News 12 Aug 2015

Brookes lands IDM Superbike podium on debut

Strong showing from Aussie in guest appearance.

Source: IDM.

Source: IDM.

Josh Brookes scored a podium finish at TT Circuit Assen during a strong debut in the IDM Superbike Championship last weekend as a replacement rider for Team Yamaha MGM.

With Kev Coghlan unfit to race after a crash at the previous round at Schleizer Dreieck, Team Yamaha MGM went into the seventh round of the series with Brookes as the solo rider.

The Australian leads the British Superbike Championship after riding his YZF-R1 to four consecutive race wins, going on to qualify second and finish with 3-4 results in his IDM debut.

“In the first race I made a small mistake with the lights, because I went so fast, but over the race distance that wasn’t such an important amount of time,” Brookes said. “I didn’t find the grip and the lap times I had in qualifying.

“The grip level was not the same and the tyre was spinning a lot, so I couldn’t improve on the third position. I kept pushing until the end and was hoping maybe the front two would be losing some speed at the end of the race, but it was not enough for me to catch them.

“In the second race I got a bad start. The tyres felt better than during race one, so I was able to ride faster. At some point early in the race the rear tyre spun on the rim and a vibration started. I was able to keep pushing for a while, but then I couldn’t continue to keep up those lap times, so I started to drop back and I couldn’t do anything more.”

Brookes will return to BSB action at Cadwell Park on 21-23 August, with five rounds remaining this season.

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