British Motorcycle Racing Club Held Round 6 At Brands Hatch GP

British Motorcycle Racing Club Held Round 6 At Brands Hatch GP

The British Motorcycle Racing Club entered the second half of the season under blue skies and glorious sunshine at its annual Brands Hatch GP round, a round that is always hotly anticipated and filled with a party atmosphere, partly thanks to the fact the Bemsee is the only motorcycle racing club that races on the iconic circuit.
However, while the event saw some spectacular racing, it was marred by a serious incident in the final Powerbike race of the weekend which saw the remainder of the weekend’s action abandoned. Everyone at the British Motorcycle Racing Club sends their thoughts to the rider’s friends and family at this difficult time.
Properly Protected MRO Minitwins
The pendulum swung at the top of the Properly Protected MRO Minitwin championship, as Daniel Singleton and Mason Williams fought for supremacy.
Singleton arrived for the Brands Hatch summer meeting with a slender three-point lead in the championship, and threw a marker down in qualifying by setting pole. Glynn Davies posted the second quickest time, while championship challenger Williams qualified on the inside of the second row.
The championship leader then shot off the line and lead the opening lap of race one, but was passed by Davies on lap two. Davies steadily pulled away to take the win, with Singleton slotting in behind in second place.
He would hold the runner up position until the final lap, and looked set to further extend his championship lead, but was passed by Williams before the chequered flag, the MoreMoto Suzuki rider also taking over at the head of the championship by one point.
With the podium covered by less than half a second in race two, Singleton was keen to re-assume the championship lead. He and Davies took turns at leading, but Singleton made the move when it counts, and grabbed the lead on the final lap to take the win. Davies also surrendered second place on the final lap to Williams, but Singleton was still able to steal the championship lead, leading the standings by four points. Davies finished third.
Race three and there was a new winner in Keith Povah. After Williams and Singleton took turns at leading, Povah took over at the front on the penultimate lap of the race and held on to take victory, while Davies also passed the main championship protagonists to take second.
Williams bettered his adversary in the fight for the final podium position, and cut Singleton’s series lead back down to just one point.
The final race, however, would see Williams take a relatively huge lead in the championship, as he took the win by just one hundredth of a second, with Povah third. The duo had been battling with Davies throughout, who took third place, but it was a disaster for Singleton, as he crashed out of contention at the halfway stage. It means Williams leads the championship by 24 points.

It was another dominant weekend in the Rookie class for Charlie Crawt, as he took maximum points to put his name on the championship trophy nice and early, with two rounds for the class still to go.