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Catalin Cazacu, the Romanian Supersport Champion in 2009 and Romanian Superbike winner in 2010, will race for PTR Romania Honda at Brno on July 10th. The 27-year-old from Timisoara is planning to finish the Supersport World Championship season with PTR Romania Honda before mounting a full season challenge for race wins and the title in 2012.

Cazacu said: "This is a dream come true for me, not only am I joining the highest profile team in Romania, but I will be starting at what is the nearest home round to Romania at Brno - a track that I know well. My aim is to learn the bike quickly and challenge for good position. That is ambitious but I know my own ability and the Brno circuit very well."

"It is also clear from the performances of Sam Lowes, Miguel Praia, James Ellison and Pawel Szkopek that the PTR Romania Honda is a very fast motorcycle capable of running easily in the top 10 and challenging for race wins. I am looking forward to working with Ursus and the other Romanian sponsors and hope there is a big crowd at Brno to support me and the team - this is my big chance and I intend to make it good."

Cazacu takes over from Roby Muresan (photo) who is hoping to come back to racing later in the season and fly the Romanian flag alongside him in the same team.