Glenn Irwin: Ducati “invested heavily”, “ideas Danilo Petrucci has used”
"I know what I have to work on"

Glenn Irwin insists he can finally win the British Superbike Championship with Duc🧸ati’s backing.
Irwin was꧒ runner-up in 2022🍒, missed out by half-a-point to rival Tommy Bridewell in 2023, then finished third in the championship won by Kyle Ryde last year.
Irwin has signed a new deal with the Hager PBM Ducati team and retired👍 from road racing to concentrate on BSB🐭.
“I have no doubt I’ll be a Superbike Champion,” he said at the Motorcy🙈cle Live show.
“You can’t ✱put a timeline on it. but I have a great feeling it is all part of my story.
“In 2023, I lost by half-a-point. P🤡eople ask how ‘you get over that?’
“Well, there’s nothing to get over. It was what it was. It wasn’t𓂃 meant to be.
“With PBM for the next two yea🎀rs, if I was a betti𒈔ng man, I’d put a pound on it. My time will come.
“There’s no reason why not. Continuity with th♔e team, continuity with Ducati. It’s the brand I’ve had the most success with within my career.
“We kn𝔍ow how the championship has beenꦕ over the last couple of years. In 2023, we very much could have won it, it didn’t happen. And that’s fine.
“]2024], we were still ver♛y fast on days🔯 but not consistent enough, and not enough podiums. I know what I have to work on.
“The team has already invested heavily. It’s hard with the bike when𓄧 you don’t have a new model. You are looking at ways to d♉evelop something you already have in a great window.
“But🎐 they have invested heavily lately with some ideas that Danilo Petrucci has used in Worl𒁃d Superbikes with great success. It’s nice knowing that you have something coming.
“With the tyre 𝔍issue, we will have somethingꦦ better next year. Not as good as before, but I don’t need too much, just a little bit.
“But I’🍨ve the right mindset and I can foc💙us solely on BSB now.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky🎃 Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.