Current Championship Position

 9th

Ben's Comments

"The weather was against us all weekend. The bike felt much better than it did at Silverstone in the dry, but we only had one dry session all weekend! First qualifying was dry for the first 4 laps then rained... just as I was getting up to speed, and then second qualifying was completely wet which meant that the times from the first session stood. I was really fired up for the race and confident that in dry conditions I could make up some ground. Race day saw the rain come and go, on and off as it had been all weekend. Just as we were about to go out on the sighting lap (which at this point was dry) the clouds gathered overhead. The sighting lap was dry but on the warm-up lap it belted down. With everyone on dry tyres, the organisers brought everyone into the pits to change their tyres... at which point it stopped raining and the sun came out! With the track still soaked we opted for full wets (front and rear) which was great for the first 5 laps or so, but as the track dried (which Oulton does very quickly) the tyres went off and the guys with other (dry) combinations began to pick up the pace. It also didn't help that the rider seemingly left his brain at home this weekend... and rode like a big girl!"