From the monthly archives: May 2012
As noted in the Donington race report, the titanium exhaust on Jimmys race bike had fractured during qualifying thus losing valuable power.
After much frantic phoning around, Colin Davies of BSB Team WFR recommended Alumacraft in Walsall so the exhaust was whisked away to them first thing on Saturday morning for a hasty repair. Whilst there [...]
After last weekends 2nd place everyone was on a high going into Donington Parks double header. Friday was a busy day with free practice and both qualifying sessions in the one day before a rest day on Saturday and both races then on Sunday. Free practice saw Jimmy finish in 5th overall, a change to gearing and [...]
Returning to the circuit where he scored his best result of 2011 with a 3rd place podium finish, Jimmys spirits should have been high but after the confidence sapping set-up issues from Thruxton still at the back of his mind, it was imperative that the team went the right way with setup and gave him a [...]
A very difficult weekend weather wise and struggling with set-up in all sessions, Jimmy qualified in 18th. A radical gamble on set-up was tried for race day warm-up which appeared to have worked as he was lapping at the same pace as the leaders now. Starting from row 5 it was always going to be [...]
