The
Milwaukee Yamaha team have secured their position in the MCE Insurance British
Superbike Championship Showdown for the third consecutive season as James
Ellison scored a third place in the opening race at Donington Park.
In
the opening race Ellison was pushing hard in the leading pack as he put in a
determined performance to move up the order and was running third and despite
trying to make a move on Shane Byrne ahead of him and maintained his position
to claim the podium credit. In the second race Ellison was pushing to claim
another haul of podium credits but as he made a bid to move ahead at the Esses
on the tenth lap he ran on and then had to make up the places again, working
his way through to sixth. Josh Waters scored a pair of twelfth places.
Ellison
said: “It is job done now to get our position in the Showdown which was the
main thing but I still wanted a podium. It was a really hot pace and we managed
to gap some of the other riders; none of the guys were making any mistakes so
we were all looking to try and make a move but as usual there were areas where
someone was stronger than someone else. I saw Shakey have a few looks at Alex
and I thought he might have a go, I thought maybe he might and push them both
wide, but it didn’t happen and we had a third but I was happy with that. Race
two was looking good until we had that moment, but we showed our pace and we
will be ready for the
Showdown.”
Waters
said: “We had two hard races and in both of them I had a bad couple of opening
laps and that really cost me in both races. I enjoyed Donington Park though and
I feel we made some more improvements so I am looking forward to the next round
at Assen.”
Team
co-ordinator Mick Shanley concluded: “It was really positive for the Milwaukee
Yamaha team to secure the position in the Showdown and overall we had a
positive day despite the race two result. James had a great podium in the first
race and again showed what he was capable of, it was just a shame he couldn’t
get on the podium in the second race when he ran on at the Esses. Josh is
continuing to try hard but there is obviously still work to do. The whole team
are now going to prepare for the Showdown and we look forward to Assen.”
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