After a tentative return from injury at the previous round of the Suzuki GSX-R 750 European Cup in Germany two weeks ago, British teenager Tommy Bridewell defied the heat to record a battling eighth place finish at Misano last weekend. After some technical problems in qualifying saw him languishing down in 14th place on the grid, the 18 year old from Etchilhampton near Devizes in Wiltshire battled through the field after breaking his leg in April and despite a couple of minor errors, eventually took a fine top eight finish at the Italian circuit.
Following on from a broken leg sustained in the opening round of the Italian Superbike Championship in April, Tommy Bridewell will return to the saddle this weekend for the latest round of the Suzuki GSX-R 750 European Cup which takes place at the Nurburgring in Germany. The 18 year old from Etchilhampton near Devizes in Wiltshire underwent an operation in Italy to pin the leg straight after the freak accident and has only just been given clearance by his doctors to race this week, whereby he will join up with the British Suzuki team once again.
The opening round of the Italian Superbike Championship promised much but delivered little when Team Naturally Best Racing rider Tommy Bridewell sustained a broken leg in a freak incident at the Mugello circuit yesterday. After qualifying the Suzuki GSX-R1000 on row two of the nine row grid on his debut at the track, the 19 year old from Etchilhampton near Devizes in Wiltshire was confident of a good result and on the opening lap was up to third place amongst some of Europe's best riders.