REIGNING superbike champion Ed Rendell is confident that he will be able to make a smooth transition to the next level in his quest for another British Championship.
The Chelmsford-born rider won the 125cc 2014 British Motostar Championship after finishing on the podium in all 12 races with Banks Racing, and this year has stuck with the same team but moved up to the 250cc bike.
After breezing the last year's Championship, Rendell admits that his eyes are focused on another British title.
"The 125s aren't as quick as the 250 four-strokes that I've moved on to, even through last year I was beating some of the better riders on the 250s," said Rendell.
"Now I'm jumping up to it. It's making my life easier in being able to beat them because I'm going to be on the same level bike they were on. We know we can run the pace out there on the 125s, so moving up to the 250s should make it a bit easier for me.
"I've got my eyes on another British Championship. It's going to be a bit harder because you are stepping up to all the fast guys that are on the 250 four-strokes now.
"There's more competition and it's going to be a lot tighter but we've got the machinery to win the championship.
"As long as I pull my weight by getting good qualifying and race results and put in the same consistency as I did last year then we look good to be set for another Championship."
The 23-year-old has spoken about his desire to race abroad in his fight to achieve his goals but with money not quite in place he is hoping a title win this year will bring it even closer.
"It was the right thing to do, not necessarily what I wanted to do because obviously I wanted to go abroad, but if you haven't got the money for it there's no point mulling over it," he said
"It's the right step to head towards another British Championship and if we can get another win under our belt that should set us up better to move on to what we need to do next year.
"For where we were financially it was the best move to go to because it's in the same team that I've been racing with for a couple of years now so I know the guys there and they know me.
"Essentially, we want to get abroad and start racing out there because that's where you get picked up for entering the bigger races like the World Series.
