ꦿJason O’Halloran was in a philosophical mood following the opening round of the 2019 Bennetts British Superbike Championship after a double DNF left him cruelly unrewarded on his otherwise eye-catching McAMS Yamaha debut at Silverstone.

Switching to the Steve Rodgers-helmed🐼 team this year after several seasons competing on Honda machinery in BSB, O’Halloran has quickly acquainted himself with t🔥he Yamaha R1 to produce pace-setting times in testing and into the Silverstone opener.

Despite missing out on pole position to his team-mate Tarran Mackenzie, O’Halloran got the bette🧸r start in race one to take a lead he looked set to control to the chequered flag. However, his hopes of a first win since 2016 was scuppered when Mackenzie attempted an ill-fated pass at Luffield, with the pair making contact to send the Australian down and out of the race just metres from the chequered flag.

Eager to b✤ounce back in race two, O’Halloran’s race lasted just three laps when technical gremlins consigned him to a second DNF of the day

Nonetheless, despite leaving Silverstone with a ‘zero score’ unrepresentative of his strong pace throughout the weekend, a sanguine O’Halloran says he has pl♔enty of positives to focus oౠn regardless.

“Tha🅰t’s bike racing,” he said. “We had a really strong weekend and worked hard all through practice, qualified on the front row of the grid and th💯en got to the front in race one and led 29 and three-quarter laps.

“I felt really comfortable oꦍn the bike so fair play to the guys. I’ve never felt so comfortable and in control of a race, but unfortunately we had the coming togetheꦦr at the final corner.

“In race two, the bike felt slow from the start but I was still coming back through when we had the issue. Oulton Park will be roun♎d one for me, we need to forget this weekend and focus on the positives. In my whole career I have never had so much pace, or so much control on a bike so I’m looking forward to the year ahead.”