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A Cook double and Atkins best finish of the season

19/06/201719/06/2017 By adminNo Comments

A cool wind met the riders of the Hel Performance Motostar British Championship at Knockhill on Friday. The 1.3 mile circuit with its famous left-hand blind corner known as Duffus Dip was hosting round four of the Moto3 championship. Max Cook went into the weekend having won all five of the championship races this year. However, this track proved less straightforward for the 14-year-old. At the end of the twenty minute session he was third quickest in the standard class. After a six week gap between races team-mate Charlie Atkins struggled to find his rhythm early on and finished in seventh place. In the afternoon there was light rain at the circuit in Fife. The second free practice session saw most riders opting for safety, and clearly lap times didn’t improve. The Saturday was a quiet day for the Moto3 riders, with just the qualifying session, as both races were held on the Sunday. Max Cook managed to drop his lap time further...

Wilson Racing wildcard in NEC Moto3 at Donington Park

30/05/201730/05/2017 By adminNo Comments

Wilson Racing’s Max Cook was back on track at Donington last weekend, as he and Wilson Racing took part as a wildcard in the ADAC North European Moto3 standard class Championship. The ADAC NEC is a similar championship to the British Superbike Moto3 support series that Max Cook is currently dominating. Whilst there were a few familiar faces also wildcarding in the event most of the riders were unknown to the team. 14-year-old Cook was racing against Dirk Geiger who races for Keifer Racing in the ADAC series and like Cook has won all his races this year. His team-mate Toni Erhard is also very competitive as is Simon Jespersen a Danish rider who also won a race in the European Talent Cup in Albacete earlier in 2017. On Friday Cook was suffering some sickness but did well to qualify 12th on the combined GP and standard class grid and third overall for the standard class. In the first race on Saturday Cook made...

Wilson Racing continue perfect start to season

01/05/2017 By adminNo Comments

Max Cook made it five wins from five races. Charlie Atkins secured sixth and his best result of the season. Tom Alexander picked up four more championship points continuing his record of scoring in every round. Barnsley’s Moto3 team Wilson Racing completed a successful round at Oulton Park in the Hel Performance Motostar British standard class Championship. The 2.8 mile circuit in Cheshire is a firm favourite on the British Superbike calendar. On the Saturday the riders enjoyed two free practice session in good conditions. In the first of them Max Cook was the only rider to break the 1:50 minute barrier. His 1:49.929 placed him at the top of the timesheet. In the second free practice a broken foot peg hampered Cook’s chances of further improvement. Charlie Atkins made a solid start in FP1, before going on to further improve in FP2 with a lap time of 1:52.859. That placed him 8th on the day. In FP2 Tom Alexander was able...

Max Cook continues winning streak for Wilson Racing

18/04/201718/04/2017 By adminNo Comments

Wilson Racing, the Moto3 team from Barnsley were back in action last weekend on the Bands Hatch Indy circuit. It was the second round of the Hel Performance Motostar British standard class Championship. The weekend started well with 14-year-old Max Cook topping FP1 on Friday. Charlie Atkins, also 14, was sixth quickest whilst 13-year-old rookie Tom Alexander finished 13th on the time-sheet. FP2 didn’t take place until Saturday lunchtime. All three riders bettered their lap times from the day before. Cook remained first overall in the standard class. Despite improving his time Atkins slipped to 9th and Alexander cut nearly seven tenths off his FP1 time. That afternoon the riders were back out on circuit to take part in the 25 minute qualifying session. The Wilson Racing team riders all reduced their lap times further. Max Cook was under pressure for top spot in qualifying but his 50.288 lap time was sufficient for pole position. Atkins qualified in 9th with a 51.766 and...

Cook scores maximum points for Wilson Racing at BSB opener

03/04/201703/04/2017 By adminNo Comments

Gary Wilson from Dronfield and his Moto3 racing team took part in round one of the Hel Performance Motostar British standard class Championship at Donington Park last weekend. With all the riders in the class racing similar Moto3 machines the category is very competitive. Free practice started well for Max Cook as he ended the day at the top of the timesheets with a lap time of 1:42.483. Charlie Atkins posted the seventh quickest time and Tom Alexander improved his lap time over the two sessions by more than 1º.5 seconds. Qualification proved to be one of highs and lows for the team. Max Cook continued his superb form registering the fastest time in the standard class. In fact his lap time was good enough to place him in the middle of row two in the combined GP and standard class starting grid. Charlie Atkins on the other hand only managed four laps before a small mistake saw him fall at the Melbourne...

Wilson Racing complete a successful MotoGP Sachsenring event

21/07/201621/01/2017 By adminNo Comments

The Wilson Racing team set off on the Wednesday night to travel the 826 miles (1,329 kms) from Dronfield to the Sachsenring to take part in the MotoGP event recently. The Wilson Racing Moto3 team normally race in the Hel Performance Motostar British Championship, but had been invited to take part in the ADAC North Europe Cup which took place at the same time as the MotoGP event. Unfortunately for their disappointed 13-year-old racer Charlie Atkins he was unable to go as the German championship rules have a minimum age of 14, unlike the British championship. So Gary Wilson was only able to take his 15 year-old rider TJ Toms. The riders in the Europe Cup compete on the same standard Honda NSF250R machines that are used in the UK championship. When they arrived in Germany it was raining but fortunately for all the Moto3 sessions the track conditions were dry. During Thursday the team spent the time setting up and preparing the...