Silverstone; Mixed Weekend for Hawk Kawasaki
Mixed Weekend for Hawk Kawasaki
Hawk Kawasaki had a mixed weekend of results this weekend at the third round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championships at Silverstone Circuit. Scott Smart suffered a mechanical fault in race one and was forced to pull in but gained a creditable 14th place in the second race.
Youngster Peter Hickman was suffering this weekend, after crashing in Le Mans last weekend and then having two crashes in practice at Silverstone the 20-year-old from Willoughby, although not seriously injured was certainly feeling the effects of the two high speed crashes he suffered on Friday and Saturday. Battling on his still finished both races in 18th and 19th position respectively.
Despite this Hawk have made huge progress this weekend and have found a number of items that they have managed to rectify and they are hoping that this will show more positively in the forthcoming races. Speaking with Smart he said “Despite the results we have made big steps forward this weekend and found some things that we now know we can modify which should help us a lot. The bike is extremely fast and once we get everything working right it should help us move forward in the results tables. I’m looking forward to getting to Oulton and testing some of these changes out.”
Hicky commented “It’s been a difficult two weeks, as most people know I’m not a big crasher but I’ve had four in a week so I’m starting to feel a little second hand. Both crashes I had at Silverstone were pretty big, the first one red flagged the session. Come race day I was really feeling the aches and pains, thankfully I’ve broken nothing but the two races were difficult to say the least! I’m hoping by Oulton I’ll be feeling a bit better and hopefully be back in the points there.”
In the Hawk Junior Team 18-year-old Jak Wright had a successful weekend in the British Supersport Cup qualifying in 32nd place, eighth in the Cup Race and finished in a healthy 29th position overall and held onto eighth in the Cup, a strong result for only his second ever British Supersport Cup race.
David Hallett, running in the Superstock Cup Championship suffered a set back after qualifying in good 24th place from 43 riders the youngster from Folkestone gained a great start and was 16th after the first lap. However he got caught up with another rider into the chicane and ended up in the gravel, having to bump start the ZX10, Hallett brought the bike home in 30th position. He managed to set his fastest lap of the weekend trying to close down on the pack in front of him.
Hawk were joined this weekend by some guests from the MOD DMRC Headley Court Military rehab centre, the team were honoured to have their company and look forward to working with them in the near future.
Hawk Kawasaki are heading to Oulton this Bank Holiday weekend, for a full timetable please click below: -
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