Teccare Triumph’s Luke Mossey has described his Motorpoint British Supersport season start as a ‘nightmare’ as crashes and a shoulder injury have put paid to any major challenge so far.

The Cambridgeshire youngster damaged his shoulder in a crash at Brands Hatch and then went down in Sunday’s Sprint race which aggravated it. He then had to settle for a sixth in yesterday’s feature race.

"This has been a nightmare start to my season really, I was one of the very few people injured at Brands Hatch the other week and I was desperate to kick start my season at Oulton this weekend,” said Mossey.

“I was feeling good and the medics and physios strapped up my shoulder well and I was careful not to push to hard during qualifying and practice and just do what I had to do. I felt good in the opening race and didn't feel I was pushing too hard when I lost the front going into Shell, I crashed and landed on my shoulder and was worried I might have done further damage. I had a quick check and all felt ok which I was pretty relieved about to be honest.

I knew for the second race I had to finish, there was no other option. I was a little worried about crashing and it's something I've never thought during a race before but I just wanted to dig deep and keep pushing on.

“I knew I wouldn't be able to stay with the pace of the front runners as I am still experiencing some pain in my shoulder. I made contact with Luke Jones on the last lap into the last corner as my arm had near enough given up on me, I apologised to Luke as it certainly wasn't intentional.

“I am quite looking forward now to the break between now and Snetterton, I can have further treatment and physio and get back to a track I really enjoy racing. I would like to say thanks to all the Teccare Profile Triumph team for all their help and support this weekend, plus my Dad and all my other personal sponsors."