Ben Currie gets his Supersport campaign off to a strong start with a pair of sixth place finishes

Making his racing debut for the Oxford Products Racing Ducati team this season is Ben Currie who is piloting a Panigale V2 in the Quattro Group British Supersport championship.

On Saturday Currie qualified on the second row of the grid in sixth place. He got a great start as was into third on his opening lap. But as the race progressed, he dropped down the order to sixth, ultimately taking the chequered flag in that same position.

Sunday’s race saw a better grid position of fifth, but he was unable to beat his previous result and once again brought his bike home in sixth, five seconds clear of Blaze Baker in seventh on the Ready 4 Racing Vision Team Ducati.

Currie’s two sixth places see him leave Silverstone fourth in the championship, a solid start to his Supersport season with the Oxford Products Racing Ducati team.

Ben Currie (Oxford Products Racing Ducati #61)
Race 1, 6th – Race 2, 6th
“Pretty happy with the overall weekend, times two sixth places. Obviously not what we set out to do, but I'll take it. It's good solid points. We’re fourth in the championship. Race went really well actually. We made a little improvement from race one. We managed to be able to sit in there with the lead guys and feel strong, but just as the race went on it just made it a little bit difficult for me to stay with them. Pace is really good. Credit to all those guys, they’re riding really well. We've got a little bit of work to do. We need to find out what we need to make it a little bit easier for me in the back end of that race.

It's a quirky little track here at Silverstone, so we don't read too much into it because it can be a little bit different to how the season is going to pan out. But nonetheless it's good data. I'm feeling happy, fit and strong, team are working fantastic so let's just keep working hard and head onto Oulton Park for Round Two and try again, and hopefully we get some podiums.”