Another Win for Fitzpatrick
 Craig
Fitzpatrick secured another solid win and fastest lap in the
Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport Cup at Oulton Park, he
also gained a fantastic eighth place in the overall race.
Fitzpatrick on the BLDS Couriers Yamaha extended his lead
in the Cup Championship by 10 points.
The 30-year-old from Alfreton, Derbyshire looked smooth throughout
the weekend and was consistently running in the thick of the
action. Struggling in the first qualifying on Saturday in
the wet conditions he dropped down the pack. However, during
the second qualifying session he managed to place himself
in sixth place on the grid only a second off pole-position
rider Chris Martin.
Fitzpatrick got a fantastic start in the race and was soon
up to a great fourth place. The safety car was deployed on
lap three and then the race was red-flagged due to the same
incident. The race was re-started as a 12-lap race and unfortunately
Fitzpatrick was blocked into the first corner and he dropped
back to eighth position.
After fighting his way through to sixth place he came under
attack from the factory backed Honda of Steve Brogan and also
Honda mounted Dan Cooper. He was able to fend off the challenge
from TT star Ian Hutchinson and was in eighth place when the
chequered flag came out.
Commenting he said “It’s been a tough weekend
with a number of aspects. I’m really pleased to have
gained my first top ten placing in the Supersport class and
it gives me confidence as I head to one of my favourite circuits
this weekend, Brands Hatch. I had a few problems in the rain
on Saturday and was hoping the race would be dry. Although
the track was pretty slippery I just got my head down in the
race, I was sat in fourth when it was red-flagged and was
fighting with the leaders, which was a nice feeling. I got
a bad start in the re-start and got pushed backwards into
the first corner and slipped back to eighth. It is so hard
to fight with the factory boys as they have so much more power
so it’s all down to corner speed witch I had but just
couldn’t quite pass them. I had some really good battles
out on track and managed to take the Cup win, I’m really
looking forward to Brands and keeping my fingers crossed that
it will be dry!.”
photo moto-photo.co.uk
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