The 34 year-old Dutchman Barry Veneman has been chosen by the BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team as replacement for the injured James Toseland, who is continuing his recovery in view of the forthcoming rounds of the Superbike World Championship.

Veneman has a fair amount of international experience to his name, and as he knows well his home circuit, which is also one of his favourite, he is in a position to offer support to the team in setting up the bike for the Dutch Round from April 15-17.

His experience also extends to a season in GPs on a 500 cc two-stroke machine, and 64 races in World Supersport. In addition with a Suzuki in 2010 he won the Le Mans 24 Hours race in the FIM Endurance World Championship.

Veneman has already notched up considerable mileage on the BMW S 1000 RR, with which he has already raced, and will race in 2011 in the IDM German Superbike Championship, as well as taking part in several development test sessions with the BMW Motorrad Motorsport team.