Race Report...
Date: 23/09/07
Event: British Championship Rd 6
Track: Silverstone
Bike: Aprilia 550
Weather: Dry
 
Qualifying

I had been fastest in both the free practice sessions and everthing seemed to be coming really easy. The bike was working really well and I was riding fairly within myself as I knew I only needed a 10th in one of the 3 races to wrap up the title. Still I put the Aprilia on pole with a gap of 1.5 seconds over the 2nd place finisher which is absolutely absurd! It should have been even more though, on the final lap I had a mega lap and I was totally out of safe mode and in the whole lets see how fast you can really really go mode but that was obviously a silly thing to do with such a gap and I was thinking just that as I flew through the air after being highsided off the bike. It was total rider error as I ran slightly wide and onto some dirty tarmac while hard on the gas and it threw me. Luckily I was unharmed but the bike was a bit of a wreck that meant a lot of work that evening.
Finished: 2nd

Race 1

I got a pretty poor start to the first race but slotted into 4th happily enough and then passed Winstanley when he made a mistake at the end of the 1st lap. I was then setting my sights on Chris Hodgson who was riding really well. I was thinking ahead as to where I could pass him when all of a sudden I was down. It happened so quickly I was on my backside before I even knew I had crashed. It was such a fast crash I was awarded the Michelin 'Ouch that hurts' award at the end of the day. Anyway I got back on but the reason for the crash was a breather problem which meant there was oil and water dripping onto my rear tyre! The whole race I had to go really steady and just take it to the finish. Unfortunately I came home in 13th. Just 3 places behind where I needed to be. Waaay uncool!
Finished: 13th

Race 2

I had to start the 2nd race from 13th and I also had to use the spare bike which is not normally a problem but the settings on my spare for the weekend were completely different to my number 1 bike. I got a mega start though and was soon up to 6th. From there on in I picked off the riders until I got to the top 2 of Sam Warren and Matt Winstanley. I kept having brake fade problems and was having to adjust it out on several occasions. Everytime I did I would lose a load of time and I contemplated staying in 3rd to take the title. Thats no way to win a championship though and I wanted to show just what I could do so I decided I really wanted to win and the pace I was holding meant it was a relatively simple thing to do. It was great to take another British Title!

Finished: 1st

Race 3

The third race was a fairly simple affair and I soon had the lead. I took it pretty easy and was really suprised to be pulling out lap after lap by nearly a second. So I took the final win of the year and took the double British crown. I have to thank all my sponsors for all their help as without them nothing would be possible and also my family for all their support

 

 

 

Many congratulations Christian on this fantastic achievement from everyone at Adrenaline Guru