PBM Kawasaki’s Shane Byrne failed to close the gap on current series leader, Milwaukee Yamaha’s Josh Brookes and couldn’t find the pace to bag a podium during the MCE British Superbike double-header at Assen.
Byrne remains second in the overall standings, but is now 28 points adrift of Brookes and has JG Speedfit Kawasaki’s James Ellison hunting him down in third with thirteen points separating the pair of Showdown riders.
The quadruple-champ finished race-one in fourth and race-two in fifth and now he will sit down with his team and regroup to be ready to be fighting for wins and podiums in the next round at Silverstone.
“I guess you could say that the weekend hasn’t been a disaster but it is a long way from ideal. We came to Assen in a good frame of mind because of the setting we found at Oulton Park and we tried to persevere with it but the changing conditions during the weekend made it difficult. I don’t want to make excuses, but it isn’t ideal and just highlights how difficult the Showdown can be,” said Byrne.
“The iffy conditions meant that a bunch of other riders came out, before that I had been more than comfortable behind Josh, but the guys with nothing to lose got involved. We need to have a sit down and regroup now so we are ready for Silverstone.”
