Airwaves Ducati have a comfortable lead in the Bennett's British Superbike Championship following a rain-soaked Round Two at Donington Park. Gregorio Lavilla showed his class in difficult cold and wet conditions, setting a new lap record of 1:31.243 in race one. The team finished the day with a first and third place in Race One and a second and third in Race Two.
There was plenty of action in the opening race with a number of riders falling on the first corner and the safety car being called onto the track. Prior to race two a wet practice was called and even during the warm up several of riders succumbed to the wet conditions and crashed.
Gregorio commented after the race, “We were very happy with this morning and to get another win and lap record was great, for the second race we had to look to just finishing because the conditions were so bad. The bike was working well but the conditions were hard and I was having problems with visibility. It was so cold, I couldn’t feel my hands’ so braking was difficult.”
Team manager Colin Wright was quick to praise the team effort saying, “It was a challenging weekend but the lads worked very hard, in return we came away with 4 podiums, another lap record and Ducati are now leading the manufacturers Championship by 12 points. Not a bad day at the office!”
Denis Stone of Q8Oils was equally delighted. “Yet again Q8Oils lubricants have performed faultlessly, in spite of exceptionally cold and wet conditions.”
Airwaves Ducati look ahead to Thruxton for Round Three on April 17th with Gregorio Lavilla on top of the championship with 82 points and Leon Haslam in third on 56.
BSB Race One:1) Gregorio Lavilla - Airwaves Ducati,
2) Ryuichi Kiyonari - HM Plant Honda,
3) Leon Haslam - Airwaves Ducati
BSB Race Two: 1) Scott Smart – Vivaldi Racing,
2) Leon Haslam – Airwaves Ducati,
3) Gregorio Lavilla – Airwaves Ducati
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