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Heart break for Jack but Fenton collects valuable points.

28/04/201928/04/2019 By admin Comment Closed

Photo: Rocio Hellin Cano From the rain soaked circuit of Estoril the European Talent Cup moved to sunny Valencia for round two. Wilson Racing, the Moto3 team from Barnsley, suffered mixed fortunes over the weekend. Jack Hart showed fantastic pace but crashed out of both races, the first whilst leading. Seabright suffered a harsh grid penalty of 12 places but managed to comeback and score points in both races. Qualifying With 62 riders attempting to make the 38 rider grid qualifying was split into two groups. Jack Hart continued the form that saw him stand on the podium in the recent British Talent Cup event as he finished third in his group. Fenton Seabright also set a good lap time ending his two qualifying sessions in seventh overall. Unfortunately for the runner up in race one at Estoril, he was sanctioned with a 12 place grid penalty. The penalty related to the finish line crash he had with Spanish rider Ivan Ortola that saw the Britain hit the asphalt just after the line. Ortola, for his part,...

Wilson Racing finish a successful qualifying at Valencia

27/04/201909/03/2020 By admin Comment Closed

With 62 riders entered for the European Talent Cup event at the famous Ricardo Tormo circuit the qualifying was split into two groups. In the first group, Fenton Seabright worked hard to do his best to mitigate the penalty he has to suffer in the first race of the weekend. He clocked a lap time of 1:44.690 which placed him seventh in his group in Q1. The riders were unable to improve on their lap times during the second session but Seabright finished sixth overall. Photo: Rocio Hellin Cano Jack Hart rode in the second qualifying group. Like Seabright in the first group his best lap time came in the morning session. Hart completed 21 laps, saving the best to the end. His last lap time of 1:43.687 put him just 0.179 seconds behind the fastest rider and third. Hart was fast again in the second qualifying session finishing fourth, although his Q1 time was his best. Race Direction will now amalgamate the groups...

European Talent Cup Valencia November 2018

26/11/2018 By admin Comment Closed

On Saturday the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia was awash with warm sunshine although it took some time for the track to warm up. Qualifying The number of riders entered for the final round of the European talent Cup meant that qualifying had to take place in two separate groups. With the first group out at 08:45 immediately followed by the second at 10:25 the track was still cool. Scott Ogden and Jack Hart were included in the first group with Ogden finished 9th overall with a lap time of 1:46.822. Jack Hart set a time of 1:48.379 putting him 19th quickest, which was impressive as the young Scott had been sick during the morning. Max Cook went out next and his time of 1:46.671 placed him 14th in group B. Just after lunchtime the riders were back on the circuit. By now the temperatures had increased and lap times were falling. Hart managed to reduce his time to 1:45.994 placing him 15th in...

European Talent Cup Valencia 2017

20/11/2017 By admin Comment Closed

Wilson Racing riders Max Cook and Charlie Atkins took part in the final round of the European Talent Cup over the weekend. Under clear blue skies the young riders got to enjoy the famous Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia and compete against some of the best young riders in Europe. European Talent Cup Valencia 2017 Qualifying Thirty seven riders took to the track during the first of two forty minute qualifying sessions. In the first of those Max Cook managed to record a lap time of 1:44.077 putting him fourteenth overall and 1.2 seconds behind the leading rider. Charlie Atkins was less fortunate as early in the session another rider went down the inside of the number 56 where there wasn’t a lot of room. The two touched and Atkins crashed out on just his fourth lap. The team worked quickly to get Atkins back out before the end of the session. With a second qualifying session in the afternoon Atkins used the...