Glenn Irwin arrives at Thruxton bidding to close down his BeerMonster Ducati teammate at the top of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship standings this weekend (August 11/12/13).
Irwin sits second in the standings and 34.5 points adrift of Tommy Bridewell, and is focused on reducing the deficit in the three races this weekend at a circuit that has in recent years not been the strongest for the Ducati.
Irwin said: “I am looking forward to getting back on the bike at Thruxton, especially after two weekends off and I have had an enjoyable holiday and been working hard on training so I am feeling refreshed ahead of this weekend.
“With Thruxton it is very much like Silverstone with the mindset going into it. It has been tough for the Ducati in recent years so we go into this weekend with an open mind that it could be a difficult weekend. I expect Yamaha to be really strong as always, we know Hicky has shown good form, as has Josh in the past, so there will be a lot of riders in the mix. The Honda was competitive there last year, so I expect Danny to be up the front so I feel like it is one of those weekends where it could be any one of ten riders winning.
“I guess as form has shown so far this year the Ducati has been competitive everywhere but we go into the weekend with an open mind as it could be one of the tougher rounds. Certainly at the start of the year we expected Silverstone and Thruxton to be tough and we will go into the weekend with open eyes, do our work as we did at Brands Hatch, and see how it pans out – we will know more on Friday!”