 Jeremy McWilliams was ninth in race two at Thruxton |
Stobart Honda team boss Paul Bird has demanded a big improvement after his team's poor results at the second round of the British Superbike Championship. Despite Jeremy McWilliams overcoming a race one crash to finish ninth in race two at Thruxton, Bird wasn't happy.
"We have underachieved in two meetings and it's simply not acceptable for a team with our reputation," said Bird.
"I need to see some positives in the next few rounds or there'll be some big
changes, I promise!"
"We should be up there battling for race wins and podiums instead of just scraping into the points like we are doing at present.
 |  We're testing at Oulton Park later this week so we'll see what happens there |
"To say I'm unhappy is a massive understatement and things will have to improve from now on," added the team boss.
Ulsterman McWilliams was hoping to kickstart his season after problems at Brands Hatch over Easter but gremlins during qualifying relegated him down the grid and onto row five.
"In the first race something went wrong with the rear end but I'm not sure what so I had to run my number two bike in race two which wasn't set up perfectly.
"To be fair we haven't really run that bike a lot and the biggest problem for me in the second race was trying to get grip.
"We're testing at Oulton Park later this week so we'll see what happens there," said McWilliams.
Meanwhile team-mates Gary Mason and Michael Laverty also suffered with set-up problems during the weekend and both recorded disappointing finishes.
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