Jon Kirkham struggled with grip issues in both races. He battled these to record a hard-earned sixth place in race one (just 5.5-seconds behind winner Hopkins), but crashed out of the restarted race two while trying to recover from a slow start. Kirham has dropped to ninth place in the championship but with the lower leaderboard positions being so tight he in fact only lies seven points outside the important top-six 'Title Fighters' (that go on to battle for the championship over the final three rounds).
Jon Kirkham: "I'm feeling pretty secondhand after crashing at the Bombhole in that second race. It's been a really tough day's racing as I haven't had the rear tyre grip I need to do the job. Emotionally right now I don't feel so upbeat, but I guess if I can finish this close to the lead on a bike that's not yet 'mine' then what can come when we get the set-up sorted?!"
Jon Kirkham has found excellent form taking P3 to join Hopkins on the front row.
Jon Kirkham: "Third: absolutely superb! I'm happy with that. The bike's been good all weekend and with some tweaks before qualifying the bike was better still. I was so happy to get fastest in first qualifying, if I'd repeated that lap in Q3 then we'd have a Samsung...
Samsung Crescent Racing Suzuki's Jon Kirkham made it a double celebration for the team after qualifying as he joined team-mate John Hopkins on the front row for the first time this season at Snetterton this afternoon. He now believes he has the pace to repeat his podium finishing performance he had earlier this year at Croft tomorrow in the...
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