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Luca Wilkinson

鈥淔ree Practice:聽All about learning the track as this is another new one for me. I spent the whole 25 mins just trying to learn. Finished the session 2.9s off 1st so plenty of work to do.

鈥淨ualifying:聽Didn鈥檛 go as well as I鈥檇 hoped, ended up coming 14th but the gap to the front had closed to 1.8s so I was happy with the progress. I was feeling more confident about the track and where I was for the start, knowing I could get a good start and hopefully get straight into the top 10 I was confident I could go forwards.

鈥淩ace 1:聽Got a fantastic start and managed to go from 14th to 8th of the start and up to 7th in the 1st lap. Worked hard to stay in the group but we got the gearing slightly too short so I struggled making any moves having to do everything on the brakes to keep with the leading pack, ended up coming P9. Really pleased with the finish and felt I had the pace to do more in race 2.

鈥淩ace 2:聽We put in new gearing & it immediately made a difference. I got a good start from 11th on the grid and had a huge battle with 8-10 other riders and almost managed the win. I got a great drive & slipstream coming into the final chicane on the last lap but Lewis Mullen pulled off a great move & just dived past me to the apex. Tried everything to get him back before the line but he just beat me by 6/100th of a second taking the win and I came home in 2nd. Well done to Arnie Carr for his podium. So happy with that & my best race of the year. Also got awarded the Most Coverage Award by Clifford which was really cool. Amazing weekend and an incredible weekend for the entire Team with PB finishes for everyone.鈥�

Zack Weston

鈥淲hat a weekend it was, I didn鈥檛 have massive hopes for this round as it was a track I had never been to and only having two sessions to get to pace and have a set up that works isn鈥檛 easy but the team worked hard on and off my bike to get it perfect.听

鈥淧ractice聽was mainly about getting laps in and learning the track and that I did, I went out on scrubs and just did lap after lap learning and taking in as much as possible. I managed 36 laps across the two practices and closed the time to the front rides to around 1.8s which I was happy with considering the tyres I was on.

鈥淨ualifying聽didn鈥檛 go as I鈥檇 hope I did manage to go quicker then practice but with people trying to get tows off of quicker riders messed up the end of qualifying but still happy with where I qualified for Race 1 鈥� P22.

鈥淩ace 1: For the first time this year I actually got the bike of the line and didn鈥檛 lose a position.

鈥淚 got a really good start and just went for it, making up 8 positions in the first lap and getting right in the back of the front group and I had the pace to be with them but battles with a few riders and people not making the smartest of moves meant the front group got away and got a gap the rest of the field but after a hard fight and nearly getting wiped out I manage to finish the race in P16.

鈥淩ace 2: The pace I had in race one put my P10 on the grid for race two and I knew I had more pace in me so after another good start I got stuck in getting up to P8 and battling hard with everyone and setting a 1:20.0.

鈥淎fter a chaotic 14 laps I managed to finish the race P12. I can鈥檛 thank the team enough for all the hard work they鈥檝e put in this weekend making my bike the best it鈥檚 ever felt and making it possible for me to ride it how I know I can.

鈥淭hank you to everyone who makes it possible.鈥�