 BSB - Airwaves Yamaha races [EN] [26-05-09 07:56 by staff GoNBike.com] | ||
EXCELLENT ELLISON AND CONSUMMATE CAMIER AT DONINGTON PARK Airwaves Yamaha rider James Ellison scored his maiden British Superbike victory at Donington Park today. His win followed a second place finish in race one, and sees him move into 2nd in the Championship table. His teammate Leon Camier extended his lead in the Championship to 28 points after taking victory in race one and 12th in race two. >From 3rd on the grid, James took the lead at the start of race one, with pole man Leon slotting into 5th. As James worked hard to defend his lead up front, Leon picked off a rider a lap to quickly move up to 2nd. After posting the fastest lap of the race, 1:31.313, Leon overtook James for the lead as they went through the Foggy Esses at the end of lap 5. The Airwaves Yamaha pair then remained unchallenged, eventually crossing the line to take the team's first one-two of 2009 by almost 7 seconds. In a re-started race two, James once again took the lead early on, whilst Leon dropped down to 4th. Having made his way up to 3rd, a technical issue temporarily stopped Leon at the Melbourne Hairpin, dropping him down to 25th. For the remaining 16 laps, Leon managed a series of impressive passes to finish 12th and secure 4 valuable Championship points. Meanwhile at the front, James had broken away from the rest of the field to comfortably take his first British Superbike victory. Clearly delighted with his results, James said, "Today has been awesome. It felt fantastic to be on the podium in the first race and to get a one-two for Airwaves Yamaha, but of course the win topped it off. I knew I didn't have the pace to beat Leon in race one, and I'm sure that if he hadn't had technical problems he would have been joining me up the front in race two. Having not won in a while, I wasn't quite sure what to do towards the end, it was really quite hard to keep focused and the adrenalin is still going now. I have to say a massive thank you to everyone at Airwaves Yamaha for all the hard work they have put in. I can't wait to get to Thruxton for more of the same!" After race two Leon commented, "I've been suffering from a cold this weekend and not been 100% so the races were tough. I didn't get great starts in either so I knew I had to really push to get to the front. In race one it all went pretty much to plan and so I was really pleased to get another win for Airwaves Yamaha. The second race seemed to be going the same way until the bike stopped. At the moment we're not too sure what happened so we'll have to look into it, but it's onwards and upwards from here." Race One Results: 1 Leon Camier Airwaves Yamaha 2 James Ellison Airwaves Yamaha 3 Stuart Easton Hydrex Honda Race Two Results: 1 James Ellison Airwaves Yamaha 2 Stuart Easton Hydrex Honda 3 Chris Walker Motorpoint / Henderson Yamaha 4 Simon Andrews MSS Colchester Kawasaki 5 Glen Richards HM Plant Honda 6 Ian Lowry Relentless Suzuki by TAS 7 Gary Mason Quay Garage Honda 8 Tristan Palmer Buildbase Kawasaki 9 John Laverty Buildbase Kawasaki 10 Graeme Gowland Motorpoint / Henderson Yamaha 11 Julien Da Costa MSS Colchester Kawasaki 12 Leon Camier Airwaves Yamaha Championship Positions: 1 Leon Camier Airwaves Yamaha 117 points 2 James Ellison Airwaves Yamaha 89 points ::Airwaves Yamaha - Press Release:: | ||
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