32-strong entry for WSS 2012

The World Supersport Championship will have 32 full-time riders in 2012, including Broc Parkes on the Ten Kate Honda.

18 Jan 2012

Gino Rea, Race start, Czech WSS Race 2011
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The provisional 2012 World Supersport Championship entry list has been unveiled with 32 riders set to participate in the series full-time this season.

The strong entry list is headed up by Honda, which has 17 representatives on the grid, including six bikes prepared by PTR, though eight-time champions Ten Kate Racing will slim down to just a single machine for Broc Parkes in 2012.

Kawasaki, meanwhile, are presenting a promising five-strong line-up in 2012, luring 2007 and 2010 champion Kenan Sofuoglu to its new factory-backed DeltaFin team, alongside Sheridan Morais, while Fabien Foret - who finished third in 2011 - will ride a ZX-6R prepared by Czech outfit Intermoto Step Racing.

Having been taken to title glory by ParkinGO in 2011, there will be nine versions of the Yamaha YZF-R6 this season, including one for Superstock 600 champion Jed Metcher, who joins the Russian RivaMoto team. Interestingly, having previously announced it would run a Kawasaki for Jules Cluzel, WTR Ten 10 Racing are now classified as entering a Yamaha for Massimo Roccoli.

Other notable entrants include Superstock 1000 front runner Andrea Antonelli on a Lorini Honda alongside Roberto Tamburini, plus new two-man entries from the East European and VFT teams.

Missing from the list, however, is three-time WSS race winner Luca Scassa, who was linked with a possible ride on an MV Agusta prepared by Team Alstare, though the team speculated that any entry would come later in the season. There is also no sign of Florian Marino - eighth in 2011 - and WSS veteran Robbin Harms.

World Supersport 2012 entry list

3. Jed Metcher AUS Team RivaMoto Yamaha YZF-R6
8. Andrea Antonelli ITA Lorini Honda CBR600RR
9. Patrick Jacobsen USA PTR Honda CBR600RR
10. Imre Toth HUN Team Toth Honda CBR600RR
11. Sam Lowes GBR Bogdanka PTR Honda CBR600RR
13. Dino Lombardi ITA PATA by Martini Yamaha YZF-R6
19. Pawel Szkopek POL Bogdanka Honda CBR600RR
20. Mathew Scholtz RSA Bogdanka PTR Honda CBR600RR
22. Roberto Tamburini ITA Lorini Honda CBR600RR
23. Broc Parkes AUS Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR
24. Eduard Blokhin RUS RivaMoto Yamaha YZF-R6
27. Thomas Caiani SUI Kuja Honda CBR600RR
28. Giacomo Micheli ITA VFT Yamaha YZF-R6
31. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA Suriano Triumph Daytona 675
32. Sheridan Morais RSA Kawasaki DeltaFin ZX-6R
33. Yves Polzer AUT MRC Austria Yamaha YZF-R6
34. Ronan Quarmby RSA PTR Honda CBR600RR
38. Balazs Nemeth HUN Team Toth Honda CBR600RR
40. Martin Jessopp GBR Riders PTR Honda CBR600RR
52. Lucas Pesek CZE ProRace Honda CBR600RR
54. Kenan Sofuoglu TUR Kawasaki DeltaFin ZX-6R
55. Massimo RoccoliITA Bike Service by WTR Ten 10 Yamaha YZF-R6
61. Fabio Menghi ITA VFT Yamaha YZF-R6
64. Joshua Day USA GoEleven Kawasaki ZX-6R
65. Vladimir Leonov RUS Yakhnich Yamaha YZF-R6
69. Ondrej Jezek CZE SMS Honda CBR600RR
71. Thomas Berghammer AUT Team Berghammer Honda CBR600RR
73. Oleg Pozdneev RUS RivaMoto Yamaha YZF-R6
95. Robert Muresan ROM East European Honda CBR600RR
98. Romain Lanusse FRA Intermoto Step Kawasaki ZX-6R
99. Fabien Foret FRA Intermoto Step Kawasaki ZX-6R
119. Janos Chrobak HUN East European Honda CBR600RR