Hickman set for new Superbike season

Superbike racer Peter Hickman will make his debut for his new team JG Speedfit on the Kawasaki ZX-10R at Silverstone this weekend.
Peter Hickman.Peter Hickman.
Peter Hickman.

He will be competing in round one of the 2016 British Superbike championship, which sees two races take place at the Northamptonshire venue on Sunday.

Following a series of winter tests in Spain, Hicky attended the first British Superbike test at Silverstone last week.

There, he put the Kawasaki through its paces in front of fans for the first time.

Although he attended the second test at Donington, the team did not take part in the test.

However, he took part in a photo shoot.

The three riders - Peter Hickman, James Ellison and Leon Haslam - also posed with the rest of the Superbike riders for the Class of 2016 photo on the grid during the day.

“I have a front end chatter issue, but apart from that everything is mint and I am raring to go,” said Hickman, from Willoughby.

“It will be good to get the bike on the track under race conditions to see how it performs against the rest of the field.

“I am sure it will be competitive and I will be looking for a couple of strong points finishes to get my championship challenge underway.

“The team is fielding three riders this year and we are all expecting to be running up the sharp end so it’s exciting times ahead for us all.”

The weekend begins with two free practice sessions on Friday at 10.15am and 3.15pm, followed by a third free practice on Saturday at 10.05am.

The three-part qualifying session takes place on Saturday at 4.02pm, and this will set the grid for the first race on Sunday.

There is a 15-minute warm-up on Sunday morning in preparation for racing later in the day.

Race one, over 14 laps, is set for 1.30pm, followed by race two over the same distance at 4.30pm.

Both races will enjoy live television coverage on Eurosport 2.

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