PARKALGAR HONDA will compete in the World Supersport Championship in 2011 with the aim of winning the title; while at the same time developing the best in Portuguese talent and helping Miguel Praia into the top six of the series. Parkalgar Honda is firmly established as one of the main teams in the World Supersport Championship and is in contention for the 2010 title with seven wins out of 11 races with Eugene Laverty, who is now confirmed as moving to World Superbikes in 2011. Paulo Pinheiro, Parkalgar Honda Team Owner, said: “I am delighted that Parkalgar Honda has played an instrumental role in helping Eugene Laverty progress his career. He has won 11-races so far in the last two years on his Parkalgar Honda and is the 2009 vice-Champion he has clearly shown his ability and the strength of the Parkalgar Honda team. “For Parkalgar Honda this is a happy time and we wish Eugene the very best in the future hopefully after winning the 2010 World Championship for us. This is also an opportunity for Parkalgar Honda to look for a new rider and talent that will keep us at the forefront of World Supersport racing in 2011 it is our clear objective to compete and win the 2011 Championship and to continue the good work started with Craig Jones in 2008. “It is also vitally important for Parkalgar circuit that we keep a Portuguese racer at the front of World Championship motorcycle racing and I praise the team taking Miguel Praia into the top six race results and we are hopeful he will finish in the top 10 overall. For next year we have ambitions for him to be consistently in the top six and believe he has the talent and the team to do so.” Eugene Laverty is open with his praise for Parkalgar Honda. He said: “I owe Parkalgar Honda a lot of thanks for two great seasons in the World Supersport Championship as they have provided me with a superb package allowing me to show the world what I’m capable of.” Portuguese ace Miguel Praia is already confirmed as a Parkalgar Honda racer for 2011 and Team Manager Simon Buckmaster is in discussions with other riders to join him. He said: “Eugene has proved how good our Parkalgar Honda race bike is and it is right that he moves on and we wish him well. From the team’s perspective I am already talking with a number of obvious and not so obvious choices for 2011 with a view to retaining our position as a Championship challenging and race winning team. “We are honest when we say we believe we have the best motorcycle package in the Championship and we want a rider to help us win the 2011 title and help to develop Miguel into the top six finisher he has shown he is capable of. We will be confirming our final rider line-up soon.” For more information and to follow the team, visit www.parkalgarhonda.com.