HARD-EARNED POINTS FOR HAYDON
29 August 2005 - Suzuki Racing

James Haydon battled his way to hard-earned sixth and seventh place finishes for Rizla Suzuki in today''s 10th round of the British Superbike Championship at Cadwell Park.

In front of a bumper Bank Holiday crowd at the picturesque Lincolnshire circuit, Haydon overcame poor starts from eighth on the grid to claw his way back through the field in both races. In the opening event he was 13th after the first corner and came back to seventh. In race two he dropped to 11th from the off and came back to sixth, showing tremendous courage, speed and determination on the way.

British Superbike Champion John Reynolds took 12th and eighth places starting from an uncharacteristic 12th on the grid.

Yamaha''s Tommy Hill won the first race and Ducati''s Leon Haslam the second.

Rizla Suzuki now travels to Assen World Superbikes next weekend with Jurgen van den Goorbergh piloting a single GSX-R1000 at his home Dutch track as a wild-card entry. Racing starts at noon (CET) on Sunday, September 4th and will be televised live on Eurosport. The next round of the British Superbike Championship is at Oulton Park in Cheshire on Sunday, September 11th.

James Haydon:

''After poor starts I tried everything I could to overtake the guys in front of me in both races - but Cadwell Park is a circuit that doesn''t offer a great deal of passing opportunities. That was very hard work for sixth and seventh place finishes.

''We made minor changes to my Rizla Suzuki''s rear suspension settings in-between the races and I''ve ended the day with the best race bike set-up of the season so far. Now we will try to build on that for Oulton Park.''

John Reynolds:

''After I qualified in 12th place it was always going to be an uphill battle to get any decent results. All I want to do now is put this weekend firmly behind me and start afresh at Oulton Park in a fortnight''s time; it''ll be my first visit to the track - one of my favourites - this year.''

Robert Wicks - Team Manager:

''It has been another tough day for Rizla Suzuki and good results are proving difficult to achieve. James showed decent pace and certainly did not lack commitment in either race, which is encouraging.

''John had a bad weekend by his own very high standards. He''s had a tough day at the office and I am sure that will just fire him up all the more for the next round of the Championship.

''The team now goes to WSB at Assen with more valuable data about the Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000 under its belt. Hopefully we can apply some of that to help Jurgen put on a good performance at his home track.''

Race One Results: 1: Tommy Hill (Yamaha) 28:41.871, 2: Gregorio Lavilla (Ducati) +4.180, 3: Glen Richards (Kawasaki) +4.607, 4: Karl Harris (Honda) +5.045, 5: Ryuichi Kiyonari (Honda) +5.311, 6: Leon Haslam (Ducati) +7.498, 7: James Haydon (Rizla Suzuki) +13.062, 8: Michael Rutter (Honda) +13.765, 9: Dean Thomas (Kawasaki) +13.974, 10: James Buckingham (Suzuki) +14.625, 12: John Reynolds (Rizla Suzuki) +34.740.

Race Two Results: 1: Haslam 26:41.146, 2: Lavilla +0.444, 3: Kiyonari +9.839, 4: Hill +10.751, 5: Harris +15.894, 6: James Haydon (Rizla Suzuki) +16.284, 7: Thomas +16.460, 8: John Reynolds (Rizla Suzuki) +24.476, 9: Steve Plater (Honda) +28.365, 10: Gary Mason (Honda) +30.347.

Championship Positions (after 10 of 13 rounds): 1: Lavilla 326, 2: Rutter 324, 3: Kiyonari 317, 4: Haslam 243, 5: Richards 199, 6: Harris 168, 7: Thomas 145, 8: Mason 127, 9: Michael Laverty (Honda) 113, 10: John Reynolds (Rizla Suzuki) 96, 11: James Haydon (Rizla Suzuki) 89.

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