Sunday 23 August 2009

Gone with the Wind!!!

Even before the team arrived at Anglesey, the weather report for the weekend was grim. Although the journey up was in glorious late evening sunshine, as soon as we started setting up camp, the wind began to cause problems. Friday's test was fairly straight forward in sunny conditions, and after a few minor changes to the setup the bike was readied for Saturday's racing.

An average start from 10th on the grid made it difficult for me to make up any places and taking the outside line round The Banking I tried to clawback a few positions, all to no avail. As the race settled into the usual rhythm, I couldn't quite match the pace of the leaders although I was managing to keep 7th and 8th in sight. I tried to reel them in but finished quite a lonely 9th, matching my previous personal best of 1:12.30 just over 2.5 seconds adrift but 8 seconds clear of 10th.

In race 2 I again made a poor start by my own standards, getting pushed wide into the first turn. The first few laps were quite eventful with a number of fallers and incidents. I soon settled into a rhythm and was closing on the rider in front when the oil flags went out round the entire circuit. Normally this wouldn't have been a problem but coupled with a few minor slides made me lose confidence in the amount of grip and my lap times suffered. I recovered in the final 2 laps and started to reel in 5th place and very nearly put a move into the Corkscrew, but wasn't quite close enough to pull it off cleanly. Slightly frustrated, 6th place was good for the Championship.

A few minor changes were planned for Sunday's racing but I was unable to try them as extremely strong winds overnight/early morning made the track unsafe and the meeting was cancelled.

A big thanks to Charlie, Colin & Steve for making the long journey to support me. Look forward to seeing you all at Cadwell next month.

Cheers

Jagger

Monday 17 August 2009

Anglesey, Wales - 22/23 August

Hi All,

We're heading to Anglesey in Wales again this weekend for hopefully some great weather (as usual) and a great weekend's racing. Phil has enjoyed the circuit every time we have been and last year had some top 3 results on the Coastal Circuit.

Phil will be using the track day on Friday to familiarise himself again with the circuit, we have raced there this year but on the GP circuit. Racing is both Saturday and Sunday 22 and 23 August.

There are only three remaining Championship rounds, so, if you've not been to see us yet and don't mind the journey to a beautiful coastal circuit, we'll be happy to have you join us at Anglesey or at any of the remaining rounds below:-

Rounds 12 & 13 - Cadwell - September 19 & 20
Rounds 14 & 15 - Donington Park, Leicestershire - Oct 3 & 4

If, however, you unable to make a meeting, remember that a detailed blog report is uploaded onto the website and the photos from the event too as soon as possible. If you have comments please feel free to send these via the website or to info@jagger-racing.co.uk.

Cheers for reading.

Lou

FANTASY RIDERS: ROUND 18




The league table after round 18 of the Jagger Racing Fantasy Riders 2009 League can be seen above (click image to enlarge). It was a low-scoring round as many of the fancied MotoGP riders including Jorge Lorenzo, Mika Kallio and Marco Melandri crashed out.

Round 19 of the Jagger Racing Fantasy Riders 2009 League takes place in two weeks time as MotoGP continues at Indianapolis in the USA, while Cadwell Park hosts British Superbikes. See the Fantasy Riders website for the deadline for team changes.

Monday 10 August 2009

FANTASY RIDERS: ROUND 17




The league table after round 17 of the Jagger Racing Fantasy Riders 2009 League can be seen above (click image to enlarge). Stuart moved back into third in the table after another faultless weekend for BSB championship leader Leon Camier.

Round 18 of the Jagger Racing Fantasy Riders 2009 League takes place next weekend as MotoGP continues at Brno in the Czech Republic. See the Fantasy Riders website for the deadline for team changes.