Consistent Results for Andrews
Simon Andrews and the Lloyds British backed Jentin racing
team scored another two solid points scoring results at Snetterton
Circuit this weekend. Andrews gained a 10th and eighth place
respectively from his 11th place qualifying position. Andrews
is now lying in a healthy tenth place in the overall Championship
standings.
The 25-year-old improved on his times in every session and
by the final practice session was up to sixth place and feeling
confident for a good qualifying session and two good races.
However a short time into the main qualifying session the
heavens opened and the track became extremely wet and slippery.
Having only completed 13 laps, Andrews had to be content with
11th place on the grid.
The youngster got a good start in the first race but was blocked
into the first corner and was sitting in 15th position after
the opening lap. Digging deep Andrews pushed hard to work
his way back through the field and aim for a top ten finish.
Ten riders finished the race within a second of each other
and it was the fight for eighth place, Andrews fought through
to tenth and was eager to do better in race two.
After extremely heavy rain showers before race two the race
was delayed for nearly an hour whilst the Marshals ensured
the track was in a safe condition. This allowed the teams
the opportunity to get the bikes set up for a wet race. Once
proceedings finally got under way and the race was cut short
to 15-laps Andrews got a good start and was away with the
front runners. Fighting hard with factory Suzuki rider Tom
Sykes for seventh place the factory rider surged to the line
0.3 ahead of Andrews.
Andrews commented "I'm pleased with the results I got
today; I had a really bad start in race one and lost a few
places by the end of the first lap so I had my work cut out
for the rest of the day. I was much better off the line in
the second race and got away with the front boys, the bike
felt the best it's felt in the wet and I think we're really
beginning to make some big progress. I'd like to thank the
entire Jentin team for working so hard over the weekend and
hopefully we'll be able to improve at the remaining races."
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