David Allingham made a welcome return to the Motorpoint British Supersport Championship at Donington Park this weekend. Having missed Cadwell Park following a crash at Oulton Park where he sustained an injury to his thumb that required an operation.
David rode through the pain barrier at Donington and made vast improvements in every session he went out on track. The team made various changes from practice to qualifying and he placed the INcompetition Yamaha on 20th on the grid for the sprint race on Saturday. He got a good start and was lying as high as third in the Supersport Evo Championship class. He was battling for an Evo podium but was unable to get the better of Josh Corner on the final lap and had to settle for fourth.
He moved to 17th on the grid for race two and after avoiding a huge crash on the start he was running first in the Evo Championship class but was unfortunate to crash out at the Esses on lap five.
David Allingham - "This wasn't the weekend I was hoping for, I really wanted to be on the podium in the Evo class in both races here but it just wasn't to be. The first race went ok I was a little bit annoyed with my start and I felt like I should have been further up the pack but all in all it wasn't a bad result with a broken thumb.
I was really confident going into race two and got the start I wanted coming around the first lap in ninth and first Evo bike by quite a large distance. The safety car was out was out for the first few laps and when it went in Luke Jones and Rispoli got past me. I managed to stay with that group and felt like I could make a move on Rispoli until I crashed out at the Foggy Esses. I was really annoyed with myself but can't wait for Assen, I will hopefully be fully fit by then and back battling for podiums and wins. A huge thank you to all my team and sponsors and hope I can make amends at the remaining rounds of the season."
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