One of many Australian riders to have made his main impact after leaving his native land to pursue his ambitions in the British Championships, Vermeulen has made a progression right to the top in recent times.

A talented dirt rider, dirt tracker and road racer as soon as he was old enough to qualifying for the relevant licences in Australia, Vermeulen first came to prominence in a global sense when he easily won the Donington round of the 2000 Superstock 1000 European Championship. He also made it to three WSS rounds that same year.

Picked up full time in 2001, Vermeulen improved to the point of winning the WSS championship by some margin in 2003.

His career in World Superbike was instantly successful in 2004, winning four races in his rookie season, then finishing runner-up in the series one year later. Having had his first taste of MotoGP in 2005 as well, he was snapped up to race MotoGP in 2006.

MotoGP has been his workplace for four years, and a race win and seven podiums overall have proved his class and quality as a rider.

Now back on a factory Superbike, his ambition to be crowned champion in World Superbike has merely been sharpened by his time away.

From the start of his relationship with Kawasaki he has been going all out to add to his WSB career statistics of 23 podiums - including 10 race wins - from only 45 individual races so far.

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