Round 6 : Mondello
Peter Hickman from Willoughby near Alford in Lincolnshire got his championship attack back on track when he rode through to score his first points in eight races at Mondello Park in Ireland after finishing in 14th place in round six of the 2007 British Superbike championship on Sunday.
Peter had a torrid time in qualifying and free practise with heavy rain playing havoc with the times. But despite a small crash in the dying seconds of qualifying the young rider put the Hawk Kawasaki Superbike up into 21st place for a sixth row start to Sunday’s double header.
With a dry track on race day Hicky set off in race one to complete his first lap in 23rd place gradually reeling in Brian McCormack, eventually moving ahead on the penultimate lap. He continued to make progress to complete his race in 17th position just outside the points.
Race two saw Hicky gain in confidence and soon begin his charge forward. By lap three he was circulating in 19th place but was prevented from further advancement when the safety car was deployed for a couple of laps.
When the car returned to the pits the race was back on and Peter was soon back on the case. He moved through to 18th and then hunted down Marty Nutt to move up a place to 17th on lap 10. He continued to make progress and crossed the finish line in 14th place to pick up two championship points.
“That is more like it,” said Peter. “I would sooner be further up the field but after the events of the last few weeks when I seemed to do nothing but crash, it s a start.”
The next round is at Knockhill in Scotland on July 1 when Peter will be hoping for further points finishes to add to his points tally.
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