Steve Martin has confirmed that he has got a number of different racing opportunities for the remainder of the season, following his outing at Brands Hatch at the weekend with Yamaha Motor France, the latest round in the World Superbike championship.
Furthermore while there has been much speculation that Martin will compete in the final four rounds of the British Superbike Championship with Virgin Yamaha, he and Virgin Yamaha team boss, Rob Mac have both, apparently, decided that the timing wasn't right for the two to team up at this point. They have not ruled out working together in the future though.
This weekend meanwhile, instead of competing in BSB at
Croft, Martin will now be back with the Yamaha Austria team at the Oschersleben round of the World Endurance Championship.
“I really enjoyed working with the two teams [Yamaha France and Virgin Yamaha] during the weekend and I would like to thank MG Competition and Virgin Yamaha for the opportunity to be on the WSBK grid at Brands, he explained. “As for heading to British Superbikes - it is a strong championship and if I went there I would want to be at the front.
“Although I feel that that could be possible with the Virgin Yamaha, I would ideally want more testing and track time on the British circuits before having to put it on the line. I've still got opportunities to race at selected rounds of different championships this year, as well as further testing and commentary roles, so I'm looking forward to the variety of the rest of the season.”
Asked about his weekend at Brands, Martin noted that he enjoyed the experience and has been happy to assist Yamaha France and Virgin Yamaha during the last few months. Both teams asked Martin if he would race at
Brands Hatch, in order to provide them with feedback for development of the Yamaha machines in race conditions and also compare the two bikes for the benefit of both teams.
