Held wearer Tom Weeden- Donington race report

On the back of a successful weekend at the Triumph Live race meet at Mallory Park, with Held wearerTom gaining his first  podiums of the season with a 1st and 2nd position, Weeden was certainly feeling confident going into round 7 of the Triumph Triple Challenge at Donington Park last weekend. After dropping to 5th in the championship standings at Cadwell Park, Tom was eager to score as many points as possible. 

Tom Weeden- looking forward to Silverstone

Tom set about learning the track in practice and put as many laps in as possible in the time available. He posted the 9th fastest time but was confident he could find a lot of time with new rubber on in qualifying. Weeden went almost 2 seconds faster in qualifying to put him 7th on the grid after being higher up the grid early on in the session. 

From the inside position on the grid Tom got off to a great start and slotted into 6th position into turn 1. He rode aggressively into turn two and went inside of two riders going into the fast Craner curve bends to move up into 4th position. He remained in 4th position as he rode a pretty lonely race trying to keep the gap back to 5th position at a constant second and trying if possible to catch 3rd position man Chrissy Rouse. 

Tom put in some very consistent lap times however by lap 7 of 10 the gap back to 5th had been closed to only 0.2 seconds. Weeden put his head down and tried to gap the rider behind him when on lap 8 the race was red flagged and stopped due to the rider behind him crashing out at the Melbourne loop. Tom was happy with 4th and had been moved up to 4th position on the grid where he hoped he could potentially challenge for a podium. 

Weeden got off to another brilliant start in race 2 and slotted straight into 2nd position into turn 1.  He remained in 2nd until lap 4 when he dropped down to 3rd after Phil Atkinson passed him. Unfortunately Tom had a huge moment coming out of the Melbourne loop that almost saw Weeden highside, luckily he managed to stay on the bike however he had a lost 2 seconds to the riders behind him on that lap. 

Tom dropped to 4th on lap 6 after championship leader Rob Guiver passed him. He held onto 4th position for as long as he possibly could however unfortunately he lost out on lap 9 due to a false neutral to drop back into 5th position. He remained in 5th until the chequered flag and was happy to have stayed on and scored some decent points, on another note 6th position was almost 7 seconds behind Tom. 

Weeden is next out at Silverstone, a track where he qualified 2nd on last year is hoping to push for a podium position. 





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