Tim Neave will step up to the Bennetts British Superbike series in 2023 to partner Jason O’Halloran at McAMS Yamaha. The former flat-track ace impressed in 2022 with a stunning start to the National Superstock Championship aboard the team’s stock R1 in Edwards 1902 colours, taking Yamaha’s first victory in the 1000cc Superstock class in over a decade.
Three wins at the beginning of the year saw Neave amass a healthy championship lead, until a freak accident while testing at Knockhill saw him suffer a badly broken pelvis which would rule him out of the title fight.
Despite the huge injury, he still managed to return to the podium before the year was out with a third place at Snetterton. “To get the call up to ride for McAMS Yamaha is a dream come true.
When I signed to ride for the team last year, in the back of my mind I was thinking if I could do a really good job on the Superstock bike and a seat became available, it would be the dream but I didn’t think it would actually happen,” said Neave. “Raceways is one of, if not the best teams in the paddock – it has certainly won more races than anyone else in recent years so I can’t think of a better team to step up into BSB with. “I loved riding the R1 Superstock bike, it really suited me as a rider and from what Jason has told me, the Superbike has similar characteristics so I’m looking forward to getting out on it for the first time.