Primo Kawasaki's Chris Walker polished off a dream weekend with his first British Superbike win in 12 years at Oulton Park today, running a faultless race to cross the line ahead of Shane Byrne on the slightly-more-works PBM ZX-10R.
Walker, by his own admission, had a difficult winter - being in the team and then out of it and then back in again due to circumstances beyond his control. But the veteran believed he could stand on the podium in 2012 but never this soon into the season.
"At the beginning of the season, I felt we'd perform strongly so to get a win so early in the year is simply brilliant. We had a really good wet setting which meant I could ride hard without overheating the tyres so fair play to all the boys in the team and it's thanks to them that I could take the top step," said Walker.
"I've genuinely surprised myself with my pace this year but the rules are playing into my hands and with two more good top ten finishes, I couldn't have asked for anymore from the weekend. It was a long winter for me and a lot of people - friends, family etc - have dug deep to get me back out onto the grid so this win's for them. The team are brilliant and I'm enjoying my racing as much as ever so it's been a dream weekend."
