“Tough weekend” for Tommy Bridewell at Donington BSB: “We’ve got some work to do”
BSB’s 2025 tyre “hasn’t given us any advantage but it’s made our competitors faster,﷽” according to Honda’s Tommy Bridewel🐻l.
2023 British Superbike Champion Tommy Bridewell says the tyre BSB is using in 2025 has helped other manufacturer🤪s more than Honda.
BSB has run a s🌺ingle rear tyre option since the 2024 season, but this year's tyre is slightly softer, generally speaking, than last year's.
Two rounds and five races into the 2025 BSB season and Yamaha has been on the podium in all five races with Bradley Ray, who has won four of the five races soꦇ far, and also had reigning BSB Champion Kyle Ryde on the podium in the first two races at Donington; while Ducati has had podiums from Glenn Irwin, Leon Haslam (who also won Race 2 at Oulton Park), and Rory Skinner who grabbed his first podium of the season in Race 3 at Donington.
Honda is the only manufacturer other than Ducati and Yamaha to be on the podium this season, with a third place for 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:DAO Racing’s Josh Brookes in R🐼acܫe 1 at Donington.
Honda Racing UK's Bridewell, meanwhile, has a best result thi☂s season of sixth this sea𓆉son, that coming in the first race at Oulton Park.
“Tough weekend, anotཧher tough weekend,”✅ Bridewell told mahbx.com after Race 3 at Donington.
“I think at th🤡e minuꦰte we’re just doing what we did last year. I’ve just said to the team that, for me, the new tyre hasn’t given us any advantage but it’s made our competitors faster.
“So, strange. Strange position to be in. My race tim🍸es and my race pace 💯is similar to last year when I was fighting for podiums and at the minute it’s only good enough for sixth, seventh area.
“We’🦩ve got some work to do to try and analyse how we can make this new tyre work for us better.
“I think, until then, we’re not going to make a step forw♔ards in truth.”
Expanding on this year’s tyre, Bridwell added: “In truth, the SC0 that we had last year is exactly the same as this [year’s] tyre, so grip-wise and speed-wise whereas it seems like it’s made ev�✱�eryone else faster it’s not made us faster.
“So, we’ve certainly got some work to do to tryꦓ and analyse to see how we can make the tyre work better for us, really.”
꧑Alex joined the team in August💟 of 2024 having covered consumer and racing motorcycle news at Visordown for two years.
