PTR Romania Honda is the newest team to start the World Supersport Championship with the talented Roby Muresan piloting a Honda CBR600 machine to what he hopes will be victory in the 12-round series. Muresan, from Arad in Romania, is just 20 years of age and has landed a dream ride in his own team operated by World Championship frontrunners Performance Technical Racing (PTR).

Running as PTR Romania Honda, the team is the only Romanian entry in the major motorcycling World Championships and its first track action was this weekend at Donington Park. The team has backing from Ursus, Asirom, The Romanian Tourist Board and PTR to date. It aims to build support within Romania in 2011 before targeting the World Championship in 2012.

Muresan declared: "It is a dream come true for me to be racing in the World Supersport Championship - the team is the best out there and that gives me a fantastic chance to show what I can do and put Romania firmly on the world motorcycle racing map. I am a racer and want to score strong points right from the outset and have a clear aim to be challenging for race wins soon. Thank you to Ursus, Asirom, The Romanian Tourist Board and all the current sponsors who have helped to make this happen."

Unfortunately Muresan's debut was thwarted by clutch problems throughout practice and qualifying and after a Sunday morning warm-up crash he did not start the Donington race.