Oulton Park is the venue for round three of the 2017 MCE British Superbike Championship this bank holiday weekend with Be Wiser Ducati Racing Team rider Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne after his first win of the season.

For five-times and defending champion Byrne, he knows he needs to get his season started after being ruled out of action after suffering injury in morning warm up at Donington Park at the opening round and then, after a fourth place finish in race one at his local track of Brands Hatch over Easter, he crashed out of race two whilst challenging for the lead.

The Sittingbourne rider languishes down in 14th place in the points table as a result and knows nothing short of victory at the Cheshire track will suffice if he’s to challenge for crown number six and although the Showdown format of the series does allow for a couple of hiccups, he knows he can’t afford any more on the factory-supported Be Wiser Ducati Panigale R.

Shane Byrne: “It seems all I’ve gone on about lately is getting my season started. Donington Park never went to plan at all and then Brands Hatch wasn’t what we needed so onwards and upwards.”

“We tested recently at Oulton Park and got some very important miles under our belts and even though I wasn’t 100% happy with the bike, we still ended up second fastest so hopefully we can build on that.”

“The fact remains and is quite simple, I need to win and that’s my intention.”

Paul Bird, Team Owner added: “We’ve had a difficult start to the season and it’s now time to get things back on track. Both riders know what they have to do this weekend and we can ill-afford giving our rivals a further advantage.”

“The team has been developing the bike since Brands Hatch and both Shakey and Glenn are capable of winning so our season starts now. Oulton Park is a local race for us so we will have plenty of support and expectations are high of some good results.”

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