An unfortunate run of luck for Tom Edwards this weekend in Most, Czech in the latest round of the FIM SuperSport World Championship.
The young Aussie started the weekend looking strong in Fridays free practice sessions, claiming a combined session P16 and P1 in the European Championship.
Edwards was unable to make the most of Saturday Superpole. Caught in traffic on the track and unable to make a break, he managed to secure P19 before a red flag cut the session short.
After the session Edwards, along with another rider were handed a 3-place grid penalty for race 1 after they were both caught by a rider on a hot lap and were unable to clear the racing lines.
Unfortunately, the FIM sanction didn’t make it to the YART team before the 60-minute protest period due to a technical glitch, meaning the team was unaware until they took the grid finding themselves in P22.
Edwards knew he had work to do if he was going to see points and took off from the line with a season best start. A red flag after a turn 1 crash lead to a quick restart and Edwards was able to deliver the same magic off the line.
By lap 4 he’d worked his way up to P14, but unfortunately crashed on turn 8 which took him out of the race entirely.
The YART Team got busy to get the bike ready for race 2. Sunday was seemingly off to great start with Edwards finishing a wet warmup session with an impressive P2, showing signs that it might be wet conditions that he really shines in.
Conditions for the race started dry but unfortunately Edwards went down early, missing out on showing his grit in the wet in later laps.
“This weekend shaped up to be one of my hardest so far as a rider. I made a few rookie errors and pushed where I maybe shouldn’t have pushed.”
“It’s only my rookie year but I still hold myself to a higher standard. My team and I are still navigating the way. They’ve been amazing this weekend, so it hurts not to give the results we were aiming for.”
“Racing is a tough sport and unfortunately weekends like this happen sometimes. I just have to learn from it and grow.”
“With every round I learn something new about myself, the bike, the team, the tracks.”
“Would have liked for us to go into the mid season break on a high. But I’ll take this time to clear my head and refocus on my goals. I’m keen to get stuck back into training and come back in September and prove myself as a top competitor.”
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The season now breaks until September 9 in Magny-Cours, France.