Tough Weekend for Jentin Racing
 There
was certainly a very mixed weekend for the Lloyds British
backed Jentin Racing team and their rider Simon Andrews at
the rescheduled Brands Hatch round. After the cancellation
of the opening Bennetts British Superbike round back in April
due to heavy snow the meeting was rescheduled for a shorter
two day event this weekend, 10th and 11th May.
In scorching hot conditions Andrews gained a solid ninth
place position in race one and was very unlucky to crash out
of the second 20-lap race whilst battling for a top placing.
Having qualified in seventh place at the opening round he
was promoted to sixth on the grid after Karl Harris was missing
due to injury.
He gained a brilliant start in race one and was third into
the first corner and fourth after the opening lap. Michael
Laverty crashed out in front of Andrews at Druids seeing him
step back up to third position and fighting with the factory
riders. He was hounded on lap three by the factory Ducati's
of Leon Camier and Shakey Byrne and dropped back to fifth
place. Holding the position for a number of laps he was beginning
to struggle with tyre grip and dropped back to ninth, which
he held to the chequered flag. The second race saw Andrews
in a good position in the opening laps but he lost the front
end on the exit to Druids corner on lap 13, an unfortunate
end once again for the youngster.
The 25-year-old from Evesham said "I'm gutted again
as I've not managed to finish both races yet in the three
rounds that we've had. I know the team have been working really
hard and I know we will eventually get to where we want to
be but I keep having DNF's and it's not helping my Championship
position. We had a few small problems with the bike this weekend
and with the shorter sessions it made it difficult to get
it 100% for the races. I know things will improve and I still
feel confident that we can get good results and that we are
moving in the right direction. I want to be out there and
I want to be a serious contender, fingers crossed for us for
Donington in a couple of weeks time."
Team Manager Bernie Toleman commented "Overall it has
clearly been a disappointing weekend but there is no doubt
in my mind that everything is in place to recover from this.
Every race we have finished has been inside the top ten and
there is a long season still ahead. We are working extremely
hard on some development work that should be in place for
Donington in two weeks time where our sole aim is for a strong
result in both races.''
photo credit moto-photo
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