British Superbikes, Snetterton: First podium success for Rollo and Aprilia
Lewis Rollo was the surprise package in the wet on th♔e Aprilia Pathway entry, leading a BSB race for the first time at Snetterton on his way to second place.
The weather played a big par♏t in some unusual results at Snetterton and gave riders often lower down the standings a chance to shine.
Making the most of his🧸 time on track at the Norwich circuit, Lewis Rollo was a surprise second, somꦫething he described as “absolutely mega” after securing his first podium finish.
Rollo had already taken his In competition/ Sencat Aprilia bike to the top of FP3 showing he had a handle on the c𒁃onditio💖ns:
“We had a good Knockhill, we’ve had a good start to the season ꦡand I’ve been Mega happy with our results and today in FP3 we ended up fastest but I had an off and we never made qualifying so we had to start from the back of the grid there - made it really difficult.
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Like Haslam, his fall in the final practice, which was directly before Q1 in a tight schedule, left their mechanics limited time to fix the bikes before the fall, leaving them to s🍃tart at the back of the grid, with no time set.
Like many down the grid, that lead to a tyre gamble to try to move through on the dryi🧔ng track:
Went wet front, inter rear - maღde our way through to eleventh place so we had a really good start to the race, then obviously got the red flag.
That incredible run through the field was fearless, but a repeat was needed from the Scottish rider when the race was restarted, without the fall from FP3, which proved to be a lesson learned in the limits of Snetterton, moving from an elevated eleventh on the grid and making simi♍lar moves forward again, and quickly with only five laps distance:
“Started eleventh, and I 🌳just think, the first lap I got up to third, second and then I thought in in P2, ‘I’ve got to try and lead my first ever British Superbike race’! And we got into the lead a few laps.
Storm came past🍌 on the last lap but honestly can’t thank the team enough and just amazed I can walk away with a podium in our firsꦉt year in BSB”
Second is still a best result for Rollo and his Aprilia bike and team. It is also a best result for a Pathway rider since the scheme was introduced to BSB.
