Who?s going to win BSB in 2022"
As the green flag waves on the first official test of the 2022 British Superbike season, I thought I ought to have a stab at who I think?s going to end the year on top; if only so, come October, I can look back at my predictions and see how wrong I was. I think most people will agree, BSB is a fairly hard one to call in 2022, with three British Champions (Tarran Mackenzie, Josh Brookes and Leon Haslam) and a World Champion (Tom Sykes) fighting for the spoils, as well as about a dozen other BSB race winners. So, who?s it going to be"
Showdown
Well first of all, let me give you my short-list, or the eight riders I think will make it into the ?BSB Showdown?. In no particular order (actually in order of their 2022 race numbers), my Showdown contender predictions are as follows: Tarran Mackenzie (McAMS Yamaha), Jason O?Halloran (McAMS Yamaha), Josh Brookes (MCE Ducati), Tommy Bridewell (Oxford Products Racing Ducati), Peter Hickman (FHO Racing BMW), Tom Sykes (MCE Ducati), Danny Buchan (SYNETIC BMW Motorrad) and Leon Haslam (VisionTrack Racing Kawasaki).
Sykes and Haslam are both fresh from WSBK, so ought to be able to bring something special to the table. And besides, if Sykes can?t do something on that Paul Bird Motorsport MCE Ducati, there?s something wrong.
Danny Buchan was on fire in the first half of last year, so if he can do that again, he?ll definitely be able to book himself a place in the showdown.
Hickman, over the last few years, has neve...
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