British Superbike round four

by Mark Rowe

The Tyco BMW team returned to action at Snetterton for round four of the British Superbike Championship. In the Superstock class Keith Farmer the Northern Irish rider aboard the BMW S 1000 RR took a fourth place finish. The Clogher man recovered positions after dropping to the back of the pack after avoiding an incident on the first lap. Keith maintains his third place position within the overall championship standings with a 27-point advantage over fourth.

The 2.99-mile Norfolk circuit proved to be a frustrating one in the Superbike class. With the Tyco BMW team providing a good set-up to the BMW S 1000 RR, plus a second row grid start for Michael Laverty in race one, optimism was high for a podium finish. However an incident at the second turn of lap one saw Michael being taken out of the race by another rider which left him with a difficult task ahead for race two from a fifth row grid start (P14). Christian Iddon also fell victim to the incident during race one which pushed him to the back of the pack leaving him to battle through from 18th, to cross the line in ninth.

With top ten finishes for both Christian Iddon (eighth and ninth) and Michael Laverty (ninth), both riders have maintained their championship positions of ninth and tenth respectively.

The team move on to Knockhill circuit in Scotland [6 – 8 July] for round five. Philip Neill – Team Manager said: “Unfortunately we did not leave Snetterton with the points haul we had hoped for today. To be fair each of our riders were caught up in others riders crashes which significantly affected the outcome and ended Michael’s race one at the second corner. It was great to see Christian return to racing after injury and we now look forward to Knockhill when we hope to see Christian, Michael and Keith fight for podiums on the Tyco BMW S 1000 RR.”

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