2023 British Supersport champion Ben Currie does the double at Donington

After claiming the 2023 title yesterday, pole sitter Ben Currie was running the number one plate for the first time on his Oxford Products Racing Ducati Panigale V2 for Sunday’s wet race at Donington Park. 

Halfway through the race Ben was coming under pressure from TJ Toms (Yamaha), with the duo almost five seconds clear of the rest of the pack. 

The duo extended this gap as the laps mounted, with Toms setting up a move at Craner to take the lead on lap eight but Ben soon got the position back into the Foggy Esses.

And by the time Ben started his last lap he had opened a lead of over a second over Toms, going on to score a double win with an advantage of 2.775s, his sixth victory to date in a championship winning season.

Ben Currie (Oxford Products Racing Ducati #61) – 1st
“Very tricky race. I decided to sit out Warm Up this morning because it was neither wet nor dry. So, I didn’t have that feeling early on, I just tried to feel it out and TJ was keeping me really honest the whole time. With the mixed conditions I was struggling to read my board a little bit and I got some mixed communications. I thought I was on my own by five seconds and TJ came past me like I was stood still. I decided to up my pace a little bit and see what he had, and fortunately enough I was able to bring it home for another win.

The team’s been great. At the moment nothing’s confirmed for next year but I would really like to run the number one and try and defend the title. I just have to be patient and see how we go. But a double win and the championship, it doesn’t get much better than that.”