Ryan Vickers heads into his home round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Snetterton next weekend (July 7/8/9) with confidence high after adding to his podium tally last time out at Knockhill.
Vickers claimed his first podium finish in the championship at Donington Park and he then backed that up with a third place at Knockhill for the title-defending LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha team.
“I am really happy with how Knockhill went, more so for the consistency in the top five – that is the biggest thing that I am happy about,” said Vickers.
“It was nice to do a complete weekend with no dramas, pretty much every session we were in the top five, we qualified in P2 with my best every qualifying and my best ever lap around Knockhill by a long way. I felt really good and I was pretty much happy with all of the races really.
“The first race I was a bit disappointed to make a mistake early on, and then the two Sunday races I couldn’t have been happier with a P4 and a P3. It is always nice to be on the podium and that was a great feeling so thanks to the team as they have been working amazingly and have given me a great bike. I am enjoying riding and hopefully we can keep progressing.”
Vickers now holds eighth in the overall standings and is pushing to climb the order next weekend, and with some home crowd support, he will be eager to put on a good show at his local race.
“My home round is next at Snetterton and coming off the back of two podiums I am so excited for the next event,” added Vickers. “It is a great round for the fans, my friends and family come and my local sponsors and everyone comes together for this one.
“I am really excited; hopefully I can put on a good performance for them and my fans. It doesn’t add any pressure, we have the same approach at every round and just take it as it comes. I think we will have a good base to start with the bike and if we can have a good qualifying and three solid races, that is what we want.
“We are closing down the points slowly and if we can get another podium that is what we are aiming for and doing our best to achieve. I am really looking forward to it, the team had great success with the Yamaha last year when Bradley Ray did the triple and I think this year might be a slightly different race.
“Other manufacturers have made a step in a particular area and Snetterton with the long straights, we will really need to capitalise on the middle sector and concentrate on that to minimise the damage. I think we are in with a great shout of being up the front and consistently in the top five or six – hopefully we can get the podium!”