Bryan Staring will conte💞st th✤e 2013 MotoGP World Championship on board the Go&Fun Honda Gresini CRT bike.

The 25-year-old Australian is a threꦡe-time national champion in 125GP, Supersport and Superbike.

In🎀 2012 he contested the FIM Supersꦰtock 1000 series for Pedercini Kawasaki, taking wins at Aragon, Brno and Portimao on his way to fourth in the championship.

Staring also rode as a WSBK wild-card for Pedercini in his home Phillip Island round. The Gold Coast reside💮nt often trains with🥀 WSBK legend and MotoGP race winner Troy Bayliss.

"In all my racing years I never expected to be in the MotoGP paddock as iไt seemed unreachable to me," said Staring. "To have the opportunity to race in this championship with a team like Go&Fun Honda Gresini is something incredible.

"This is my biggest challenge now and I'll approach it as I have all my other challenges, I'll give it everythinꦫg I have. I realize I have a lot to learn and I look forward to taking it all in.

"I'm very appreciative for Fausto Gresini and the sponsors of the Team who have contributed to the position I'm in now. I can't wait until I'm rolling ou꧑t of pit lane".

Staring takes💦 over from Michele Pirro, who rode the FTR-CB𒐪R1000RR package to a new CRT high of fifth place at the wet/dry Valencia finale and third overall in the new privateer class.

Pirro is switc🐠hing to the role of Du𒉰cati test rider.

Staring will ride alongside Alvaro Bautista, the Spaniard s🧔tarting his second seaso✱n on Gresini's Honda RC213V in 2013.

"Bryan Staring completes the Team Go&Fun Honda Gresini MotoGP line-up fꦅor next season," stated team owner Fausto Gresini. "The young Australian will be entrusted with carrying forward the CRT project that we all hav♓e such belief in, especially after such a great result in the final round of 2012 at Valencia.

"Bryan shone in the Superstock 1000 series this season with three wins and he has the right approach and ability to help us achieve our objectives with the FTR-Honda. I can't wait to see 🌊him on track and working with our guys and I am sure he will settle in well."

Following Casey Stoner's re✤tirement, Staring will take over as the only Au🐽stralian on the full-time 2013 grid.

Gresini has now announced iܫts MotoGP and Moto3 line-up, but is yet to name its Moto2 riders.