Hard weekend at Oulton, but kept in some points - so looking forward to a better Brands
I had a hard weekend at Oulton with a pretty average outcome. The weather was for ever changing over the 3 day making tyre choices very difficult. In the qualifing session the track was wet at the start but dry at the end which meant we started on wet tyres, but to the end of the session we need to put slicks on but was not able to because we had used as many tyres as we were aloud to. So I ended up doing my fastest time on a dry track with intermediate tyres.
On race day I had a good morning warm up session on a dry track and was confident of having a good first race. By the time the race started it was raining so we used a new engine map for the rain but there was a fault with it and it kept backing the bike into the corners way too much and I was off the track twice in the first lap. So i was allready a long way behind everybody else. Then on lap 3 I had a big moment and nearly highsided myself off but managed to save it but that ment running on to the grass and losing even more time. At the end of the race I ended up 23rd overall and 8th in the cup.
Race 2 was luckily dry and after an average start I found myself in a battle with Dave Johnson but was unable to keep the pace and Dean Ellison passed me just before Steve Mercer crashed and Dean had no choice but to run into his bike and the race was red flagged. I finished 18th and 4th in the cup. I have slipped to 3rd in the privateer cup but am really looking forward to Brands this weekend to get back on the podium.
