Having attended both the Silverstone and Donington Park British Superbike Championship test days last week, I can safely say this season is set to be a cracker. It looks like there are more competitive teams and riders than ever with a healthy mix of established stars and a crop of fast newcomers. Times at the top of the sheets were very tight and top slot was only secured in the dying minutes of the final session on both test days. For the record Leon Haslam topped the time sheets at Silverstone and Michael Laverty took the top slot at Donington. Silverstone was absolutely freezing cold and I'm not sure everyone was pushing as hard as they would have liked to so the times there threw up a few surprises (like Filip Backlund in third - well done!), but Donington was pretty mild. Conditions were near perfect so I think the times were pretty representative of what we can expect to see this year. Laverty and Shakey were totally on it and un-surprisingly took the top two slots, but in third and fourth were Christian Iddon and Luke Mossey. Iddon and Mossey are my tips for the showdown this year. Remember, you heard it hear first!
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