Tommy Bridewell had another strong podium haul last time out at Donington Park and now the reigning Bennetts British Superbike champion is targeting his first win with Honda Racing UK as the title battle resumes at Knockhill this weekend (14/15/16 June).
Bridewell has claimed four podium finishes so far, fighting for the win in the epic clash in the final race of the weekend at Donington Park and with further improvements to the Honda Fireblade; the defending champion has high hopes for another strong weekend at Knockhill.
Bridewell said: “Donington Park was an amazing weekend really. We got slightly hampered potentially by the red flag in race one as I think we had potentially race-winning pace in that race. In the last race in truth, I just enjoyed the battle. I enjoyed the battle whether it was for first or eighth or whatever it was for! The racing was fun, it was clean, all of the riders respected each other’s space and gave each other enough room and that is testament to the other guys as well and that was good.
“Going into Knockhill, we know where we can improve, we know what is holding us back at the moment and we know it is potentially, dare I say it, a fairly easy fix – we are just waiting for some new bits and pieces. I am hoping going into Knockhill that we will have a slightly stronger engine, that’s always the plan and we have been analysing the chassis to see potentially if there’s other areas that we are missing, which it seems that we can improve on, so Knockhill I am looking really looking forward to.
“The Honda has good history there of being competitive and strong and I am looking forward to the next races.”