Ben Currie leaves Silverstone fourth in the Supersport championship after a consecutive sixth place finish

Oxford Products Racing Ducati’s Ben Currie scored a consecutive sixth place finish in the second Quattro Group British Supersport race at Silverstone.

Starting from fifth on the grid on the Ducati Panigale V2, Currie slipped down a position on the opening lap but was back up to his start position after Tom Booth-Amos crashed out from third on Lap 4.

By Lap 10 Currie was up to fourth but as the laps mounted the leading trio of riders ahead were able to break away. Under pressure from Jaimie van Sikkelerus in the closing stages, Currie was eventually passed on the final lap. Currie closed sixth as top Ducati once again, five seconds clear of Blaze Baker in seventh on the Ready 4 Racing Vision Team Ducati.

Currie’s two sixth places see him leave Silverstone fourth in the championship, a solid start to his season with the Oxford Products Racing Ducati team.

Ben Currie (Oxford Products Racing Ducati #61)
“Pretty happy with the overall weekend, times two sixth places. Obviously not what we set out to do, but I'll take it. It's good solid points. We’re fourth in the championship. Race went really well actually. We made a little improvement from race one. We managed to be able to sit in there with the lead guys and feel strong, but just as the race went on it just made it a little bit difficult for me to stay with them. Pace is really good. Credit to all those guys, they’re riding really well.  We've got a little bit of work to do. We need to find out what we need to make it a little bit easier for me in the back end of that race.

 It's a quirky little track here at Silverstone, so we don't read too much into it because it can be a little bit different to how the season is going to pan out. But nonetheless it's good data. I'm feeling happy, fit and strong, team are working fantastic so let's just keep working hard and head onto Oulton Park for Round Two and try again, and hopefully we get some podiums.”