Welcome to Gareth Jones Racing

Gareth checks out - of hospital - to ride the 5th round.

Jones shows great courage to battle a serious viral infection and complete two top ten finishes to keep his championship standings at the pointy end.

“The Salzburgring was another new track for me this weekend but after adjusting to the high speed nature of the circuit, I feel I found a good rhythm here. I had my strongest qualifying position so far this year and with another 8th and 9th place finish, it also placed me in the top 10 for the championship standings. I feel like we are making progress at each meeting and the bike is becoming much easier to ride over race distance.

I enjoyed racing for positions with the strong championship contenders this weekend and I hope that we can be really strong at Schleiz, which is a track I really enjoy riding!"

Full race report.

Another new track and 2 top 10's for Gareth show steady improvements on the new Honda.

"This weekend was tough, I had never ridden at the Sachsenring, and it’s quite a technical track. We made steady improvements all weekend and really worked on a race setup. You’re on the left side of the tire for so long, that tire conservation over 21 laps becomes very important. I felt that by race day, we found some good settings with the bike and we were still able to maintain fast lap times right to the flag. We are steadily improving the bike at each round but this year we have had to learn a lot about the bike while trying to compete against one of the toughest IDM fields for a long time. I’m certainly happy about the progress and I think there is a lot more left which is very positive for both myself and the team".

Full race report.