Honda's Suzuka hero Takumi Takahashi will replace Leon Camier in the Moriwaki Honda at this weekend's Portimao WorldSBK test.

The former BSB champion is still recovering from surgery on the shoulder he marmalised in a crash at Imola and is not yet able to ride.

Takahashi is hotly-tipped to join Alvaro Bautista in a new HRC-only team with the Moriwaki mob reduced to satellite status.