At the time I was 13th but on the last lap a couple of riders got tows and I was pushed back to 15th on the grid, but I was reasonably happy as we had improved the bike and done some consistent times which was good for Sunday.
On Sunday morning the sky was very grey and it definitely looked like we were going to have a wet one. It was raining as we got into the paddock in the morning and then stopped and was more or less dry for the 125cc warm up and dry for our warm up.
I had to run in new pistons and was old on a hard rear tyre that had done over race distance so it was less than Ideal. I couldn’t get any feeling from the well spent rear tyre and the ground was cold so we were out on the wrong one. Even so, it’s called warm-up for a reason and it’s just a chance to run in pistons, brake pads and to do a start on normally a new clutch.
The weather was still extremely dodgy before our race, it looked like it could have gone either way and similar to last years race where we had a bit of rain in the middle. I got off the line pretty good, aside from the fact that Debon, Heidolf and Ballerini all got really good starts from behind me on the grid and were in front into the first corner.
At the end of lap 1 I was 15th and being held up a bit by Heidolf which let the group in front pull the best past of a second on us. I passed him at the start of lap 2 and then I was catching the group up to 10th place.
At the start of lap 4 I was right on the back of the group and ready to get involved and try to get to the front and get away. Midway through the lap I was just waiting until I was close enough and finding the right opportunity to pass Debon who wasn’t going particularly quick.
In the 'stadium' section of the track, the long left hairpin I saw a wheel out of the corner of my eye and before I knew it, Baldolini was into me and I was in the gravel trap trying to bail off so not to hit the barriers head on.
