Leon Camier will race his third year in the World Superbike series with the Crescent Suzuki team. Camier and the Crescent Suzuki team just announced an agreement that will put the former BSB Champion on a Suzuki for the 2012 World Superbike season.
Camier has raced the last two years in the World Superbike series but has yet to find a race win. Camier found three podiums in the 2011 season and another 4 in 2010.
"I am absolutely thrilled and excited to be joining the Crescent team and with the opportunity to ride the GSX-R1000," Camier said. "My first two years in WSB have been tough but I've learnt a lot and had some good results to build on, so this is a great opportunity for me.
"I'm really looking forward to the new season and I believe that the Suzuki GSX-R is certainly a very capable bike, especially with the technical plan the guys have in place. This is a fantastic chance for me to take the next step in my career and I'm very thankful to the guys at Crescent for giving me the opportunity."
Camier has earned three BSB championships so far in his young career. His first came in 2001 in the 125cc class. He took the Supersport title in 2005 and the Superbike championship in 2009.
"We are really pleased to get the first signing under our belt," said team manager Jack Valentine. "Leon is a rider I've always admired and he did a super job when he was in BSB. We're all looking forward to welcoming him to the team and I'm sure he will fit in well. We work as one team in the garage and this creates a good, strong atmosphere and I am sure that is something that he will benefit from. The Suzuki GSX-R is more than capable of achieving podium results in World Superbike and Leon has already showed that he is capable of producing them as well, so we should be a good partnership. I am sure that the addition of an aggressive, focused rider like Leon to our team, plus the developments planned for the 2012 GSX-R1000, will put us in a good position for the start of Crescent Suzuki's first year of World Superbike competition."
The Crescent Suzuki team will announce Camier's teammate soon.
