Josh Brookes had his first experience of the FHO Racing BMW with a shakedown test at Cadwell Park where he made his debut appearance with the team.

Brookes joins Faye Ho’s team for the 2023 season alongside Peter Hickman, who celebrated victory with the BMW M 1000 RR at the final round of the season at Brands Hatch, as the Australian bids to add to his incredible tally of 54 race wins and a total of 147 podiums next year.

“We have just finished the day at Cadwell Park and for October it hasn’t been a bad day, it started out wet but dried up this afternoon and we had a good afternoon of track time,” said the Australian.

“I got to working with all of the crew quickly and we got down to a 1’27.4s lap, which was pretty good all round and I am really happy with the initial feeling and of course there are areas to improve but it has been a good start.”