Sunday BSB Supersport, STK1000 and Junior STK round up from Donington

2023 British Superbike Championship
Round Three – Donington Park GP
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Supersport / GP2 Feature Race

Gearlink Kawasaki’s Tom Booth-Amos eventually took a clear and comfortable win over Ben Currie in Sunday’s Supersport race at Donington Park.

Ben Currie led the first five laps before Tom Booth-Amos got the better of him and then pulled away to eventually build a lead of more than eight-seconds by the final lap, before coasting comfortably to the line to win by 6.657s.

Ben Currie held on to take second place ahead of Luke Stapleford, as Saturday’s Sprint race winner Jaimie van Sikkelerus took fourth and Tom Toparis fifth.

Joe Collier continued his domination of the GP2 class as he brought his Kramer home 10th overall and first in class, with Cameron Fraser second and Harvey Claridge third.

Seth Crump was in ninth place before falling on lap five.

Supersport / GP2 Feature Race Results

Supersport Championship Points

GP2 Championship Points

Supersport Cup Championship Points

Superstock 1000 Race

Richard Kerr held off Dan Linfoot to take the National Superstock win after a race-long battle where the lead changed many times between several riders.

Linfoot had led into the final lap but had Kerr snapping at his heels, the lead swapping between the pair twice before Linfoot made a move into the loop but ran wide, allowing Kerr to take the place back and cross the line as winner.

Richard Kerr

“It’s been a brilliant weekend and we’ve never been out the top three so it’s brilliant to round it off with the win. I really enjoyed the race and knew tyre life would come into play so even though I dropped to fifth, I didn’t panic and felt I had something extra for the final third of the race. I also knew I had some strong points on the circuit compared to Dan and had a feeling where he’d try and make a pass so ensured I knew what to do when he made his move. I also knew there was no way I was finishing the race in second so as soon as he came by, I dived straight back up the inside and held him off until the flag. I’m so happy and the team deserve real credit for working so hard across the three days to get the bike dialled in. I’m delighted to get the win and we’ve repeated what we did here last year so let’s hope we can do the same next time out at Knockhill. A big thanks as always to everyone at AMD Motorsport!”

Early leader Alastair Seeley had to settle for third, just ahead of Joe Talbot as Lewis Rollo took fifth.

South Australian Billy McConnell was in the leading group for the majority of the race and expecting to finish on the podium before a ruptured fuel line halted his charge and forced him to retire.

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Billy McConnell

“It’s been a tough weekend with Friday especially being difficult, but we made some good improvements to the bike both before and after qualifying which helped considerably. We were in a much better position ahead of the race with the set-up changes done to help with tyre life towards the end of the race and it was all going to plan when I got Seeley and moved into third. I’d found a few false neutrals but soon got round that and, unfortunately, it was an issue with the fuel line that forced me out with little over a lap to go. The team’s worked mega hard all weekend, so we’ll keep our heads down and move on to the next round.”

Countryman Brayden Elliott steadily worked his way forward to earn a top ten finish.

Superstock 1000 Race Results

Superstock Championship Points

Junior Superstock Race Two

Owen Jenner took his first win of the year with a last lap move to pass both Asher Durham and Aaron Silvester.

Aboard his Jenner Racing Yamaha, the number 86 had been sitting third on the final lap when he passed both in the last corner, beating Durham by 0.147s as championship leader Silvester had to settle for third.

Sam Laffins, who had ran up in the top three earlier in the race, took fourth with Edmund Best fifth.

Young Aussie Jacob Hatch had a difficult weekend and could not get comfortable enough with his bike to push for top results. His win last time out at Oulton Park though still sees him in a reasonable sixth place in the championship chase.

Junior Superstock Race Two Results

Junior Superstock Points

The next round of the series takes place at Knockhill, Scotland on June 16-18.