The Red Bull Rookies are all preparing for their next meet at Silverstone on June 5 and 6. Some are making their way back from injury, while others are still reflecting on their last race. Here's the best from the rookies' blogs...
I had a good start in the first race and managed to get a respectable position to challenge for a top 10 finish, but five laps into it the engine felt like it wanted to seize, so I pulled in my clutch and made my way to the pit lane. In the second race, the bike felt better. Thanks to my mechanics, once again.
Fresh from a promising but problematic performance at Estoril, James Flitcroft will be looking forward to gunning round Silverstone - a track he's never raced before.
Read more of James Flitcroft’s Red Bull Rookies Cup blog here
It was warmer and the suspension was better but not good enough to ride to the limit - twice I nearly lost my front and almost crashed out. That was really bad because it is a fast corner and if you crash there the bike will be completely damaged.
Deni Cudic was taking part in the third IDM race of the season before he joins up with the rest of the Rookies at Silverstone.
Read more of Deni Cudic's Red Bull Rookies Cup blog here
'Twice I nearly lost my front and almost crashed out. That was really bad because it is a fast corner and if you crash there the bike will be completely damaged'
I finally did my first race after seven weeks of injury at the Nürburgring for the IDM. I got off to a bad start but then stepped up the pace and in the end I was satisfied. Until the Rookies Cup at Silverstone...
Florian Alt is on way back to fitness after his fall at Jerez, which left him with an open fracture of a finger on his right hand.
Read more of Forian Alt's Red Bull Rookies Cup blog here
Croft last weekend was the third round of the BSB championship and after my great result at Oulton Park I was really looking forward to it. I got a good start and was first into the first corner but for the rest of the race I stayed behind Rob [Guiver] to see were he was good and where he was weak.
Having escaped that lightning strike in Estoril, Karl Ryde was back racing in the BSB Championship - finishing at number two for the second race running.
Read more of Kyle Ryde's Red Bull Rookies Cup blog here
'While we were waiting for our next show they had the F1s going round and some guy in a helicopter doing flips. He was crazy!'
On the last day, I did a little show with a motocross bike on the skid pad with another guy on an MX bike, some guy in a KTM car and Herman Gassner in his rally car. It was real fun doing it with those guys. While we were waiting for our next show they had the F1s going round and some guy in a helicopter doing flips. He was crazy!
Arthur Sissis was at the opening of the new Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Styria, where he saw Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel racing Niki Lauda and Gerhard Berger. How's that for inspiration ahead of Silverstone?
Read more of Arthur Sissis's Red Bull Rookies Cup blog here
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