Peter Hickman says there was a chance he was not going to be able to race the Oulton Park BSB at all as a result of delays gettin🅘g his Superbike built.

The 8Ten Racing rider finished 13th in Race 1 and 16th in Race 2 at Oulton Park, but the bike was barely ready for the start of the weekend on Saturday afᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚternoon as a result of the delays the team has struggled with in getting parts to the UK from Europe over the winter.

“The first time I’ve ever thrown my leg over that Superbike was Saturday afternoon,” Hickman said, speaking to mahbx.com after the cancellation of BSB Race 3 at Oulton Parkꩲ was ♉confirmed.

“The boys literally finished [building] it about halꦜf-an-ho🐠ur before the first session so that’s how tight it was.

“Really happy, actually, with the weekend. Obღviously, we’re racers, we want to be at the front, we want to be winning, but we also have to be ver🌟y realistic: a week ago we were probably not even going to be here!

“So, we managed to get everything together right at the last minute and the tea🃏m’s worked really hard.

“The bike’s feeling pretty gooಌd to be honest, just learning, step-by-step, a little bit at a time, including even the last race – I went faster than I did in qualifying.

“So, just making thos🍃e progr♒essive steps, one little bit at a time.

“It’s coming, w🐎e just can’t do it all in one weekend, it’s just not happening, everyone else is here racing and we’re here testing – that’s probably t💝he best way of explaining it: we’re still testing, and it will be like that for a couple of rounds at least.

“I’m happy enough with where we ended up: nearly my fastest lap of Oulton Park, I’m only a tenth off w🥀hat I did last year on a bike I knew inside out.

“So, overall, I think it’s a very positive wওeekend and looking forward to getting back to Donington.”