Brookes wins both Superstock races at Silverstone MotoGP Australian looks forward to competing in World Superbikes on the new track

Josh   Brookes,   competing   in   the   Metzeler   National   Superstock   1000   Championship   at Silverstone’s  MotoGP  event  last  weekend  (18-20  June),  took  two  historic  victories  on  the  new Grand Prix Circuit. Brookes was the first ever rider to win on the newly configured track during Saturday’s  Superstock  race,  then  battled  to  the  front  of  the  field  on  Sunday  to  claim a double victory at the circuit’s inaugural bike event.

Following his win on Saturday, Brookes watched the start of the MotoGP race from the air, taking in aerial views of  the circuit by helicopter. Commenting on the new Silverstone layout, Brookes said,  “It’s  great;  it’s  spot  on,  exactly  what  a  proper  international  circuit  should  be.  There  were places to overtake on nearly every corner of the circuit because the track is so wide, you can set up two to three corners before and then plan a pass on pretty much any corner on the circuit.

“There are other tracks where there is really only one place to make a move, and when you do it’s a really desperate move, whereas here [at Silverstone] it’s possible to make a lot more passes. I think it’s brilliant.”

HM Plant Honda rider Brookes is confirmed to race twice more at Silverstone this year, as a ‘wild card’ entry in the only British round of the FIM Superbike World Championship (30 July-1 August) and  as  part  of  the  MCE   Insurance  British  Superbike  Championship  which  heads  to  the Northamptonshire track on 24-26 September.  

 Talking  about  his  return  to  Silverstone  for  World  Superbikes,  Brookes  said,  “I’m  really  looking forward to it now that I’ve had some track time and know what the circuit is like. It’s something to be excited about because I know I’m coming to a great track.”