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Luke Quigley and Formwise/Astro Racing have switched machinery ahead of Round 8
of the British Superstock Championship at Snetterton this weekend. Quigley, who
lies fifth in the championship standings, has so far competed on a 2009 Suzuki
GSX-R1000 but will continue aboard a new BMW S1000RR.
The German engineered BMW machine is
rapidly becoming the weapon of choice for riders in the production based series.
Going into the weekend, BMW riders occupy first and fourth place in the
championship. According to manufacturer specification a road-going S1000RR
generates 193bhp, which is 10bhp more than the Suzuki. Quigley hopes that the
extra horsepower will give him the edge down Snetterton's two long, fast
straights.
Quigley has been busily preparing the new bike since the last round at Knockhill
and was only able to get his first taste of riding it today (Wednesday). After
ironing out some early problems, Quigley was able to get ten laps of practice at
Mallory Park. He now heads to Snetterton hoping to repeat the form he showed
last time out; as he raced to a 2nd place finish.
Quigley commented: "We have made the decision to switch to the BMW based on the
performance they have shown over the opening seven rounds. I have seen how much
faster they are in a straight line than anything else on the grid. Obviously we
had the Suzuki working pretty well and knew where we were with the set-up, but
when you give away so much top speed its a huge disadvantage."
"I got a few laps on the new bike today just to get a feel for it really. I had
some problems with the front end early on, but we have made some progress on
that already. Hopefully if we get a good couple of sessions on Friday then we
can be on the pace this weekend."
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