Moto3 Aragon: Booth-Amos gets Platinum Bay test

Runaway British Motostar leader Tom Booth-Amos to test for Platinum Bay KTM as team looks at options for 2018 alongside Jaume Masia.
Booth-Amos gets Platinum Bay Moto3 test

Tom Booth-Amos turned heads at the British Grand Prix with a strong debut on the world stage, putting him on standby to replace Maria Herrera thi🌄s weekend at Aragon and earning a test with the Platinum Bay Real Estate team.

Having overcome a technical issue 𒆙in qualifying at Silverstone last month, which relegated him to the back of the grid, the 21-year-old was able to lead the second group home in a typically combative lightweight grand prix.

It was a strong showing from the runaway Motostar Championship leader and put him firmly on the radar of GP teams. While he will be watching from the 🔯sidelines this weekend, Booth-Amos had been lined up as a replacement at the AGR team if Maria Herrera was declared unfit after fracturing her collarbone.

Speaking in the Aragon paddock, the Shropshire🀅 native, who has won 15 of this year's 19 Motostar races, said: “I went straight from Supermoto to racing in the Britiꩵsh championship and was, pretty much, on the pace from the start.

“It took me a few years to get to it, but I'm at the top of my level in England. It's getting a bit boring now because I'm that far in front at the moment. I want to be stretched and to show❀ my potential.

"I came here with the ch🏅ance to replace Maria but she will be racing thiꦅs weekend.”

While Booth-Amos won't get the chance to ride this weekend, he will get the chance to test the Platinum Bay 💧Real Estate KTM.

“I'll test with the Platinum Bay Real Estate team on Mond♐ay here at⭕ Aragon," he said.

"I've no idea what options are available for next year but I've been asked to come and do my thing. I'm feeling positive about the test but it'll be a ch⛎allenge because I've never ridden around here.

"It's a new team, a new track but the bike isn't that different to what I r👍ide in Britain. I need to show what I can do because this is make or break time for me as a rider.

“I'm 21 years of age, but I know that I can be at the front and I want to show that I can do it. I just want somebody to believe in me and put me on the bi🦄ke. We're making steps to get there and Monday is obviously a big day for me.”

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