By Carly Rathmell
May 11 2005

What’s on this weekend? Catch the motorcycle racing action taking place at Mondello Park, Ireland - British Superbikes and all the support classes take to the track.

ROAD RACING

Event · British Superbikes round five
Location · Mondello Park, Ireland
Dates · Friday 13th May free practice; Saturday 14th May qualifying; Sunday 15th May race day
Times · 09:00 to 17:30 each day
Costs · 25 Euros for race day ticket online www.mondellopark.ie
Location · Mondello Park is situated in County Kildare - five miles from Naas and 25 miles from Dublin. The circuit is ideally located within easy access from the M7 motorway.

Lap records: 2.1766 mile circuit
Superbike, John Reynolds, Suzuki, 1:40.731, 77.78mph, 23:05:04
Supersport, Simon Andrews, Yamaha, 1:43.121, 75.98mph, 23:05:04
125cc GP, Michael Wilcox, Honda, 1:47.795, 72.69mph, 23:05:04

Who to watch ·

Dean Thomas, riding for Hawk Kawasaki in the British Superbike class. Dean suffered a wrong tyre choice at Oulton Park and will be hoping the sun shines down on him at Mondello · www.dean-thomas.com

Cal Crutchlow and Craig Jones, racing for Northpoint Honda Racing in the tough British Supersport class, are riding extremely well at the moment. Cal gained his best ever result at Oulton Park, with a second place; with Craig gaining a fourth, taking him to second in the overall championship.

Leon Camier crashed out at Oulton Park and will be hoping to make amends this weekend as he heads to Ireland. He still leads the championship, but only by five points · www.leoncamier.com

Dave Johnson will be competing in the Superstock series with Xpress Racing. A fantastic third place at Oulton Park saw him climb to fifth in the championship standings · www.xpressracing.co.uk

Timetable ·
Event: Bennetts BSB Championship
Venue: Mondello Park
Date: 13-14-15 May 2005

Friday
10:30 to 11:10, British Supersport, free practice one
11:20 to 12:10, British Superbike, free practice one
12:20 to 12:50, British 125cc, free practice one
13:00 to 13:30, National Superstock Championship, free practice one
· interval
14:10 to 14:50, British Supersport, free practice two
15:00 to 15:50, British Superbike, free practice two
16:00 to 16:30, British 125cc, free practice two
16:40 to 17:10, National Superstock Championship, free practice two

Saturday
10:00 to 10:30, National Superstock, qualifying one
10:40 to 11:20, British Supersport, qualifying one
11:30 to 12:20, British Superbike, qualifying one
12:30 to 13:00, British 125cc, qualifying one
· interval
14:00 to 14:40, British Supersport, qualifying two
14:50 to 15:40, British Superbike, qualifying two
15:30 to 16:20, National Superstock Championship, qualifying two
16:30 to 17:00, British 125cc, qualifying two

Sunday
10:00 to 10:15, British Superbike, warm-up
10:25 to 10:40, British 125cc, warm-up
10:50 to 11:05, British Supersport, warm-up
11:15 to 11:30, National Superstock, warm-up
11:45 to 12:30, pit walk
13:15, Bennetts British Superbike Championship, 18 laps
14:05, British 125cc Championship - Failte Ireland Trophy, 12 laps
14:50, Metabo British Supersport Championship, 16 laps
15:45, Bennetts British Superbike Championship, 18 laps
16:35, Metzeler National Superstock Championship, 15 laps