Youngy searches for more power after promising Brands start PAUL YOUNG has been buoyed by the promise showed by his British-built Triumph Daytona 675 at the first round of the British Supersport Championship. At the weekend the Hinckley-based Aussie put the under-developed three-cylinder machine 19th on the grid and was in the points in the race before being pushed wide at Paddock and finishing 17th. Now Youngy is developing the motor of his second machine to make more power, following the rock-solid reliability shown over the weekend by his number one machine. He said: “The grunt we have with this bike is superb. It will stay with anything off the corners, we just need to work on the top-end. That’s the next task.” Despite developing the bike without any major help from the factory, the bike performed well on its first outing. “I got an average start from 19th on the grid and was passing someone every lap until I got into the points. That was what I was hoping for from the first race, really. Unfortunately, I got to the front of the pack and four of us went into Paddock Hill Bend together and I got pushed wide. I had the thing on full lock just to get around the corner. I spent most of the rest of the race making up places again but by the time I’d caught the group the race was red-flagged after Rob Frost’s accident.” Despite finishing out of the points, Youngy is happy with the triple’s performance. “We had two days testing with the bike before Brands and considering this machine has never been raced before and we’re developing it, we were going into the race pretty green, really. Through the course of the weekend we changed the shock valving four times, including between warm-up and the race which was a bit of a risk, but it was better for the race. The big shock was when I volunteered the bike to be weighed. It was 155 kilos dry, which is 10 kilos under the limit for triples! The limit for four-cylinder bikes is 162 kilos.” Now Paul is working flat-out to ensure that the second machine has more power to be more competitive with the four and two cylinder machines out there. “I couldn’t believe speed of some bikes out there,” said Youngy. “The level of machinery in Supersport is getting better and better. A lot of people are buying Ten Kate customer engines, or teams have direct factory involvement. I’m proud of how close we were from the first race. It’s early days and there’s a lot to come from the bike and me.” British Supersport round 1 results. Brands Hatch, March 26th 1 – Stuart Easton – Ducati – Lloyds British Ducati – 16:59.878 2 – Cal Crutchlow – Honda -Northpoint Ekerold Honda – 17:03.096 3 – Eugene Laverty – Honda – Red Bull Honda – 17:04.412 4 – Pere Riba – Kawasaki-MSS Discovery Racing – 17:07.171 5 – Leon Camier – Honda -Northpoint Ekerold Honda – 17:07.450 6 – Jamie Robinson – Honda – Bykerbabe.com/JRM – 17:08.809 7 – Jay Vincent – Honda – Padgetts Motorcycles – 17:09.175 8 – Chris Burns – Yamaha – AIM Racing – 17:09.812 9 – Tom Sykes – Suzuki – TAS Suzuki – 17:17.837 10 – Ian Lowry – Suzuki – TAS Suzuki – 17:18.015 11 – Kieran Murphy – Kawasaki-MSS Discovery Racing – 17:20.766 12 – Sam Owens – Honda – Premier Motorsport – 17:23.040 13 – Joe Dickinson – Honda – GMP Racing Ltd – 17:23.197 14 – Martin Jessop – Ducati – Lloyds British Ducati – 17:30.081 15 – Tommy Bridewell – Suzuki – Vivaldi Racing – 17:30.423 17 – Paul YOUNG – Triumph – Paul Young Racing – 17:32.938 Next round: Donington Park, April 9th,