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2005 BRITISH SBK

ROUND 6, June 5, 2005, CROFT - 2005 BRITISH SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP

CIRCUIT:

• Location: Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire
• 2.1270 mile circuit
• Lap record: Superbike: John Reynolds, Suzuki, 1m 21.245s, 94.24mph
• Lap record: Supersport: Leon Camier, Honda, 1m 23.923s, 91.24mph

RACE 1

• 1 Ryuichi KIYONARI Honda HM Plant Honda
• 2 Michael RUTTER Honda HM Plant Honda
• 3 Gregorio LAVILLA Ducati Airwaves Ducati
• 4 Michael LAVERTY Honda Stobart Honda
• 5 Glen RICHARDS Kawasaki Hawk Kawasaki
• 6 Leon HASLAM Ducati Airwaves Ducati
• 7 Jonathan REA Honda Red Bull Honda
• 8 James HAYDON Yamaha Virgin Mobile Samsung
• 9 Gary MASON Honda Stobart Honda
• 10 Dean THOMAS Kawasaki Hawk Kawasaki
• 11 PLATER 12 WILSON 13 SMART 14 NUTT 15 BROGAN Honda
• DNF: REYNOLDS

RACE 2

• 1 Gregorio LAVILLA - Ducati - Airwaves Ducati
  2 Michael RUTTER - Honda - HM Plant Honda
  3 Ryuichi KIYONARI - Honda - HM Plant Honda
  4 Glen RICHARDS - Kawasaki - Hawk Kawasaki
  5 Gary MASON - Honda - Stobart Honda
  6 Dean THOMAS - Kawasaki - Hawk Kawasaki
  7 Steve PLATER - Kawasaki-Sendo Superbike Team
  8 Kieran CLARKE - Honda - Hydrex Honda
  9 Steve BROGAN - Honda - PR Branson Honda
  10 John LAVERTY - Honda - Vitrans Racing

SUPERSPORT RACE

• 1 Stuart EASTON - Ducati - Riders - JHP Racing
  2 Leon CAMIER - Honda - Padgetts Motorcycles
  3 Craig JONES - Honda -Northpoint Honda Racing
  4 Tom SYKES - Suzuki - TAS Suzuki
  5 Pere RIBA - Kawasaki-MSS Discovery Racing
  6 Jamie ROBINSON - Honda - JR Motosport

SUPERSTOCK RACE:

• 1 Paul Young Yamaha
  2 Adrian Coates Suzuki
  3 Dave Johnson Suzuki
  4 Ollie Bridewell Kawasaki
  5 Craig Fitzpatrick Yamaha

SUPERSPORT RACE REPORT: Northpoint Honda Racing extends Championship Lead

• Northpoint Honda Racing Rider Craig Jones extended his lead in the British Supersport Championship as he took a fantastic 3rd place. His team-mate Cal Crutchlow had to sit out on the sidelines after a huge crash on the Saturday left him with ripped ligaments and torn tendons in his left arm.
• Jones who also suffered two crashes during the damp qualifying sessions on Saturday, still managed to qualify his Northpoint Honda onto third on the grid. Feeling very sore and bruised on race day Jones put on a valiant effort to gain the podium spot as he was locked in a fierce battle with main Championship rival Tom Sykes.
• The damp conditions did not stop a bumper crowd appearing to watch the best riders in the country dicing it out against each other. Once again it was Jones that gained the hole-shot of what was set out to be a frantic race. As the four front runners began to leave the chasing pack in the distance Jones got his head down and worked hard to fight off the hounding Sykes.
• Crutchlow made an attempt to ride in the race but after the warm up lap it was decided that he was in too much pain to carry on. He will be seeing doctors and specialists this week in order to try and get his injuries mended before the next race at Knockhill in two weeks time. Speaking with a disappointed Crutchlow he said 'This is the last thing I needed, it was a fairly big high-side that I suffered and I got trapped underneath the bike. I knew I had done some damage instantly as the pain was so intense, originally they thought I might have broken my shoulder blade or my arm. I'm aiming to get things sorted out as soon as possible and hopefully get back on my bike for Knockhill.'
• Jones said 'It's been a tough weekend in general and the weather conditions played a huge part in both Cal and I crashing on the Saturday. Luckily I did no serious damage but I still didn't feel 100% on race day. I'm pleased to have got a podium and gained at few more points over Tom. The bike felt great and the team worked really hard once again to make sure everything ran right.'
• Team Principal Gary Ekerold commented 'It's been a difficult weekend for the team and obviously the crash that Cal sustained was a blow to us all. Craig once again ran at the front and gained another podium and moved us closer to taking the British Supersport title. He worked extremely hard throughout the weekend and if we can continue with this consistency it will help us achieve our main goal. It's unfortunate for Cal as he really was making progress in his riding and was clawing his way up the Championship tables, hopefully the injury won't hinder him to much and we'd like to see him back on the bike as soon as he is fit enough.
• The next round of the Championship is at Knockhill on June 26th.

SUPERBIKE QUALIFYING

• 1 Michael RUTTER Honda HM Plant Honda CBR1000RR, 1m 20.624
  “I’m really pleased to have got pole position. Croft is a good circuit for me ... I knew that it was important to give myself any edge possible over the opposition, particularly Kiyo, if I’ve got any chance of maintaining my advantage in the series"
• 2 Dean THOMAS Kawasaki Hawk Kawasaki 1:20.628
• 3 Jonathan REA Honda Red Bull Honda 1:20.904
  “I’m really pleased to be on the front row again. It was obviously fantastic to be the youngest person in the championship to ever secure pole position at Mondello Park, but it’s also nice to back it up and prove that I can consistently run with the leading pack"
• 4 Ryuichi KIYONARI Honda HM Plant Honda
• 5 Karl HARRIS Honda Honda Racing.co.uk
  “I’m fairly happy with fifth place, although it would obviously have been nice to have kept pole position. The most important thing is to perform well in tomorrow’s races though, so that’s what I’m focussing on. The Honda- Racing.co.uk CBR1000RR Fireblade is really well suited to the track at Croft, so I’m hoping to be competitive.”
• 6 Glen RICHARDS Kawasaki Hawk Kawasaki
• 7 Leon HASLAM Ducati Airwaves Ducati
• 8 Michael LAVERTY Honda Stobart Honda
• 9 Steve PLATER Kawasaki Sendo Superbike Team
• 10 C James BUCKINGHAM Suzuki Quay Garage Suzuki
• 11 CLARKE 12 HAYDON 13 LAVILLA 14 HILL 15 SMART
  16 REYNOLDS 17 MASON 18 NUTT 19 KIRKHAM 20 BEAUMONT

RACE SCHEDULE:

• Friday
  09.30 – 10.05 British Supersport Free Practice 1
  10.15 – 10.35 British 125cc Free Practice 1
  10.45 – 11.30 British Superbike Free Practice 1
  11.40 – 12.05 National Superstock Championship Free Practice
  12.15 – 12.35 British 125cc Free Practice 2
  13.35 – 14.10 British Supersport Free Practice 2
  14.20 – 15.05 British Superbike Free Practice 2
  15.15 – 15.40 National Superstock Cup Free Practice
  15.50 – 16.15 British 125cc Qualifying 1
  16.25 – 16.50 National Superstock Championship Qualifying 1
• Saturday
  09.30 – 09.55 National Superstock Cup Qualifying 1
  10.05 – 10.40 British Supersport Qualifying 1
  10.50 – 11.40 British Superbike Qualifying 1
  11.50 – 12.15 Virgin Mobile Cup Free Practice
  12.25 – 12.50 National Superstock Cup Qualifying 2
  13.50 – 14.15 British 125cc Qualifying 2
  14.25 – 14.50 National Superstock Championship Qualifying 2
  15.00 – 15.50 British Superbike Qualifying 2
  16.05 Metzeler National Superstock Cup 15 Laps
  16.35 – 17.10 British Supersport Qualifying 2
  17.20 – 17.45 Virgin Mobile Cup Qualifying
• Sunday
  10.00 – 11.00 Pit Walk
  12.05 – 12.15 British Superbike Warm up
  12.20 - 12.30 Virgin Mobile Cup Warm up
  12.35– 12.45 British Supersport Warm up
  12.50 – 13.00 British 125cc Warm up
  13.20 2005 Bennetts British Superbike Championship 22 laps
  14.10 Virgin Mobile Cup 14 laps
  14.55 Metabo British Supersport Championship 20 laps
  15.45 2005 Bennetts British Superbike Championship 22 laps
  16.35 British 125cc GP Championship 16 laps
  17.15 Metzeler National Superstock Championship 18 laps

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