Gearlink Kawasaki’s James Westmoreland took his first victory of 2020 in a rain effected encounter at Donington Park, with James Rose and Bradley Perie rounding out the podium, and Cameron Horsman taking the GP2 victory.
It was Championship leader Skinner who grabbed the holeshot, notching up a 3.6 second lead after the opening lap with Ben Currie and Lee Johnston leading the chasing pack. The conditions then began to catch some riders out, with Ben Currie crashing out on the second lap.
As Skinner held his lead, Johnston then began to put the pressure on and he quickly forced the Championship leader into a mistake, with Skinner crashing out on lap five, handing Johnston the lead.
By half race distance Johnston led the way from Westmoreland and James Rose, who had worked his way into a podium position after starting from the back of the grid, and they began to chase down the ‘General’ at the front.
But with four laps remaining the Gearlink Kawasaki man of Westmoreland put the hammer down, caught and passed Johnston, and continued to push hard as he led the race.
With just three laps to go Johnston had brought the gap down to under half a second, but on the final lap he crashed out, meaning Westmoreland would take his first victory of the season. James Rose finished second with Cameron Horsman third.
Quattro Group British Supersport, Donington Park, race one:
- James Westmoreland (Gearlink Kawasaki)
- James Rose (IM Racing Kawasaki) +18.904
- Cameron Horsman (Nova Go Racing GP2) +49.689
- Bradley Perie (Diamond H Racing) +50.731
- Tom Oliver (Nova Go Racing) +51.106
- Dan Jones (Lloyd & Jones PR Racing) +52.919