Dean Thomas

I know it is getting towards the end of the season and we are not fighting for a championship but we are still doing our best and all the guys in the workshop and Samsung and everybody else that is involved with the race team, work hard to make sure that we do the best we can. It is disappointing really, this is the first time ever that I can think of in my racing career where I’ve spent the second race sitting in hospitality with the guests!

Roll on Brands Hatch and hopefully, fingers crossed we won’t have this problem and Sean and I will be somewhere where we should be. Stuck in the top ten bracket hopefully and get a decent result to finish the year off.

Deano

I would like to pass on my condolences to the Bridewell family and the Naturally Best team following the sad loss of Ollie Bridewell during the Mallory Park weekend.  

Deano

I went out in the rain and that was fine, I could do all the laps I needed to do. I went out in the dry for six or seven laps and my ribs were playing up, it has only been two weeks since I cracked them so I think they are just not ready. It is a bit of a shame really because I was hoping to move forward this weekend and Oulton Park is one of my favourite tracks, we have a good tyre allocation from Dunlop and all the good things. I won’t live up to what we need which is not good,” he explained, “Even though they are predicting rain for tomorrow, if it rained “Yes” I could ride but if it dries then there is no way I’ll last twenty laps. I had no option really but to step back and let Sean ride the bike really.

With Mallory Park in just one week’s time, I hope I am fit. I thought I’d be ok for here to be honest. I’m hoping and praying that a week will be enough. Give it a week and that will be three weeks from the injury. Three weeks isn’t a long time for a rib injury but hopefully it is enough so fingers crossed.

Deano

Just as the Samsung Suzuki team had turned a corner on bike development we suffered a set back when I crashed during free practice injuring my ribs at Knockhill.

I flicked off and landed on top of the bike and did the old Randy Mamola style, you know legs off one side. I thought I had saved it and then we got onto the gravel and it started to tank slap and just as it pitched me off I caught the handle bars in the ribs again. It got me just in the same place as I got hit last year. So the top and bottom of it is I’ve cracked a couple of ribs again so that is me done for this weekend.

But, got to look forward, so its onto Oulton where we’ll be getting back on track.

Deano 

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Cheers Deano

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Cheers, Deano