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Suzuki GSXR1000 Superstock 2021 livery.

Brands Hatch, April 2021.

Back out in the sunshine and burning some petrol. A good weekend and first time into the 48s around the indy circuit. 

Brands Hatch, Oct 2020.

Last race of the year. Mixed conditions for qualifying so that didn’t go as well as I wanted but lined up on the grid for the final time on race day and had a cracker. Finished P25 and a PB lap time on my very last lap. 

A compressed but albeit full season of racing. Feels like I have been on the bike every weekend even though I haven’t. Progress made in the SSTK1000 class even if I did feel like I was back to square one. Gone faster everywhere and learned a lot. Onward to 2021 and see what that brings. 

Huge thanks as always to the team and sponsors. Not only do they make it possible for me to achieve personal goals but they also enable those that need to be involved in something worthwhile to be there. 

Donington Park, Oct 2020.

Goddards and into and out of the Foggy Esses during race 2. PB lap time and a good race catching and passing the rider in front for 25th place. 

Donington Park, Oct 2020.

Free Practice 2 and Race 1. Qualifying cancelled due to weather conditions on Saturday so combined FP1 and FP2 position stood. Damp but drying track for race 1 on Sunday morning. 

Oulton Park, Sep 2020.

Exit of Brittens Chicane towards Hilltop, Race 2. 

PB laptime and not quite last again but progress being made on the stocker. Oulton Park is a very physical circuit and I certainly felt the extra horse power compared to the Ducati 959. The Suzuki took some getting hold of to get it around the undulating, bumpy park circuit. 

Donington Park, Aug 2020.

Last weekend saw the belated start to the British Superbike season. This year I have made what feels like a huge jump. I have moved away from the one make Ducati Cup series where I have been riding since 2015. I left that series in a good place. Pretty consistent top ten finishes and 15th overall in the 2019 standings. Not bad for an old duffer who only started racing in 2012. 

The National Superstock 1000 class is next level. I knew it before committing to it but to be out there last Friday on a 200 BHP machine trying to go fast was an eye opener. The whole field is rapid. There are previous class winners, road riders and riders who have ridden Superbikes all mixing it at a crazy fast pace. Needless to say I was right at the back and at least a second off where I would liked to have been. Ironically I ended up putting in a PB lap time around the Donington National Circuit but still ended up last. 

At least I know where I stand now, both with the bike and my peers. I have some good guys on the spanners and at no point during the weekend did I feel I even needed to go near the bike other than to ride it. Now it is all stickered and I have my new gear for the season I will shoot some nice images and get them posted up. With a compressed season the meetings are every other weekend so there is plenty of track time for improvement and plenty of opportunities to photograph as I go. 

This time next week the team will be at Snetterton for round 2 and hopefully I can make some progress. 

Huge thanks to the team and sponsors who support what we do.