LUCKLESS LAVERTY
21 August 2005 - Honda Racing

The luck of the Irish deserted Eugene Laverty at the ninth round of the Metabo British Supersport Championship at Silverstone.

After qualifying in pole position, the 19-year-old Ulsterman crashed out of contention at the exit of Ireland on the opening lap of the restarted race.

Laverty’s front row position was negated after a poor start to the original race. Eighth at the end of the first lap, the Red Bull Honda CBR600RR was up to sixth position when the red flag was shown on lap six.

A long delay ensued while the hard working team of marshals attended to the reason why the race had been stopped – an oil spill on the straight between Ireland and Abbey. His second row position for the restart failed to change his fortunes as he highsided out of the shortened 12-lap race.

Pere Riba took his first victory in the series by a fraction of a second from the Honda CBR600RRs of Craig Jones and Cal Crutchlow. Leon Camier brought his CBR600RR home in fourth position and now leads the 13-round series by 16 points from Jones.

Eugene Laverty: “You could say it’s been a bit of a mixed weekend for me. After the joy of taking pole yesterday, I’ve been brought down to earth again. It was quite a big crash, with the back end of the Red Bull Honda coming right round before it spat me off. Fortunately, I’m feeling OK and will be back on the grid next weekend at Cadwell Park.”

Race result: 1. P. Riba (Kawasaki) 18:06.455; 2. C. Jones (Honda) +0.164; 3. C. Crutchlow (Honda) +0.430; 4. L. Camier (Honda) +1.092; 5. J. Robinson (Honda) +1.245; 6. S. Easton (Ducati) +6.181; 7. J. da Costa (Suzuki) +12.748; 8. S. Andrews (Suzuki) +14.000; 9. R. Frost (Honda) +14.535; 10. J. Vincent (Honda) +14.771; DNF – E. Laverty

Fastest lap: 1:29.515 – Riba (lap 6)

Championship points: 1. Camier – 146; 2. Jones – 130; 3. Easton – 115; 4. Riba – 108; 5. Crutchlow – 95; 6. Sykes – 90; 7. Robinson – 84; 8. Vincent – 57; 9. Murphy – 50; 10. Laverty – 48

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