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A great entry of no less than 32 full-time riders, spread across 23 teams, will compete in the FIM Supersport World Championship in 2012. The championship will kick off alongside the FIM Superbike World Championship series at Phillip Island on 26 February, with only the Miller Motorsports Park round in the USA not on the travel itinerary this year.

Four manufacturers will be represented in World Supersport, with 17 riders on Honda CBR600RR machines, seven hopefuls on Yamaha YZF-R6s, five competitors on Kawasaki ZX-6R bikes and a lone Triumph Daytona 675 pilot battling it out for honours across the 13 rounds, with wildcards sure to play a part at some key rounds.

Many of the riders will have a home round to compete at, as there are 14 nationalities on the grid, representing Australia, Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey and the USA.

The usual mix of experience and youth is well in place, with previous champions Kenan Sofuoglu and Fabien Foret taking on up-and-coming riders such as Aussie Jed Metcher and American Joshua Day, respectively champion and runner-up of the feeder European Superstock 600 category, Romain Lanusse and half a grid full of other ambitious but still developing riding talent.