Be Wiser Ducati’s Shane Byrne will start his campaign for a record fifth MCE British Superbike title from the top of row two tomorrow after bagging fourth place in today’s Silverstone qualifying session.
Byrne said that today was his first proper go at sticking in a fast laptime in anger on the Panigale but over-rode it to try and get a front-row spot.
“Today’s been my first real go in anger at putting in a good lap time and although I did that, I couldn’t quite find that last little bit that makes the difference and was perhaps over-riding the bike a little bit,” said the four-time champ.
“Having said that, the last part of qualifying was really good for me and I understood more about the bike in that session than the others although by then, there wasn’t much tyre left. To finish fourth and only 0.3s off pole is pretty pleasing and we’ve got good potential for tomorrow, so I’m looking forward now to two strong races.”