Tuesday, 22nd July 2008

British Superbike qualifying to adopt F1-style 'knockout' system from Cadwell Park.

"It is always good to let an idea come from the people who are doing it because they have the most intimate knowledge of how much track time and what set-up they need. We do talk with the teams more than most championships do, which is good.

"This is the entertainment business and qualifying is a huge component of the event which we are not delivering at the moment."

Although the format is relatively similar to one last used in 2003 when the series trialled the 'Super 12' format, Higgs adds that he was keen not to adopt the same Superpole system utilised by the World Superbike Championship.

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"We've tried Superpole before, which is great if you have a live TV signal. However, if you are at the track then there is nothing more boring than a dry Superpole session. We tried it for a while but it wasn't thought it added anything so we scrapped it."

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