The 2015 racing season has well and truly begun, a very successful first round gave the team much excitement leading into round 2. The weekend was a tale of two stories for both Reece & Curtis.   They hadn’t sat on the bikes since they finished their final races at brands hatch over 5 weeks ago, so it was going to take a bit of getting into before they start started to get the lap times. During practice Reece quickly regained his form that he had at Brands and with a few minor changes he was on his way to another great weekend. Curtis’s practice was however very different. Mechanical problems meant he had to miss out the majority of practice only managing a handful of laps on a bike which was far from perfect. The team worked day and night to find the source of the electrical problem, and in the early hours of the morning, just 6 hours before qualifying, they had managed to cure the issue. The bikes where ready for race day!

The weekend was already turning out to be quite complicated for the team and the weather wasn’t going to make it any easier. Howling winds and ice cold rain during the night completely changed the team’s plans going into qualifying. Reece was out qualifying first, the rain had stopped and the sun was shining and the track was surprisingly drying very fast. Having only 15 minutes to qualify meant that we had to ensure the correct tyre choice was made as there wouldn’t be time to change tyres mid-session. The team made the decision to run out on wet compound tyres and hope that the track was still damp enough. Upon Reece’s out lap he quickly realised they had made the wrong decision and the track would have supported dry tyres. This was a disaster for the team and Reece’s qualifying but surprisingly he managed to get in one good lap to put him 9th on the grid; a good result considering the circumstances.