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Thruxton BSB: Brookes put 'everything on the line' for pole

Milwaukee Yamaha’s Josh Brookes gave it everything to bag pole position during the MCE British Superbike qualifying session at Thruxton and put down a solid 1’14.464, going 0.4 seconds under lap-record pace at the Hampshire track.

The Bringelly rider was a little surprised with just how fast he did manage to get on his R1, and made sure that he didn’t make a mistake. Brookes has been on the pace all weekend and is feeling confident going into the two races on Sunday.

“I didn’t know that I would have that time in me after Q2 seeing John’s lap was impressive as you always leave a little bit to the end as you don’t want to make a mistake and crash in Q2 and miss out. I knew I had a little in reserve but I didn’t know it would be that much,” said Brookes.

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“I put everything on the line and did a really good lap time, put my head down and tried to match it again and the first part of the lap was good, then in the final chicane I fell onto the side of the apex a little too aggressively and it interrupted my acceleration onto the straight and fortunately I improved and maintained the pole position.

“I am really happy for the Milwaukee Yamaha team as they have given me a bike to really push for it this weekend and I am confident to ride it how I want. It is good to see a bit of a change at the front having John back and Luke Mossey up into the frame and Cooper at the last round – I am sure the fans are going to enjoy it.”

Brookes was also a tad shocked where title rival, PBM Kawasaki’s Shane Byrne ended on the timesheets today. He is languishing in P16 for race one tomorrow, and Brookes is interested in seeing how it all pans out come race-day.

“Shakey is having a so-so weekend and we have had the perfect start – the pole position was the cherry on the top. I thought maybe he was playing a card and was saving it for qualifying but that wasn’t the case. We will see what happens tomorrow but I am feeling confident.”

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