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Ben Currie leaves Donington on a high after taking second in Sunday’s Supersport race
Ben Currie scored his best result of the season at Donington Park this weekend. Although it may have had a low point, there were so many positives to take away, along with some silverware to boot.
A day to forget at Donington
Luck was certainly not on the team’s side today, with Ben Currie crashing out from the lead on the last lap of the Supersport race. Christian Iddon had made great progress in his last Free Practice session, and his Superbike got off to a brilliant start before ending prematurely after he was taken out by another rider early on.
Ben Currie and Oxford Products Racing Ducati score their maiden British Supersport podium at Oulton Park
“The Oxford Products Racing Ducati V2 was just awesome out there. We can take this result and use it for confidence for the rest of the season and try and keep this ball rolling.”
Christian Iddon continues to make progress with two seventh-place finishes at Oulton Park
“I think if all the stars had aligned today, we would have had a chance to fight for a podium. But we’re just missing that last little bit, so we’ll be searching for it between now and next round.”
Eighth for Christian Iddon in the Sprint Race at Oulton as he continues to make progress with the Oxford Products Racing Ducati team
Christian Iddon qualified in eleventh for today’s BikeSocial Sprint race at Oulton Park, which didn’t really do justice to his pace on the Oxford Products Racing Ducati. But a good start in the afternoon’s race saw him in the mix with several other riders, and he had climbed up as high as seventh by Lap 7.
A third consecutive sixth place finish sees Ben Currie third in the British Supersport championship
Ben Currie’s afternoon got off to a brilliant start after he stuck his Oxford Products Racing Ducati Panigale V2 on the front row of the grid for the race after qualifying earlier in the day in second place.