BSB Rd3 - Testing times at Croft!

Right, now on to Croft for the next round of the championship. And what a trying weekend it turned out to be. It wasn't a track that Leon was familiar with, but his free practice lap times were encouraging, and everyone looked forward to both qualifying sessions.

Qually 1 was short lived with Leon losing the rear while pushing hard, and was unable to carry on with the session. Qually 2 saw another unfortunate incident for Leon too...he was on a flying lap, with two green sectors being registered in fact, and was definitely on for a very fast lap times. However, on the exit of 'Sunny' the front wheel lifted under power, and when it landed the bike shook its head violently. Leon carried on pushing, not knowing that the break pads had become dislodged. This meant that heading in to the 'Complex', when he gave it a handful of front break, nothing actually happened. Obviously this is a bad situation to suddenly find yourself in. So Leon took precautionary action and ended up bailing off on the grass. It wasn't possible to get the bike back before the end of the session, so that was that. Unfortunately the few laps Leon had done weren't good enough to qualify. This was a shame as it would have been interesting to see what his hot lap would've actually been.

But this is racing, and you always learn from these things. You just have to dust yourself down, patch yourself up, and look forward to the next round. Here are the result sheets: