High flying Brookes just misses out on Cadwell victory
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01/01/1970
Josh Brookes may have crashed out of British Superbike race two today at Cadwell Park, just a couple of corners from home – and an almost certain debut victory at the Mountain Circuit with Tyco Suzuki – but the Australian’s hard-charging never say die attitude was well receive by the knowledgeable BSB fans at the Lincolnshire venue, who applauded his every effort.
With his end of season Showdown place guaranteed at the previous round, Brookes was never going to settle for a brace of third placed finishes after standing on the bottom rung of the podium in the opening race. He hunted down Alex Lowes in race two with the fastest lap of the race on the penultimate lap, then made the all important pass to take the lead, only to slip off at Mansfield just a few corners from home.
Josh Brookes:
“I’ve run it over in my head a thousand times since it happened and the bottom line is, I got into the lead and just messed up. But in hindsight it was better to have a go at the win. After I made a mistake over the Mountain I hunted Bridewell down and the pass on Alex [Lowes] on the last lap was pretty easy to be honest, as I got good drive out of Charlie’s and was quicker all race into Park, making up loads of ground. I just tucked the front a couple of corners after that but I’m not hurt, the bikes not too badly damaged and we only lost three podium credits.”
Philip Neill – Team Manager:
“It was a bit of a frustrating weekend all round as we showed a lot of promise but didn’t take home our deserved rewards. The GSX-R1000 package was once again superb this weekend and with some further developments planned, we are looking forward to the next round at Donington Park.
What can you say about Josh Brookes: he’s a racer through and through and we love to see that in a rider. To set the fastest lap of the race on the penultimate lap, then go on and take the lead on the last lap against the odds is testament to his determination. However it has to be said, those podium credits are extremely important at this stage.
Anyway we are still in the hunt and we will move on to Donington in a positive frame of mind, which has been a good circuit for us in the past.”
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