Pole positions at Snetterton for Honda Racing UK

Glenn Irwin

Pole position today was good, I've been feeling good on the bike lately and I'm confident when we roll out on new tyres we can go as fast as anyone round here, if not faster. We know we have to improve the second half of the races and today we tried something different with a hard tyre, which felt good and I felt like I was controlling the pace. On lap five I made a really silly mistake, simple as that. I braked a bit deeper and it was a school boy error. We have two more races here tomorrow and I'm looking forward it, we're 12th on the grid but we've had some good rides on the Honda with lower grid positions so hopefully it's a day where we can make a lot of moves and finish higher up the pack. 

Race 1: DNF

Ryo Mizuno

We made some changes to the set-up for the race to improve, but we didn't go in the right direction. I made a bad start and it was a tough race chasing after the front group. I'm going to use the morning warm up and try to finish higher in the two races!

Race 1: 16th

Takumi Takahashi

It was difficult to find a good rhythm until FP3 but in the qualifying session I was able to find a bit of a rhythm. In the race I tried to make rhythm and good pace up after start but I couldn’t push 100%. We will make changes tonight, and tomorrow I will push hard from the start. 

Race 1: 14th

Tom Neave

Harv said to me in the garage before the session that Glenn had a pole position so there was no pressure, but it's a Honda thing so you've got to go and get pole now, so that's what I did! It definitely motivated me with Glenn doing that. We're both on a bit of a roll now with consecutive poles and we want to keep that form going. I love this place and we won here last year, we've got the Fireblade working amazing now and did the fastest ever lap on a Superstock bike, smashing the lap record and I'm absolutely ready to race tomorrow! 

Qualifying: Pole position