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Mike Edwards put a disappointing start to the season behind him with a win and a second place at Round Three of the Ducati 848 Challenge at the Snetterton BSB weekend. With a gritty ride to victory in Race One and a late charge to third in Race Two, Edwards (Ohlins @ P&H Motorcycles) managed to keep his championship hopes alive following a run of uncharacteristic crashes at the last two rounds.
Edwards said before Race One that he was going for a "win it or bin it" attitude this weekend as he desperately needed to make up the points he missed out on at Assen. He got off to the perfect start, taking the lead into the first corner and controlling the race from the front.
Unable to pull a big gap, Edwards showed his guile and experience in keeping a confident Darren Fry (Hirebase/JHP Racing) behind him, who managed to fight his way from a disappointing tenth place in qualifying to second place by lap six. Despite Fry briefly taking the lead a lap later, Edwards was able to get straight back past, and their scrapping allowed James Folkard (Minards Pavlou Solicitors) to close right up and challenge for the lead.
Edwards eventually managed to hold off the repeated attacks of Fry and Folkard to take the win by 0.4 seconds, but his fastest lap of the race was only good enough for fourth on the grid for race two.
Mike Edwards put a disappointing start to the season behind him with a win and a second place at Round Three of the Ducati 848 Challenge at the Snetterton BSB weekend. With a gritty ride to victory in Race One and a late charge to third in Race Two, Edwards (Ohlins @ P&H Motorcycles) managed to keep his championship hopes alive following a run of uncharacteristic crashes at the last two rounds.
Edwards said before Race One that he was going for a "win it or bin it" attitude this weekend as he desperately needed to make up the points he missed out on at Assen. He got off to the perfect start, taking the lead into the first corner and controlling the race from the front.
Unable to pull a big gap, Edwards showed his guile and experience in keeping a confident Darren Fry (Hirebase/JHP Racing) behind him, who managed to fight his way from a disappointing tenth place in qualifying to second place by lap six. Despite Fry briefly taking the lead a lap later, Edwards was able to get straight back past, and their scrapping allowed James Folkard (Minards Pavlou Solicitors) to close right up and challenge for the lead.
Edwards eventually managed to hold off the repeated attacks of Fry and Folkard to take the win by 0.4 seconds, but his fastest lap of the race was only good enough for fourth on the grid for race two.
