More Good Results for Injured Andrews
Still suffering the effects from broken bones in his hand
and an injured knee, Simon Andrews once again rode two extremely
confident races at the very physical Cadwell Park circuit,
at round nine of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship.
In front of a massive crowd, Andrews on the Lloyds British
backed Jentin Yamaha scored a seventh and sixth place respectively
in the two difficult races.
Despite rest and physio on his injuries Andrews knew that
the tough, demanding 2.2-mile circuit of Cadwell Park would
test his fitness and his injuries to the maximum. With no
rest around the track the youngster once again achieved two
more confidence boosting top ten results, which also promoted
him to eighth place in the overall Championship standings.
In the new Formula 1 style qualifying sessions Andrews managed
to place himself seventh on the grid, but with the new grid
system of 3-3-3, this meant that Andrews would start from
row three as opposed to the second row. Undeterred he was
keen to gain two good starts and achieve two strong place
finishes.
Andrews secured a good start in both races and was able to
gain a place in the first race and move through to sixth position,
by lap three the factory Ducati of Leon Camier who managed
to pass Andrews and push him back to seventh. Despite his
efforts the 25-year-old from Evesham rode a solid but lonely
race to finish in seventh place. Race two was much the same
and another strong start saw him away with the leading pack.
Soon the factory riders were making a break and getting away
from the eager Andrews. Setting extremely consistent lap times
throughout the 15-lap race Andrews gained a solid sixth position
in front of Rizla Suzuki rider Atsushi Watanabe and behind
NW200 Ducati rider Michael Rutter.
Andrews commented "Today was hard work, Cadwell is so
hard on the body and you are constantly moving around on the
bike. You have to be 100% fit to tackle a circuit like that
and come away with two good results as it's so tough, and
when you have injuries like I have it really knocks the wind
out of you. Once again the physios helped me out and once
again I'm very grateful to them for all their help over the
weekend. I'm going to try and rest now for a few weeks before
Croft and hope to come back there 100% fit. I really enjoyed
the races but glad they weren't any longer. The team worked
really hard again all weekend but it's so difficult to stay
and keep on the back of those factory boys, no matter how
hard you try their bikes are quick, making things that little
bit tougher. I'm hoping for some more good results in the
closing stages of the Championship."
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