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Last weekend would play host to round 4 of the British Talent Cup at the 2.4332 Mile Brands Hatch GP Circuit. It would be a weekend of highs and lows for the Wilson Racing riders at the Kent Circuit with lots of positives to take away. For the remainder of the season the Wilson Racing outfit have also now signed Julian Correa to the team after the unfortunate brake down of the Microlise Creswell Racing squad due to Johns passing. Friday would play host to the hottest day of the weekend with temperatures reaching 30 degrees Celsius by midday! FP1 and the riders headed out onto the track with Harrison, Ben and Sam having ridden the Indy circuit last month at NG they all felt confident in the first sector of the GP circuit. With temperatures already at 26 degrees Celsius it was set to be a sweltering day! As FP1 dew to a conclusion the fastest Wilson Racing rider would...

Round 3 of the British Talent Cup was held last weekend at the 2.99 miles Snetterton 300 circuit down in Norfolk. With a full weekend of unpredictable weather it led to some ups and downs for the Wilson Racing team as they battled it out for more points in the championship. As well as our seasoned riders this weekend we would also take on Julian Correa of the Microlise Creswell Racing outfit after John's passing led to him not having a seat available for this round. Friday came and the riders all headed out for a dry FP1 with all of the riders looking to refresh their memories of the track as it has been a year since racing here. The session progressed and after only 5 laps Julian's bike cut out at the end of the back straight. He was unable to get the bike started again and so ended up finishing the session early with a final position of...

An amazing result from our junior rider Sam Gardner out at Estoril in the ESBK Moto 4, a 2.00.4 today setting the fastest lap of the day in Free Practice! ESBK update! Unfortunately due to a crash today at Estoril Sam Gardner has been declared unfit to ride this weekend as he has damaged his ligaments in his knee. A big shame as he was running 5th today in FP1 when the crash happened. He will be back ready to go for the next round....

Last weekend saw our BTC riders head down to Brands Hatch Indy to compete in the NG Club meeting. Our riders, Ben, Harrison, Samuel Munson completed in the Open 500 class as well as the GP 250 class. They were also joined by Wilson Racing rider Sullivan Mounsey. Friday consisted of practice sessions for the riders. Saturday and it was the first race day, with the GP 250 race first. Coming up against bikes with double the HP of their own the boys pushed on well. Later that afternoon the boys then went on to compete in the Open 500 class. Sunday would follow the same program however in morning warm up a bike that was out in their session dropped oil onto the circuit, no flags went out in time leading to Harrison and Samuel getting caught out and ending up in a crash that consisted of a 6 bike pile up. This would result in Samuel not racing Sunday...

A great weekend had by Sam. His first weekend on a     full size circuit as he took to Valencia on his maiden weekend. After a brilliant weekend he managed to finish in the points for both Race 1 and 2, coming 15th in race 1 and 12th in race 2!  ...

WILSON RACING EVOLVE AND TAKE HUGE STRIDES FORWARD (DONINGTON PARK WEEKEND REPORT BY ISAAC HALL UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD SPORTS JOURNELISM STUDENT) As the sun beat down over Derbyshire, providing the historic Donington racecourse with near perfect conditions for a weekend of racing ahead, the Wilson Racing team prepared or the trials and tribulations that were yet to come over the course of what was set to be an action-packed event. The weekend started rather promisingly for the boys in blue, with the majority of the riders turning up for some much-needed exhilaration following their all-important exams, the first and only trip out onto the track for Friday got underway as the team went out for their first practice session. Ben led the way for the riders, as he picked up a fastest lap of 1:44.086, Harrison was .412 seconds behind with a 1:44.500, with Iwan following just up with 1:44.825, finally Samuel was just close by with a 1:45.317. Following this first outing, the Wilson...

Round 2 of the 2024 British Talent Cup was held at Donington Park GP Circuit last weekend between the 17th – 19th May, with more points scored by the Wilson Racing team securing Harrison a championship position just outside of the top 10 after the weekend in 11th, down by 71 points from championship leader Lucas Brown. Free practice and qualifying. Friday and what is usually a day filled with 2 free practice sessions, this week would host only Free Practice 1 due to a large majority of the British Talent Cup riders participating in their GCSE’s Friday day, which meant a late start Friday with an early start to follow on Saturday. Friday 5pm and the riders took to the 2.4875-mile circuit to complete their first free practice session of the round. All 4 riders looked strong however were only just getting back into the flow of things after a busy week of exams. On lap 8 Harrison suffered a technical...

2 days of testing followed by a shortened 2-day race weekend led to a full action-packed weekend of riding and racing for the Barnsley based Wilson Racing team, in the opening round of the 2024 British Talent cup! The weekend would hold play to 3 races with a potential 75 points up for grabs. Testing was held over Thursday and Friday with a total of 5 40-minute sessions to take advantage of. As the riders headed out for lap 1 of the first session the weather turned and rain started to fall, all riders made their way back to the pits but unfortunately Iwan got caught out in the rain and was the first rider down of the weekend for the Wilson Racing team after falling at turn 3. The rest of the testing went ahead with only a few DNF’s from the riders crashing out, luckily not much damage was done and all riders made it back out for the...

Our youngest rider Sam Gardner took part in his first official test for his rookie year in the ESBK Moto 4 class at Jerez over the weekend. For Sam's first time riding against his rivels he proved a very strong rider and managed to improve every session. He has impressed the whole team proving he has the speed to keep up with riders who have been in the class for a few seasons. Here are some of Sam's thoughts on how the weekend went. "For the first time on a 'big track' I felt very comfortable with the bike and the track. I made good progress during the weekend and it was great to see how competitive the class is. I know I can make more progress. Now on to the race in 2 weeks"...

Back from our official test at Circuito de Velocidad de Cartagena, plenty of positives to take away from the test. We only had 3 minor crashes with Harrison Mackay, Samuel Munson, and Ben Jolliffe taking a tumble, we are glad to report that all riders were ok and are ready to take on round one of the British Talent Cup in a few weeks time at Navarra....