Oulton Park - Round 3
Mason Law secured a stunning 12th place finish in the Pirelli National Superstock 600 race at Oulton Park this weekend. The 17-year-old from Benfleet, Essex rode an extremely mature race and battled off some hard challenges to gain another points scoring position. He qualified in 19th place at the 2.7-mile circuit and during each session he managed to take off several seconds and was over a second faster in the race than during qualifying.
He struggled on the start and was lying in 21st place after the opening lap of the 14-lap race and knew he had to work hard to push his way through the pack. Fighting he a made number of confident passes and worked his way up to a points scoring position by lap five. He eventually got up to 12th place on the Chris Walker Race School Kawasaki and was very pleased with his result.
Mason Law - "I'm really pleased with my final result in the race and despite it being another tough weekend for us. I came and did a test just over a week ago and my time this weekend was four seconds faster than what I did then. Each time I go out on the Kawasaki it just seems to get better and better, it's a really tough class and I am certainly being put through my paces.
If I could get my qualifying sorted out it should give me a better chance of being higher up the field. Every track I am still learning and getting data set up on the bike so I'm always a little bit on the back foot compared to some of the teams that have been here for years.
It's a great experience I'm loving it and feeling more confidents at each race meeting; I'm really enjoying the time and this opportunity. That was a really tough race today and I really had to work hard to get that result. Being in 19th on the grid made things difficult and you get locked up in the first few laps trying to make safe passes. I got tied up several times during the race and there were a few occasions where I was forced to brake earlier than I would have liked to avoid any collisions.
It was challenging but I really worked hard and I know my race pace was really good and roughly the same as the front runners but I just got locked up in too many battles in the opening laps and couldn't work my way through far enough to get near the front. It was hard work and I found the last few laps quite difficult as I was pushing at the start to make up some places. I'm really pleased with the weekend and looking forward to the rest of the season."
