THE FHO BMW Racing Team finished Round Eight at Snetterton with a second place finish for LEW-sponsored Peter Hickman! 

Peter Hickman grabbed runners up spot in a dramatic final Bennetts British Superbike race of the weekend.

In a much more sombre and subdued weekend than usual, Hickman qualified ninth for Saturday’s race.

Hickman went on to bank an eighth place where he also lined up for the start of Sunday’s race. After getting a bit caught up in the pack in the early laps, he continued to push forward, eventually crossing the line fifth.

In the final race, he started sixth and was holding position when the safety car was deployed on lap nine. When it went in, Hickman fought his way up to fourth by the flag but the top three were then handed two second penalties for passing the safety car before it had entered pit lane, promoting him to second place and giving him his first top three of the year.

 

FHO Racing BMW

 

Peter Hickman, Superbike
R1: P8, R2: P5, R3: P2

“It’s been a strange round and we’ve had to deal with lots of very different things, including the weather which really made things tough at the start of the weekend. But even in the wet qualifying we were better than we have been and the first race wasn’t too bad, eighth wasn’t the end of the world.

“Of course, I’d have liked a win and we needed it if we wanted to make the Showdown but that was always just a slim chance anyway. In the second race, we managed to get through the pack a bit quicker and I was happy with the fifth.

“In the last one, I got caught up in the pack longer than I wanted and I also had a missed gear so ran over the grass at one point which didn’t help but we were so close at the end in fourth and then when the top three got the penalty, we were second.

“It may have been by default, but you have to be in it to win it and I was only a second off third, so I’m happy with how strong we were. On to Oulton now, let’s see if we can get some more podiums and even wins before the end of the year.”

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