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26/09/2005: "BSB Donington; Suzuki Report"

There's more news from other leading BSB teams in our racing section, but here's the word from Rizla Suzuki, who had atough fight on their hands at Donington;

Rizla Suzuki's John Reynolds and James Haydon each recorded hard-fought fifth place finishes at the 12th round of the British Superbike Championship at Donington Park in Leicestershire today.

A change of fork settings before the opening dry race allowed reigning Champion Reynolds to set the third fastest lap on his way to taking fifth place. A rainstorm before the second race meant the riders started on a damp track with a drying racing line and Reynolds fell foul of the conditions when he strayed onto a wet patch and crashed unhurt early on.

Haydon crashed without injury on the opening lap of the first race. His crew then made the same change to his forks that Reynolds had found beneficial and that gave him extra confidence to fight through to fifth in the second race despite a poor start.

Rizla Suzuki will be racing again at the final round of the 2005 British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch GP circuit in Kent, on Sunday, October 9th.

John Reynolds:

"I'll go away from Donington and focus on the positives we have achieved here. We have been struggling to set up the front end of the Rizla Suzuki but today we made a change that has given me much more feeling and confidence in my bike.

"Well done to my team for working so hard all weekend. I'm just gutted that early in the second race I came off the dry line onto a wet patch and crashed without getting a proper chance to show what I could achieve. I guess that will have to wait until we are racing at Brands Hatch."

James Haydon:

"I was disappointed to crash out of the first race when I lost the front end without any warning. We sat down after that and decided to make the same change to my forks that 'JR' found beneficial. Thanks to that change my bike felt much better in the second race.

"I got caught behind a couple of riders from the start and because it was wet off the racing line it took time to get past them. Once I did, the extra confidence in my Rizla Suzuki let me get a move on and I was catching the leaders towards the end. I'm really excited about going to Brands Hatch and can't wait to get racing again."

(this article was taken from insidebikes.com)