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Mainwaring-Smart joins Anvil Hire Yamaha

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Anvil Hire Yamaha have announced that Howie Mainwaring-Smart will ride for the team in the final three races of the season at Brands Hatch.

Mainwaring-Smart will join James Rispoli and Shaun Winfield in a three-man line-up for the last race weekend of the season.

The Cheshire born racer has been recovering from a broken collarbone, sustained in a crash at Cadwell Park in August, but is now ready to re-join the action in Kent.

Mainwaring-Smart is excited to return to the series and has already set his sights on a strong end to 2016.

He said: “As you can imagine I’m really looking forward to it! It’s been a little while off a motorbike, which wasn’t really my choice due to injury. I know it’s the last round, which isn’t great but it’s the right time to come back, my shoulder is strong and my rib has settled down now, and I must thank Rob and Tracy for the opportunity.

“It will be good to get back on a bike that I really do enjoy riding, I really enjoy the Yamaha and I felt like I wanted more time on it, so it will be great to get another run out on it this weekend. I want to do the best I can, I’ve got to aim for the top ten, and realistically top 15 which is still going to be quite difficult, but I think we can do it.

“Brands Hatch is one of my favourite tracks, alongside Oulton Park and Thruxton, I’m only ten minutes down the road, and it’s always a fantastic place with the atmosphere. I’m looking to see what happens for the future, and find out what the team want do as well.

Mainwaring-Smart has good memories of the final round at Brands Hatch, his adopted home race, where back in 2014 he took his first win, and backed that up with a podium in Sunday’s second race.

Team Manager Gary Winfield added: “We are delighted to welcome Howie to the team, albeit for the final round. There is no pressure on him to succeed, but points should be fully within his reach on a track that he knows, and a bike that he has experience of.

“He performed well back in August and he impressed a lot of people having just jumped on that bike. It will take him time to adjust having not ridden since then, but we all know that he is a quick learner and I’m hoping he will spur on James and Shaun, so we can end the season on a high.”

The action at Brands Hatch gets underway on Friday with the opening free practice sessions. Qualifying then takes place on Saturday morning, with the opening race scheduled for 3:45pm on Saturday.

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Josh is a Sports Journalism graduate and has been a member of the TCF team since 2015. Between 2015 and 2018, Josh focused primarily on British Superbikes and Road Racing events such as the Isle of Man TT. At the beginning of the 2019 season he became the MotoGP Reporter.
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