MASON Law walked away from a horror crash at Brands Hatch on what was a disappointing weekend on the bike.

The 21-year-old from Benfleet missed out on adding any points to his total in the National 1000cc Superstock Championship, although it could have been much worse.

A 140mph race one crash at Hawthorns saw his Stauff Connect Academy Kawasaki ZX-10RR dig in to the gravel, leap the safety barriers and bury itself in the Brands Hatch GP circuit trees, eight feet off the ground.

From there it was always going to be an uphill task for Law and his GR Motosport Team.

Brake problems in Sunday’s race capped off a turbulent weekend for the rider, who remains positive, nonetheless.

“Obviously it was a very disappointing end to what was looking like a very positive weekend,” he said.

“I went into race one with a second row start and I felt confident as coming from a motocross background I’m quite a strong starter. Unfortunately at turn five at the end of the back straight I lost the front and had a 140mph crash. I found myself rolling through the gravel and I was okay, but the bike took a hefty tumble into the trees.

“We retrieved the bike late on Saturday but thanks to the Brands Hatch staff who had to sort a hydraulic lifting machine to get the bike cut out.

“I’m extremely grateful to the team, who in between times had started building me a completely new bike. We win together and we lose together and they are a very committed bunch, as they proved.”

Law admitted he knew at turn two there was something not right with the bike, and that it would be an uphill struggle from that point onwards.

“The lever was coming back to my knuckles and it was getting hard to stop. I was starting to run in hot in a lot of places.

“I had about five moments that scared me, so I had to make the decision to retire.

“It was game over, but we can be proud of where we are at and I’m already looking forward to Thruxton, which is a circuit I very much like.

“Thanks as always to my crew: Danny, Mark, Ash and of course Geoff and Brent and my dad for their continued support.”