Knockhill: Round 2

The Oxford Products Ducati Racing team made the long trip north this weekend to the second round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Knockhill Circuit where Tommy had a promising weekend with an eighth, fifth and seventh.

Tommy was struggling during the practice sessions to find a setting that he felt comfortable with at the tight and technical circuit. However, he was able to put in a fast lap towards the end of FP2 which put him into the Superpicks 12, straight into the qualifying two session.

Tommy worked hard during qualifying but ended up starting race one from 14th place. He knew he had a lot of work to do, he got a great start and was soon pushing forwards. He was able to work his way through to a strong eighth place. This also put him on eighth on the grid for race two on Sunday.

He got a steady start in race two but soon got into a rhythm and worked hard to secure a fantastic fifth place. For the final race of the weekend he was placed in eighth again and had to do all the work again, he had another tough battle but brought the Oxford Products Ducati home in seventh place

In our Moto 3 news we had a mixed weekend, Ryan Hitchcock pushed hard during practice to be 2nd fastest but the next mornings qualifying session was wet and he started 12th on the grid with Ollie Walker in 18th. Both of them had good starts but Ryan fell at the hairpin while Ollie pushed through to finish 8th.

Race 2 was better for them both with Ryan in 9th and Ollie in 6th with a lap time of 54.999.

Tommy Bridewelll: “It was a positive weekend, I am happy with the progress we made all weekend and as always the team worked so hard. We missed the test at Knockhill, which put us on the back foot so we had to work extra hard to get the results.

Knockhill isn’t my favourite circuit and I don’t think it’s the strongest for Ducati, I’m glad it’s done and out the way now and we can move onto tracks where I know we go well.

I think we’ve had a strong start to the season, we are understanding the bike really well now and looking forward to the rest of the 2021 campaign. I can’t wait to get to Brands and use all the potential the Ducati has there."

We now head to Brands Hatch for round three of the Championship where we have seen much success for all our riders and hope to see some of you there now we can have more crowds back!