Richie Dibben picked-up three race wins on his RM-Z450 and GSX-R600 at the opening round of the 2019 Suzuki International Series at Taupo in New Zealand at the weekend.
The 30-year-old bike shop owner qualified fastest and scored back-to-back Super Moto wins on his lightly-modified Suzuki RM-Z450 and was in scintillating form also on his Suzuki GSX-R600 road bike in the 600cc Formula Two (F2) class at Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park, just outside Taupo, on Saturday and Sunday.
This was the start of only his second season of racing in the F2 class, yet Dibben qualified fastest on Saturday and then won his first of two races, passing the chequered flag just ahead of fellow Suzuki GSX-R600 rider David Hall.
Unfortunately for Dibben, he crashed while leading the weekend’s second F2 race the following day and this leaves him an undeserved eighth overall in the F2 standings after this opening round of three in the series.
