The Hydrex Honda team had a difficult final round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at the
Brands Hatch Indy circuit, although Karl Harris was at least able to salvage a top ten finish from the final weekend of racing.
Technical problems and tyre issues stopped Harris and Aaron Zanotti from finishing race one, but Harris pulled it back in race two with an eighth place, while Zanotti finished in 20th.
Race one got off to a good start for both riders with Harris running in seventh place while Zanotti was up to 13th from 21st on the grid. Luck ran out for Harris on lap 17 when a technical problem forced his out of the race and one lap later it was Zanotti's turn as he crashed out at Druids.
Second time out things went better with Harris racing to a top ten finish, but he was still frustrated with how things had gone.
“I had a technical problem in race one which forced me to retire,” he said. “Then in race two my tyre went off and dropped me off the pace. I'm really disappointed with how things have gone this weekend. I wanted a big finish to the season and it just didn't happen.”
Zanotti also had tyre issues during qualifying which affected the remainder of his weekend and technical issues in the second race didn't help his performance.
“Qualifying went well,” he reflected. “We changed a few things and I was comfy on a race tyre but we didn't make any progress when we put in a qualifier. On race tyres I was running about tweflth but I qualified in 21st on the qualifying tyre.
“I got a good start and got up to 13th which was on the back of the group battling for tenth. I was lapping as fast as the guys in tenth but I lost the front at Druids and that was that. As for race two, I had a bit of a technical problem and got to 15th before dropping back to 20th.”
