Walker: I was struggling after Assen.
Shell advance Honda rider Chris Walker endured a difficult home Grand Prix at Donington Park, the Englishman having been hospitalised just a week earlier after a huge crash at Assen.
Nevertheless, Walker received a World Champions welcome whenever he took to the Derbyshire track, with "Stalker" flags flying all the way around the 4.023km circuit.
Shell advance Honda rider Chris Walker endured a difficult home Grand Prix at Donington Park, the Englishman having been hospitalised just a week earlier after a huge crash at Assen.
Nevertheless, Walker received a World Champions welcome whenever he took to the Derbyshire track, with "Stalker" flags flying all the way around the 4.023km circuit.
"After five laps I was just struggling to concentrate but I always knew this was going to be tough after what happened at Assen last week," said Walker, who scored one World Championship point for fifteenth. "I was missing my breaking points and the corner apexes and towards the end of the race I just went straight on at the (Fogarty) Esses at the end of the back straight and that's when Jay Vincent passed me.
"I just wanted to get through the race without making any big mistakes especially when the rear tyre grip went away," admitted the NSR 500 rider.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
