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

Glenn Irwin insist🐼s he can finally win the British Superbike Championship with Ducati’s backing.
Irwin was runner-up in 2022, misse𓆏d out by half-a-point to rival Tommy Bridewell in 2023, then finished third in the championship won by Kyle Ryde las꧃t year.
Irwin has signed a new deal🍒 with the Hager PBM Ducati team and retired𝓰 from road racing to concentrate on BSB.
“I have no doubt I’ll be a Superbike Champion,” he said at the Motorcy𒊎cle Live show.
“You can’t put a timeline on it. but I have a gr😼eat feeling 🧸it is all part of my story.
“In 2023, I lo𝔉st by half-a-point. Peop🎐le ask how ‘you get over that?’
“Well, there’s nothing to get over. ♏It was what it 💦was. It wasn’t meant to be.
“With PBM for thꦏe next two years, if I wಌas a betting man, I’d put a pound on it. My time will come.
“There’s no reason why not. Continuity with the team, c✅ontinuity with Ducati. It’s the brand I’ve had the most success with within my career.
“We know how the championship has been oveꦿr the last couple of years. In 2023, we very much could have won it, it didn’t happen. And thaꦉt’s fine.
“]2024], we were still very fast on days but not consistent enough, and not enough p꧂odiums. I know what I have to work on.
“The team has already iꩵnvested heavily. It’s hard with the bike when you don’t have a new model. You are looking at ways to ꦅdevelop something you already have in a great window.
“But they⛎ have invested heavily lately with some ideas that Danilo Petrucci has used in World Superbikes with great success. It’s nice knowing that you have something coming.
“With the tyre issue, w⭕e will have something 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 caꦓn focus solely on BSB now.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everyt꧋hing from American sports, to football, to F1.