Bradley Ray and the McAMS Yamaha team fought to a best result of fourth place at Brands Hatch last weekend in the battle for the ZYN British Superbike Championship, with the team running a stunning special edition livery across the weekend’s races aboard the R1 – inspired by the original colours of the Cadbury’s Boost YZF750.
McAMS Yamaha’s weekend highlight was a best result of fourth for Ray in the second race of the weekend. Saturday's opening race marked the on-track debut of the eye-catching Cadbury's Boost-themed McAMS Yamaha R1, Ray crossed the line eighth to close out the opening race, leaving the team with work to do before Sunday.
Overnight adjustments to the R1 paid off on Sunday, with Ray and the team bouncing back to fourth place in the Sprint race, followed up by an eighth place in the final race.
Ray said: "Brands Hatch was a tough weekend for me and the team. We had the raw speed and showed glimpses of what we're capable of, but it just didn't translate into the results in the races.
“We worked hard for a best result of the weekend of fourth - my feeling with the bike in Race 2 was the best it had been all weekend. Leaving the circuit on Sunday evening, we could confidently say we left everything out there on track.
“There's work to do behind the scenes to find some stronger race pace aboard the Yamaha R1, especially on the used tyre. We'll dust ourselves off, regroup, and go again at Oulton Park – it's a circuit where we've been strong before, so we'll be pushing hard to find that extra bit we were missing last weekend.
“Big thanks to the team for the effort all weekend, and for all of their work in getting the special edition livery ready too – it was awesome to fly the flag in those colours."