After qualifying in a fantastic second place, any hopes that Tommy Bridewell had of rounding out an eventful season in the Suzuki GSXR750 European Cup in style vanished when he crashed heavily on the third lap of the final round held at Magny Cours in France. Continuing his great end of season form after breaking his leg at the opening round of the Italian Superbike Championship, Bridewell was just pipped to pole position by Austrian Roland Resch and in the early stages of the race, despite a poor start, the 20 year old from Devizes in Wiltshire was making ground on the leaders.