Brad had a good weekend
at the CEV at the Navarra Circuit in Aragon last weekend (20th
to 22nd September. Even with 43 entries this was the
smallest entry number of the season but all the quick teams and
riders were there. On paper it may not have looked so good with a
17th place qualification and a 15th place
finish. During the practices and qualifying Brad and the team
struggled with getting the changed suspension, now Ohlin the same as
the rest, set well. Changes were even made between warm up and race
with no possible chance to know the effect of these.
Fortunately the changes
worked and although Brad got the start all wrong and ended lap one in
23rd position (practice the starts Brad!!) he then worked
his way forward, catching some very fast riders and finishing in 15
place right behind a group of 5 riders. With another 2 or 3 laps
that would have possible been 12th or higher as he was
lapping faster than the group he had caught. He was the 1st
Honda running a standard Honda Chassis and currently the Honda bikes
are struggling to beat the KTMs which have more punch out of the
corners. There is a while now before the next CEV which is in
October 1 week after the last MotoGP event at Valencia.
Brad is now at the
Motorland Circuit (also in Aragon and not so far from Navarra) for
the Red Bull Rookies Cup races that take place on Saturday and
Sunday. Things so far have gone pretty well with free pactice
positions of 2nd and 4th and a 4th
place final qualifying position just 0.58 seconds off pole. In
fact less than 1 second covers the first 12 places so it's going to
be the usual manic Rookies race !!
Race 1 is at 16.30
today (Saturday 28 Sept) and 15.30 tomorrow (take 1 hour off for the
UK ie 15.30 and 14.30) and can be viewed live on Redbull TV
Photos below show Brad on the Rookies KTM bike and the Larresport team FAB-Racing supported Honda at Navarra.
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