From a press release issued by MSS Discovery:

MSS DISCOVERY’S RIBA MISSES OUT ON THIRD PLACE AFTER CRUEL BLOW

MSS Discovery’s luckless Pere Riba was forced out of third place in round nine of the British Supersport Championship at Mallory Park, Leics on Sunday.

Riba, starting from third place on the grid, rocketed into the leading group at the start of the 28-lap race. By the third lap Riba was ahead of Michael Laverty to take third, only for the machine to stop seven laps later.

“I don’t know what went wrong,” explained Riba. “It’s not the engine but something electrical. It’s really disappointing, I’d gone for a harder compound rear tyre knowing it was a long race so I know there was more to come.

“I’m unhappy for the team too, we’ve had a really good run in the eight rounds before here, retiring from a race is not something you ever want but I suppose it can happen now and then.”

After missing out on a finish in Saturday’s seventh round of the National Superstock championship, MSS Discovery’s Steve Allan suffered further dismay as he crashed out of Sunday’s eighth round.

Allan was holding eighth place when he crashed at the sweeping, right-hand Gerrards corner with eight of the 25 laps remaining.

“It’s a bad end to a bad weekend,” admitted Allan. “I thought everything had picked up for us when we made some changes overnight and I topped the times in the Sunday morning warm-up.

“The crash was simply down to me pushing too hard when I should have settled for a safe finish, it was a big highside though, and hurt! It’s a blow for me and the team but we’ve got five races left so I’m sure I can still get some good out of the rest of the season.”

Allan suffered a broken left collarbone and will now miss next Sunday’s Supersport support race at the Cinzano British Grand Prix. MSS Discovery’s Riba will be the team’s sole entry at Donington Park.

British Supersport Championship, round nine result (28 laps ­ 38.92 miles):

1 Karl Harris, Honda, 25:04.525 ­ 93.12mph
2 Jay Vincent, Honda, 25:04.803
3 Leon Camier, Honda, 25:09.600
4 Michael Laverty, Ducati, 25:17.073
5 Paul Young, Honda, 25:19.408
6 Matt Llewellyn, Ducati, 25:22.022
7 Cal Crutchlow, Honda, 25:24.612
8 Adrian Coates, Suzuki, 25:25.639
9 Tom Sykes, Suzuki, 25:27.525
10 Kieran Murphy, Honda, 25:29.587

Championship points after nine of 13 rounds: 1 Harris 181, 2 Laverty 145, 3 Vincent 117, 4 Pere Riba (MSS Discovery Kawasaki) 101, 5 Simon Andrews (Yamaha) 76, 6 Luke Quigley (Suzuki) 70, 7 Camier 65, 8 Sykes 54, 9 Crutchlow 50, 10 Craig Jones (Triumph) 49.

Next round: Croft ­ August 18.


National Superstock Championship, round eight result (25 laps ­ 34.75 miles).

1 Tristan Palmer, Suzuki, 22:37.785
2 Ben Wilson, Suzuki, 22:38.413
3 Danny Beaumont, Yamaha, 22:38.590
4 Marshall Neill, Suzuki, 22:38.655
5 Howie Mainwaring, Yamaha, 22:45.889
6 John Laverty, Yamaha, 22:47.794
7 Ryan Rainey, Yamaha, 22:48.703
8 Les Shand, Yamaha, 22:53.381
9 Lee Jackson, Yamaha, 22:53.606
10 Craig Fitzpatrick, Suzuki, 23:02.563

Championship points after eight of 13 rounds: 1 Palmer 147, 2 Andy Tinsley (Suzuki) 123, 3 Wilson 119, 4 Beaumont 117, 5 Shand 84, 6 Steve Allan (MSS Discovery Kawasaki) 59, 7 Mainwaring 44, 8 Laverty 39, 9 Kelvin Reilly (Ducati) 38, 10 Neill 37.

Next round: Croft ­ August 15.