BSB: Byrne out to make amends at Donington

It might have been a disastrous weekend at Oulton Park for Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne but he refused to be downbeat ahead of the Showdown getting underway later this week.

A number of uncharacteristic mistakes saw the four-time champion endure his worst weekend of the year with just a ninth and fifth to take from the three races after dramatically crashing out of the second race.

With title rival Leon Haslam scoring a hat-trick of wins, Byrne lost the series lead for the first time since round four but with all points reset ahead of the Showdown and only podium credits counting, what could have been a 36-point deficit now sits at just a three-point gap between the duelling duo.

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He told MCN: “While there was no real pressure on us this weekend as we’d cemented our place in the Showdown I didn’t see it like that! I wanted to come here and open up a bit of a gap in podium credits but as it turned out I lost the lead, but it’s better to be the hunter than hunted! 

“Unfortunately, shit happens! Sometimes on a motorbike you can feel as though you’re walking on water but at other times you can’t even tread in a puddle! Fortunately for me it’s better to have a weekend like this now than in one of the Showdown rounds. 

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