Bradley Ray - 'To do Suzuka 8 hours event and test a MotoGP bike' was phenomenal
Bradley Ray goes into his second BSB season with BMW in 2021🅰, but his f♓irst with the Rich Energy OMG Racing team as he and new team-mate Kyle Ryde will be hoping to challenge for the title.
BMW had a disappointing season not just in BSB last season but also World Superbike, however with the new M Sport package brought into both championꦦships, anticipation is already high for what the new bike could achieve⛎.
It has already seen rave reviews by World Supᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚerbike riders Tom Sykes and Michael Van Der Mark, and therefore should give Ray t🍃he platform to mount a potential title challenge.
I asked the 23 year-old about the new BMW and it’s potential and he said: "Yeah I can’t wait! I made the change last year, not at the wrong point, but it seemed like last year BMW maybe struggled compare🔯d ꦺto other manufacturers.
"So I think with them bringing out a new M sport bike this year, it shows they are keen to up the🃏ir game a little bit.
"I think they really want to put everything intജo it, and not just in BSB, but also World Superbike, so yeah I’m looking forward to jumping on the new M Sport bike and comparing it to the old bike and seeing what improvements have been made.
"Hearing f🐬rom the World Superbike boys in testing, I thinಌk the bike has made a massive step forward."
Ray previously rode fo𒉰r the Buildbase Suzuki team, where he has so far enjoyed most of his success.
Due to his talents and the year he had in 2018, Ray was given the opportunity to test the Suzuki MotoGP bike in Sepang, along with competing in the 2018 Suzu🌃ka 8 hours🥀.
Iꦏ talked to him about that and how it helped him as ཧa rider.
Ray said: "Yeah exactly, that’s one thing about Suzuki, is that they were ver🐈y loyal and gave me a lot of those opp𒁏ortunities and extras if you like.
"To do Suzuka 8 hour event and test a MotoGP bike was&n🔯bsp;phenomenal to have that opportunity.
"It was nice to do all those little extras an𒐪d was a massive help ൩in my career. As a kid you dream to swing your leg over a MotoGP bike one day, so it was an incredible experience."
