Snetterton race 2
17 Jul 2011
Despite having the Best First Lap Of All Time, I finished 5th in class and 9th overall. That’s ok, especially as it would take a hell of a lot to get near the top four Superstock bikes, but I’m a bit disappointed in my best lap time. At the start I got away cleanly and […]
Snetterton race 3
With a huge thunderstorm looming, we were racing the weather as much as each other. Ten minutes after we finished it rained so hard that the paddock flooded instantly and everyone ran for cover. The race was hard but fun. I gave it everything and went a bit quicker but was 6th in class this […]
Snetterton qualifying
Through the wettest conditions I’ve ever ridden in, I qualified 8th overall to get on the second row. I’m 4th in Superstock. That’s as high as I’ve been all year and much better than I’ve been in the wet previously, so I’m really pleased. It’s still raining hard so the race will be wet too. […]
Snetterton race 1
Rain stops play! Heavy rain showers caused delays throughout today and when the GP1 race finally started it was straight into a rain storm of biblical proportions. After two laps the track was so flooded that the race had to be stopped until the rain subsided and the standing water could be brushed clear. At […]
Snetterton preview
05 Jul 2011
At last, it’s time to go racing again! Missing Cadwell and Mallory back to back made a huge gap in my season but it’s back to business now and I’ll be fresh and hungry after the break. The RSRmotosport ZX-10R is ready to go and I can’t wait to ride it again. The world has […]
Cadwell (water) Park
05 Jun 2011
Well it looks like I picked a good round to drop as it rained almost non-stop on the Thundersport racers that made the trip to Cadwell last weekend. There won’t be a more arduous round than that this year unless it snows at Donington in July, I lock myself out of my van, sleep rough […]
Cadwell Park, rd4
26 May 2011
I won’t be at Cadwell this weekend as I’m using it as my drop round. This year each class goes to 10 out of 11 events, but only nine count for the championship. If you have more cash than Man City then you could do all 10 and drop your worst score but the original […]
First Anglesey photos
10 May 2011
Check out my website’s gallery to see the first pics from last weekend at Anglesey. These images are courtesy of Glyn Richardson, whose brilliant race photos will be well known to club racing fans on Facebook. Glyn takes hundreds of shots each weekend at as many club events as he can get to and then […]
Anglesey race 2
08 May 2011
Fourth in Superstock1000 and 10th overall. Better. My times were closer to the leaders too, so I’m feeling good about it. I’m still working on the bike set-up with incremental changes and it’s still improving so I hope there’s a bit more to come. Congratulations to my friend Sam Cox for scoring his first podium […]
Anglesey race 3
Brilliant race, 5th in Superstock, 9th overall in GP1, feel like I rode well so the long drive home now will be a happy one.
Anglesey race 1
07 May 2011
The race was soaking wet, very hard work and – with the bike twitching all over the place on the kinked back straight – not a little bit scary. I eased my way into it, lost a few places and then got a couple back once I had more feel for the bike. There are […]
Anglesey practice and preview
06 May 2011
One week after the royal wedding, Anglesey – new home of the Duke and Duchess – is about a million times more famous than it was the week before.
Donington race 2
10 Apr 2011
What a race! I was fourth in Superstock and 13th overall, which I’m really pleased with. Maybe you’re used to me winning after last year but the level in GP1 is sky high. I rode as well and as hard as I’ve ever done so I’m really satisfied. There were good scraps early on and […]
Donington race 3
Wow 2. Another awesome race. No idea where I finished yet but I think I was fourth in class again after some great scraps. I rode really hard and loved every second of it. I’m packing up now so I’ll write again later. Thanks for reading. Jamie
Donington race 3
Wow 2. Another awesome race. No idea where I finished yet but I think I was fourth in class again after some great scraps. I rode really hard and loved every second of it. I’m packing up now so I’ll write again later. Thanks for reading.
Donington qualifying report
09 Apr 2011
Sixth in the Superstock class is ok, 18th overall relfects the level and number of GP1 entrants. My qualifying session was troubled by a faulty tyre warmer that meant I went out with a cold rear tyre. Then, after only a handful of reasonable laps, the gear linkage broke and I had to pull in. […]
Donington race 1
Wow. Superpole races in GP1 are LONG! 16 laps in the sun on a viscious ZX-10R is hard work. Happily all the cycling, including seven laps of the track last night, is paying off and I was able to ride hard to the end for fifth in the Superstock class and 14th overall. I went […]