Honda Racing's Dan Linfoot ended his MCE British Superbike season on a 'positive' note, after battling through an injury blighted year to fight his way into the Showdown and to finish fifth in the overall championship standings.
Linfoot had a solid final round at Brands Hatch and ended race-three in fourth onboard his Fireblade, and is now going into the winter off-season in a good frame of mind.
But he is feeling 'sad' that the season has come to an end but all-in-all he is pleased with what he has achieved this season, considering he experienced low confidence on his return from injury after a big crash in the second round at Brands Hatch, at the start of the BSB season.
"The year’s over and I’m sad about this, I wish we could continue for a few more rounds. It’s a positive way to end the year, I had quite a strong last race, I’m happy with my pace and that individual race, but the weekend as a whole was pretty negative with my crashes and qualifying position," said Linfoot.
"As a whole it’s a good way to end a round and a season and I’m happy with my overall fifth place, if I had finished outside the top-ten I wouldn’t be happy. I’m going into the winter on a positive and being a few seconds off the win is really good. A big thanks to Ian my Crew Chief and the whole team for all their hard work over the season, I know there have been some frustrations but they’ve stuck by me and supported me.
"Looking back at the season if I hadn’t had my injury and low confidence on my return, it could have been a different story, but to come away fifth considering all of that is pretty good."
