Tommy Bridewell is unable to enter the primary British Superbike Championship spherical of 2025 with important confidence.
Bridewell gained the title in 2023 earlier than being ousted on the closing spherical final yr by Kyle Ryde.
He was only one level away from turning into the primary rider to win consecutive BSB titles with completely different producers.
However Honda Racing UK have had a tough pre-season leaving Bridewell uncertain of his competitiveness earlier than racing at Oulton Park this weekend.
“It’s been a troublesome winter take a look at interval,” he admitted.
“In Monteblanco I had an incredible feeling with the bike and it was working completely unbelievable, and we tried to maintain the dynamic of the bike, or the setup of the bike very related at Navarra, Donington and Oulton, however it did not work in that space.
“We persevered with it by means of the take a look at however we ended up going again to what I ran final yr and instantly I felt much more snug with the bike, and felt so much happier.
“I simply bought into a number of dangerous habits attempting to experience the bike the way it was arrange beforehand, so I want a bit little bit of time to readjust and the time without work because the Oulton Park take a look at has in all probability completed me good to simply hit the reset.
“I’m comfortable; we’ve completed a great deal of laps, we’ve a great deal of info and I’m trying ahead to spherical one.
“It’s a blended feeling if I’m trustworthy, I couldn’t inform you whether or not I really feel assured that I’m going to go there and combat for podiums, or whether or not I’m going to go there and wrestle.
“It’s an odd, unusual opening spherical for me as Oulton Park is notoriously very robust for me however it was certainly one of our tougher rounds final yr.
“On paper you’d be going, I’m coming into the season on type from clearly ending the season how I did final yr, however simply due to having an up and down winter take a look at, there’s fairly an enormous query mark over the place I really feel we’ll be.
“I’m trying ahead to it however I’m additionally intrigued to see how we stack up towards our rivals.”
