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Two-time Australian Superbike Champion Glenn Allerton has put his hand up to ride for BMW Motorrad Italia in Malaysia’s upcoming round of the Superbike World Championship if Leon Camier is declared unfit.

Camier – the latest replacement for injured regular Sylvain Barrier – sat out Sunday’s Donington Park round of WSBK after a injuring his arm in a qualifying crash, potentially opening the door for Allerton to guest ride for the squad at Sepang on 6-8 June.

It’s not yet decided if lacerations to Camier’s bicep will force him out of round six, but Allerton is on standby in case a call comes following a promising home showing at Phillip Island’s season opener.

“If the opportunity was there I’d be more than happy to put my hand up and go,” Allerton told CycleOnline.com.au. “I’ve done numerous amounts of testing and racing there through being involved with a friend, Andrew Morris, in Singapore.

“I have intimate knowledge of the track and WSBK is where I want to be. There’s no better fit for me than with the BMW team that I already rode with at Phillip Island. I feel like that, along with my track knowledge, would enable us to be fast from the word go.”

Allerton has been a particularly interested observer of the EVO ranks since he featured up the front of WSBK’s sub-category at Phillip Island, finishing third in race one despite suffering from knee injuries that he’s since had surgery on.

“It’s frustrating at times watching the EVO races, because I feel like if I wasn’t carrying injuries at Phillip Island with both my knees and also my hand from the crash on Saturday, I probably could have won both EVO races. If I did that the chance to race on would have likely been there.”

After struggling to eighth at the Mallala round of the Australasian Superbike Championship while recuperating from the knee operation, Allerton is just now regaining race fitness two weeks out of the Sepang event.