Bridewell clinched his first podiu𒁏m of the 2022 BSB season at Ou🌃lton Park, but after dominating round nine at the same venue in 2021, patience is now key as he looks to extract the best performance from his new Panigale V4 R. 

The Oxford Prꦍoducts Ducati rider, like at Silverstone, led the charge for Ducati as Josh Brookes and in particular Tom Sykes struggled. 

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Bridewell initially had to recover from a poor qualifying, but to his credit he did just that as race one showcased similar levels of dominance as last ye𒀰ar, but in a different way.

Instead of waltzing off into the distance for a comfortable victo🗹ry, as was the case during the showdown, Bridewell made overtake after overtake before closing a substantial gap to the podium battle in just a handful oಌf laps. 

Bridewell was unable to replicate that type of performance in race two as he crashed out a💛t the final corner, however, race three was agaꦿin a strong showing as he claimed second. 

🧜With that said, Bridewell wasn’t completely satisfied after allu๊ding to feeling more pressure heading into the weekend based off last year’s incredible round nine. 

"It’s been a little bit of a topsy-turvy w🔥eekend really. You come here from last year at round nine and we had absolutely nailed the window o⛎f where the bike likes to be worked," said Bridewell. 

"I was riding at the of my game and we were fighting with the McAMS Yamaha. So now I’ve come here for round two and everyone expects me to go and be doing๊ that again but the pace has got faster. 

"We’ve got a new bike and so there’s a lot of factors that kind of put the pressure on us, and also it was harder. I’m happy with how the w൲eekend turned out. 

"I think I’ve learne🌟d that after crashing in the second race, I’ve just learned that I’m going 🍌to have to be a little bit more patient."

Could greater potential with the new Ducati result in Bridewell having a say in the championship fight?

Bridewell is traditionally a rider who comes g🤡ood as the season goes on, and if the bike has a ‘bigger window’ to work in as he suggests, then there’s no reason why he can’t be a factor.

Discussing the bike as a whole,꧑ Bridewell added: "The potential of the bike is very strong but we need to understand the window that the bike likes to be working in. It’s a bigger window but it’s about trying to get it in there first. 

"We made a really bold change for race three and it was better, still not right, but better. But crashing out of the earli♒er race, I just lost that last five to s💧ix laps of data for tyre wear. 

"To be honest, when I caught Brad [Ray] I look🌜ed at my dash and saw 1m 35.1s and was like this is slow from the pace we’ve been doing all weekend. 

"But when I got past him, if I’m honest, I really struggled to go quicker just because I lost the rear tyre. Lee then came by ꧑and I could see the grip he had and there was just nothing I could do."

Wrong direction for two-time BSB champion Brookes

After a good fiﷺrst race in which he finished fourth, Brookes once ag🎶ain found it difficult. 

The MCE Ducati rider could 🎶only manage tenth in race two, before turning that into eighth for race three. The problem? A set-up change that took the bike’s performance🅷 ‘backwards’. 

"The second race was disappointing as we made the wrong changes to the bike, and it just didn’t work out," claime🉐d Brookes. "I went backwards and faded pretty much from the start, so it was disappointing for all concerned. 

"We put the bike closer 🧜to how it had been yesterday and had the information t🤡o make only a small change and the bike worked better albeit not with the lap times to compete for the podium. 

"It was obviously difficult starting a long way back on the grid 🎀too, but I was happy to recover some form at th♑e end. We definitely need to make improvements with the bike as we’re running at a similar pace to 2019 and 2020 but things have obviously moved on since then."