Nick Waters achieved solid results at back-to-back Asia Dream Cup rounds.

Asia Dream Cup (ADC) trainer and former MotoGP and World Superbike rider Shinya Nakano believes Nick Waters’ growing level of experience in the one-make category will put him in good stead as his road race career develops.

With identical Honda CBR250R bikes beneath them, riders must push themselves to perform beyond their rivals, and take a more tactical approach to the racing.

“The type of close racing in the Asia Dream Cup teaches riders to be more aggressive and win on skill alone,” said Nakano.

“If Nick can pick this one key point up from the ADC, it will help him in his future as a Superbike racer.”

Waters has just completed back-to-back weekends of competition where he was able to factor strongly within the top 10 across all four races.

Round four was held at Suzuka, with Waters qualifying sixth and taking ninth and seventh place finishes in the rain-affected races.

He returned for round five at Autopolis, where he qualified tenth and was running strongly until forced into the gravel on the back of a crash involving several riders, dropping him to 12th.

Waters ran as high as second in the final race but struggled to maintain speed on the straights, eventually finishing seventh.

He’ll return for the final stanza of the ADC at Losail in Qatar from 21-23 November where he is aiming to improve upon a current standing of 10th.