Marino back to WSS with all-new team

After splitting with his British Superbike team earlier this week, the talented Frenchman Florian Marino is reported to be returning to the World Supersport paddock for the rest of the season with a brand-new team. The 19-year-old from Cannes in France, who made a good impression when he raced in Supersport with HANNspree Ten Kate Honda in 2011, will line up at the next round with Kawasaki MSD R-N Racing Team India, which makes its debut at Brno. The new team however will be provided with considerable input for the rest of the season by the experienced Andrew Stone, currently Fabien Foret's crew chief in the Kawasaki Intermoto Step team.

Stone will remain with the Intermoto team for the rest of the season, and is then in line to take over the role of technical director for the new Indian team in 2013. The aim is to boost motorsport in the country in a season that will see the first-ever Indian Round of the calendar take place on March 8-10 at the Buddh International Circuit on the outskirts of Delhi.

At Brno the team will only race with Marino, but from Silverstone onwards he will be joined by Britain's Dan Linfoot, who is currently recovering from a hand injury.