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Jessopp who is still recovering from a fractured hand was in need of a strong result to regain his confidence after a run of bad luck at the last few meetings. The youngster from Yeovil ran strong and consistent times throughout the weekend and managed to qualify the 749 Ducati in fifth position on the full grid.

Only a poor start let the 21-year-old down and he got blocked into the first corner and was pushed back to eighth after the first lap which left him with a lot of work to do, in what turned out to be a very interesting and close fought 20-lap race. With riders exchanging positions on every lap, the horrendous weather conditions thankfully held off for the Supersport race after already being delayed due to torrential conditions earlier in the day.

Jessopp was locked in a tight battle throughout the race with various riders including James Hiller, Sam Owens and Billy McConnell with the riders changing positions on every lap. Jessopp fought a hard race to finish in sixth and is now lying in 12th in the Championship after three DNF’s.

Commenting he said “I’m pretty happy with the result as I’ve had a couple of bad meetings and needed to get back into the top six and hopefully move up the Championship tables. The team have worked really hard this weekend to get things moving back in the right direction. I felt a lot more comfortable on the bike and my hand hasn’t given me as much grief as it has done in previous rounds. We’re heading down to Croft for the test on Tuesday and hopefully we will be able to get some good track time there too. I’m looking forward to Oulton Park in a couple of weeks time.”

Supersport Result