Brandon Paasch makes it a double podium celebration at Donington
Dynavolt Triumph’s Brandon Paasch gave the team further cause for celebration when he clinched his second podium of the weekend with another third place in today’s Quattro Group British Supersport Championship Feature Race at Donington Park.
Paasch was strong from the lights in the incident-packed 24-laps and charging hard, actually posted his fastest lap of the weekend in the race to cross the line in third spot just 0.3s off the win.
Brandon Paasch: “Another P3 today but much closer to the win. That’s the closest I’ve been all year, that’s the closest I’ve been in a long time so we are definitely headed in the right direction. I’m confident again and feeling good with the bike so now it’s just a case of making some small changes, some small adjustments and see if we can improve just a little bit more and keep fighting at the front. Let’s go to Cadwell.”
After his huge crash yesterday in qualifying, Kyle Smith got a good start from the middle of the third row of the grid but front tyre woes saw him steadily drop back to take fifth at the flag. Smith drops one place to fourth in the championship but with main protagonists Perie and Kennedy crashing out, the 29-year-old is still very much in contention.
Kyle Smith: “To be honest a disappointing finish to the day. I just had a problem with the front end feel. It’s the first proper dry long race we’ve had and I just couldn’t get the front tyre working properly so ended up dropping back. We are still in championship contention so just keep working with the bike and see if we can be further up the next round.”
Dynavolt Triumph Team Manager Simon Buckmaster: “Another great podium for Brandon. He was really fighting for the win, that’s an even better third place than yesterday. His confidence will grow from these two podiums so congratulations to him, Simon and George and everyone in the team.”
“After Kyle’s massive crash yesterday, he never really got the feel back but he actually came away from a bad weekend where we smashed a bike to pieces and the boys had to do a great job to rebuild it, only losing two points to the lead. Kyle rode quite coolly there, he did the right thing and got as many points as possible because it’s all about the championship at the end of the year. We’ll be at our team home round, Cadwell Park next week with the biggest fans of the year so let’s hope for both riders fighting for the win.”
