Hydrex Bike Animal Honda's Guy Martin is already back racing on the road at the Ulster Grand Prix just days after the Bennetts British Superbike Championship round at Knockhill.
The weather today (Thursday) meant that the riders were able to take advantage of a brief break in the torrential rain to get some time on the Dundrod circuit to the west of Belfast. Disappointed at the cancellation of yesterday's planned Dundrod 150 Road Races because of the weather, Martin was left to concentrate on qualifying for Saturday's races.
Aboard the 600cc Hydrex Bike Animal Honda Martin posted the fifth fastest time in the session, just a second off pole setter Bruce Anstey. He repeated the feat on the1000cc Honda Fireblade superstock machine meaning a second row start in both races.
However, it wasn't such a good qualifying session on the team's superbike where he qualified in eleventh place. Martin ventured out on the track in the wet conditions but as it started to dry, he left it too late to change to intermediate tyres meaning a row five start on Saturday.
Martin said: "If we're not under water by then, I'm confident in all the races as we have got a good base setting on all the bikes. We can certainly do it from row two and row five holds no fears for me either, I'll just get my head down and go. I'm feeling good and the bikes are working well so depending what the weather throws at us, we'll see where we end up. If it ends up tossing it down all day, we may be making an early start in the beer tent!"
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