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Donington BSB “not the easiest” for one former race winner
Lee Jackson admits the Donington Park BSB test was not “the easiest” for him, but feels improvements were made by the end.
Lee Jackson says the Donington Park BSB test was “not the easiest” for him, but felt that by the end of the second day he’d made some progress.
Jackson enters his second season of BSB with the DAO Racing team in 2026, but with new technical staff on his side of the garage.
The new relationships complicated the test for him, as did the wind, he explained.
“It’s been a busy and windy test,” Jackson told Crash.net after the Oulton Park test.
“Obviously, the weather didn’t play ball with the fact that it was really windy, but better than not having any dry track time. So, a bit tricky.
“Got a new data guy and a new crew chief on my side of the garage this year, so a lot to be learnt for those guys and it just made the job a bit harder for myself. It’s not been the easiest of tests and it’s not where I want to end up.
“We got a bit closer at the end of the second day, found a little bit of time, but I know where we can improve with a few ideas.
“We probably just didn’t get there quick enough because of the new people in the garage to direct us in the right place. We’ve got a bit of work on our hands at the minute, but we’re in a good place.”
Jackson added that the wind did not prevent him from understanding the effects of changes that were made to the bike.
“It’s obviously hard when the wind is gusting around and blowing you off-line, but you get the general feel that you’re looking for,” he said.
“You’ve just got to be patient, you’ve got to understand where it’s windy, where it’s not.”
The Oulton Park test on 22–23 April will be the last opportunity for all BSB riders to fine tune their settings before the first round on 3–5 May. For Jackson, settling on a base setting is the priority at the next test.
“Definitely the first day we’ll be getting that base feeling, base understanding, and the second day hopefully we’ll be in a better working window that puts us in a good place going into the race weekend,” he said.
“Everyone knows that consistency on a race track is what you need, so if we can make the bike as consistent as possible, not change it too much then that should put us in a positive place for the race weekend.”
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Lee Jackson admits the Donington Park BSB test was not “the easiest” for him, but feels improvements were made by the end.
Lee Jackson says the Donington Park BSB test was “not the easiest” for him, but felt that by the end of the second day he’d made some progress.
Jackson enters his second season of BSB with the DAO Racing team in 2026, but with new technical staff on his side of the garage.
The new relationships complicated the test for him, as did the wind, he explained.
“It’s been a busy and windy test,” Jackson told Crash.net after the Oulton Park test.
“Obviously, the weather didn’t play ball with the fact that it was really windy, but better than not having any dry track time. So, a bit tricky.
“Got a new data guy and a new crew chief on my side of the garage this year, so a lot to be learnt for those guys and it just made the job a bit harder for myself. It’s not been the easiest of tests and it’s not where I want to end up.
“We got a bit closer at the end of the second day, found a little bit of time, but I know where we can improve with a few ideas.
“We probably just didn’t get there quick enough because of the new people in the garage to direct us in the right place. We’ve got a bit of work on our hands at the minute, but we’re in a good place.”
Jackson added that the wind did not prevent him from understanding the effects of changes that were made to the bike.
“It’s obviously hard when the wind is gusting around and blowing you off-line, but you get the general feel that you’re looking for,” he said.
“You’ve just got to be patient, you’ve got to understand where it’s windy, where it’s not.”
The Oulton Park test on 22–23 April will be the last opportunity for all BSB riders to fine tune their settings before the first round on 3–5 May. For Jackson, settling on a base setting is the priority at the next test.
“Definitely the first day we’ll be getting that base feeling, base understanding, and the second day hopefully we’ll be in a better working window that puts us in a good place going into the race weekend,” he said.
“Everyone knows that consistency on a race track is what you need, so if we can make the bike as consistent as possible, not change it too much then that should put us in a positive place for the race weekend.”
Lee Jackson says the Donington Park BSB test was “not the easiest” for him, but felt that by the end of the second day he’d made some progress.
Jackson enters his second season of BSB with the DAO Racing team in 2026, but with new technical staff on his side of the garage.
The new relationships complicated the test for him, as did the wind, he explained.
“It’s been a busy and windy test,” Jackson told Crash.net after the Oulton Park test.
“Obviously, the weather didn’t play ball with the fact that it was really windy, but better than not having any dry track time. So, a bit tricky.
“Got a new data guy and a new crew chief on my side of the garage this year, so a lot to be learnt for those guys and it just made the job a bit harder for myself. It’s not been the easiest of tests and it’s not where I want to end up.
“We got a bit closer at the end of the second day, found a little bit of time, but I know where we can improve with a few ideas.
“We probably just didn’t get there quick enough because of the new people in the garage to direct us in the right place. We’ve got a bit of work on our hands at the minute, but we’re in a good place.”
Jackson added that the wind did not prevent him from understanding the effects of changes that were made to the bike.
“It’s obviously hard when the wind is gusting around and blowing you off-line, but you get the general feel that you’re looking for,” he said.
“You’ve just got to be patient, you’ve got to understand where it’s windy, where it’s not.”
The Oulton Park test on 22–23 April will be the last opportunity for all BSB riders to fine tune their settings before the first round on 3–5 May. For Jackson, settling on a base setting is the priority at the next test.
“Definitely the first day we’ll be getting that base feeling, base understanding, and the second day hopefully we’ll be in a better working window that puts us in a good place going into the race weekend,” he said.
“Everyone knows that consistency on a race track is what you need, so if we can make the bike as consistent as possible, not change it too much then that should put us in a positive place for the race weekend.”
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