Second for Fitzpatrick
Craig Fitzpatrick and his run of British Supersport Cup victories
came to an end at Snetterton Circuit at the weekend, Fitzpatrick
had to settle for second place in the Fuchs-Silkolene supported
series.
Fitzpatrick on the BLDS Couriers Yamaha finished 14th in
the overall race and only 0.6 from his nearest Cup rival Andy
Weymouth. Fortunately for the 30-year-old he acquired a second
race bike for Snetterton thanks to his sponsors BLDS, Close
Print and race developments. The second machine came into
good use when Fitzpatrick’s number one bike suffered
an electrical problem early on in the first qualifying sessions.
After swapping parts around between the two machines he managed
to get out on the new bike for the remainder of the qualifying
session and finished 14th. With the second session being wet
times were not improved during the afternoon session.
Riding a machine which had just been built two days before
the race weekend took some getting used to and with the wet
qualifying session Fitzpatrick had to further test some components
in morning warm-up, making further changes before the race.
A poor start in the race saw Fitzpatrick fall to 22nd place
after the opening lap. He slowly had to work his way through
the field and plough through the riders, he was locked in
a battle for 12th position and fought his way through to 14th
place.
Craig said “It’s been a hard weekend, we had
a lot of work to do on the second bike as it wasn’t
set up at all and I’d not even ridden it before. My
number one bike broke in first qualifying and therefore we
had to change the engine and loom over into the number two
bike to make it feel similar. I’d like to thank my mechanic
James and K-Tech for all their help over the weekend and although
I didn’t get the race win I think we was lucky to even
start the race!! I still have a good lead in the Cup Championship
and hope I can get back to my winning ways at Mallory.”
Cup Race Result
Weymouth Yamaha
Fitzpatrick Yamaha
Walter Triumph
Cup Standings
Fitzpatrick 120
Weymouth 105
Hipwell 64
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