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Waters overlooked for Suzuki WSBK ride
The Mildura rider was in the mix to replace American John Hopkins, but Frenchman Jules Cluzel has now got the gigAustralia is unlikely to have a participant in the 2013 Superbike World Championship with the last major window of opportunity – Josh Waters to FIXI Crescent Suzuki – closing with the annoucment that Frenchman Jules Cluzel has been awarded the seat.
After an impressive post-season test at Aragon, Waters was strongly considered for the ride, but two doesn’t go into one and 24-year-old Cluzel, the 2012 world supersport runner-up, will now take his place alongside incumbent Leon Camier in 2013.
Cluzel hails from Montlucon in central France and competed in his first motorcycle championship in 2004, before moving up to the national series the following year, where he secured second in the championship in his rookie season. Cluzel then made the move to the 250cc world championship and in 2009 he scored his first GP podium at Qatar and was also awarded the Michel Metraux Trophy as best privateer that season.
Cluzel recorded his first Grand Prix victory in 2010 when he won at Silverstone in England, on his way to seventh overall in the Moto2 championship. For this season he made the step into the Supersport paddock, where the experience he had gained from the 600cc machines in Moto2 stood him in very good stead and he was able to adapt to the series quickly and successfully, something that FIXI Crescent Suzuki will be hoping he emulates in the move up to Superbikes.
Cluzel will get his first taste of the Yoshimura-powered Suzuki GSX-R at a test in Spain in January, with the first event of the season scheduled from February 22-24 at Phillip Island.
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