Joe Collier had another strong
weekend with the One Cal JJR Triumph team this weekend at the penultimate round
of the Dickies British Supersport series at Assen in Holland. Joe managed to
secure a 11th and 12th place respectively in the two
races.
The One Call team came to the
Dutch circuit with very little data set-up for a dry track so they spent most of
Friday getting this sorted out for Joe. They were struggling to get things 100%
in the Friday sessions but Joe was only 1.6 off the provisional pole
time.
Overnight showers resulted in
qualifying being mixed conditions, it started wet and then a drying line
appeared. Joe pushed hard and was able to secure 14th place on the
grid for the opening sprint race on Saturday.
Joe got boxed into turn one and
dropped back to 17th by lap two and he knew he had to get his head
down and push forwards through the pack. He soon began to chip away and
eventually get in a points scoring position, he worked hard to finish race one
in 11th place.
For race two he had to start from
18th place, as they lined up on the grid it was raining slightly.
After the initial warm up lap it had got heavier so they red flagged it and
called it a wet race. With it only being a light shower everyone went out for
the quick re-start on dry tyres, except Joe who had opted for wets. After the
second warm-up lap the heavens had opened, finally playing into Joe's hands but
the conditions were deemed unsafe and the race was stopped again.
Once they finally got underway
for the shortened 12-lap race, Joe got a steady start and was 16th
after lap one. He dropped back to 17th on lap four but once again
pushed hard through the pack to finish the 12 laps in 12th place.
Joe Collier - "It was certainly an
interesting weekend. We had to work really hard on Friday to get the bike set up
in the dry conditions. It was hard to get it right at first as it's such a fast
flowing circuit but it does have some stop / start corners in it also which the
Triumph struggles with.
I had a half decent qualifying
position but it was carnage on the first lap fighting for position and I lost a
couple of places as I made a couple of mistakes on the first few laps. I dug
deep and pushed hard and finally got into a bit of a rhythm to work my way up
through the pack.
My time from race one dropped me
backwards on the grid for race two. With all the stopping and starting for race
two I wasn't sure what was going to happen. At first I thought I'd totally
messed up picking wet tyres but on the warm up lap I knew that I'd actually made
the right decision. I was really frustrated when they didn't run that race
because other people had picked dry tyres. I made the right choice yet I was
pulled off the grid. I understand it was for safety reasons but just frustrating
when I'd made the right decision and others hadn't.
I worked hard in the race to get
12th place but things could have been much different!
Onwards to Brands now and the
final round and I really want to try and show my true potential there and finish
the season on a high note. Thank you to all my personal sponsors for continuing
to support me in my racing career."
2016 Personal Sponsors
MC Motors - One Call Insurance
- KGN Pillinger - Gemini Control Systems - McCarroll Engineering - Silkolene -
Daytona - Shoei - Spidi - Knox - Hamilton Glass - Shredz Fitness Centre -
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