Anvil TAG Yamaha’s Josh Brookes is back from a successful Suzuka Eight-Hours test with the Yoshimura squad and says he expects to again be battling with Shane Byrne at this weekend’s Brands Hatch MCE British Superbike round.

The pair were at it like 2015 over two races at the Snetterton round and the Australian believes he will be in the podium mix but points out that Leon Haslam and the other title contenders will also be in the Kent double-header.

“I’m feeling good, we’ve come off two good races at the last round and I want to carry on from there, when I won the title in 2015 this round was a good event so hopefully the same results can be repeated,” said the Bringelly rider.
 
“The bike seems competitive, I’m riding well and I like the track so it’s hard to predict that it will happen again like it did in 2015. I certainly like the circuit, it’s one of the better ones we go too, but it’s a good track for a lot of the other riders, not just for me. The track has a nice layout, it’s a longer lap than some of the circuits we go too and I like the woodland section; the nature of the track is nice.
 
“I would expect to be racing with Shakey this weekend, but we have to focus on getting my own speed where it needs to be and I imagine he will be one of the main competitors, Leon will be fighting back after recovering from his injury, but there are a lot of riders that it would be disrespectful to count out.
 
“I’m hopeful that I can have a great race with Shakey but until we line up on the grid we’ll have to wait and see. I’m excited and pumped to get the track, it’s going to very difficult to predict and I’d rather do my talking on the tarmac.”