Peter Hickman

After securing two runner-up spots in his two races at Snetterton on Sunday, Louth rider Peter Hickman leapfrogs Martin Jessopp to move into second place in the rider standings of the Mirror.co.uk British Superbike Cup that is run within the main British Superbike championship.



Hickman began his Snetterton campaign from a fifth row grid position in 18th place and made progress through to 14th place within the space of two laps of leg one. But his efforts were all in vain as the race was red flagged on lap three because of oil on the track at Sears.



At the restart the Ultimate Racing Yamaha rider didn’t manage such a good start but after passing series leader Gary Mason he settled into 16th place to become the top Cup rider circulating on the track. But a late charge from newcomer Tommy Bridewell saw Hicky relegated down the order to finish in second place in the cup and 17th in the overall British Superbike race.



Race two saw Hicky get another good start and he moved straight into 16th place. He became embroiled in a battle for supremacy between himself, Gary Mason and Atsushi Watanabe with Mason just holding his line to the chequered flag ahead of Hickman who pulled away from Watanabe to secure second in the cup and finish in 15th place overall to pick up another championship point in the British Superbike championship taking his total to five.



“In the first race I got a little bit beat up on the first lap but nothing major, its is about time I got through the first lap without being run off onto the grass. Then we had the stoppage and at the restart I got away really well, the first lap went ok and I just built from there. Gary Mason’s engine had a misfire and I nearly rammed the back of him so that cost me some time and allowed Tommy Bridewell to catch and pass me.



“In race two, again I started really well and got into a rhythm but then let Tris Palmer past which was a bit of a wrong decision as he kept holding me up for the first few laps. But once I got past him again I was around three seconds behind Jon Kirkham and Gary Mason and it took me all race to catch them back up. I eventually got there with two laps to go but because they were fighting between the two of them I couldn’t find a way past. But it was close as Gary jumped the chicane on the last lap and I nearly highsided myself so he still beat me to the line. We have closed the gap on him this weekend as he didn’t finish the first race so that’s good for us.”



The next round is at Knockhill in Scotland on July 6 where the 22-year-old Lincolnshire rider will be chasing a top result in the cup to move nearer to the championship lead.