Frustrating Weekend for McAMS Yamaha at Oulton Park

Frustrating Weekend for McAMS Yamaha at Oulton Park

Jason O’Halloran concluded the ninth round of the 2023 Bennetts British Superbike Championship with an eighth and ninth place in Sunday’s races at Oulton Park.

Having lost time with a small issue in the opening free practice, the team were unable to get back on the front foot, with the Aussie struggling with a lack of feeling all weekend with his R1.

In three very similar outings, O’Halloran was unable to make up ground, making for a lonely race with a sizeable gap both in front and behind. The second race of the weekend saw him start eighth on the grid, and losing a couple of places on the start, he was able to make them back up with relative ease but was unable to progress any further through the pack.

A sixth-place grid position for the final race of the weekend gave the team some hope, but it was a similar story with O’Halloran losing some places on the start and again unable to recover the ground lost.

Riding for the team in a one-off appearance this weekend, 2015 British Supersport Champion Luke Stapleford lapped quicker around Oulton Park than he has ever been before, finishing 14th and 16th in Sunday’s two outings.

The weekend’s results meant a significant knock to O’Halloran’s title campaign, now sitting 84 points off the lead, dropping back to sixth in the standings.

Jason O'Halloran

Championship: 6th

Race 1

8th

Race 2

8th

Race 3

9th

“It’s been a difficult weekend really. It’s not ideal but I did the best job I could – we’ve just been lacking something and no matter what we did we couldn’t improve the feeling. I finished all the races which is positive, so we’ll go through everything and try to understand. Donington is a different track compared to Oulton, so hopefully we can turn up there in a different place, reset after this weekend and go again.”

Luke Stapleford

Race 1

DNF

Race 2

14th

Race 3

16th

“I’ve loved every minute of the weekend with McAMS Yamaha. I’m very grateful to get the opportunity and I don’t feel like I’ve done too bad of a job. The times I have been doing are faster than I’ve ever done here before, and I’ve not been riding a superbike this season so to jump on something completely different and not embarrass myself I’m happy. We all know how deep the field is in Superbike. It’s been a really enjoyable weekend and I’d like to thank Steve, Chris and everyone for the opportunity.”

Steve Rodgers

Team Principal

“We can’t lie; two eighths and a ninth aren’t the results we go racing for. For some reason, it just hasn’t happened for Jason this weekend. It feels like we were on the back foot from free practice one and just weren’t able to recover that ground and get back on the front foot. We’ll look through the data and try to understand why that is, but Donington is another track so we’ll re-group and have another go there. Thanks to Luke for stepping in this weekend, BSB is a really tough class and he’s certainly not embarrassed himself all things considered.”

Bennetts British Superbike Championship Race two results

Pos Rider Team Bike
1 Glenn Irwin PBM Ducati Ducati
2 Glenn Irwin PBM Ducati Ducati
3 Kyle Ryde RICH Energy OMG Racing Yamaha Yamaha
4 Kyle Ryde RICH Energy OMG Racing Yamaha Yamaha
5 Josh Brookes FHO Racing BMW
6 Tommy Bridewell PBM Ducati Ducati
7 Christian Iddon Oxford Ducati Ducati
8 Jason O'Halloran McAMS Yamaha Yamaha
9 Ryan Vickers OMG Racing Yamaha
10 Peter Hickman FHO Racing BMW BMW

Bennetts British Superbike Championship Race three results

Pos Rider Team Bike
1 Tommy Bridewell PBM Ducati Ducati
2 Glenn Irwin PBM Ducati Ducati
3 Lee Jackson FS-3 Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki
4 Leon Haslam ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team BMW
5 Josh Brookes FHO Racing BMW
6 Kyle Ryde RICH Energy OMG Racing Yamaha Yamaha
7 Christian Iddon Oxford Ducati Ducati
8 Ryan Vickers OMG Racing Yamaha
9 Jason O'Halloran McAMS Yamaha Yamaha
10 Storm Stacey GR Motorsport Kawasaki

2023 Bennetts British Superbike Championship

Pos Rider Team Bike PTS
1 Glenn Irwin PBM Ducati Ducati 360.5
2 Tommy Bridewell PBM Ducati Ducati 360
3 Kyle Ryde RICH Energy OMG Racing Yamaha Yamaha 300
4 Leon Haslam ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team BMW 283
5 Lee Jackson FS-3 Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki 280.5
6 Jason O'Halloran McAMS Yamaha Yamaha 276.5
7 Josh Brookes FHO Racing BMW 250
8 Christian Iddon Oxford Ducati Ducati 222
9 Ryan Vickers OMG Racing Yamaha 207
10 Charlie Nesbitt Hawk Racing Honda 122.5

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