Mondello Park Cancelled Round 5 Bennetts British Superbike Championship The Hawk Kawasaki Team were disappointed this weekend (19th – 21st May) after round five of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Mondello Park, had to be cancelled due to dreadful weather conditions. Despite good qualifying positions from Craig Coxhell in 11th position on the grid and Dean Thomas in 12th. The correct decision was made by the Race Director, Stuart Higgs and his staff at MCRCB to cancel the meeting as it would have been unsafe for the riders to have ridden in such atrocious conditions. With strong winds all weekend the weather stayed reasonably dry during the practice and qualifying sessions. Coxhell, Thomas and Hickman continuously improved throughout the weekend and they began to find a good race set up for the Kawasaki ZX10. Hickman was unlucky to have missed out on a higher qualifying position after the session was red flagged, whilst the young 19-year-old was on his last qualifying tyre. The heavens opened from early morning on Sunday, and it proceeding to rain all day. Despite the valiant efforts of the organisers to continue to run with the event, large amounts of standing water around the 2.2-mile Irish Circuit proved hazardous for the competitors. BSB Race Director, Stuart Higgs made the following statement: “Due to the constant heavy rain we have been unable to prepare the circuit in a manner suitable for competition. We had warm up sessions for the Superbike, Supersport and Superstock classes and further reviewed the circuit for racing. At 2.00pm in consultation with the Mondello Park circuit and Dorna, a joint decision was made to cancel the event. The Superbike races will not be rescheduled. The 125cc race will be run at a double header at Mallory Park and a decision will be made in the next two to three days regarding the Superstock and Supersport races.” The three Hawk Kawasaki riders of Coxhell, Thomas and Hickman will now prepare for their local round at Mallory Park in a few weeks time, 2nd – 4th June.