Staring scores MotoGP ride for 2013

The multiple Australian championship winner will ride the Go & Fun Gresini Honda squad's CRT machine - an FTR-Honda CBR1000RR package.

This season, Staring was riding for Pedercini Kawasaki in the European Superstock 1000 championship, where he won three races and finished fourth in the championship.

The 25-year-old will fill the role vacated by Michele Pirro, who has switched to Ducati for 2012, where he will serve as the team's test rider. Pirro's best result in 2012 on the FTR-Honda was a fifth place at the wet Valencia finale to the season.

While Staring will run the CRT bike, Gresini's other rider, Alvaro Bautista, will remain on the team's satellite factory machine - Honda's RC213V - for his second season in MotoGP.

Bryan Staring
"Racing in the MotoGP class has always seemed a very remote, practically unattainable (goal). Now that I have a real chance to race in this championship with Go & Fun Honda Gresini, it's almost unbelievable...a dream come true. It's the greatest opportunity of my career and I will be giving it my best.

"I know I still have a lot to learn and I will put in all the effort it requires. I have to thank Fausto Gresini and the team sponsors who have given me this opportunity. I cannot imagine the excitement when I first get on the bike!"

Fausto Gresini
"The arrival of Bryan Staring will complete the Team Go & Fun Honda Gresini MotoGP. The young Australian will carry out our project in the CRT class, which we believe in, and which in the very last race of 2012 in Valencia gave us a prestigious result.

"Bryan made his mark in the Superstock 1000 class winning three races and he certainly has a competitive spirit and lots of important goals to reach with our FTR-Honda. I cannot wait to see him on track and working with our boys with whom, I believe, he will integrate very well."

The announcement of Staring joining Gresini for 2013 concludes its MotoGP and Moto3 lineup. The Moto2 riders are yet to be confirmed.

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