ROUND 12 Brands Hatch GP

BSB Round 12 Brands Hatch GP October 12th - 14th

The year has completely flown by and already it was time to head off for round 12 of the British Superbikes the final outing of the season, Jamie and the team headed to the Brands Hatch GP circuit in Kent, the team had visited the GP circuit earlier in the year for round 6 and Jamie had shown to be very competitive at the track.

Friday morning started cold, damp and patchy so Jamie decided to sit out of first practice as the risk to himself and the bike were so high. Free practice two was dry and the weekend got underway for us. Jamie knew where he wanted to start with settings on the bike from earlier in the year and after a couple of small suspension changes he finished 6th overall.

Saturday was a beautiful sunny day albeit very windy! Qualifying in the morning started great and Jamie was fast straight out the gate, sitting in p1 for the majority of the session. After changing to a new rear with 10 minutes left he never got a good stab at another hot lap on the new tyre due to traffic problems. Jamie still happily walked away with p5 and more importantly a second row start.

The 10 lap sprint race started at 16:45 but was red flagged following an incident with 2 riders on lap 3. After the track had been cleared the race was re run over just 8 laps. Jamie secured a good start the second time around and after an aggressive first couple of corners was sitting in 4th position, however a rider in front of Jamie had jumped the start so received a ride through penalty gifting Jamie another position. The front 2 riders pulled away slightly but at the same time Jamie was able to gap the rest of the field. On lap 4 and 5 Jamie was lapping faster than the front 2 and started to close them back down, and the team were then hoping for a pole position start in Sunday's feature race which would have also meant that Jamie would receive the gift of a pole position watch which would have been the second one of the season, Jamie was successful in getting the gap down to less than 1 second but his efforts weren't good enough to catch them and had to settle for 3rd place, and a last lap dice between the front 2 riders also by just tenths of a second meant he succumbed to a third place start for Sundays race. This was still a brilliant result and Jamies 4th podium of the 2018 season.

On Sunday it seemed winter had arrived over night, it was absolutely freezing and didn't stop raining all day, Jamie ended up tipping off in the treacherous conditions on the warm up lap.

Quotes from Jamie:
"Although I made a stupid mistake on Sunday, I wasn't the only one and it didn't dampen my spirits of how the year has gone. I think I have really good out right pace but just need to work on my luck!"

I would like to thank my sponsors and supporters that made the 2018 season happen and keeping me on the track: Slidecodor, Andrew Piperwork Services, Hemisphere Freight Services, BSS, J&S Accessories, Silkolene Lubricants, Dijon Flooring, The Stirrup Cup pub, Brial Teal and of course Mark Sadler at Go Racing Developments.

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Thanks,
Jamie Perrin
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ROUND 11 Assen

BSB Round 11 Assen September 28th-30th

For round 11 of the British Superbikes, Jamie and the team headed to the Netherlands and the cathedral of speed, Assen. With the weather forecast looking the best it had ever been at the Dutch circuit we were all excited.

After the two free practice sessions on Friday we were pleased with the pace that we had on used tyres and at such low effort level. After working just on the bike set up a bit from the previous years settings, we knew we could make a good job of qualifying.

We woke up Saturday morning to clear blue skies ready for qualifying in the morning. The session started well, with top 5 lap times on an old rear tyre. Jamie then pitted for a new rear tyre and with 10 minutes left of the session was prepared to have a proper stab at a qualifying lap. However as Jamie was on his out lap he heard a horrendous noise coming from the bike, he knew this was his session finished and due to this he unfortunately slipped down to 9th on the grid for the sprint race in the afternoon.

After investigating the noise it was discovered that it was a gearbox issue meaning that the team would have to change the engine between qualifying and the sprint race, in just 2 hours!

We managed to get the engine change complete with minutes to spare before the pitlane would open for the sprint race. Jamie was having a great race and was away with the leading pack of 5 battling for podium positions, but yet more bad luck on lap 8 of 12, Jamie suffered a tyre problem and limped the bike around for the remainder of the race. Finishing in a disappointing 9th but with a lap time that placed him 7th on the grid for the feature race on Sunday.

However for Sundays feature race, Jamie didn't get a great start which meant he had to work hard to get to the front of the pack he was in. After trying to break away from the group to get away in 4th he was sucked back into the pack which put him in a battle that went from 4th place all the way down to 12th. Jamie finished the feature race in a solid 5th position.
Quotes from Jamie:

"Not the best results I've had this year but certainly not the worst! I wish my tyre had lasted in race one as I think I was in for a really good result."
"I'm happy about race two though as it's one of the most enjoyable and funny races I've had for a long time"

I would like to thank my sponsors and supporters that are making the 2018 season happen and keeping me on the track: Slidecodor, Andrew Piperwork Services, Hemisphere Freight Services, BSS, J&S Accessories, Silkolene Lubricants, Dijon Flooring, The Stirrup Cup pub, Brial Teal and of course Mark Sadler at Go Racing Developments.

If anyone is interested in advertising their business or supporting me I am in the process of organising the 2019 budget opportunities, please contact me: http://www.facebook.com/jamieperrin75

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Round 12 is at Brands Hatch GP on 12th - 14th October.

ROUND 10 Oulton Park

BSB Round 10 Oulton Park September 14th-16th

For round 10 of the British Superbikes, Jamie and the team headed to Oulton Park this was just 4 days after leaving Silverstone where the bike had been crashed twice.
Jamie would firstly like to thank everyone for all of the hard work that took place which ensured that his bike was repaired and everything was prepared for the weekend ahead, a special thanks to Mark Sadler at Go Racing Developments for going above and beyond - thank you.

Jamie had left Silverstone very battered and bruised due to the 2 unfortunate crashes and was unable to recover or heal any of his injuries. No one in the team actually realised the extent of Jamie's injuries until following the amount of pain Jamie was suffering in the first free practice session, he visited the medical centre at Oulton Park where he was advised that he was suffering with 2 cracked ribs and a bruised lung as well as his skin wounds, 6 stitches and numerous contusions.

Jamie battled through the free practice and qualifying session - unfortunately it began to rain half way through qualifying which meant Jamie was unable to complete a quicker lap on a wet track and he had struggled to get a clear lap in the early dry part of the session. Jamie qualified to start race 1 from P7 on the grid.

Jamie battled throughout the race and finished 7th Supersport in the sprint race.

Some changes were made to the bike going into warm up and the feature race.

The feature race on Sunday afternoon followed a morning of heavy rain so wet settings were put into the bike and Jamie took his place on the grid confident and determined with padding underneath his leathers to try to alleviate the pain from his cracked ribs, but, once again luck eluded Jamie and his bike developed a misfire causing him to have no choice but to pull into pit lane as the bike struggled. The fault was later identified as an electrical problem.

Quotes from Jamie:

"I am absolutely gutted not only for myself but for the team who worked so hard to get me to Round 10 at Oulton Park and my sponsors and supporters, you just could not plan for the bad luck and random issues that we seem to be plagued with but they are making us all even more determined I know I can run at the front and I will be back there"

I would like to thank my sponsors and supporters that are making the 2018 season happen and keeping me on the track: Slidecodor, Andrew Piperwork Services, Hemisphere Freight Services, BSS, J&S Accessories, Silkolene Lubricants, Dijon Flooring, The Stirrup Cup pub, Brial Teal and of course Mark Sadler at Go Racing Developments.

If anyone is interested in advertising their business or supporting me I am in the process of organising the 2019 budget opportunities, please contact me: www.facebook.com/jamieperrin75

Don’t forget you can always watch my races live on Eurosport 2!

Round 11 is at Assen Holland on 28th - 30th September.

ROUND 9 Silverstone

BSB Round 9 Silverstone September 7th-9th

For round 9 of the British Superbikes, Jamie and the team headed to Silverstone circuit. Prior to the round Jamie completed a test day with the aim to get good base settings for the upcoming round. Unfortunately following some difficulties with the track the usual GP circuit that Jamie had tested and ridden on previous years was not to be used and the shorter national circuit would be raced.

Jamie was feeling a little less positive heading into round 9 as he had never been around the national circuit. Never the less going into free practice 1 and 2 Jamie was completing competitive lap times and ending the sessions within the top 10 Supersport competitors.

Disappointingly on Saturday morning Jamie and the team woke up to rain at Silverstone, meaning a wet qualifying. Jamie was going well in the wet conditions but in the 30 minute qualifying session the conditions became a drying track, Jamie had a highside at Woodcote, but managed to get back to pitlane and back out on track. On getting back out on track Jamie felt something unusual on his right arm, Jamie pulled in and took off his glove and blood was dripping from his leathers sleeve. Jamie took himself off to the medical centre and had a rather gory injury on his elbow, being treated with 1 internal stitch and 6 external. Jamie thought that was the worst of it but when he got back to the garage he found the team having to change the engine due to damage sustained in the crash.

Jamie qualified P25 on the grid - P21 Supersport and finished 9th Supersport in the sprint race.

Jamie started the feature race further up the grid in P12 although he knew this was still not ideal as it would be difficult to break away with the leading pack. Jamie found himself dicing in a second group on track between P8-P11 but had an unfortunate incident with another rider which ended the race for Jamie. Jamie found himself trapped in the rear wheel of another competitor. Jamie has not sustained any serious injuries although he left Silverstone rather battered and bruised and his bike has considerable damage. This was not an ideal situation with round 10 being only 4 days away.

Quotes from Jamie:
"To finish 9th Supersport in the Saturday sprint race I felt was a reasonable result, following the disastrous qualifying session - Thanks to the team working tirelessly to get me out for the race!"

"Overall I am really disappointed with how the weekend went and I am hoping to come back stronger at the next round."

I would like to thank my sponsors and supporters that are making the 2018 season happen, Slidecodor, Andrew Piperwork Services, Hemisphere Freight Services, BSS, J&S Accessories, Silkolene Lubricants, Dijon Flooring, The Stirrup Cup pub, Brial Teal and of course Mark Sadler at Go Racing Developments.

If anyone is interested in advertising their business or supporting me to stay on track, please contact me:www.facebook.com/jamieperrin75

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Round 10 is at Oulton Park on 14th - 16th September.

ROUND 8 Cadwell Park

BSB Round 8 August 17th-19th

For round 8 of the British Superbikes, Jamie and the team headed to Cadwell Park circuit located in Lincolnshire, this round is often known as the "party in the park" where large crowds of fans descend for the weekend.

Jamie was feeling a little less positive heading into round 8 as he had been unable to complete any testing at Cadwell and had seen that lots of the others riders had been recently. Never the less going into free practice 1 Jamie was still completing competitive lap times and ended the session 4th fastest. Some big changes were made to the bike going into free practice 2 as Jamie felt something was missing, unfortunately in the early stages of the session Jamie had a small slide off which ended his track time for the day.

The team repaired the damage to the bike ready for Saturdays qualifying session, Jamie still commented the bike felt uncomfortable following this session although he did complete a lap time placing him 6th bike on the grid (5th Supersport) for the sprint race later in the day.

Going into the race Jamie did not have a great start and over taking at Cadwell is notoriously difficult. Another rider had a major mechanical failure infront of Jamie causing him to lose touch with the leading pack. Jamie finished the race 5th Supersport - but something still didn't feel right with the bike.

The team stripped the bike and found the issue so Jamie went into Sunday feeling confident with the bike again

2 laps into warm up and unfortunately it began to rain due to a passing shower which ended play for Jamie.

Jamie went into the feature race starting on the grid in 8th position but again the problems of passing at the narrow circuit meant that Jamie, although he had the pace of the leaders was unable to progress to make any challenges for a podium position therefore he decided to gain the points of 6th place.

Quotes from Jamie:

"I feel like its been a tough weekend but I've managed to come away with a 5th and a 6th which is a solid result but I know I can be dicing for podium positions which is where I hope to be back to at the next round"

I would like to thank my sponsors and supporters that are making the 2018 season happen, Slidecodor, Andrew Piperwork Services, Hemisphere Freight Services, BSS, J&S Accessories, Silkolene Lubricants, Dijon Flooring, The Stirrup Cup pub, Brial Teal and of course Mark Sadler at Go Racing Developments.

If anyone is interested in advertising their business or supporting me to stay on track, please contact me: www.facebook.com/jamieperrin75

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Don’t forget you can always watch my races live on Eurosport 2!

Round 9 is at Silverstone on 7th - 9th September, come and say hello if you are going to be there!!

ROUND 7 Thruxton

Jamie and the team were confident going into round 7 at Thruxton due to this being a positive round in 2017. It is always exciting going to the Hampshire circuit as it is renowned for being the fastest race circuit in the UK! Jamie and all of the others riders have very limited track time other than the annual British Superbike round.

The forecast was set to be another scorcher and Jamie was feeling good, free practice 1 saw Jamie finish 9th fastest, where he struggled to get a clear lap in all the traffic but free practice 2 was more positive with Jamie being the 4th fastest Supersport rider.

Qualifying came and Jamie was between 2nd - 6th positions for the duration, ending up that he would start 6th on the grid for race 1 - but the 4th Supersport.

Jamie finished P4 in the sprint race, although he was dicing throughout for 2nd and 3rd. Jamie started race 2 from pole position, after a race long battle between a group of 6 riders he was able to hold on to 3rd position, meaning he was back on the podium!

Quotes from Jamie:

"I knew the sprint race was going to be a mad one because of the nature of the track it always makes for close racing especially in supersport. It lived up to my expectations. So many passes throughout the whole race! I was pretty disappointed to miss out on the podium because it was so close. Although I did walk away with the fastest lap of the race to put me on pole for the feature race."

"For race 2 I was starting from my first ever bsb pole, I was a bit nervous to say the least! I got a pretty sweet start and tried to get my head down and break away, that didn't work and I got slipstreamed up the back straight. And from then on it was a fight to the end. I was running in 4th on the penultimate lap and had a pass planned for the last lap but unfortunately the race was red flagged a lap early. This put me into 3rd place. So happy to walk away from the weekend with two strong finishes and a pole position under my belt."

I would like to thank my sponsors and supporters that are making the 2018 season happen, Slidecodor, Andrew Piperwork Services, Hemisphere Freight Services, BSS, J&S Accessories, Silkolene Lubricants, Dijon Flooring, The Stirrup Cup pub, Brial Teal and of course Mark Sadler at Go Racing Developments.

If anyone is interested in advertising their business or supporting me to stay on track, please contact me: www.facebook.com/jamieperrin75

Keep a look out on my facebook page because I will be selling some 2018 supporters merchandise!

Don’t forget you can always watch my races live on Eurosport 2!

Round 8 is at Cadwell Park on 17th - 19th August, come and say hello if you are going to be there!!

ROUND 6 Brands Hatch GP

There is so much preparation before a BSB round and this time was no different other than Jamie was also due a check up on his injured foot with his consultant, an x-ray revealed that out of the 6 broken bones 3 had completely healed, 2 were part healed and one bone had not healed at all. Jamie did feel positive though due to the pain having almost disappeared.

The forecast was set to be another scorcher and Jamie was feeling good, free practice 1 saw Jamie finish 4th fastest, unfortunately free practice 2 was wet therefore Jamie and the team chose to sit it out as the rest of the weekend was predicted to be dry.

Qualifying came and Jamie was between 2nd - 6th positions for the duration, ending up that he would start 6th on the grid for race 1.

Race 1 Jamie felt good and finished the race in P4, dicing for a podium position throughout. There were some changes made to the bike for warm up the following day with the aim of building on his result in race 2.

After what seemed like an innocent slide off in the morning's warm up, Jamie and the team got the bike ready for the race but unfortunately when he joined the grid the technical scrutineers pulled him off the grid due to marshals around the track having reported an issue with the bike, with only 4 minutes to go to the start of the race there was no time to solve the issue and make the start.

Quote from Jamie:

" Really disappointed as we made set up changes to give me more grip and I'm sure after watching the race I would of been able to stand on the podium again."

"Onwards and upwards to Thruxton in 10 days knowing that my injuries have just about healed - so I'll be podium chasing again!!!"

I would like to thank my sponsors and supporters that are making the 2018 season happen, Slidecodor, Andrew Piperwork Services, Hemisphere Freight Services, BSS, J&S Accessories, Silkolene Lubricants, Dijon Flooring, Brian Teal and of course Mark Sadler at Go Racing Developments.

If anyone is interested in advertising their business or supporting me to stay on track, please contact me: www.facebook.com/jamieperrin75

Keep a look out on my facebook page because I will be selling some 2018 supporters merchandise!

Don’t forget you can always watch my races live on Eurosport 2!

Round 7 is at Thruxton on 3rd – 5th August, come and say hello if you are going to be there!!

ROUND 5 Knockhill

BSB Knockhill July 6th – 8th round 5 of 12.

The most recent round of the British Superbike series took the team to Scotland, for round 5 at Knockhill racing circuit. Jamie has had varying luck at Knockhill over the years and we were unsure whether he would be able to race this year due to his current foot injury of 6 broken bones.

The team made the long journey to Scotland and the weather forecast was looking great for the weekend ahead. Jamie completed both free practice sessions where he ended up 9th and 10th, Jamie knew at this point that his foot had definitely still not healed as he was struggling with pain throughout the twisty turns of the circuit but he was so pleased to be back on his bike and on the way to riding competitively once again.

Qualifying on Saturday morning brought more great weather, Jamies lap time placed him P10 on the grid for the sprint race, the lap times were extremely close and he was less than a second off pole position with his lap time. Throughout qualifying and free practice Jamie was able to come into the pit lane to rest his foot when he needed to but Jamie and the team knew once the 2 races came this was not going to be possible. In Saturdays 18 lap sprint race Jamie came over the line as the 10th Supersport bike therefore scoring some championship points. Jamie was in a lot of pain when he entered parc ferme and the team knew a longer 26 lap race on the Sunday was going to prove very difficult.

Jamie lined up on the grid for the 26 lap feature race on the Sunday but following the previous days riding Jamies foot was very agitated and painful now. Jamie completed 18 of the laps but had to retire from the race, this was a very difficult decision for Jamie and the team but it was felt to be the most sensible option with regards to his recovery, which essentially is the most important thing that can be aimed for currently.

Jamie and the team know he can be competing for podium positions as he has done previously this year and we have full confidence that Jamie will be back fighting fit soon.

Quote from Jamie:
“I am so disappointed with how long my recovery is taking, it is definitely my longest recovery period I have ever had throughout my racing career but I am so ready for some more highs this season and being back on the podium”

I would like to thank my sponsors and supporters that are making the 2018 season happen, Slidecodor, Andrew Piperwork Services, Hemisphere Freight Services, BSS, J&S Accessories, Silkolene Lubricants, Dijon Flooring, The Stirrup Cup pub in Barton Seagrave, and of course Mark Sadler at Go Racing Developments.

If anyone is interested in advertising their business or supporting me to stay on track, please contact me: www.facebook.com/jamieperrin75

Keep a look out on my facebook page because I will be selling some 2018 supporters merchandise!

Don’t forget you can always watch my races live on Eurosport 2!

Round 6 is at Brands Hatch GP on 20th – 22nd July, come and say hello if you are going to be there!!

ROUND 4 Snetterton

BSB Snetterton Official Test Thursday 17th May:

Following on from Oulton Park, there was an official BSB test at Snetterton circuit, the team attended and hoped to get some good settings ready for round 4. The first session went well, but unfortunately on the second lap of the second session, when trying to pass slower riders, Jamie had a big high side and immediately knew that my foot was in a bad way. I limped to the side of the track where I was taken to the med centre and then onto the local hospital, I had an X-Ray and was given the bad news, 6 broken bones!

BSB Snetterton Round 4:

Jamie has done everything he possibly could have to get fit for round 4, he has attended hyperbaric chambers and laser treatment but arriving at Snetterton the team knew it was going to be a big ask for Jamie to be able to ride the bike.

Free practice 1, there were a few issues making it difficult for Jamie to tell whether he would be able to ride therefore he also headed out for Free practice 2, after a very tentative lap Jamie knew the pain was too much making it difficult to concentrate as every right turn was agonising.

Jamie and the rest of his family team had to make the very difficult decision not to compete. It is now really important to Jamie to concentrate on his recovery as much as possible over the next 2 weeks until Knockhill.

Jamie would like to thank His sponsors and supporters that are making the 2018 season happen, Slidecodor, Andrew Pipework Services, Hemisphere Freight Services, BSS, J&S Accessories, Silkolene Lubricants, Dijon Flooring, DB Tints and of course Mark Sadler at Go Racing Developments.

ROUND 3 Oulton Park

BSB Oulton Park May 5th-7th round 3 of 12.


A week before arriving at Oulton Park for the race weekend Jamie had visited the Cheshire circuit to complete a test day, this gave Jamie a chance to set up the bike and try some different settings, the weather was very cold and windy a major contrast to a week later for the race weekend which was very hot and sunny for the 3 days.

Jamies two practice sessions went well and he had completed consistent lap times throughout ready to go into his qualifying session on Sunday.

Going into day 2 for the qualifying session the weather was once again really sunny and hot, Jamie qualified in P7 which he was quite disappointed with, he hit some traffic on his best lap and struggled to get back into the rhythm with his tyres also being past their best.

Jamie and the team were once again over the moon following the race result with Jamie ending in 3rd place and getting onto the podium!

Sunday brought once again glorious weather, Jamies lap time placed him p7 on the grid for race 2, Jamie was dicing for 4th but had a small slide off which brought an end to the weekend.

Jamie isn't hurt and the bike has very limited damage so we have to now try to take the positives from the weekend and another trophy is coming home after Jamie's great performance in the sprint race.

We now have a long break to the next round at Snetterton which is on the 15th-17th June. Jamie will be completing a test day at Snetterton prior to this and the bike and Jamie will be back strong and competitive again!

Quotes from Jamie:
"The weekend has been a bit up and down but I am so happy with my second podium of the season and I'm feeling positive there is more to come"

"I'm disappointed not to have finished race 2 but I'm a racer and I'm always pushing myself and the bike to the limit - looking forward to Snetterton already"

I would like to thank my sponsors and supporters that are making the 2018 season happen, Slidecodor, Andrew Pipework Services, Hemisphere Freight Services, BSS, J&S Accessories, Silkolene Lubricants, Dijon Flooring, Standard Engineering, DB Tints and of course Mark Sadler at Go Racing Developments.

If anyone is interested in advertising their business or supporting me to stay on track, please contact me: www.facebook.com/jamieperrin75.

Keep a look out on my facebook page because I will be selling some 2018 supporters merchandise!!

Don't forget you can always watch my races live on Eurosport 2!

Round 4 is at Snetterton on the 15th-17th June, come and say hello if you are going to be there!!