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Mixed week in Ireland for Hillier

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« on: May 17, 2014, 06:24:11 pm »

James Hillier and the Quattro Plant Kawasaki team endured a mixed week of racing at the International North West 200 road races with a few, small problems hindering them during the five-day festival but the Hampshire rider ended Saturday’s main race day in a positive frame of mind as he now looks forward to the Isle of Man TT.
 
With three races on Thursday evening around the 8.9-mile public road circuit and five more on Saturday, it was an incredibly hectic schedule both on and off the track but Thursday saw superb conditions across Northern Ireland and the highlight was a strong fourth place in the Lightweight race, where James was having his first outing of the year on the 650cc ER6 Kawasaki.
 
He also scored two top fifteen finishes in the Supersport and Superstock races and had high hopes of improving further on Saturday’s feature race day but with constant rain showers affecting the north coast, it was a day when tyre choice would, more often than not, be the deciding factor.
 
Conditions improved as the day wore on and the final two races of the day, the second Superstock and feature NW200 Superbike races, gave James the best results with eighth and ninth places respectively the outcome. He also posted another solid finish on the Supertwin to get more good mileage under his belt as he looks to defend his Lightweight TT title in two week’s time.
 
James Hillier: “It’s been a frustrating few days as we’ve suffered a few, niggling little issues with all of the bikes whilst it took me a while to get up to speed again but we can take a lot of positives away with us and with the problems ironed out it’s all been worthwhile. The Superbike gave us the least problems and I’m really happy with how it’s performing so it was nice to end with a good top ten finish.”
 
“The mixed weather on Saturday didn’t help anyone and I didn’t get the results I’d have liked as it was always difficult to know what tyres to go with. Some parts of the circuit were dry, some wet and some in between, which is the worst possible combination but we scored some good top ten results over the course of the week and have put ourselves in a good position for the TT.”
 
Hillier and the team now head to the Isle of Man TT Races with practice on the Mountain Course getting underway on Saturday 24th May.
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