Australia's Bryan Staring will be back in Europe for Pedercini Kawasaki in 2012.

Pedercini Kawasaki has officially announced that Bryan Staring will return for them in the 2012 Superstock 1000 FIM Cup.

Staring finished 11th in his debut season last year, but is excited to use that experience to his advantage when the European-based STK1000 series commences.

”I’m so happy to be part of the Pedercini Kawasaki team again in the FIM Superstock 1000 class,” Staring said. “I had a huge learning curve in 2011 and really think we can do better in 2012. Pedercini Kawasaki is a family run team that have made me very welcome and I really feel a part of this family now.

“I’m looking forward to getting the season underway again in 2012. The bike now has 12 months development under it’s belt, and my relationship with both it and the team are solid. I know what to expect from life and racing in Europe and plan to take advantage of all my mistakes in 2011.

“And for these reasons I’m happy to be back in Superstock 1000 class again. A massive thanks to the team and to Kawasaki for keeping their faith in me, I think we will show our best together in 2012.”

Team manager Donato Pedercini was pleased to re-sign the 2010 ASBK champion and believes he can be a title threat.

“We are really happy to have Bryan with us for a second year,” Pedercini said. “In the closing stages of the 2011 Championship, he demonstrated that he has the technical ability to improve further as a rider and we believe that he can be one of the leading Superstock 1000 riders.

“During our last winter tests in Valencia and Aragon, Bryan was very fast and we saw a lot of improvement in our bike in terms of electronics and settings.”