I rode hard for a few laps trying to get with Eugene and Leon. Just as I was closing in on them Eugene crashed which consequently meant I was in second place behind my team mate Leon. I caught Leon and was gunning to win the championship by winning the race but I thought better of it when I realised there was brake fluid on my arm and my fairing was hanging off. At that point I didn’t think I would last the race distance, let alone win the race.
As we went down the back straight with a few laps remaining, Leon turned around and I gave him a signal to tell him to go for the win, as I knew I could still win the championship if I finished second and wasn’t willing to risk challenging him and jeopardise my title.
Unfortunately with two laps to go Leon crashed out of the race. I couldn’t believe it. I was now leading the race and just thinking ‘get it home’. Get it home is exactly what I did, pulling a 2.2s gap on Tom Sykes to claim my fifth win of the season and the British Supersport Championship title. I could not believe it when I crossed the line!
It seems really weird that I will now go to the last round of the championship with two races left and have no pressure at all. I will definitely be gunning for the last two race wins, as I have nothing to lose. I really like
Brands Hatch and I feel I have some unfinished business there from when I finished fifth in the World Supersport Championship earlier this year.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank my team Northpoint Ekerold Honda, Gary Ekerold, Simon Buckmaster, Pete Jennings, Paul Morton and Ben Fry, as well as the team sponsors Northpoint, N-gage Nokia, Jewsons and Pirelli.
A big thank you should go to my personal sponsors especially Alan and Alison Lamb, KDP, The Policy Shop, Leyford Construction, Murray Motorsport, Amdec Forklift Trucks, Shoei, Millennium, Spidi and Onfire.
