Tommy Bridewell believes a return to familiar ground at Oulton Park will be to his advantage as he looks to capitalise𒁏 on the greater rewards available at the start of the Showdown phase to extend his British Superbike Championship lead.

The defending champion has carrie🧸s a 19 point lead over Kyle Ryde into Round 9 of 11, the first of three events with an increase in points available to those finishing in the upper echelons co🎃mpared with the previous eight events.

To date Bridewell’s ca𝓡mpaign has been built on a foundation of consistency, the Honda Racing UK rider’s t෴wo wins palling into comparison with Ryde’s six podium-topping successes.

However, with a superior 13 podiums to his name so far in🍎 2024, Bridewell is confident going back to Oulton Park - after it hosted Round 2 of the season - will give him an advantage now he is comfortable on his Honda CBR1000RR💮-R machinery.

“Heading to Oulton Park for the first round of the showdown leading the championship is a good place to be, but we havᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚe to keep our heads down and keep working to maximise everything 💫across the weekend.

“It’s good to be heading back to a circuit that we have raced at previously, we have learnt a lot about this new Fireblade and w🎃e are certainly ꦰfurther down the development path.

“If we can leave the weekend having extended our points advantage then itღ will be obje𓃲ctive achieved.”