Klaffi wants Barros in two-rider 2007 line-up.

Klaffi Honda team principal Klaus Klaffenbock is aiming to keep former MotoGP star Alex Barros in his World Superbike squad next season - and add a second rider.

"We want to continue in Superbike, we want to continue for sure with Barros and the plan is to have a second rider," Klaffenboch told Crash.net Radio. "We don't know who the second rider will be yet, there are many possibilities and honestly it depends on the budget."

Barros, who took seven wins during a record-breaking 16-year premier-class career, has been linked with a return to MotoGP for 2007 - the reasoning being that his unparalleled experience would be attractive to one of the rumoured new teams planning an entry - but the Brazilian appears most concerned with winning a world title before he retires, something that can only realistically happen if he remains in WSBK.

After completing a late 2006 deal with Klaffi, which resulted in almost no pre-season testing, Barros has taken four podium finishes from his first sixteen SBK races to sit fifth in the current Corona Extra world championship standings.

With a year's experience of the Fireblade and WSBK under his belt, Barros appears confident that, with the necessary technical support from Honda, he can battle for the 2007 championship.