Mauri: I'll work 25 hours a day with Foggy.

With James Haydon ruled out of action through injury for the seventh round of the WSBK series, at Misano, wild-card Italian Lorenzo Mauri has been drafted in for a one-off ride with Foggy Petronas Racing - and he's determined not to waste his chance.

"If necessary I will work 25 hours a day this weekend to make the most of this opportunity with Foggy Petronas Racing. It is very important for me and I am in great shape and very focused," he declared. "After meeting the team today (Thursday) I already feel very comfortable with them and the FP1 is a very beautiful bike, although I have had to change the position of the bars and foot-pegs to suit my racing position.

"I know the Misano circuit very well and have been racing here for four years," he added. "I do not specialise in any one circuit, I just treat them all the same. This year, in the Italian Superstock championship, I qualified on pole here and was catching the leader, Lanzi, with three laps remaining when I had a problem with brakes and ran off track."

"Lorenzo will have to go out and learn the bike first, as it is going to be very difficult for him on a new bike and with a new team," warned FPR's Nigel Bosworth. "It's never ideal to put a new rider on a bike at a race weekend, without having done any testing. But it is a great opportunity for him and we will do our best to make the most of this new input on the bike, as he has a good knowledge of Misano.

"We go into the second half of the season looking to improve on the development of the FP1 that we have achieved in the first six rounds," added 'Boz'. "Work is underway on a modification to the cylinder heads and, when available, this should improve power and torque, produce better cooling, push the tyres and chassis more and result in us moving up the field. For this weekend, when it is expected to be very hot, we are increasing the pressure in the cylinder head to try to improve efficiency of a new water pump and therefore the cooling system."

Regular rider Troy Corser, whose fianc?e Sam Davies is expecting their first child next week, is also looking forward to the event - but is wary of the scorching heat expected.

"This is a track that I like and know very well as we used to do a lot of testing here with Ducati. It's a very technical track and how you get onto the back straight is the key to a good lap time. The heat will be the most important factor for us," stated the Aussie.