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Honda (UK) Announces 2012 Two-Wheel Racing Rider Line-Up

Honda (UK) is pleased to announce its dynamic rider line-up for the 2012 British Superbike Championship, with Michael Laverty and Jon Kirkham on the CBR1000RR Fireblade in the Superbike class, joined by Gary Johnson and the returning Jason O’Halloran in the Superstock series.

The new pairing of Laverty and Kirkham provides the Honda Racing team with great fresh blood and talent, both of whom have displayed both prowess and potential in the British Superbike Championship during 2011, with the ability to excel even further.

Both O’Halloran and Johnson have a solid history with Superstock racing; TT star Johnson has been a regular front runner in both British Supersport and Superstock over the years, while O’Halloran was showing incredible promise at the start of 2011 - before injury forced him to sit out the rest of the season – and now returns fighting fit with a view to finishing what he...

Jon Kirkham: "I had a great first race today, it was good to show what I could do, to be on the podium again was brilliant – and it secured me the Riders' Cup, for being best of the rest (first non Title Fighter)!

"In the second race I didn't have the rear tyre performance I had for the first, it was spinning up and when I pushed it – I really wanted to be in the top-five there, helping Hopper – it just let go.

"I sit here now and the year has just gone so quick; it's been an enjoyable year and to race with the Samsung Crescent Racing team has been brilliant. Big thanks to them for a giving me such a great year."

Jack Valentine, team manager: "I'm speechless. It's impossible to put into words how this feels. It's hugely disappointing, yet I find I'm happy as well – I think that's the pride I feel for the team. What they've achieved this year has been brilliant, an unbelievable...

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View more British Superbike (BSB) videos of Jon Kirkham (Samsung Crescent Suzuki) here in Jon's Video Gallery.

Watch highlights of the 2011 MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship which was won by Swan Yamaha's Tommy Hill at Brands Hatch.