TT winner and KMR boss Ryan Farquhar gets 2012 season off to a flying start
Thursday 12 April 2012
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Isle of Man TT winner Ryan Farquhar and his KMR Kawasaki team got the 2012 season off to a strong start over the Easter weekend.
Farquhar, who has the number 2 plate for the 2012 Isle of Man TT fuelled by Monster Energy, won both SuperTwin races at Bishopscourt on Saturday, while teammates Jamie Hamilton and Conor Parkhill joined him on the podium.
The weekend could not have started better for Dungannon’s Farquhar as he won the first two SuperTwin races and his delight increased when Hamilton and Parkhill finished behind him in 2nd and 3rd in the second encounter.
Parkhill added a 2nd place to his haul of results in the third race, while Hamilton also contested the three Superbike races on his ZX-10R Superstock bike and notched up two 11ths and a 12th.
Farquhar opted out of Easter Monday’s meeting at Kirkistown, but Hamilton and Parkhill kept the KMR flag flying, with the former taking two comfortable race wins in the SuperTwins races and the latter a 5th place. Hamilton also took 5th and 10th in the two Superbike races.
KMR boss Farquhar said:
“The weekend was more about getting time on the bikes for all of us and although the weather wasn’t the greatest, I’m very satisfied with the outcome.”
“There’s a bit more work to be done on the SuperTwin bike but, overall, it was working very well and to notch up another 1-2-3 in the class was superb. Jamie has a deal with a different tyre manufacturer so we tried various things all weekend and it was definitely an improvement each time he went out so we’re getting there.”
“It was a similar story with the bike and he steadily improved his results notching up a 5th place in the Mayor’s Trophy on Easter Monday.”
He added:
“I was also very happy with Conor’s performance and he’s proving to be an excellent acquisition for the time and he’s got a good future ahead of him. There’s a lot of big races coming up over the next couple of months, not least the International road races, so rather than risk anything I sat out of Monday’s races as conditions weren’t the greatest.”
“It’s a good way to start the season and with everything looking good, I’m very excited about the year ahead.”
Farquhar and Hamilton are next in action at Oliver’s Mount, Scarborough, for the Spring Cup races this weekend.