British Superbike News

jason o'halloran

The Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport Championship rider Jason O’Halloran crashed out of the Oulton Park qualifying session in the final minutes, attempting to improve on his provisional tenth place on the grid, resulting in a splintered collarbone for the Triumph rider.

The young Australian had been working hard throughout the weekend at one of his favourite circuits but struggled to find a good set up on the Triumph 675 throughout the practice and qualifying sessions.

Having fought with the bike to put himself in tenth on the grid, O’Halloran was attempting to squeeze a bit more from his machine when he had a huge, fast crash at Cascades, effectively ending his weekend .

After a close inspection by the track doctors he was diagnosed with a splintered left collarbone, and he will  see a specialist on Tuesday and then the next steps will be taken to see if he requires surgery or not, in the hope to be back out on the Oxford Tag Triumph at Cadwell Park on the 22nd May.

Commenting he said “I’m really disappointed about hurting myself this weekend. It had been a tough weekend and we were struggling to find a set up that worked well for me here at Oulton. We had just made a bit of progress in the second qualifying session when I had a massive crash. Once I stopped rolling I thought I was ok but then the adrenalin wore off and knew I’d hurt my shoulder somehow. I’m just gutted as I really wanted a good result here. I’ve not many weeks before Cadwell so I have to try and get myself fully fit again by then, just sorry for all the team and hope things take a turn for the better soon!”