Tommy Bridewell feels Honda is “nonetheless too far” from the tempo of its rival producers within the 2025 BSB season.
The Knockhill BSB noticed a continuation of the themes from this 12 months, with Raceways Yamaha rider Bradley Ray successful two of the three races, and the one rider in a position to beat him being one aboard a Ducati (Rory Skinner within the case of Race 3 on Sunday).
Bridewell’s Knockhill podium within the moist Race 2 on Sunday was his third in two rounds, after being on the podium in each Race 1 and Race 2 at Snetterton two weeks beforehand.
However the 2024 runner-up and 2023 BSB Champion nonetheless feels that Honda is at an excessive amount of of a deficit from Yamaha and Ducati when it comes to tempo.
“It was nice for the workforce to have the ability to get one other podium within the Dash race,” Bridewell stated.
“It was laborious work and I used to be happy with the best way I used to be using, for positive.
“That stated, we’re nonetheless too far off the tempo of our opponents, the Yamaha and Ducati, to essentially come away feeling utterly optimistic. To say that I’m hungry for extra could be an enormous, huge understatement. We’re enjoying our hand as greatest we are able to, however I’m clearly annoyed, so we’ll should see the place we are able to get to at Manufacturers Hatch.”
Irwin: “A weekend I wanted to have”
For Bridewell’s Honda Racing UK teammate, Andrew Irwin, the weekend in Knockhill provided positivity, with two top-10 finishes, after what he described as a “troublesome” Snetterton spherical.
“It was a weekend that I felt I wanted to have,” he stated.
“I’m probably not right here to race within the backside of the highest 10 however, for me, getting back from a weekend as troublesome as Snetterton, it’s a very good step and it’s a lot better.
“We have to hold working in a relaxed, mannerly method and proceed to progress and to proceed that work at Manufacturers Hatch.
“This was a very good step on from Snetterton, now we have to do the identical once more.
“I understand how to get to the rostrum and to win races in BSB, and I’ve acquired to be affected person and work with the workforce to get ourselves again and get ready to problem additional up the sphere.”
