British Superbikes Donington Park

[themo]

Leon Camier the British superbike championship leader and the Airwaves yamaha team have new engines for this weekends races at Donington.Leon Camier has been on form this season winning three out of the four races from the opening two rounds and with the new engines the team are eager to maintain this winning form.

[themo]

Top 15 from free practice 1 British Superbikes
1 2 Leon CAMIER GBR Yamaha - Airwaves Yamaha 1:32.468
2 3 Stuart EASTON GBR Honda - Hydrex Honda 1:33.188 19
3 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI FRA Suzuki - Worx Crescent Suzuki 1:33.325
4 45 Glen RICHARDS AUS Honda - HM Plant Honda 1:33.385
5 5 Karl HARRIS GBR Honda - Hydrex Honda 1:33.469
6 10 Jon KIRKHAM GBR Yamaha - Jentin Racing 1:33.627
7 9 Chris WALKER GBR Yamaha - Motorpoint / Henderson Yamaha 1:33.819
8 17 Simon ANDREWS GBR Kawasaki - MSS Colchester Kawasaki 1:33.902
9 22 Jason O'HALLORAN AUS Honda - SMT Honda 1:33.905
10 7 James ELLISON GBR Yamaha - Airwaves Yamaha 1:33.914
11 101 C Gary MASON GBR Honda - Quay Garage 1:34.105
12 25 Josh BROOKES AUS Honda - HM Plant Honda 1:34.129
13 11 Ian LOWRY GBR Suzuki - Relentless Suzuki by TAS 1:34.247
14 86 Julien DA COSTA FRA Kawasaki - MSS Colchester Kawasaki 1:34.305
15 8 Graeme GOWLAND GBR Yamaha - Motorpoint / Henderson Yamaha 1:34.339

[themo]

Top 15 Free Practice 2 British Superbikes

1 2 Leon CAMIER GBR Yamaha - Airwaves Yamaha 1:31.977
2 7 James ELLISON GBR Yamaha - Airwaves Yamaha 1:32.334
3 17 Simon ANDREWS GBR Kawasaki - MSS Colchester Kawasaki 1:32.439
4 25 Josh BROOKES AUS Honda - HM Plant Honda 1:32.504
5 9 Chris WALKER GBR Yamaha - Motorpoint / Henderson Yamaha 1:32.520
6 45 Glen RICHARDS AUS Honda - HM Plant Honda 1:32.538
7 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI FRA Suzuki - Worx Crescent Suzuki 1:32.631
8 3 Stuart EASTON GBR Honda - Hydrex Honda 1:32.829
9 4 John LAVERTY GBR Kawasaki - Buildbase Kawasaki 1:32.857
10 11 Ian LOWRY GBR Suzuki - Relentless Suzuki by TAS 1:33.089
11 22 Jason O'HALLORAN AUS Honda - SMT Honda 1:33.384
12 10 Jon KIRKHAM GBR Yamaha - Jentin Racing 1:33.403
13 5 Karl HARRIS GBR Honda - Hydrex Honda 1:33.616
14 101 C Gary MASON GBR Honda - Quay Garage 1:33.649
15 68 David JOHNSON AUS Yamaha - Team Maxxis 1:33.686

[NinjaMaster]

Andrews, Brookes and O'Halloran woo! Is the weather wet or do Kawasaki finally have a well resourced team with a good rider to be in third possie?

[patnicholls]

Andrews, Brookes and O'Halloran woo! Is the weather wet or do Kawasaki finally have a well resourced team with a good rider to be in third possie?

It's dry, yep Simon Andrews is looking good on that Kawasaki - he rode a Yamaha for a small team last year and was really fast and consistent. Being on a Kwak is obviously a bit of a different animal but he's got raw pace (he ran well early on at Oulton Park with no electronics before tyre issues forced him back). He's also got Julian da Costa as a team-mate who's quite fast but hasn't got qualifying and starts quite nailed just yet (da Costa being better known as an enduro world champ).

[patnicholls]

Unfortunately as you guys may have seen elsewhere, Sylvain Guintoli broke his leg today after an extremely unlucky accident on the pit out lap today as the riders made their way to the grid prior to the start of the first race. Josh Brookes' brakes failed coming into the Melbourne Hairpin and he T-boned Guintoli, who's suffered a broken tibia and fibula which will keep him out of action for at least a couple of months. Extremely unlucky for a very likeable guy who's been a great addition to the BSB paddock.

The races were won by Leon Camier and James Ellison on the Airwaves/GSE Yamahas - Camier had electrical trouble in race two which put him down the order; it was Ellison's first BSB win. Chris Walker took a warmly-received podium in race two; his first rostrum trip in some time. Stuart Easton took two podiums (third and second) and is up to third overall; Simon Andrews got fourth in race two on the Kawasaki (a career best) after crashing in race one, his team-mate Julian da Costa suffering technical issues late on after he was up in fourth.

The evergreen Steve Plater (40 years of age) took the Supersport race ahead of Dan Linfoot (half Plater's age); Paul Young (also 40 years old!) has finished second on the road but was disqualified for being underweight by half a kilo.

[Rod Richardson]

Brookes suspended for 3 BSB meetings by Judicial Panel over collision with Guintolli.

[patnicholls]

Rod, it's a one-race ban suspended for three meetings, so he's on probation effectively.

Revision to what I said above then: unfortunately a major misjudgement from Josh, obviously he's "not the type" as we're familiar with him from WSS but a big error has been made on his part today.

[Rod Richardson]

Thanks Pat......I obviously misinterpreted the wording. It's a shame for Guintolli and his standing in the championship.