British weather got the best of BSB testing at꧂ Snetterton this week with teams electing not to ride on days one and three. 

However, the second day saw a break in the wet and blustery cond📖itions which led to another good day for the new BMW team, as five-time Isle of Man TT winner Peter Hickman was fifth quickest. 

Former WorldSBK rider Xaviღ Fores was quickest of the pair a week ago at Silverstone with a best finish of fourth on day-one, and with two completely diওfferent circuit layouts tested at, the results and consistency shown has so far been impressive on the new M 1000 RR package. 

Speaking after a limited, but productive test nonetheless, Hickman said: "The Snet⛎terton test has been quite positive for us and although we didn’t get in as much riding as we would have liked, with two sessions yesterday, but the news is the BMW felt good straight off. If you look at the times it was pretty evident from all of the BMW teams. 

"Again, it is stillꦇ very early days still for us and I am happy that I feel comfortable on it at another different track, so that is a big positive after some changes we made at S𓆉ilverstone. 

"Yesterday I didn’t feel like I was pushing that hard and we didn’t go for a fas🌺t lap and so it was nice to be in the top five. 

"We had made some changes to test today to hopefully try and improve the pace again, but unfortunately that didn’t𒅌 happen, so we can🌟 move on to Oulton Park where hopefully we can get some more track time in."

For Hickman’s Spanish team-mate Fores, this year sees a⭕ return to BSB following his one and only season in 2019 so far, as 2020 saw a return to Worl♛dSBK with Kawasaki. 

It was a difficult return to World Superbike for Fores tho♏ugh as he could only manage five top ten finishes - eighth his best on four occasions - but pre-season testing with the new BMW M 1000 RR has been a good one for the 35 year-old with Oulton Park up next. 

Speaking after Thursday’s washout, Fores added: "It was a short test here at Snetterton because of the weather. We didn’t spin as many laps as we woul🧔d have liked to, but it was good for me to refresh myself with the layout of the track at Snett𒉰erton before the race later in the year. 

"I was still able to get an understanding f꧃or how the BMW reacts at this circuit💯 and it was a shame as we had made some good changes after the last test that we wanted to try here. 

"We will now look ahead t🥀o Oulton Park to test those changes there. I am pleased though that we have been able to get on track, I stayed in the top eight and that is good for my🧸 confidence being back in this championship. 

"I am quite happy overall and now I can look forward to the next test and learning more ther🐭e with the new BMW M✨ 1000 RR."