MARTIN Jessopp will keep his mouth shut and allow his racing to do the talking during his first World Supersport championship.

The former MCE Insurance British Superbikes star recently returned from his first test with new team Riders Performance Technical Racing Honda and heads out to Australia later this month for further track time.

Yeovil Marsh-based Jessopp steps up to the global stage on the back of his most successful year in motorsport, capped by a stunning second-place in the perilous Macau GP.

Although buoyed by 2011's performances and having joined a team that has a winning record in the World Superbikes support series, Jessopp is not getting carried away.

He said: "I am not that sort of rider where I say I will win every race. I will keep my mouth shut and let my racing do the talking. When I was at Macau I just got on with it when a lot of other people sent out loads of press releases. I have always got to be aiming for the top ten and if I get in that company with the best 600cc riders in the world I cannot be doing too badly."

Jessopp makes his World Supersport bow at Phillips Island, Victoria, at the end of the month and said he was relishing the prospect of tackling a track favoured by British riders while injury-free.

The 26-year-old last year finally had metal pins removed from a leg he broke 18 months ago in a two-bike collision at Mallory Park, Leicestershire.

"I have never been to Phillips Island before, but a team-mate went there last year and put it on the platform first time," said Jessopp. "It is a track where the Brits go well, it is fast and flowing, which I like and hopefully will get used to quickly.

"It was only in the last ten laps of the second day of testing last month when I started to get aching from my leg. These bikes are a lot easier to ride than a superbike, but on the other hand the races are a lot longer. Phillip Island is not going to be a problem."

Jessopp also insisted that competing in a world championship was not as glamorous as some would expect, involving hours of motorway driving to get to all but a handful of events.

He said: "There are definitely a lot worse jobs to do but it is not as glamorous as it sounds - there is a lot of travelling.

"All of the European events we will be driving to, but we will fly to Australia and Russia, obviously. We will all be travelling together but all of my team know the score."