News 15 Mar 2013

Waters makes BSB debut as O'Halloran stars in Donington test

Reigning Australian Superbike Champion Josh Waters has made his official MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship debut.

Josh Waters made his British Superbike debut at Donington Park.

Josh Waters made his British Superbike debut at Donington Park.

Reigning Australian Superbike Champion Josh Waters has made his official MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship debut during testing at Donington Park on Thursday.

Waters wound up the test, which was held in cool conditions, in 11th fastest with a 1:34.193 – 2.910 seconds off the pace of Samsung Honda’s Alex Lowes.

Lowes fired the Samsung Honda to the top of the times in the second test session during the afternoon, toppling the two champions, Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne and Ryuichi Kiyonari in the final two minutes.

Lowes had been running inside the top three for the majority of the session but in the final minutes moved 0.349 seconds ahead of Byrne who had been fastest after snatching the top spot from Kiyonari in the final 20 minutes.

The second Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki of Keith Farmer was fourth fastest as he maintained his position ahead of the leading Buildbase BMW of James Westmoreland, with Jakub Smrz inside the top ten on the Padgetts Honda.

Bathams Honda’s Tommy Bridewell entered the top ten this afternoon as he pushed Robbin Harms to eighth with Chris Walker and Waters’ teammate James Ellison rounding out the top 10.

Josh Brookes’ Tyco Suzuki team opted not to take part in the test due to the conditions experienced in the UK at this time of year.

In Supersport it was fellow Aussie Jason O’Halloran who set the pace, topping the time sheets across the day with an eventual quickest lap of 1:33.527 aboard the Samsung Honda CBR600RR.

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