Iddon was the sole racer at Donington Park after Kent suffered a major crash in FP3.32“I was really gutted to miss the weekend after the crash because, for the first time this year, I felt really good on the bike and I felt our potential was really high for the races,” he said. “It was a fast crash down Craners and I banged my head a bit, and I was coughing up blood at the side of the track.”The injury curse continued for the Buildbase Suzuki team at the next round at Knockhill in June, when Iddon was involved in a freak sighting lap incident with another rider, leaving him with a broken arm and three non-ffinishes.“It was a bit of a freak accident,” said Iddon. “I saw the rider in front of me and was aware he was there, and as we braked into the hairpin it was fine, but he just kept scrubbing TEAM SUZUKI RACING NEWSofi speed and I didn’t realise how slow he was going until I was right on him, which is why I hit the side of him. I just wasn’t expecting him to go that slowly. If I had I would have pointed the bike at the middle of the corner and gone up the inside. But ultimately I was the rider behind, it’s my responsibility to pass, so I’ve definitely played my part.“It’s just really unfortunate for everyone and it’s a shame because I was feeling good. We topped a wet FP1 which was nice, as that was our ffirst time out in the wet, and while P8 in qualifying isn’t anything to write home about it was our best of the year and we’ve been able to challenge for the top-six from back in 15th before, so I was excited to see what we could do.”Brands Hatch, at the end of July, marked the end of the opening half of the season. Kent, now firing on all cylinders, began to show the form he’d been searching for all season, and took his first top 10 ffinish of the season.“Brands was a better weekend for me, for sure. I set a new PB, too but it shows how strong the field is when we were still down in 15th. We tried to improve and make some changes. We got some points on the board which, I think, showed we’ve made progress, and I was happy to come away with a ninth place. These were some of my better races this year, and hopefully now we can keep pushing and have a good second half of the year.”2022 Summer Issue“It wasn’t like I was unfamiliar with the Suzuki but it’d been a couple of years since I’d been on it. So to come away with three podiums and to do the lap time we did, I’m happy.” – Richard Cooper.British Superbikes2022
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