Josh Brookes will be riding a Suzuki again during the 2012 British Superbike season. Brookes is the first of two riders to be signed under the new Tyco Suzuki racing banner.
Brookes, who made his British Superbike debut in 2011, took two wins and six podiums to claim fifth overall in the championship. Brookes, who just signed a two-year contract with the Tyco Suzuki team, should be a championship contender in 2012.
"It took us a while to get things to click this season, but when it did we proved how good a package we are together, so I'm looking forward to taking that to the next level in 2012," said Brookes. "I really enjoy working with the boys at TAS and I love the Northern Ireland lifestyle - so at least there will be no surprises when I return to start the season. The goal as always is to win the championship and I really believe we can hit the ground running and do the business from round one in April. I'm looking forward to it."
Philip Neill, Tyco Suzuki Team Manager, added:
"Our aim this year with a two rider team in BSB is to target the championship and we believe re-signing Josh as our headline rider is a good start in making that a realistic target. He showed us glimpses of brilliance this year with his race wins and some superb lap times. It's fair to say it probably took us a bit longer that we anticipated to get to know each other, and for Josh to gel with the TAS Racing GSX-R1000 Superbike - so a second year together was always going to be beneficial. It's good to get the deal finalised and great to have Josh back onboard. Now we need to concentrate on getting him a team-mate to complete the line-up."
You can see the 2012 British Superbike calendar here.
