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BROOKES DOES THE BRANDS DOUBLE
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ustralian Josh Brookes took two hard fought victories at the sixth round of the 2018 British Super-
bike Championship, held at Brands Hatch, July 21-22.
The former British Superbike Champion and WorldSBK rider had yet to take a victory this year on the
McAms Yamaha YZF-R1 but set that straight with two wins over Be Wiser Ducati's Glen Irwin and Leon
Haslam (JG Speedfit Kawasaki) who maintains a massive 80-point lead in the series heading into round
seven at Thruxton in two weeks' time.
In the Supersport class, Ben Currie (Kawasaki) and Kyle Ryde (Kalex/GP2) shared the wins; Jake
Archer (KTM) took the Motostar/Moto3 race with American Brandon Paasch (Mahindra) taking fifth and
Joe Collier (Aprilia) and Billy McConnel (Suzuki) took the Superstock 1000 wins. CN
PJ JACOBSEN TO RACE FACTORY
HONDA IN SUZUKA 8 HOURS
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merican WorldSBK contender PJ Jacobsen will
get a golden opportunity to show what he can
do after being called up to replace the injured Leon
Camier in the factory Red Bull Honda Team for the
2018 Suzuka 8 Hours alongside Takumi Takahashi
and Takaaki Nakagami.
Jacobsen had initially been scheduled to ride for
the Musashi RT Harc-Pro Team alongside Dominique
Aegerter and JSB1000 championship racer Ryo
Mizuno. His place in that team will be taken by former
MotoGP front-runner, Randy de Puniet.
For Jacobsen, the chance to race a full factory
HRC machine at the most important race of the year for Japanese manufacturers
could be massive for his international career. The New Yorker has spent the 2018
season riding a privateer Honda CBR1000RR for the Triple M Racing Team after
stints in WorldSSP with Honda and MV Agusta.
The 2018 Suzuka 8 Hours will take place on Sunday, July 29. CN
PJ Jacobsen will get
a golden opportunity
this week at Suzuka
when he pilots the
factory Red Bull
Honda.
Brands Hatch Race One Brands Hatch Race Two
