Jason O'Halloran has won five of the last six Bennetts British Superbike Championship races at Thruxton and the McAMS Yamaha rider will be determined for history to repeat itself when the title fight reaches the high-speed Hampshire circuit this weekend (August 11/12/13).
Last season, Thruxton produced the closest race finish of the championship with the Yamaha riders duelling for supremacy all the way to the chequered flag. History has proven Thruxton to be one of the strongest circuits on the calendar for O’Halloran, he did the double there last season and will be pushing to return to winning ways for the first time since Donington Park earlier in the year.
O’Halloran said: “Looking back at Brands Hatch, it was a weekend where we scored some good points and top five finishes, which was good with the changeable conditions but ultimately myself and the team are looking for more. We want to be on the podium and ultimately challenging for more race wins.
“I think Thruxton can be that weekend for us; it’s a track that I get on really well with and the Yamaha gets on well there. I have won five of the last six races at Thruxton, so it has been a really good circuit for us as a team and one that I feel that the Yamaha should do really well at this year.
“It’s obviously a really competitive season, our competitors are strong at every track that we go to but I feel like Thruxton might be the circuit this year where we potentially can have a little bit of an edge. I am feeling good and ready to get stuck in, hungry to get back on that top step. I want to win some more races this year and get that winning feeling back.
“When I look back at last year, probably, and maybe the fans will know better than me, but it was probably one of the best races of the year between myself, Brad and Taz, all three races were enjoyable to be a part of; I obviously won the first two and finished third in the last one. But they were amazing races and was such good fun racing with those guys and especially with us all being on the same bike, all doing similar things.
“Three enjoyable races and even more enjoyable when you manage to win a couple of them so I am looking forward to this year and getting back there and getting stuck in and seeing if we can get a couple of first place trophies.”