It was another disappointing weekend for the Riders Racing Ducati team when Martin Jessopp succumbed to the terrible weather conditions and crashed heavily out of the Maxxis British Supersport race at Oulton Park . Jessopp had been running strong all weekend on the Ducati 749 and was unlucky not to finish the 14-lap race.
He had ridden well throughout the weekend and had made progress with the bike and found a good set up in both the wet and the dry. Friday s practice was extremely wet and Jessopp suffered a heavy crash at Druids which left the mechanics with a lot of work to do for the afternoon session, he was back out and put in a healthy time which saw him lying in 10th position.
Saturday treated the paddock to some glorious sunshine and Jessopp set some extremely good times, fourth fastest in the morning qualifying session and ended up with a grid position of sixth after the afternoon session. Race day however, was once again wet and unfortunately Jessopp was unable to secure a strong start and slipped down the pack to 13th after the first lap.
He got his head down and started chipping away at the riders in front of him and was making good progress through the field. A strong pass on Joe Dickinson on lap five saw him move up to 10th but on the following lap disaster struck when he had an almost identical crash to the one he sustained on Friday at Druids, forcing him out the race.
A disappointed Jessopp commented ‚ “I was gutted to crash again as I d felt pretty strong all weekend. I wish we could have a dry race as I found a really good set up on my bike for the dry. The weather keeps changing every weekend but we ve not had a dry one for a long time. It was a big crash I had in the race, thankfully I am ok but I did a lot of damage to the bike. I feel gutted not for just myself but for the whole team as the boys have worked so hard this weekend to get everything right. I m hoping at some point this season my luck my take a turn for the better and that I can bring home the bike in one piece and get some decent results in the process. I m trying to keep focussed for Mallory this weekend. ‚
A full timetable for Mallory Park can be found at the link below: -
http://www.mcrcb-events.co.uk/gallery/MALLORY%20PARK%20FINAL.pdf
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