Glenn Irwin maintains championship lead after Oulton Park opener

Glenn Irwin

I was happy enough with Qualifying, we made the wrong tyre choice at the beginning of the session and made a quick decision on track to come in and make a change, so we got one lap and we had to make it count. We probably could have made more of it, but we couldn't afford to have an abandoned lap or an over-shoot, so ninth was OK as some of our rivals were further back. The race was a bit disappointing, we've been struggling all weekend with some areas and the race highlighted this, so we have some work to do this evening ready for tomorrow's two races. 

Race 1: 11th

Ryo Mizuno

We are struggling a lot this weekend. I had a good feeling at last week's test, but from FP1 yesterday to Qualifying today, I never got back to the feeling and it stagnated. In Race 1 we got back to base and were able to get back to the feeling we had in the test. We understand what the problem is and we will use tomorrow's two races to further improve our understanding for the next race at Oulton.

Race 1: 22nd

Takumi Takahashi

Qualifying we had wet conditions and I couldn't push hard enough to get a good lap time. In Race 1, I didn't get a good start and I also struggled to find a good rhythm after the start, which resulted in me dropping some positions. I don't have good speed at this track yet, so first I will try to get some good speed during tomorrow's warm, with the aim to get a better result in both races. 

Race 1: 25th

#68 Tom Neave

Today was far from ideal with the crash in Qualifying and not getting a lap time after the weather conditions changed, which meant I started the first race of the weekend from the back of the grid. I always knew it was going to be a difficult race to come through, but after a really positive FP3 session, I knew I had the pace to run towards the back of the point scoring positions, so that was the aim for the race. Unfortunately the race was red flagged with three laps to go, having chased down Tom [Sykes] in 15th place from six seconds back, but we ran out of laps and finished 17th. However, tomorrow is a new day and we have a much better grid position, two races and feel we can really get stuck in. 

Race 1: 17th