The talent of Australian rider Paul Young has now began to shine through in 2008 as he competes in the Fuchs Silkolene British Supersport Championship after being plagued by bad luck all season.
Young is a test rider for the Hinckley based Triumph manufacturer and for the past three years has ran his own team before obtaining the opportunity to join the MAP Embassy Racing team this year.  However for various reasons Young’s season has been disappointing and only now is he seeing the results he wanted at the beginning.
Young said: “It's coming good now, for the most of the season it has been very hard work and not very satisfying.  It seemed like at the beginning of the season and through the middle we had extraordinary bad luck.  We had some difficulties getting a base setting for the bike, getting comfortable and moving on from last year settings.”
“Even when things were looking better and it was looking like I was in for a good qualifying and result it seemed like every weekend something would happen.  I went through the entire book as far as things that good go wrong, including mechanicals, tyres or to me jumping a start.”
“It was almost getting to be slightly amusing, something always did happen and because of that I certainly under achieved in the first part and middle of season.  Frustrating, as I should have been in the top five minimum all year.”
After making a discovery with regards to the chassis and setup of the Triumph 675 at Cadwell Park, Young has consistently qualified in the top ten, we've seen him battling for pole and earn his best results of a sixth and fifth place in the last two rounds.  At Silverstone this weekend he continues his success  by qualifying third after taking provisional pole position in the first qualifying session on Saturday morning.
Even though he is not involved in a championship battle, to end the season with good results is vital for him, the team and possible sponsors.  In addition Young’s future with MAP Embassy Racing is in doubt following the official release of the teams recent funding issues.
However this has not unsettled Young and he is still very much in focus, he said:  “My plan is the same as it has been for the last three years and that is to ensure Triumph is represented and raced at the British championship level and higher in a way that’s professional and shows the bike up for its potential that it has.”
“I work for triumph as a test rider, I have sort of agreed and engineered a deal to carry on next year in some way.  I’ve got most of the bones for the setup for next year in place, I fully plan to be racing Triumph in Supersport whether it is running my own team again or in another’s.  I will definitely be carrying on test riding for triumph, it all ties in together and that’s also my livelihood these days.”