BSB Rd5 - knocked off at Knockhill.

Next up was Knockhill, all the way up in Scotland. It's a very long day to go for a race event, particularly when it seems to nearly always rain up there too. And that's exactly what it did for both qualifying sessions. But Leon did well, with qually 1 seeing him record a fastest lap time of 1:01:312 secs. In qually 2 Leon went even quicker and stuck in a fastest lap of just 58:968 seconds. A very respectable time indeed, and again well away from the shoot-out race. And put Leon 22nd on the grid for the main event.

The race was dry, cloudy but dry (obviously with the constant threat of rain though). Anyway, Leon got away well as they all headed down to the first corner...but more bad luck was to strike. Leon got hit by another rider which caused him to fall off. He was quick to get back up and on the bike though, and set about catching the pack back up again. And, with a little help of the safety car, that's what Leon did. He started picking off the riders at the back, but he simply ran out of time and had to settle for 27th position. Again Leon showed his mettle in adverse circumstances, and should be very proud of how he dealt with another dosage of bad luck.

(The pack hurtles round on the first lap.)

(Leon untangles himself from the incident.)

(A mud-stained Leon as he picks off the riders at the back.)

Here are the result sheets: