Echo CRS Honda’s Broc Parkes, who missed the first round at Phillip Island after breaking his right tibia in a pre-season training accident, will also have to sit out the second round of the World Superbike championship at Portimao.

The Aussie rider is expected to return to full fitness for Valencia or at the latest the Assen round of the championship, which are scheduled for April 11th and 25th.

The team is currently looking for another replacement rider for to ride the CBR 1000RR at Portimao. Josh Brookes, HM Plant Honda rider who subbed for Parkes at Phillip Island took 19th in race 1 and 14th in race 2.

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Aussie rider Broc Parkes will miss the World Superbike season opener at Phillip Island after breaking the tibia of his right leg in a training accident.

Parkes who raced last year for PBM Kawasaki, was to debut with Echo CRS Honda who moved up to to Superbikes this year, will unfortunately be out of action for six weeks and the team is looking into a possible replacement to ride the CBR1000RR for the 1st round that is scheduled for February 28th. Parkes is hoping to be fit in time for the Portimao race that will be held on March 26th.

“I wish Broc all the best for an early recovery; we are waiting anxiously for his return,” declared team manager Sandro Di Stefano. “Now he has to concentrate on getting back into the best condition as soon as possible. This is a false start for us and it complicates our debut. Superbike is a difficult category, where every minor detail must be taken care of. Things like this confirm how much the human factor is one of the elements that can occasionally slip out of control”.

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Sandro Di Stefano’s Varese based Echo CRS Honda team will be moving up from World Supersport class to debut next year in World Superbikes and have signed former WSBK Kawasaki factory rider, Broc Parkes. The team will be running ex-Stiggy Honda CBR1000RR’s.

Parkes, a protégé of former world champion Wayne Gardner, finished 18th in the 2009 WSBK standings with the PBM Kawasaki team.

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