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‘No pressure for podiums’ says Hickman ahead of TT 2016

JG Speedfit Kawasaki’s Peter Hickman isn’t feeling any pressure to win races or even get on the podium at this year’s Isle of Man TT because it is still only his third year racing at the event and the first time he will ride a Superbike on the Island.

The Lincolnshire rider’s meteoric rise through the road racing ranks will see him start at number five this June with Ian Hutchinson to chase and Michael Dunlop to try and get away from.

“Loads of people have said I can win a race or get on the podium this year but it is only year three for me. OK, I have been fast in the last two years but I am still massively inexperienced compared the guys around me,” said Hickman, speaking at the TT launch.

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“I’ve got a guy in front of me who has won 11 TTs and one behind who has won 11 TTs, and I’ve not even been on a podium yet so for me there isn’t any pressure yet because I haven’t been on the podium.

“If I had done that already, then the pressure would be there to continue. Once you have got to that stage then anything less than that is a disaster for a racer so I am going to take it as another year, another step.

“I am on new machinery with the ZX-10R and it will be the first time I am using a Superbike as before I have used Superstock bikes and that will add a new dynamic.

“We’ve got more support from Kawasaki and more from the World Superbike team.  The big difference for me is that I have been testing for once - we’ve done five or six days over the winter and that difference is already showing.

“I usually take some time to get going but the team has already put me in a position where I can win BSB races and there’s no doubt we can be at the sharp end of road racing as well.”

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