Donington Park - Round 10

Tommy Bridewell and the Oxford Products Racing Ducati team kept their Championship hopes alive during the weekend at Donington Park by securing an eighth, sixth and fourth place in the three British Superbike races.

Friday was a wash out so dry track time over the weekend was limited and Tommy was struggling with set-up during qualifying and race one.

He managed to qualify in 11th for the opening race on Saturday and this was always going to be tricky to fight for a podium from that far back. He worked hard and did what he could to finish in eighth place.

Tommy progressed up the grid to ninth for race two on Sunday and got a good start, but the leaders had bridged a gap as he made a break, he was fighting for fourth but ran wide with Jason O’Halloran on the last corner and finished in sixth.

For the final race of the weekend, Tommy started from eighth on the grid, he pushed hard and got to the back of the leaders but had to settle for fourth position.

He is still third in the overall Championship standings, and anything could happen at Brands Hatch so the team will keep fighting and pushing hard until the final race of the series this year.

The whole Oxford Products Racing Ducati team would like to send our thoughts and best wishes to Chrissy Rouse and hope he can make a speedy recovery.

Tommy Bridewell (Oxford Products Racing Ducati #46)
“It was a tough weekend to get the bike to do what I wanted. We struggled all weekend with rear grip which hampered us throughout. I’m a little disappointed to have lost a big points gap on Brad but all in all we will just have to try and bounce back to Brands and have a strong weekend there.”

Iain Hopcroft, Team Manager
“Despite beating our teams personal best we just couldn’t find the pace to fight at the front. We are now looking forward to Brands where we will fight for every point we can muster!”