Brett McCormick was to ride for Effenbert–Liberty Racing in the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup in 2012, but according to several Italian websites the Canadian rider has just been promoted to their World Superbike effort.
McCormick’s switch to the already three-strong Superbike team will bring the Czech-Italian squad to field four 1198Rs and he’ll be joining Sylvain Guintoli, Jakub Smrz and Maxime Berger on the WSBK grid starting from the upcoming Imola round.
The reigning 2011 Canadian Superbike champion had already spent three-days testing the Ducati 1199 Panigale in Superstock trim last month at Phillip Island together with team mate Federico Sandi, and now the same Italian websites are reporting that Raffaele De Rosa who just divorced from Pro Ride Motorsports could be replacing McCormick in Effenbert Liberty’s Superstock team.
More news when we get it.