ED RENDELL enjoyed a perfect weekend at Oulton Park as he topped all the timing sheets, was on pole and won his class.
The Chelmsford racer won his 125cc category race at the Cheshire circuit after a flawless ride – and almost won the whole race he was in.
His category race was alongside the 250cc bikes, and he finished second overall – and felt he should have pipped his more powerful rivals too.
"I was battling with two others for the overall race and I was leading pretty much the whole way," he said. "Right near the end a rider fell off in front of me and I almost got taken out and one of the others got away from me.
"I finished first in my class and second overall, a good 25 points and now I'm leading the British Championship.
"The 250s have been introduced because that's the future of the class, they've got a bit more drive out of corners so it's a bit faster, which is why they split the race into two categories.
"But we all still race at the same time and I was on it this weekend and I should have won the whole thing really, but I just couldn't quite get it."
But despite that disappointment Rendell was pleased with his performance in the second round of the series, which now heads into an early-season break.
"It was good," he added. "We topped all the timing sheets all weekend so we had the pace and I was able to put it on pole, which was my first pole in BSB, so it was a special day.
"I got the old champagne out again which I always enjoy.
"But there's a six-week break now until the next round because you've got all the Isle of Man racing and it's nice to have got that win because we know for the next round that we're in good shape.
"I'll probably relax, there's not much testing we can do at the moment because of the budget. I'll relax and it's back to reality with work."
