Double Podium at Oulton keeps Brookes in title hunt

Double podium success for Josh Brookes at Oulton Park’s May Bank Holiday meeting earlier today [Monday] keeps the Australian and his Tyco Suzuki team well in the hunt for top honours in the 2013 British Superbike Championship.

Brookes battled to third place in race one but was disappointed at having to drop off the front-running pace in the final stages with a lack of rear drive grip. A shrewd set-up change from his crew for race two allowed the Aussie to run right at the sharp end for the duration of the 18-lap encounter, and second place gave him his fourth podium from the opening six races this season.

Josh Brookes:

“We ran with the best of the new settings we tried for race one, but I ran out of grip after about five laps, even though the tyre looked brand new at the end of the race. The guys made a suspension set-up change for race two and big credit to them as it improved the bike and gave me a tyre to challenge Shakey and Alex at the front. I enjoyed the race and although we could do with a couple of wins, we’ve made progress and I’m happy with that.”

Philip Neill – Team Manager:

“Another typical Oulton Park weekend with success but a little bit of frustration. Josh and his crew worked hard to find a setting that allowed him to challenge stronger for the win in race two, but two BSB podiums is not something we should ever be disappointed with and keeps us well in the hunt.”

Championship Points

Alex Lowes [Honda] 117

Shane Byrne [Kawasaki] 116

Josh Brookes [Tyco Suzuki] 96

James Ellison [Yamaha] 71

Jon Kirkham [BMW] 68

Chris Walker [Kawasaki] 43

10th PJ Jacobsen [Tyco Suzuki] 31

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