Linxcel Seton Tuning Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport Championship – Silverstone

Round 11 of the Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport Championship saw the Linxcel Seton Tuning race team witness some much welcomed light at the end of the tunnel as the team headed to Silverstone with their much anticipated new signing, James Webb.

Webb, who had ridden Honda machinery for the last two years, quickly got used to the Yamaha and gelled well with the team, who working together helped him shave three and a half seconds of his lap time during Friday’s practice sessions and Saturday’s qualifying sessions.

Team manager Phil Seton said: “We went to Silverstone with much anticipation and it was great to see James getting on so well with the team. He’s a great lad and we’re really excited to be working with him for the rest of the season.

“We started Friday on the back foot but James provided us with some great feedback and we were pleased to see him progress at such a rate.”

James Webb said: “During the two practice sessions on Friday we made some massive headway. The whole team was working really hard and on Saturday we ended on the fourth row in 16th position.

“We then sat down on Saturday evening and Sunday morning and we came up with some ideas. The team made some changes, which made the bike feel really good during the morning warm-up.

“We had a decision to make over which tyre to use for the race but, in the end, we went for the harder tyre which was the right choice.”

Webb didn’t have a great start, initially falling back to 19th, but by lap 7 he had carved his way through the pack to tenth position.

“I was feeling really comfortable,“ continued Webb, “and I was catching Marty Nutt until I had to retire the bike on lap 12 due to an electrical fault. It was a shame because I really wanted to get a good result to repay the team for the hard work they had put in over the weekend and I’m sure I could have picked off a few more guys to get a top six finish.

“It gives me good confidence going into the final round at Oulton Park in two weekend’s time. We have a good base setting to work with and I’m looking forward to working with the team again – my parents commented how they have never seen me spend so much time in the pit garage with a team before.”

There was more positive news in the Superstock 600 class with the team’s two riders, Nick Clark and Josh Wainwright, finishing in 17th and 13th, respectively.

“Both the lads did a good job this weekend,” said Phil Seton. “Josh put in a good performance considering that we were unable to get his machine ready in time for him to get to the grid, meaning he had to start from the pit lane. He was dead last after turn one and he carved his way through the pack to finish in 13th.”

The Linxcel Seton Tuning team will be at Oulton Park for round 12 of the British Supersport Championship on Sunday 11th October.