Jason O'Halloran topped the recent Bennetts British Superbike Championship R&G Official Test at Oulton Park and now the McAMS Yamaha rider is targeting his first podium of the season this Bak Holiday weekend (April 29 – May 1).
O’Halloran has previously had plenty of success at the Cheshire circuit and he heads into the team’s home round bidding to add to his tally and be back in the fight for the podium finishes after a solid start at the opening round at Silverstone.
O’Halloran said: “It was good to get started at Silverstone; it was a fairly steady one to be fair. On Friday to be fair, it was the first time we had ridden the bike this year in the dry, it was the same for everyone, but I felt pretty good and we were still trying a few things on the bike. We did that to get some information, it probably didn’t quite work out as good as what we had hoped for at Silverstone. I felt really good in myself and I feel overall we did a pretty good job for the first weekend of the year on the bike.
I was looking forward to the Oulton Park test straight after it and hoped for some dry track time to work through a few bits, the first day was rained off and then on the second day I had a small crash early on. Luckily I was able to do the last session and managed to be fastest, which is always pretty good but more importantly I had a good feeling with the bike and I think setting wise and overall we are in a pretty good place for this weekend.
“The competition is always strong, and there are a lot of riders that love Oulton Park, including myself so I expect it to be a competitive weekend. But I expect to be in the fight for the top positons and I am looking forward to trying to get our first podiums and hopefully first win of the season and I can’t wait to get going.”