Max Cook continued building during his rookie campaign in the Bennetts British Superbike Championship as the Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki rider scored a pair of top ten finishes at Brands Hatch to celebrate his best performances to date.
Cook bagged his first top ten finish in Bennetts BSB in the wet BikeSocial Sprint race at Brands Hatch, which he followed up with a repeat performance in the dry conditions in the final race of the weekend. The consistency has launched the reigning Pirelli Junior Superstock champion to the top of the standings in the R&G Rising Stars standings as he aims to continue his progress at Thruxton next weekend (August 11/12/13).
Cook said: “I had a really good weekend at Brands Hatch, obviously I got my two best results in the wet and dry so I was super happy with that. To be fair I wasn’t too confident about Brands Hatch before the weekend, I don’t know why, I just didn’t have a brilliant feeling with it like I did at Snetterton or Donington Park.
“I feel like I have definitely understood the Superbike now and have got to grips with it; the team know what I like and I know what I like set-up wise so it we are in a real good space now. It is all working brilliantly.
“I do enjoy Brands Hatch but on the Superbike it is quite a different story; it wants to wheelie everywhere, out of Clearways it moves about a lot. That was also my first time racing the Superbike in the wet so I am really pleased with the tenth. At the time I was disappointed it got red flagged as I was just finding my feet in the rain and had started picking a few people off so I think I could have got a better result but there will be another time to get a wet race.
"To do it in the dry was great too and to do it in race three, I felt really good and can now make some overtakes later in the race which is something I couldn’t do earlier in the year.
“This year has been great for me to see the improvement. It is never a huge improvement say every weekend, but it is just step by step and maintaining that consistency and I am having a brilliant time.”