Harry’s hat trick
HATHERN teenage bike ace Harry Leigh has made a sensational start to the new season with a hat-trick of victories for his new team at Donington Park.
Riding in the Thundersport GB Superteens series for HM Quickshifters on a Kawasaki Ninja 300 the weekend didn’t get off to the best starts as Leigh came off his bike as he raced through the pack trying to make amends for a mistake at the start of the race and ended up with a DNF (Did Not Finish) to his name.
But the 13-year-old bounced back in style, a better start seeing him lead the race from lap one, building up a six second lead by lap seven and easing to his first ever race win in the championship.
On Sunday, Leigh lined up on the front row and said it made a big difference.
“Starting from the front row meant a clean track in front, I’m still not able to launch the Kawasaki like my Aprilia, but I’m getting better and I got a good start, swapped positions a few times but, again I was over the line first to win again.”
In the final race of the weekend, he was hoping for to make it a win hat-trick ahead of rival Louis Rendell who finished runner-up in both of the Saturday races and the first race on Sunday. Leigh said: “For the last race of the weekend, I was tired but hungry for another win. I got a good start and Louis and me broke the pack early and were able to pull away. “Our battle was epic swapping place a couple of times a lap, it was fast and we both smashed the lap record, fighting for first place and I won with just a bike length between us" Leigh will be in action in the next round at Oulton Park on April 21.