It’s back to British Superbikes for round 4 at Knockhill
Fresh from the fantastic Isle of Man TT races, the Honda Racing team now get back to business in the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Knockhill Racing Circuit for round four.
After putting in a fighting ride at Donington Park GP in the previous round and breaking into the top ten to secure his best-ever finish in the championship series to date, Tom Neave will be hoping to continue his breakthrough form to maintain his charge up the championship standings. He heads to the 1.27-mile Scottish circuit with a previous-best finish aboard a Fireblade of fourth in the Pirelli National Superstock series during his championship-winning year in 2021.
Tom will be the sole entrant for the Honda Racing team at this upcoming round as teammate Andrew Irwin continues to recover from the injuries sustained as a result of his crash during private testing at the same circuit on 30th May.
Honda will be hoping to continue its dominant form in the Pirelli National Superstock series. In the hands of various riders and teams, the current model Fireblade has now occupied every podium position, bar a single third-place finish, in all of the races this year. Cementing the potential of this current model.
Free practice fires into life at 13.00 on Friday 16th ahead of the initial BikeSocial Sprint race on Saturday. To see a full weekend timetable click here.
#68 Tom Neave
After completing my first proper UK test this year at Knockhill recently, I can go into the round feeling like I can pick up from where we left it in that test and kick on straight away in FP1. This will stand me in good stead for the weekend, and hopefully give me a bit of a head start on those who missed the test.I really like Knockhill, it is a proper rider's track, you've got to get your elbows out and I’ve gone really well there in previous years in some of the other classes. In my championship year for Honda, I managed to get a fourth and a fifth there too after coming back from a knee injury.I’m hoping to continue the momentum that I’ve built over the previous rounds into this one and get some more top-tens. My confidence is growing and we are taking steps, they might be baby steps but it's coming.
It’s a shame that Andrew isn’t going to be here with us, I hope his recovery is going well and I wish him all the best. I hope that he gets back to it soon.