Jason O'Halloran scored his first podium finish of the season for Honda Racing last time out at Brands Hatch and the Australian is full focused on making it a repeat performance at the Bank Holiday Monday round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park.

O’Halloran had celebrated a third place finish in the opening race in Kent before a wrong tyre choice sidelined him from race two and he is keen to regain the lost points haul this weekend following a positive test last week at the Cheshire circuit.

O’Halloran said: “Brands Hatch was really good for us and it felt good being back on the podium for sure! We made good progress all weekend and in the first race it all came together; I had a really good feeling with the bike and I felt really confident. It was a shame we went for the wrong tyre choice in race two which ended our race, but it was still a positive weekend and I left there feeling happy.

“The Oulton Park test was a good one, although on the timesheets we were not as high up the order; we had a lot of work to get through and we were back-to-back testing different areas and they was really constructive. It was important for us to get through that, so we didn’t have time to put in a new tyre at the end to try and do a lap, but we know we have some good momentum and a good place to start now this weekend.

“Because of that, I am really looking forward to the weekend ahead and trying to fight for the podium again; we have a good pace and I believe we can be back up at the sharp end again this weekend. I can’t wait to get started!”