Championship leaders McAMS Yamaha will look to further extend their advantage as the Bennetts British Superbike Championship returns to Cadwell Park this weekend for the seventh round of the 2022 season.

Returning to its traditional Bank Holiday date, strong crowds are expected at the ‘Party in the Park’ and all eyes are on the Raceways Motorcycles run McAMS Yamaha effort after an incredible run of form has seen them unbeaten in the last eight races and having had both riders on the rostrum in the last six including five 1-2 finishes across the Brands Hatch and Thruxton events.

Having taken seven wins and finishing no lower than third in the last 12 races, Jason O’Halloran leads the championship standings by 24 points over fellow Yamaha rider Bradley Ray. O’Halloran scored three rostrum finishes at Cadwell Park last year including an exciting victory in the final race. While an Australian, O’Halloran has lived in Lincolnshire for well over a decade, so the circuit, located in the stunning Lincolnshire Wolds is what he considers a home track. Already confirmed in the Showdown, he’ll be looking to add to his podium points tally this weekend.

Team-mate Tarran Mackenzie will be looking to continue his resurgence. The reigning champion had a somewhat tumultuous start to the 2022 season, breaking both his ankles in separate incidents, but has since fought back strongly with six consecutive podiums and three wins from the last two rounds. Cadwell has been one of Mackenzie’s more challenging tracks in recent years, but riding the crest of the wave, he’s keen to see that corrected this weekend.

Theweekend will also pose another new challenge for the Superbike riders as for one round only, the iconic ‘Superpole’ qualifying format returns. The top 12 riders from Free Practice will earn an automatic place in the new Superpole and given just one lap to set a lap time to earn their place on the grid for Sunday’s opening race.

It’s also a huge weekend for Tim Neave and the Edwards 1902 Yamaha team, with both Tim and Edwards 1902 based just a short drive from the Cadwell Park circuit. Returning from injury last time out at Thruxton, the Lincolnshire rider was left frustrated as a technical issue meant he couldn’t achieve his true potential but is keen to bounce back at Cadwell Park this weekend.

The Bank Holiday weekend means practice gets underway on Saturday morning with Qualifying/Superpole and the opening race on Sunday before the final races of the weekend on Bank Holiday Monday, when the McAMS Yamaha team will be joined by the PATA Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK riders Toprak Razgatlioglu and Andrea Locatelli for moral support.