Rob Guiver continued his battle in the British Supersport series and finished 23rd in Race 1 at Thruxton for the Ace Cafe T3 Racing team.
After minimal time on the Ace Cafe Racer at Thruxton, Guiver qualified 18th on the grid in one of the few dry sessions on the day. Race 1 had to be rearranged for Sunday after heavy rain which caused standing water on track on the Saturday. Guiver was not feeling confident on the bike after an off in the morning warm up, the reason wasn’t completely explained which made him unsure of the track.
Guiver dropped back to 20th off the line and was overtaken twice more on lap one putting him in 22nd place. His race was shaken up by a coming together with Dean Hipwell on lap two. Hipwell’s race was over but, luckily for Guiver, the Ace Cafe Racer wasn’t too badly damaged and he was able to continue.
After a couple of laps, he was beginning to find some pace and reclaimed a position from William Dunlop. However, things continued to get worse for Guiver as Dunlop came back past, along with Pauli Pekkanen, Shaun Winfield and John Simpson.
It was on lap five that Guiver began to find more pace and started knocking off the seconds from his lap times. Two laps later, the race was red flagged as Glen Richards came off his bike, hitting Graeme Gowlands in the process who surprisingly stayed on his bike.
Guiver was disappointed with the race and spoke to us after:
“Well the race was a bit of a disaster for me really, on the second lap I had a coming together with another rider. We had a bit of a seep coming from our brake from the crash in the morning warm up and I couldn’t stop so just went into the back of another rider and after that I sort of just lost all of my concentration. Then it got red flagged not long after because of the crash with Glen Richards, so not a very good race to be honest with you.”
The race saw Stuart Easton cross the line first once again after battling it out with Alastair Seeley, Ben Wilson and Glen Richards. Supersport returned for their second race which was reduced to 15 laps that afternoon.