Devone Bailey will be flying the flag for Bermuda when he takes on some of the top scooter riders in Europe at the weekend.

Bailey, who rides for the Sub Zero racing team here on the Island, has flown out to Spain to take part in a championship race at the Catalunya track near Barcelona.

Sub Zero's Troy Hill said the mission was three-fold, giving Bailey the chance to test his skills against a higher level of competition, allowing him to pick the brains of some of the continent's top mechanics and present the opportunity for the pair to come back with ideas for Bermuda's own racing scene.

"Right now Spain is taking racing to another level, the country has invested $1.2 billion into the race track and so it has become very popular," Hill said.

"He will be racing against some of the top riders from top factory teams such as Malossi but we will be going there to compete with them."

Hill said the circuit was unlike anything Bermuda had to offer.

"It is extremely fast. The average speed on the track is 85 mph, whereas down here the most we got out of the track was 68 mph on the big track and 61 mph on the small track," he said.

The pair flew out yesterday and will take two days to acclimatise and get used to the conditions.

"We will practice all day Friday and Saturday so he can get used to the weight difference and the handling, tyre pressures, etc.," Hill said. "This is our first time we have gone to Europe actually to race so we do not know what we are up against. This first time will be more about exposure, the second time we will go and do a little bit of damage."

Despite expecting to be the underdog when he lines up on the grid, Bailey said he should not be underestimated.

"I know I will have no friends out there but I am expecting to win. As a person who came up from the school of hard knocks I am going out there to win," he said.

"I want to spend two whole days on the track to learn things and get a few things done. Then when it comes to the race day it's all about me."

Bailey said he knew the stakes were high and failure might lead to lead some interesting comments from Island racers when he got back but he had a message for them.

"There's definitely going to be a lot of pressure on me. But I am coming back to put the pressure on one or two of those back here - I want the number one plate," he said.