As the 2022 British Superbike season draws to a close it was time for the riders to reflect on the ups and downs of the year after the final race at Brands Hatch.
British Superbikes returned to Donington Park and threw up some surprises as Tom Sykes left it until round ten to get his first win of the season under his belt.
While bad luck seemed to play a bigger role in Peter Hickman’s second round of the 2021 BSB season than others, the FHO Racing BMW rider is ‘in a really good place at the moment’ after being competitive in every race.
Peter Hickman’s impressive start to the 2021 Bennetts British Superbike campaign looked set to continue at Knockhill, before ‘everything that could have gone against us went against us’.
Peter Hickman comes into round two at Knockhill off the back of his best ever start to a BSB campaign, while team-mate Xavi Fores has recovered from a small right hand fracture.
Peter Hickman and Xavi Fores continue impressive start to 2021 British Superbike pre-season testing for the new FHO Racing BMW team as they finish fifth and eighth fastest at Snetterton.
Peter Hickman and Smiths Racing will compete in Supersport races on the roads with a Yamaha YZF-R6 for 2020 as he ends a three-year run with Triumph’s Daytona 675.
Peter Hickman will stick with Smiths Racing BMW for 2020 while the team signs Alex Olsen to complete its Bennetts British Superbike championship line-up for next season.
Tom Sykes has given more context to the circumstances of his post-red flag crash in the Superpole Race, which cost him a podium result and denied him a shot at victory in race two.