British Superbikes, Navarra - Kent “in the mix up until the last lap”
Danny Kent continued ꦅhis strong opening round by going one better in race two at Navarra in Spain, with a win still just eluding the Yamaha rider.
Though Danny Kent does not find himself at the main Yamaha team in 2024, the OMG duo are regarded as the ‘fac✱tory’ outfit, the former Moto3 champion has jelled with his new home at Mar-Train Yamaha - who have picked up the McAMS sponsorship - and has the ability to make his machine work in the places the OMG💜 bike doesn’t leading to Yamaha dominance at the opening round and very little to choose between the lead trio.
The Circuito de Navarra has served Kent well, with the #52 enjoying the best weekend of his British Superbike career to date, building on his third in race one a🍒nd working on where he thought he could fine the bike and his performance to do just that and go one better with second in race two.
Kent felt he had t✅he pace to win and came into the first races of t🦂he season quietly confident:
“I was confid💫ent coming into the race weekend just because of the plan me and the team stuck by and how comfortable I felt during testing to do the lap times and pace on used tyres.
- 2024 Britis🐈h Superbikes: Navarra - Race Results (1)
- 2024 British Superbikes: Navarra - Ra🎐ce Results (2)
Kent agreed with Kyle Ryde that he felt the weather had played it’s part in how the day panned out, but praised the t🌄eam and mec♛hanics for doing their best to minimise the effect and allow him to still be competitive, adding:
“Like Kyle said really, the hotter temperatures caught us off guard a little bit. I think all of us just because … normally our pace was a little bit faster than today … but the change from race one to two , the team made a great job as you can see, we were able to be in the mix up until the las🍌t lap”.
Kent ဣhad identified in race one that he was struggling in the corners, with the hairpin-style bend singled out and felt that working on that part of the bike had helped him to finish higher in race two - while continﷺuing to praise the McAMS Yamaha for running so well over the opening weekend:
“I was really struggling with the last corner, getting my drive onto the main straight. I was really struggling - but wi𒀰th the rest of the track I felt re🦂ally good”.
Kent will be back in action on more familiar turf at Oulton Park for round two of the British Superbike championship on the May bank holiday weekend.
