Brilliant weekend at Oulton Park in Cheshire. A long, technical circuit where Matts has never been before. Free practice on the Friday showed he had done his homework and gone through old videos of previous races, as he needed to play catch up on most of the riders as it was his first time here. He finished P9 and P5 in the 2 free practice sessions.
Qualifying saw him end up in P9 with a time of 1.50.213. He was one second off the lead. Race 1 had a good start but lost the front group after some changing around in lap 4 and came home in P7. Disappointed with the result as he was 15 seconds off the lead. He worked hard with coach Alan Roberts and came out strong on Monday for race 2. Had to start from P10 and lost a place into turn 1 but gained it back quickly. He then managed to make a charge through, had a big moment 2nd last lap, but pushed onto end in P5. A good result with only 1.5 off the lead and bettering his lap times by 2 seconds. Leaving the weekend really happy and with good feelings about starting the first race weekend of European Talent Cup in Estoril.
Thankyou to Microlise Cresswell Racing, Stirlings Racing Team and Arai.