It was a solid weekend for young Irishman David Allingham this weekend at Brands Hatch in round five of the Motorpoint British Supersport Evo Championship. David who has never rode at the Brands GP track before gained fourth in the sprint race in the Supersport Evo class and backed it up with a great third place on Sunday in the main feature race.

The youngster from Northern Ireland was eager to learn and put in a good time during practice and qualifying at Brands. In each session David improved on his times and was able to qualifying in fifth place for the Motorpoint Evo sprint race for the 12-lap race. He got a good start and was up to second in the Evo class at one point. He took around a second off his time from qualifying and was eager to improve in race two. In race two his times were once again better and this time he was in contention for the win, he rode a smooth and consistent race to bring the IN competition Racing Yamaha home in third place.

David Allingham - "I sometimes forget this is my first season racing at BSB level and each time I want to be quick instantly, as any rider does. The team worked hard this weekend to help me find a good set up here at Brands but I was losing a lot of time in the first sector, I had to try and relax and let my times come. In both races I went faster again and I'm really pleased with my progress by the end of the weekend. I suffered with really bad arm pump in the second race so I need to strengthen my arms before the next round at Thruxton. Once again I would like to thank all my team and sponsors for helping me this season, it's much appreciated."