Fitzpatrick Eager to get to Thruxton
Craig Fitzpatrick will be heading to what is now the first
round of the Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport Championship
at Thruxton Circuit, Andover this weekend, 18th – 20th
April. The original opening round of the series was due to
be held at Brands Hatch two weeks ago but due to horrendous
weather conditions the race meeting had to be cancelled and
re-scheduled for the 10th and 11th May.
Fitzpatrick will be hoping to go to Thruxton and start where
he left at Brands, fastest overall in the two free practice
sessions and fourth overall in qualifying. Competing in the
British Supersport Cup series, Fitzpatrick dominated the main
Championship at Brands Hatch and was hoping to turn that into
a strong race result. With six inches of snow hitting the
circuit overnight those hopes were short lived.
However, he is now feeling happy about going to Thruxton
and eager to get the racing season underway. He said “I
was really gutted that the race was cancelled at Brands as
it’s one of my favourite circuits and I was keen to
get my season off to a strong start. The weather had other
ideas though and the organisers made the best decision, the
good news is that we are going back there in May so hopefully
I will get another shot at it. I was really pleased with how
the rest of the weekend worked out and I managed to find a
really good set up on my bike. I’m looking forward to
Thruxton as I just want to get racing again, hopefully the
weather will be kind to us this weekend and that we can all
enjoy some good racing. I’d like to be in contention
of winning the Supersport Cup this year after finishing runner
up last season I’d like to go one step better!”
Thruxton is one of the fastest race circuits in the UK and
Fitzpatrick will be testing his BLDS Couriers backed Yamaha
R6 to the maximum. The track is very bumpy and demanding and
will certainly test the riders to their limits.
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