Glenn Irwin is set to miss the 2018 Bennetts British Superbike championship season opener after suffering a neck injury during the first free practice session at Donington Park.
Andrew Irwin will miss the 2018 World Supersport season opener for CIA Landlords Insurnance Honda with injury after fracturing the third metacarpal bone in his left hand in a crash on the opening day of testing at Phillip Island.
The Be Wiser Ducati team will remain unchanged for the 2018 MCE British Superbike championship after Shane Byrne took up the second year of his current contract while Glenn Irwin has re-signed on a one-year deal.
Glenn Irwin has battled through tricky conditions to clinch his maiden MCE British Superbike race victory ahead of Josh Brookes and John Hopkins, while Shane Byrne crashes on the final lap but still secures his Showdown spot.
Drivers from both sides of the V8 Supercar fence have praised the latest safety improvements at Bathurst's Mount Panorama circuit on the eve of this weekend's Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.
The BF Ford Falcons of Jason Bright and Marcus Marshall have been unveiled at the team's Dandenong base today, with two new-look Fujitsu and Irwin liveries on show.