Struggle for Jessopp - Donington Park 07
Martin Jessopp and the Riders Racing Ducati team salvaged 13th place this weekend at Donington Park in the Maxxis British Supersport Championship. After struggling throughout the weekend to find a good rhythm Jessopp forced his way into the points after qualifying in a low 18th position.
Jessopp was unable to break into the top twenty positions throughout most of the weekend and he struggled to get the Ducati 749 set up to how he likes it. After his strong result of fifth at Cadwell Park last month he was eager to gain another good result at Donington but it was not meant to be.
During the first part of the race Jessopp managed to work his way through to 15th position and was one of the unfortunate riders to crash out on the oil, which was dropped by John Rob’s bike down Craner Curves. After a red flag situation Jessopp was able to get back to the pits and re-start in the second 8-lap race.
A poor start saw the 21-year-old from Yeovil drop down the field and he was left fighting for a point scoring position. Commenting he said “I’m not sure what went wrong this weekend. I just couldn’t get myself into the groove and struggled to get myself to push forward. I can’t put my finger on it, I’m disappointed as I know the team worked really hard all weekend and the bike was running well. Hopefully I will be able to get myself sorted out for the final round at Brands Hatch in a couple of weeks time.”
The final round of the Championship is at Brands Hatch on the 12th – 14th October.
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Carly Rathmell
Freelance Sports PR
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