Supporters

 

Welcome to another season.

 

This year we are going to receive even more coverage for our sport, both from the press in general and for our team in particular, from PB magazine. The editor, Tim Thompson, is keen to build on the relationship formed with the Team over the last two years and we look forward to working again with him.

 

The inclusion of the factory Team Kawasaki France (TKF), alongside the factory Suzuki in the championship will create a genuine factory scrap not seen for 10 years. It's also great to see the gradual rise in quality of teams and rider line-ups, with TKF and Moto38 coming back and Riba, Plater, Richards and Vankeymeulen joining the established big names on track.

 

The championship seems to be the best of the recent and the best of the old combined. It certainly looks to me to be amongst the most complete endurance championships since 2000, when there were four 24 hour races, plus an eight hour and a six hour. The inclusion of Qatar really marks a welcome development, taking the championship out of Europe for one third of its races. This in itself is good and is attracting some real press interest through being seen as a credible alternative championship. Three 24 hours and three 8 hours sounds good to me.

 

That makes 98 hours of racing…..I can hardly wait!

 

This year I would like to re-establish the supporters club gatherings at the 24 hour races. In years gone by we used to encourage supporters to join us for the race in the paddock at our awnings. In recent years this has become more difficult because of the paddock security; however with mobile phones we should be able to ease things. So, for all the 24-hour races, all supporters are invited for tea and cakes at the Phase One awnings. If you have any trouble getting into the paddock, ring 07739 178988. Let's see you at Le Mans on 21st /22nd of April or Albacete on the 6th May.

 

I would also like to encourage as many of you as possible to get involved in weekend work-ins at the workshops and use team HQ as a focal point for rides and visits. Stay in touch, your support is really important.

 

Come on see us at the races, together we have some winning to do!