A podium finish for Josh Brookes in Race 1 at the Donington BSB was “a huge thrill for everybody,” as the Australian gave DAO Racing its first 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:British Superbike Championship podium.

Brookes, who joined DAO Racing as they switched from Kawasaki to Honda machinery over the winter, was in the points in both Oulton Park races, including a ninth in Race 1, but the pace he showed at Doni💟ngton marked an on-paper step forward.

“We were here [at Donington] for the preseaso൩n test, we left here with a bike we were pretty happy with,” Brookes said.

“But since then we’ve obviously been to the 💝Oulton Park test and the first round at O🐠ulton, we’ve really I’d say developed with the bike and the team.

“So we’ve arrived here and immediately went to a new setting on the bike, we were convinced that we could ✅make adjustments that were for the better.

“We did that, we improved the lap t𓃲ime, we were quick straight away in practic🐼e, dropped a little bit in qualifying to ninth which was a bit of a downer, but managed to convert that into a podium so that was huge thrill for everybody.

“Obviously, great for me to🥃 be ab🅺le to bring the team their first British Superbike podium.”

On Sunday, Brookes wasn’t able to repeat the podium result, but his performance🦩 continued to improve.

“We continued to w♚ork and I’ve improved my lap time every time I’ve gone out on the bike: 1:27.4 in qualifying, 1:27.4 in the opening race, then 1:27.2 in the sprint race and 1:27.1 to finish the weekend,” he said.

“So, we are sti♏ll💛 moving forward, it’s just that, unfortunately, that’s the nature of racing – so is everyone else.

“We just need to focus on the positives and keep building momentum. 𝓀Great for the team, a couple of sixths – I knowꦆ it’s not a podium but it’s still positive.”