Hydrex Honda's Stuart Easton has been confirmed as returning to the Macau Grand Prix next month to defend the title he won at the road circuit last year - and will benefit from the experience of team-mate John McGuinness, who joins the team for the race weekend.

Running as Hydrex-IGT, new dad Easton will not only have McGuinness to contend with but Manxman and last year's pole sitter Conor Cummins will be there on one of Paul Bird works World Superbike Kawasakis, as well as BSB star Simon Andrews, six-times winner Michael Rutter and 2009 double TT-winner Ian Hutchinson.

Also in the mix will be Gary Johnson, James Hillier, Jimmy Storrar, Steve Mercer, Mark Buckley, and Americans Mike Barnes, Mark Miller with Celtic Racing, Jeremy Toye with Lee’s Cycles Racing and Scott Jensen with Moto Garage Racing.

The action from Macau starts on November 19 with qualifying and the race is on November 21 at 3.15pm local time.
Click here to watch action from the race last year