Back to back wins puts Farmer in Championship lead

Farmer went into the weekend hot on the heels of championship pace setter McConnell, and he had a perfect weekend with convincing wins in both race one and race two to haul himself to the top of the standings after six rounds of the series.
“It’s not very often you get weekends like that,” admitted the Tyco BMW rider. “Some days are better than others but this weekend we knew we had the pace and we could push for the win. They are not all going to be as easy as that, and when we are having tough days we are going to have to settle for points and try to be consistent during the season.”
The Tyco BMW team had tested on the Knockhill circuit in the weeks leading up to the race, and the pace they showed in that test session gave Keith the belief that they could have a good weekend when the competitive racing started. His positivity was not misplaced as they dominated the weekend from the first practice session. 
“I learnt that I was riding the bike a bit too aggressive. I was putting that into practice at the tests and we came away being super consistent, and had a really fast pace,” he revealed. “We went into the race in pole position but got a terrible start. We got back up to fourth on the first lap and in a short lap it can be hard to make it back because the track is so busy, but we didn’t panic because we knew we had so much pace compared to anyone else. We got back into the lead on lap eight and I just kept putting my consistent laps down.”
He smashed the lap record by 0.7 seconds on his way to victory number one, and reduced that time by a further tenth of a second as he repeated his domination in race two. “I got a better start, but I still ended up in fourth because I was passed at the end of the first lap,” he recalled. “We just stayed calm and did the same again.” His championship hopes were further boosted when current series leader McConnell came off his bike two laps from the finish, gifting the lead of the championship to the Clogher man.
Josh Elliott is still coming to terms with his OMG Racing Suzuki bike, and the race proved to be more of a learning experience as he struggles to get the set up competitive. 
“The team is still learning the Suzuki,” he acknowledged. “It’s a big learning curve. We haven’t done any testing and we have had to do it at the track.”
“In both races I got decent starts and got away with the front group. We had a technical problem in race one with the auto blipping system. It was blipping too much coming down the gears and into corners it was making me run wide and I had a few big moments on the exits of corners. Unfortunately I had to pull in during race one but the guys solved the problems and got out in race two. Then on about lap six or seven I started to have big slides from the rear of the bike. We had made some changes before race two and I think it was in the wrong direction. It was something we hadn’t tried before and it didn’t work out. I had a few big moments and almost crashed, and had to drop back and bring it home.”
Despite finishing eleventh, Josh is confident they can turn it around once they have a chance to refine the bike. “The potential is definitely there and it is a great team,” he said. “We just need time and at the minute we don’t have that. We are trying to do it all at the racing and you only have two sessions and then into the race, so it is quite tough. If we can get some testing it will help us.
Considering it is only our second race we are not a million miles away, just a few tenths off the front guys, but it is those tenths that are so vital.”
Both riders are back out on the next round at Brands Hatch on July 20-22.