It was a tough opening weekend for 22-year-old Luke
Mossey on the Quattro Plant TECcare Kawasaki at Donington Park. Mossey was
competing in his first ever MCE British Superbike Championship and he gained a
Championship point in race one with a 15th place but struggled
slightly in race two and finished in 19th.
Luke was running well throughout the weekend and
slowly finding his feet in the tough and fiercely competitive Superbike class.
He was seventh in the opening free practice session, 13th in session
two and seventh again in the final practice session. He was keen to get into
qualifying and the first part of the session went well with Luke ending in sixth
place. However disaster struck in the second session and Luke crashed into turn
one, he was ok but the bike cart wheeled and destroyed itself.
The Quattro team worked hard throughout the night to
rebuild it from scratch and they got him out for morning warm up. He was looking
forward to race one but very nervous, the youngster from Cambridge rode hard
during the first race and was fighting with some very well established and
knowledgeable riders within the Championship, he battled really hard and secured
a solid 15th place.
Mossey was placed in 23rd place on the grid
for race two and he knew it would be tough from that far back on the grid, he
got a steady start and moved through to 21st place. He worked his way
up to 19th but the leading bunch had already made a break. Despite
his consistent lap times he was unable to secure any Championship points but has
learnt a wealth of experience from his first weekend in the toughest domestic
Championship in the World.
Luke Mossey - "I felt really confident going into the weekend and I
was keen to get some strong results for myself and the team. The practice
sessions were going really well and I was looking forward to qualifying, in the
second qualifying session I had a pretty big crash into turn one. I'm not sure
what happened as the bike just went from under me. I'm lucky I was ok but sorry
I caused so much damage, my team were amazing and were up until midnight
rebuilding it for me.
I was a little nervous on race day and as the tension
built for race one I felt more nervous, this was a whole new experience for me
and I was riding around and with several riders I've looked up to and respected
for years. It was a pretty daunting experience but I'm glad now that first race
weekend is out the way and hopefully I can settle down at the remaining nerves.
Everything in both races was completely different for me compared to racing in
Supersport for the last few years.
I learnt a lot this weekend and I'm taking a massive
amount of knowledge from the track, which I will take to future rounds. I want
to thank the Quattro Plant TECcare team so much for making me so welcome and I
really am looking forward to working with them all throughout this season. Also
a huge thanks must go to my main sponsor TECcare and their continued support
plus everyone else who has helped me this season."
2015 BSB
Calendar
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17th
- 19th - April
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Brands Hatch
Indy
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2nd
- 4th May
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Oulton
Park
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19th
- 21st June
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Snetterton
300
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3rd
- 5th July
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Knockhill
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17th
- 19th July
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Brands Hatch
GP
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31st
July - 2nd August
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Thruxton
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21st
- 23rd August
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Cadwell
Park
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4th
- 6th September
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Oulton
Park
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18th
- 20th September
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TT Circuit
Assen
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2nd
- 4th October
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Silverstone
GP
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16th
- 18th October
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Brands Hatch
GP
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