Baz will ride alongside YART Yamaha regulars, and experienced endurance racers, Marvin Fritz and Niccolò Canepa, but the Frenchman is no stranger to either endurance racing or the YART Yamaha squad. Baz was a winner of the Bol d'Or back in 2013, when the race was held at Magny-Cours, and he also raced alongside Steve Martin and Igor Jerman in the YART Yamaha Team in the 2011 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with the trio finishing on the podium in third place.
Having made an immediate impact on his return to the FIM Superbike World Championship with the Ten Kate Yamaha Supported WorldSBK earlier this season, Baz is looking forward to reacquainting himself with the YART Yamaha EWC specification YZF-R1 during a two-day test ahead of the Bol d'Or, which takes place on 3 and 4 September at Le Castellet.