Leon Camier insists he has plenty of time to make up ground in the standings after being forced to sit out the latest round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at
Oulton Park.
Camier came to the seventh round of the season poised in third place overall but has slipped to fifth after withdrawing as a consequence of a heavy fall during qualifying.
With rain threatening to fall, Camier was keen to get a good lap in early but he admits was trying too hard when he came into Island for the first time, his excess speed forcing him off the circuit. Although he attempted to cross the grass and re-join the circuit, Camier instead fell on the wet surface and hit his head.
“I didn't remember much at the time, but it has all gradually come back to me,” he told
Crash.net Radio. “Because the conditions were dodgy, I was trying to get a good lap early on but it was my first full lap on slicks and when I came up on the brow of the hill, I was carrying too much speed. The grass was wet though, so I fell off and hit my head.
Although Camier received the all clear from the medical centre, he admitted he didn't feel 100 per cent during morning warm-up before the races. Keen not to put himself and other riders in danger, Camier chose to watch from the sidelines.
“I bashed my head yesterday and wrenched my neck going into Island. I didn't remember much about it, but they cleared me fit for today's races. However, when I was out there everything was delayed and the slightest thing had to go wrong and I wouldn't have been in control to catch it.”
Having lost a position to Tom Sykes and Leon Haslam in the overall standings, Camier is hoping to get back on form at
Knockhill.
“It is so crap just watching,” he added. “You want to get in amongst it, but it was hard enough to just go round, let alone race. It is disappointing for the championship though because I am dropping quite a few points, but I have time to make it up again.”
