Donington BSB test: Brookes ends final test on a high

VisinTrack Ducati's Josh Brookes finished the final Bennetts British Superbike pre-season test third on the timesheets after some setup mis-steps at Donington Park yesterday.

The 2020 title favourite ended only a tenth off the pace in seventh place with a 1'06.719, which was also only three-tenths off lap record pace.

"The bike was good at the end of last year and I was very pleased with pre-season testing in Spain and the changes to the bike all felt good," said Brookes.

"The Croft and Knockhill tests proved to be very beneficial also. We started putting things together at Donington Park today, but we got on the wrong path and the bike wasn’t suited to the track and we ended up with something like what he had in Spain. But we plugged away and it was a positive finish at the end.

"The benefit of test days is you get to test stuff and we did get through a few settings. It’s all positive and we were only a tenth of a second in it on the timesheets in the end. It’s looking good for the race and the bike I finished the day on was great.”