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Bird Takes Team To World Superbikes |
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Friday, 09 November 2007 |
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Following on from
discussions with his team’s current sponsors this week, double BSB
winning team owner Paul Bird will make an audacious bid to land the
World Superbike Championship next season.
After negotiations
with his 2007 riders Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne and Tom Sykes came to
nothing, Bird brokered a deal with his backers which will see them
all remain with the team for 2008 and as well as that budget, the
Cumbrian poultry magnate has been offered some help from the HRC
factory also.
Speaking about the
deal, Bird said: “I’ve always
said that at some point in time, I’d like to do the World
Championship and in the situation we have found ourselves in, now is
the ideal opportunity. I have a duty to my team to provide them with
the very best riders to work with and it is just what we need. We
have all felt like a pair of discarded Y Fronts over the past few
days and weeks but it just goes to prove that a team like mine can
bounce back and we are all very excited by the prospect. I’m sad to
be leaving BSB as we’ve had some great times there and I wish Tom
and Shakey all the best on their season with their respective teams
in the UK.”
Bird will announce
his line up of riders and further details upon his return from
holiday later this month.
The opening round of
the 2008 World Superbike Championship is on February 23rd
in
Qatar
with the two British rounds held at Brands Hatch on August
3rd and
DoningtonPark on September
7th.
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