Jack feeling at ‘home’ ahead of second season

JACK Burrows is feeling at ‘home’ and comfortable ahead of his second season in the British Talent Cup, which gets underway at Donington Park this coming weekend.

The Cookstown High School pupil enjoyed a successful maiden campaign in the series during 2024, earning a podium in the process, while catching the eye with his progress throughout.

And he feels the experience gained during that year has left him in a good position ahead of the 2025 season.

“I feel as if I’m in a hundred times better situation going into the first round this year, compared to last year when I was a rookie, not knowing any of the tracks, not knowing if I was going left or right, I just feel that I’m in a much better position this year,” he acknowledged.

“It means in FP1 (first free practice session) I can go out and attack it, put my head down and see what I can do, which will be nice. It’s almost like I’m racing at home.”

Jack will have a new bike under him for the 2025 season and he admits he immediately felt comfortable on it, raising his confidence ahead of the opening race weekend of the year this weekend.

“Pre-season testing went well,” he enthused. “I had my first run on my new bike, which I thoroughly enjoyed and to be fair, it felt like an old pair of slippers.

“ First session on it and I was in the top three in the damp straight away.

“Hopefully that’s a sign of things to come! I was in the top three twice and in the dry, because I was down three or four horse power with the old bike, it wasn’t a great representation of where I was, but when I went out on the second day I was much higher up on the time sheets because I had more speed down the straights and people weren’t pulling away from me, so I was really, really happy riding the new bike.

“Last year it was about playing it by ear and seeing what we could do, but this year, in all honesty, I want to be in the points every race. Top tens, I think that’s a reasonable goal considering what I was like going back to Donington for the second time last year.”

Looking ahead, Jack realises he still has much to learn but he feels once he nails how to ride as one of the taller competitors on the grid, he will be able to pick up the pace.

“I’ve learnt how to cope with being tall and getting tucked in isn’t actually a problem at the moment,” he explained.

“The rider coaches keep telling me I need to use my height as an advantage, which I’m not at the moment, so I think once I get that down to a tee, I really do think I can push much harder.”