Tough Day For Iddon And Brookes At Thruxton

Defending Bennetts British Superbike champions VisionTrack Ducati were left rueing their luck following a difficult day at round four of the 2021 Bennetts British Superbike Championship held at Thruxton.

After FUCHS SILKOLENE backed Christian Iddon had claimed a podium for Paul Bird’s Penrith-based team yesterday to maintain his championship lead aboard the factory-supported VisionTrack Ducati Panigale V4 RR, the Tyneside-based rider couldn’t add to that tally today when he was taken out in the first race of the day before finishing ninth in the second race in the damp conditions.

Starting the opening 20-lap race today from fourth on the grid, Iddon was in a five-rider battle for a podium place when his race ended abruptly at half race distance when Kawasaki’s Lee Jackson crashed out at Campbell, taking the luckless Iddon with him, luckily without injury.

The final race of the weekend saw Iddon start from the fourth row where a damp track and changeable weather meant tyre choice was a gamble. Christian battled his way through from 13th to eventually claim ninth in the difficult conditions.

For teammate Josh Brookes, the disappointing start to the season continued when he finished 17th yesterday and again just missed the points in 16th in the opening race today before a tyre gamble didn’t pay off in the third race and he finished in 14th position.

The result is that Iddon holds on to second place in the standings but is now 42 points behind rival Jason O’Halloran with Brookes adding just two points to his total to occupy 12th in the table.