelvis and putting him out of action for the rest of the season.

The wild-card entry was made at the special request of the Crescent Suzuki team’s main sponsor Rizla, as the company’s European headquarters is based in the Netherlands. Reynolds’ GSX-R1000 race machine will also swop its British Superbike ‘Rizla Blue’ colours for a new ‘Rizla Red’ livery for the Assen event.

Both Reynolds and Kagayama have already scored World Superbike points this year in the two UK based rounds at Silverstone and Brands Hatch, with Reynolds taking a superb close second place in the second race at Brands.

Announcing the decision to race at Assen, Rizla Crescent Suzuki team owner Paul Denning said, “Making the final decision to race at the Assen WSB round wasn’t easy until we asked Yuki what he thought. Yuki is a world class rider and without his presence it would have been easy to pull out, but he is as eager as any of us for JR to race. We will do our best to put on a good show for Rizla, Yuki and all the team’s fans.

“Our Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000 is undoubtedly the bike to beat at the moment and JR is riding better than ever. We have a really good chance of getting a couple of top finishes and that’s our goal.”