Relentless Suzuki rider Michael Laverty firmly cemented his place at the top of the British Supersport standings after a faultless performance, taking his tally to five wins for the season.
Laverty also recorded the fastest lap of the race and now sits on 190 points, 37 ahead of nearest challenger Dennis Hobbs who raced with a broken collar bone to try and keep his championship alive.
Team-mate Ian Lowry was unfortunately forced to retire from third place after only six laps when a missed gear change caused his engine to over-rev. He now drops to third place in the series behind Hobbs.
"That was exactly what I needed from the weekend especially after scoring no points at
Croft. I'm well happy,” said Laverty, “Everything went according to plan and in the race I wasn't even trying to pull away but very quickly I found myself with a good gap. I just rode steady today and didn't push too hard; I had more in me to give, if it was required but my Relentless Suzuki didn't miss a beat and although I rode to preserve my Pirelli tyres, they were faultless.”
Laverty felt that the Cadwell round was easy as he went on to say, “If every round was that easy it would be great! I now only need a fourth place from the final two rounds to win the championship so I can go to Misano this weekend to watch my brother Eugene racing and enjoy it. I must thank the team for their effort this weekend: everything ran like clockwork and we had the perfect set-up so hopefully we can finish the job at
Donington."
Lowry on the other hand wasn't happy with the Cadwell out come, "I think I may have popped a valve today after missing a gear coming down to the Mountain section that ended my race. If I'm honest, I didn't feel that comfortable this weekend as Cadwell is not one of my favourite circuits. It's complicated and has that much around it and I struggled both in practice and qualifying,” he complained.
