British Superbike: Race Two & Race Three Results From Silverstone (Updated)

David Swarts

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April 9, 2023

British Superbike: Race Two & Race Three Results From Silverstone (Updated)

Josh Brookes, riding his FHO Racing BMW M 1000 RR, won Bennetts British Superbike (BSB) Race Two Sunday morning at Silverstone Circuit, in England.

Then Glenn Irwin, riding his BeerMonster Ducati Panigale V4 R, took the victory in Race Two.

After round one and three races, Brookes holds the 2023 Bennetts British Superbike Championship point lead.

Americans Julian Correa and Eli Banish finished 8th and 23rd, respectively, in British Talent Cup Race Two Sunday at Silverstone.

BSB R2
BSB R3
BSB Points after R3

More, from a press release issued by MotorSport Vision Racing:

2023 Bennetts British Superbike kicks off with three different race winners at Silverstone

The 2023 Bennetts British Superbike Championship kicked off at Silverstone this weekend with an exhilarating start to the season as three different race winners, representing three different teams and manufacturers celebrated a race victory.

Reigning Champions LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha had the edge in yesterday’s Bennetts BikeSocial Sprint race with Kyle Ryde, but today they narrowly missed out on the podium in race two with a fourth place and ended the weekend with seventh in race three.

The second race of the weekend marked the triumphant return of Josh Brookes to winning ways as the double Champion claimed his first victory in two seasons, delivering a determined ride on his first race weekend with the FHO Racing BMW Motorrad Team.

Brookes held off the BeerMonster Ducati teammates led by Tommy Bridewell by just 0.094s when the race was red flagged with three laps remaining when Danny Buchan crashed out, claiming his 55th win in the Championship as Glenn Irwin completed the podium after fighting his way through the pack.

O’Halloran held onto fifth after holding off Leon Haslam with reigning Quattro Group British Supersport Champion Jack Kennedy in seventh place. Danny Kent had another solid performance in eighth place ahead of Andrew Irwin and Lee Jackson, who fought his way through to tenth after starting 16th on the grid.

Glenn Irwin then became the third different race winner of the opening round in a hard fought final race of the weekend as he held off tough opposition to end the weekend on top for PBM on the BeerMonster Ducati.

Jason O’Halloran, Brookes and Kent had all been at the front of the pack before Irwin captured the advantage on lap 18. He was defending hard from Brookes who had regained second place with three laps to go, whilst Bridewell had also moved up the order and fought his way into third.

O’Halloran meanwhile regained fourth place on the final lap, as he got ahead of Kent with Haslam again in the leading battle to finish race three in sixth place.

Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Silverstone, Race 2 result:

Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad)
Tommy Bridewell (BeerMonster Ducati) +0.094s
Glenn Irwin (BeerMonster Ducati) +0.603s
Kyle Ryde (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) +0.669s
Jason O’Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) +1.004s
Leon Haslam (ROKiT BMW Motorrad) +1.709s
Jack Kennedy (Mar-Train Yamaha) +2.436s
Danny Kent (Lovell Kent Racing Honda) +5.587s
Andrew Irwin (Honda Racing UK) +5.731s
Lee Jackson (Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki) +6.714s

Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Silverstone, Race 3 result:

Glenn Irwin (BeerMonster Ducati)
Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad) +0.120s
Tommy Bridewell (BeerMonster Ducati) +0.412s
Jason O’Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) +1.179s
Danny Kent (Lovell Kent Racing Honda) +1.297s
Leon Haslam (ROKiT BMW Motorrad) +2.037s
Kyle Ryde (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) +3.443s
Jack Kennedy (Mar-Train Yamaha) +3.713s
Lee Jackson (Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki) +4.046s
Ryan Vickers (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) 4.137s

Bennetts British Superbike Championship standings after Silverstone:

Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad) 48
Tommy Bridewell (BeerMonster Ducati) 46
Glenn Irwin (BeerMonster Ducati) 43
Kyle Ryde (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) 39
Jason O’Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) 35
Leon Haslam (ROKiT BMW Motorrad) 30
Danny Kent (Lovell Kent Racing Honda) 26
Jack Kennedy (Mar-Train Yamaha) 26
Andrew Irwin (Honda Racing UK) 15
Lee Jackson (Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki) 15

For more information on the Bennetts British Superbike Championship visit www.britishsuperbike.com

Josh Brookes – Race 2 winner

FHO Racing BMW Motorrad

“It’s perfect, to lead the championship after the first round is ideal. You know, we are always optimistic we are going to have a good bike, good package, but to get into the opening round and have three podiums is ideal. We are in a perfect place to build for the rounds to come.

“I think as a racer and as a competitor you always have this idea that everything will go smoothly and you’ll win everything. I think it’s natural for competitors to have that mindset, so I always believed that if things were good we could do this and better, but you also have this realistic mind that it’s a difficult series, lots of good riders and it’s always hard fought racing and you can never be sure you are gonna get good results like this, so definitely pleased to take these positions.

“I have spent a lot of time thinking about the moment when I would win again; when I was winning regularly you would think it would just come. The last two years have been hard, people start to doubt you and I don’t blame them for that. It feels good to win for myself, the team, and it is a feeling of success.”

Glenn Irwin – Race 3 winner

BeerMonster Ducati

“It didn’t go to plan at the beginning! The first race start today was terrible, again I did something not so good with the clutch. My plan was if you’re in the front two or three, take it easy through the last corner as it’s very hard on tyres and if one or two get by you are still in the top four. That wasn’t the case, and I ended up back again and I tried to conserve my tyre and had to try and pass Leon Haslam.

“Danny Kent was doing a really good job; I could see where he was weak as I had spent three years on the Honda and that was probably an advantage. I just did a bit of a dive, then he came back through, once he did I repassed him and it was then I decided to try and drop the hammer a bit more.

“It it was just really good set up by the boys in the team and they worked very hard last night. I didn’t sleep thinking how we could improve last night! The bike was fantastic, we could still be strong in some areas but I struggled a lot in the last corner and turn one but I never gave up.

“I said this morning I wanted to play like an Oscar winning role today and not a support role and I knew after warm up that we could do that. Today’s first race I think was really good because we came 13th to third and it was tough, but I really enjoyed it and to go on then and go on and grab the Bafta at the end of the day was just fantastic!”

Roadracing World Young Guns 2023: Avery Dreher

David Swarts

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April 9, 2023

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Roadracing World Young Guns 2023: Avery Dreher

Roadracing World started this exclusive special feature recognizing the most promising young road racers as an answer to pessimists who claimed North America had no new, up-and-coming young racers. This edition of the Roadracing World Young Gun Awards marks the 27th consecutive year of showcasing what is actually an abundance of new talent.

Roadracing World Young Guns have won:

FIM MotoGP and FIM Superbike races and World Championships;

MotoAmerica and AMA Pro races and Championships, including 12 MotoAmerica/AMA Pro Superbike Championships;

A KTM RC Cup World Final race;

The Daytona 200 (12 times);

WERA National Endurance Championships and WERA National Challenge Championships;

ASRA/Formula USA Grand National and CCS National Championships;

USGPRU National Championships;

Many regional and local titles.

The competition has continually become more intense as more — and younger — racers with higher levels of accomplishments are nominated, and the level of achievement required to make the grade keeps getting tougher.

We’ve spent the last several months accepting nominations and evaluating road racers between the ages of 10 and 18 (as of the start of the 2023 season) who have, at a minimum, won Expert-level road races and/or Championships or had outstanding results as an Amateur/Novice. Most of the riders included here have done far more than the minimum.

The young riders recognized here are the most promising young road racers in North America. All have earned the title of Roadracing World Young Gun.

We will feature one Young Gun per day, presenting them in alphabetical order.

The entire Roadracing World Young Guns, Class of 2023 is featured in the April 2023 issue of Roadracing World & Motorcycle Technology magazine.

Avery Dreher

Age: 16.

Current home: Rockledge, Florida.

Current height/weight: 5’11”/138 pounds.

Current school grade level: 11^th grade.

Began riding at age: 10.

First road race: 2018, Jupiter, Florida, SFLminiGP, Spec 50, 3^rd place.

Current racebikes: Kawasaki Ninja 400, KTM 450 SMR, Yamaha YZF-R6.

Current tuners/mechanics: Aaron Dreher (father), John Ludwig, Dale Quarterley.

Primary race series: MotoAmerica Junior Cup.

Top sponsors: Bad Boys Racing, Envy Racing Apparel, Brevard Superbike, South Florida Thermosman, Monkey Works Cycle.

Recent racing accomplishments: 2022 season, placed 7^th in MotoAmerica Junior Cup Championship (1 podium finish, 11 top-10 finishes); 2021 season, placed 17^th (best finish race was 7^th, 4 top-10 finishes), multiple FMRRA race wins; 2020 season, won CCS Moto3 National Championship, won 3 FMRRA Championships.

2023 racing goals: Finish in top five of MotoAmerica Junior Cup Championship, fight for the win in every race.

Racing career goal: Progress to bigger machines and go as far as I can in racing.

Racing hero: Aaron Dreher (father).

Favorite track: Pittsburgh International Race Complex.

Favorite hobby: Fishing.

If I wasn’t racing I would be…: Riding my supermotard at my local track.

Some of the riders who have graduated from Roadracing World Young Guns and gone on to racing success in National or International series include:

2017 MotoAmerica Superstock 600 Champion Jason Aguilar (R.I.P.);

2013 AMA Pro SuperSport East Champion and 2022 MotoAmerica Stock 1000 Champion Corey Alexander;

AMA Pro Daytona SportBike race winner Tommy Aquino (R.I.P.);

2008 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Champion, two-time MotoAmerica Supersport Champion, and AFT SuperTwins race winner J.D. Beach;

five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Cameron Beaubier;

MotoAmerica Twins Cup race winner Jackson Blackmon;

former Canadian Sport Bike Champion Tomas Casas;

three-time Canadian Sport Bike Champion and 2014 Canadian Superbike Champion Jodi Christie;

former AMA Pro SuperSport East Champion and MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 race winner Josh Day;

2011 Daytona 200 winner Jason DiSalvo;

2014 AMA Pro SuperSport Championship runner-up and current MotoAmerica team owner Dustin Dominguez;

2018 MotoAmerica Junior Cup Champion, 2019 MotoAmerica Twins Cup Champion, and 2021 Canadian Superbike Champion Alex Dumas;

four-time Pikes Peak International Hill Climb race winner and former motorcycle track record holder Carlin Dunne (R.I.P.);

Canadian Superbike race winner Bodhi Edie;

two-time AMA Pro Daytona SportBike Champion, two-time AMA Pro XR1200/Harley-Davidson Champion and four-time Daytona 200 winner Danny Eslick;

2019 MotoAmerica Supersport Champion and MotoAmerica Superbike race winner Bobby Fong;

2010 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Champion, 2014 AMA Pro Daytona SportBike Champion, 2015 MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North America Superstock 1000 Champion, and two-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Jake Gagne;

two-time MotoAmerica Supersport Champion and World Superbike podium finisher Garrett Gerloff;

2017 MotoAmerica Superstock 600 Championship runner-up Michael Gilbert;

2014 AMA Pro SuperSport Champion, 2018 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship runner-up, and 2022 MotoAmerica Stock 1000 Championship runner-up Hayden Gillim;

2002 AMA Superbike Champion and 2006 FIM MotoGP World Champion Nicky Hayden (R.I.P.);

2007 AMA Pro 600cc Supersport Champion, 2014 AMA Pro Superbike Championship runner-up, and 2017 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship runner-up Roger Hayden;

eight-time AMA Pro Superbike race winner and two-time AMA Supersport Champion Tommy Hayden;

2013 AMA Pro Superbike Champion, 2016 MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 Champion, 2022 MotoAmerica Supersport Champion, and two-time Daytona 200 winner Josh Herrin;

MotoAmerica Supersport front-runner Teagg Hobbs;

AMA Pro Superstock race winner Jake Holden;

2011 British Superbike Championship runner-up and former MotoGP and World Superbike regular John Hopkins;

2015 Supersport World Championship runner-up, 2019 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship runner-up, and MotoAmerica Superbike podium finisher Patrick “P.J.” Jacobsen;

2021 MotoAmerica Supersport Champion and current Moto2 World Championship competitor Sean Dylan Kelly;

Canadian Superbike race winner Kevin Lacombe;

two-time MotoAmerica Stock 1000 Champion Andrew Lee;

2021 MotoAmerica Stock 1000 and Superbike Cup Champion Jake Lewis;

MotoAmerica Supersport race winner Sam Lochoff;

MotoAmerica Superstock 600 race winner Nick McFadden;

AMA Pro SuperSport race winner and MotoAmerica Supersport race winner Stefano Mesa;

Elena Myers, the first and only woman to win AMA Pro Supersport races;

AMA Pro XR1200 race winner, multi-time Loudon Classic winner, and two-time BRL Champion Shane Narbonne;

2012 Canadian Superbike Championship runner-up Andrew Nelson;

2016 MotoAmerica KTM RC Cup Champion, 2019 British Motostar (Moto3) Champion, MotoAmerica Supersport podium finisher, and two-time Daytona 200 winner Brandon Paasch;

2012 Daytona 200 winner and 2010 AMA Pro Supersport West Champion Joey Pascarella;

2016 MotoAmerica Superstock 600 Champion, MotoAmerica Supersport podium finisher, and current powersports dealership owner Bryce Prince;

AMA Pro and Canadian National race winner and multi-time N2/WERA National Endurance Champion Chris Peris;

two-time AMA Pro SuperSport National Champion, British Supersport podium finisher, 2020 AFT Production Twins Champion, and MotoAmerica King Of The Baggers race winner James Rispoli;

2015 MotoAmerica Superstock 600 Champion, MotoAmerica Supersport race winner, and Moto2 World Championship race winner Joe Roberts;

former Red Bull AMA U.S. Rookies Cup Champion and former FIM Moto2 European Championship competitor Benny Solis, Jr.;

three-time AMA Pro Superbike Champion, 2009 Superbike World Champion, MotoGP race winner, and AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Ben Spies;

multi-time AMA Pro race winner and four-time overall WERA National Endurance Champion Chris Ulrich;

MotoAmerica Supersport podium finisher and former World Superbike competitor Jayson Uribe;

2017 MotoAmerica KTM RC Cup Championship runner-up, 2018 MotoAmerica Junior Cup Championship runner-up, and MotoAmerica Supersport podium finisher Cory Ventura;

Canadian Superbike race winner Alex Welsh;

former AMA Pro Superbike Rookie of the Year, Chinese Superbike Championship race winner and MotoAmerica Supersport podium finisher Cory West;

MotoAmerica Junior Cup and Superbike Cup race winner Ashton Yates;

and two-time AMA Pro Superbike Championship runner-up Blake Young.

British Superbike: Race One Results From Silverstone (Updated)

David Swarts

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April 8, 2023

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British Superbike: Race One Results From Silverstone (Updated)

Editorial Note: Americans Julian Correa and Eli Banish finished eighth and 27th, respectively, in British Talent Cup Race One Saturday at Silverstone.

BSB Race One

More, from a press release issued by MotorSport Vision Racing:

Ryde overcomes the opposition in frantic Bennetts BSB season opener at Silverstone

Tommy Bridewell (46) leads Kyle Ryde (77), Jason O'Halloran (22), Glenn Irwin (2) and the rest during Race One at Silverstone. Photo courtesy MSVR. — Tommy Bridewell (46) leads Kyle Ryde (77), Jason O’Halloran (22), Glenn Irwin (2), and the rest during Race One at Silverstone. Photo courtesy MSVR.

Kyle Ryde triumphed in the opening Bennetts British Superbike Championship race of the season at Silverstone, claiming a hard-fought victory in the Bennetts BikeSocial Sprint Race for the LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha team.

Ryde had initially launched to the front of the pack on the opening lap from his front row grid position, but Tommy Bridewell stormed into the lead as the pack reached Brooklands for the first time, with Josh Brookes, Jason O’Halloran and Glenn Irwin the leading contenders.

Bridewell was then pushing to hold onto the lead, but Ryde reclaimed the position two laps later with a move at Copse, but his BeerMonster Ducati rival fired back ahead on the same lap.

O’Halloran was on the move too and he had pushed up the order into second by the fourth lap behind Bridewell as Ryde was relegated to third in the early stages.

By lap six, O’Halloran had gained control of the lead as the McAMS Yamaha rider moved ahead of Bridewell, Ryde, Brookes and Glenn Irwin with reigning Quattro Group British Supersport Champion Jack Kennedy also joining the battle for the leading positions.

O’Halloran was leading the pack, but Brookes and Bridewell were dicing with Ryde for second place, before the LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha rider moved back to the front of the group with a move on the Australian.

Ryde maintained the lead in the final dash to the chequered flag despite pressure from Bridewell in the closing stages to take the first victory of the season, but the battle for the podium wasn’t complete and Brookes snatched third place with a last lap move on O’Halloran.

Glenn Irwin completed the top five as he held off Leon Haslam on the ROKiT BMW Motorrad and Kennedy, who equalled his best result on his move back into Bennetts BSB with Mar-Train Yamaha.

Andrew Irwin was able to progress into eighth over the final laps for Honda Racing UK ahead of Danny Kent on the Lovell Kent Racing Honda and Danny Buchan completed the top ten for SYNETIQ BMW.

The battle for the rookies was led by Charlie Nesbitt in twelfth, with Tim Neave in 16th and Bradley Perie in 19th. Reigning Pirelli National Junior Superstock Champion Max Cook was 20th ahead of Davey Todd with Jack Scott in 23rd.

Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Silverstone, Bennetts BikeSocial Sprint Race:

Kyle Ryde (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha)
Tommy Bridewell (BeerMonster Ducati) +0.436s
Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad) +1.664s
Jason O’Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) +1.867s
Glenn Irwin (BeerMonster Ducati) +2.541s
Leon Haslam (ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team) +2.764s
Jack Kennedy (Mar-Train Yamaha) +3.224s
Andrew Irwin (Honda Racing UK) +8.919s
Danny Kent (Lovell Kent Racing Honda) +9.187s
Danny Buchan (SYNETIQ BMW) +9.307s

Bennetts British Superbike Championship standings after Silverstone, Bennetts BikeSocial Sprint Race:

Kyle Ryde (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) 18
Tommy Bridewell (BeerMonster Ducati) 16
Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad) 14
Jason O’Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) 12
Glenn Irwin (BeerMonster Ducati) 11
Leon Haslam (ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team) 10
Jack Kennedy (Mar-Train Yamaha) 9
Andrew Irwin (Honda Racing UK) 8
Danny Kent (Lovell Kent Racing Honda Racing UK) 7
Danny Buchan (SYNETIQ BMW) 6

For more information on the Bennetts British Superbike Championship visit www.britishsuperbike.com

Kyle Ryde

LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha

“That was a great race! It was definitely the hardest, but most enjoyable races I’ve had since I started in BSB.

“I was pushing because I just wanted to get to the front because I knew I had a little bit more pace than what the lap time was saying.

“It was very clean and good fun to ride – there was a lot of moves in turn one from me, I must’ve made about 15 moves but none of them stuck! I had to work, so for me it’s been a great weekend so far.

“We’ve had a great pace all weekend and been strong, the only thing that went wrong was to have a silly little crash in qualifying and that did hinder me a bit for the race. It took me ages to get going again to know where the braking marker was and Josh and Tommy kept passing me.

“I’m really happy to get the win; I think over the winter and everything we’ve done so far, I feel like we deserve it, so I’m very proud of myself.”

British Superbike: Bridewell Takes Pole Position At Silverstone

David Swarts

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April 8, 2023

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British Superbike: Bridewell Takes Pole Position At Silverstone

Editorial Note: Americans Julian Correa and Eli Banish qualified 11th and 27th, respectively, in British Talent Cup Saturday at Silverstone.

BSB Qual

Roadracing World Young Guns 2023: Alessandro Di Mario

David Swarts

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April 8, 2023

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Roadracing World Young Guns 2023: Alessandro Di Mario

Roadracing World started this exclusive special feature recognizing the most promising young road racers as an answer to pessimists who claimed North America had no new, up-and-coming young racers. This edition of the Roadracing World Young Gun Awards marks the 27th consecutive year of showcasing what is actually an abundance of new talent.

Roadracing World Young Guns have won:

FIM MotoGP and FIM Superbike races and World Championships;

MotoAmerica and AMA Pro races and Championships, including 12 MotoAmerica/AMA Pro Superbike Championships;

A KTM RC Cup World Final race;

The Daytona 200 (12 times);

WERA National Endurance Championships and WERA National Challenge Championships;

ASRA/Formula USA Grand National and CCS National Championships;

USGPRU National Championships;

Many regional and local titles.

The competition has continually become more intense as more — and younger — racers with higher levels of accomplishments are nominated, and the level of achievement required to make the grade keeps getting tougher.

We’ve spent the last several months accepting nominations and evaluating road racers between the ages of 10 and 18 (as of the start of the 2023 season) who have, at a minimum, won Expert-level road races and/or Championships or had outstanding results as an Amateur/Novice. Most of the riders included here have done far more than the minimum.

The young riders recognized here are the most promising young road racers in North America. All have earned the title of Roadracing World Young Gun.

We will feature one Young Gun per day, presenting them in alphabetical order.

The entire Roadracing World Young Guns, Class of 2023 is featured in the April 2023 issue of Roadracing World & Motorcycle Technology magazine.

Alessandro Di Mario

Age: 14.

Current home: Lexington, Kentucky.

Current height/weight: 5’8”/130 pounds.

Current school grade level: 9^th grade.

Began riding at age: 5 years.

First road race: 2019, Garrettsville, Ohio, WERA, Clubman Novice, 3^rd.

Current racebikes: Aprilia RS250 SP2, Aprilia RS 660, Yamaha YZF-R3.

Current tuners/mechanics: Chad Wells, Luigi Di Mario (father).

Primary race series: MotoAmerica Junior Cup, N2 WERA National Endurance.

Top sponsors: Altus Motorsports, Robem Engineering, KYT Helmets, Chad Wells Tuning.

Recent racing accomplishments: 2022 season, won AMA Nicky Hayden Road Race Horizon Award, won North America Talent Cup Championship (4 wins, 11 total podiums in 14 races), won 3 AMA Grand Championships (Lightweight Twins Superstock, Lightweight Twins Superbike, E Superstock), won 2 WERA Sportsman National Championships (Lightweight Twins Superstock, E Superstock); 2021 season, won WERA Sportsman F Superstock Expert National Championship (3 race wins, 14 total podiums with WERA); 2020 season, won E Superstock Novice AMA Grand Championship, won 2 WERA Sportsman Novice National Championships (won 28 WERA races).

2023 racing goals: Win the MotoAmerica Junior Cup Championship, win N2/WERA Endurance race, be selected for 2024 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup.

Racing career goal: Win MotoGP World Championship.

Racing hero: Danilo Petrucci.

Favorite tracs: Barber Motorsports Park.

Favorite hobby: Skiing

If I wasn’t racing I would be…: A motorcycle mechanic.