Things are looking up for Hickman

Peter Hickman claimed his best result of the current campaign at Oulton Park on Sunday when he rode to a strong eighth place in the final race of the weekend in round four of the 2020 British Superbike championship.
Peter Hickman. Photo: Dave Yeomans.Peter Hickman. Photo: Dave Yeomans.
Peter Hickman. Photo: Dave Yeomans.

Hicky also secured 10th and 12th-place finishes at the weekend.

Hickman appears to have made a big step forward on the Global Robots BMW team by Smiths Racing BMW and, despite a tough opening half of the season, the world’s fastest road racer was able to find a better feeling with his machine.

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Hickman said: “This has been our strongest meeting of the year but that kind of just says more about the rest of the season so far.

“We’ve made lots of engine and chassis changes and went back to basics in practice.

“The bike now feels more like what I’m used to which helped us qualify in twelfth, meaning we had less people to fight in the races from the off.

“This is the first time all season I’ve really been able to attack and overtake other riders which has helped get some better results obviously.

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“I should have had a top 10 on Saturday but I got punted wide on the last corner of the last lap but we made amends today, and the bike was set up well. Overall a positive weekend for us.”

Hickman completed his qualifying for a fourth row start to the first of three races on Saturday at the Cheshire circuit but as the lights went out he was pushed back to 13th at the first corner, finishing 12th.

After setting the fifth fastest time in morning warm up Hickman was full of confidence for the two 18-lap races on Sunday and set off at the start of race two in 14th position, picking off the riders ahead to take 10th.

Race three saw him record that eighth place.

The next round is at Donington Park on October 2-4.