It was a weekend of two halves for the INCompetition Sencat group this weekend at Snetterton. With none doubt the largest spotlight was securing the groups first ever Bennetts British Superbike podium with Lewis Rollo, additionally within the course of he gained one other trio of Pathway Superbike race wins.
Freddie Barnes was caught out with the beautiful British Summer time Time that struck Snetterton this weekend which noticed him crash out of race one however secured a strong 18th place in the primary race on Sunday.
Josh Owens had a tricky weekend with crashes and technical issues, it was simply a kind of weekends and the group will re-group and be again on kind at Manufacturers.
Bennetts British Superbikes
To say the climate situations had been blended this weekend can be an understatement! The collection has not had rain on the Snetterton race since 2008 and it actually made up for it over the weekend. With quite a few purple flags and periods stoppages it was a tough weekend to maintain on high of.
Lewis Rollo on the RSV4 Aprilia flourished within the moist situations and went quickest in free observe three, sadly adopted shortly by a crash. The group labored tirelessly to rebuild the again for qualifying which adopted straight after however couldn’t get Lewis out on monitor. This pressured him to begin from the again of the grid in twenty sixth place.
Lewis took benefit of the situations and obtained a unbelievable begin in race one, working his approach via to eleventh place when the purple flag got here out resulting from an incident. On the re-start he obtained a flying begin and was quickly knocking on the door of a podium place. With is being a 5-lap sprint it was vital to progress as quick as doable. He quickly hit the entrance, main his first ever British Superbike race. He was locked in a battle with Storm Stacey who took the win on the flag however gave Lewis and the group their first podium in second place!
Sunday was set to be dry, so it was at all times going to be tough to attain the identical consequence in opposition to the larger, extra skilled full Superbike groups. He began on the entrance row in second place and though he misplaced some locations, he nonetheless battled laborious to take one other Pathway win. The race was purple flagged once more resulting from rain however by the point the restart got here it was dry once more.
He was positioned in seventeenth on the grid for the ultimate dry race of the weekend and labored laborious to safe the Pathway win, his twelfth consecutive of the season!
Lewis – “What a weekend at Snetterton! It began off dry on Friday the place I did my quickest time I’ve ever finished across the circuit. Saturday and the rain got here, I used to be quickest in FP3 however sadly had a crash which made me miss qualifying and forcing me to begin from the again. The primary a part of the race was actually good, I made up plenty of locations. Modified to wets after the purple flag, we obtained one other good begin and I managed to stand up to the lead, main my first British Superbike race was unimaginable. To get second total for me and the group in our first season was simply superb, so happy!
To start out race two on the entrance row was one other factor ticked off the bucket record. We held our personal within the dry however did drop again, we had a small problem in the direction of the tip however proud of the consequence. In race three I managed to set my quickest ever lap round Snetterton which is good because it has at all times been my bogey circuit. Thanks a lot to all of the group, sponsors, my household, and everybody that at all times helps me, this weekend was good!!”
Pirelli Nationwide Superstock
It was not a weekend to write down house about for Josh Owens within the Nationwide Superstock class on the Aprilia RSV4. The climate was a vital issue, ever altering and laborious to search out the proper set-up to go well with Josh. A crash in qualifying noticed him begin the race from 14th place. He labored laborious within the opening laps and was driving properly however sadly suffered a small brake problem forcing him to retire.
Josh – “It was a tricky weekend, not our best time. We had a few points and with the climate we misplaced a little bit of set-up time. The group labored so laborious to re-build the bike for the race. We made a step ahead in warm-up however sadly within the race after a very good begin I had a brake downside and didn’t wish to danger crashing at such a quick circuit, so I opted to drag in. Wanting ahead to being again up on the sharp finish at Manufacturers Hatch.”
Quattro Plant British Supersport
Freddie Barnes confirmed actually good kind this weekend on the Yamaha within the moist and dry situations within the Quattro Plant British Supersport class and it was trying set for a very good weekend. He managed to qualify in seventeenth place for the opening Dash race on Saturday. This turned out to be moist, very moist! He was driving properly however obtained caught out, like various others with the moist situations and sadly crashed out, unhurt.
He re-grouped for the primary function race on Sunday, he began from twenty first place and completed as 18th Supersport rider.
Freddie – “This weekend has been one other stepping stone. Regardless of the crashes now we have taken away rather a lot from Snetterton and can’t anticipate Manufacturers Hatch now. Thanks to all my sponsors, the group and all of the folks that assist get me to this place.”
Ian Newton – Staff Proprietor – “With a mixture of Lewis and the RSV4 Aprilia and superb INCompetition Sencat group, to face on the rostrum in our first season of BSB, additionally changing into to be the primary Aprilia RSV4 to complete in a podium place is an extremely particular achievement. Additionally to have a BSB entrance row begin, which many groups dream of was additionally so particular.
So all-in-all it was not a nasty weekend! Nicely finished to Lewis and all of the group, magnificent work!
Josh had a tricky weekend which ended up by having a brake downside and never with the ability to end the race. We’re not used to DNFs within the group, and I do know we will probably be working even tougher to verify it doesn’t occur once more!
Freddie confirmed his dedication, dedication and quietness having had a tumble, like many different riders over the weekend however continued to make optimistic progress on the steep studying curve that he’s on.
Actually pleased with all of the group this weekend – thanks!!”
Pictures – Camipix
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