RS Racing's Kyle Ryde continues to go from strength to strength, as this past weekend saw him in action again at the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit in Northamptonshire, for the penultimate round of the British 125cc Motorcycle Road Racing Championship.

After tasting glory in the last three rounds of this series, which is run along side the British Superbike Championship, young Ryde set the early pace in free practise on Friday, by setting the fastest times, but by the second free practise, Aprillia Superteen Champion Wayne Ryan was gaining on Kyle and had closed the gap for the next day qualifying sessions.

In the first Qualifying Wayne Ryan came out on top with Kyle a strong second place, however Kyle only managed around half the timed session as he was suffering mechanical problems, so the team were under a lot of pressure to get the machine running right for the second session later in the afternoon. However the team persevered and managed to put Kyle out for the thirty-minute session and Kyle got onto the pole position for the race on Sunday by 1.25 seconds over Wayne Ryan, one of Kyle’s fiercest rivals along with Rob Guiver for the 125cc Championship Trophy.

Sunday's race day came and Kyle was second fastest in warm up, as Wayne Ryan’s Aprillia was really going quick around the GP circuit and Kyle was certainly going to have a battle on his hands with this other contender for the 125cc Title. The race itself was to be one of the last of the day and didn’t start until around 5.15pm, so tensions were mounting high in the paddock as these young guns waited for their turn to enter the arena.

The 125cc machines went out on their sighting lap as the final Superbike Race winners were being given their awards and celebrating their wins, whilst they had done their work for the weekend, for the 125 racers it was just beginning.

As the red lights went out, it was instantly showing that it was going to be a two horse race, Ryde versus Ryan! Lap by lap these two youngsters, swapped places. This was really entertaining for the crowd, which had stayed on to witness these two young warriors fighting for each bit of the tarmac course. Kyle couldn’t break Ryan’s pace, as the Aprillia was fast on the straights, so what Kyle’s Honda machine lacked on the straights he had to make up on the bends and this he did every time Ryan got the better of him and this was how the race continued with the rest of the pack a mere twenty nine seconds behind!

As the final lap arrived; Ryde & Ryan were still changing places by every corner, with Ryde using all his knowledge and corner speed in order to get the better of the quicker machine of Ryan as they entered the final corner towards the chequered flag, Ryan was leading just! Kyle grabbed an opportunity with a manoeuvre up the inside into the last corner and taking the Flag by a mere 0.067 seconds. Rob Guiver came home in third place twenty nine seconds down from the two youngsters’; this is Kyle’s fourth win in a row in this British 125cc Championship.

Kyle has now extended his Championship lead over Wayne Ryan from six points to eleven points, with Rob Guiver sixteen points behind. Kyle is also leading the ACU Academy Cup from Wayne Ryan by seven points.

The final round of the British 125cc Championship series takes place 0n Sunday Oct 9th at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent.