A solid day for Honda Racing’s duo Dan Linfoot and Jenny Tinmouth at the team’s home circuit at Cadwell Park, Lincolnshire, for the eighth round of the MCE British Superbike championship.
Linfoot took two tenth place finishes on his Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade in both 18-lap races, after a mixed start to his weekend in practice and qualifying sessions.
Linfoot’s finishes have pushed him a step further towards a place in the Showdown, where he’s now sitting seventh in the overall standings – just 21 points outside the top-six.
Meanwhile team-mate Tinmouth had two positive races aboard her CBR machine finishing 22nd and 20th. During race two the Honda rider pushed hard to improve on lap times and set her personal best time at the 3.508km circuit and was quicker on each lap than in race one.
The Louth-based team will now prepare all three CBR machines ahead of the next round at Oulton Park (4-6 September) where the squad will be joined by Honda Endurance Racing’s Julien Da Costa, who will stand in for injured Jason O’Halloran.
"I am a little disappointed with the results today, two tenth places finishes isn’t what we came here for. If I’m honest, I’m a bit baffled with the results and need to look through the data from both races to see where I was losing time and wasn’t able to be quicker. But it’s not all doom and gloom as we did manage to get some good points pushing closer to a spot in the Showdown, so hopefully I can do enough at the next round to sneak in. Oulton Park is a circuit I enjoy and I got a podium there last year. It will be my first time riding the Fireblade there as I missed the earlier round due to injury – so am looking forward to getting there and seeing what we can do and hopefully deliver the results I know we’re capable of."Dan Linfoot
"It’s been a really good weekend here for me. I’m chuffed to bits with all the hard work we’ve all put in and now that’s starting to pay off. I smashed my personal best lap times here and improved in race two with faster times than in race one. I’m looking forward to my home round in a few weeks at Oulton Park and hope to improve more."Jenny Tinmouth
"It’s been a mixed weekend for us here at Cadwell; we had a few issues at the start but managed to finish with some solid results for both Dan and Jenny. For Dan it’s disappointing not to have been further up the placing’s, as we know what he’s capable of, but the two top-ten finishes have boosted his points and pushed him closer to a possible place in the Showdown. We have some things to work on now for Oulton Park to make sure we can close that gap and secure a spot.
"Jenny’s had a fantastic weekend at a circuit she has historically struggled with and it’s great to see all the hard work both the team and Jenny have put in starting to take effect. The aim for the weekend was to finish both races, which she did in 22nd and 20th places, but she also improved her lap times, especially in the second race with each lap faster than the previous. It’s all going in the right direction with Jenny and we’re looking forward to the next round and seeing more progress there."Havier Beltran - Honda Racing team manager
Race one (18 laps)
Pos Rider Number Time Points Team Constructor
1 Josh Brookes 25 26:58.694 25 Milwaukee Yamaha Yamaha 2 Peter Hickman 60 +1.878 16 RAF Reserves BMW BMW 3 Billy McConnell 3 +3.557 13 Smiths Racing BMW BMW 4 Tommy Bridewell 46 +3.831 11 Tyco BMW BMW 5 Michael Laverty 7 +3.977 10 Tyco BMW BMW 6 Shane Byrne 67 +4.128 9 PBM Kawasaki Kawasaki 7 Luke Mossey 12 +4.99 8 Quattro Plant Kawasaki Kawasaki 8 Richard Cooper 47 +5.980 7 Anvil Hire TAG Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki 9 Christian Iddon 24 +6.582 6 Bennetts Suzuki Suzuki 10 Dan Linfoot 4 +6.656 5 Honda Racing Honda 22 Jenny Tinmouth 20 + 1 lap 0 Honda Racing Honda
Race two (18 laps)
Pos Rider Number Time Points Team Constructor
1 Josh Brookes 25 26:19.043 25 Milwaukee Yamaha Yamaha 2 Peter Hickman 60 +5.089 16 RAF Reserves BMW BMW 3 Tommy Bridewell 46 +5.264 13 Tyco BMW BMW 4 Shane Byrne 67 +5.422 11 PBM Kawasaki Kawasaki 5 Luke Mossey 12 +10.177 10 Quattro Plant Kawasaki Kawasaki 6 Billy McConnell 3 +14.333 9 Smiths Racing BMW BMW 7 Richard Cooper 47 +14.581 8 Anvil Hire TAG Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki 8 Danny Buchan 83 +14.729 7 Be Wiser Kawasaki Kawasaki 9 James Westmoreland 6 +15.033 6 JG Speedfit Kawasaki Kawasaki 10 Dan Linfoot 4 +15.242 5 Honda Racing Honda 20 Jenny Tinmouth 20 + 1 lap 0 Honda Racing Honda
Standings
Pos Rider Number Points Team Constructor
1 Josh Brookes 25 316 Milwaukee Yamaha Yamaha 2 Shane Byrne 67 277 PBM Kawasaki Kawasaki 3 James Ellison 77 147 JG Speedfit Kawasaki Kawasaki 4 Tommy Bridewell 46 141 Tyco BMW BMW 5 Stuart Easton 68 139 PBM Kawasaki Kawasaki 6 Michael Laverty 7 126 Tyco BMW BMW 7 Dan Linfoot 4 105 Honda Racing Honda 8 Jason O'Halloran 22 103 Honda Racing Honda 9 Richard Cooper 47 93 Anvil Hire TAG Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki 10 Luke Mossey 12 90 Quattro Plant Kawasaki Kawasaki
