Home hero Jack Bell (Triumph) made it back-to-back victories in the 2026 FIM Flat Track World Championship when heavy rain brought proceedings to a premature halt at round six – staged at King’s Lynn in Great Britain on Saturday night – and unforced errors proved expensive for his compatriots and VRX Dirt Store Ducati team-mates Tim Neave and Ashton Boughen.
  • Round six of 2026 FIM Flat Track World Championship is staged in Great Britain
  • Heavy rain brings a premature end to proceedings at King’s Lynn
  • Britain’s Jack Bell makes it back-to-back wins to boost his title challenge

Sitting first and second in the points at the start of the programme that was delayed by over two hours because of rain throughout the day, a crash by Neave and two false starts by Boughen dropped them down the leaderboard and when the meeting was called off because of more heavy rain with just the Last Chance Qualifier and Final left to run, the points from the Heats decided the final results.

This meant a second consecutive win for twenty-two-year-old Bell and he was joined on the podium by fellow British racer Tom Hunt (Yamaha) and Spain’s former champion Gerard Bailo (Zaeta) as Neave kept hold of the championship lead and actually extended his advantage when Boughen picked up just three points for seventeenth.

The fact the event even went ahead is testament to the expert track maintenance by the team at the Adrian Flux Arena and with the downpour finally stopping the hardy spectators were treated to twelve dramatic Heats before the rain swept in again and forced the late stoppage.

It was fast Finn Saku Purtilo (Honda) who raced to the first victory of the night ahead of Frenchman William Bonnici (Suzuki) and Britain’s Gary Birtwistle (Dirt Craft powered by Royal Enfield) before Neave won ahead of Hunt and Bell won from Bailo.

Hunt bounced straight back at the beginning of the second block of Heats by handing Bell his first defeat with Neave close behind in third and Bailo then defeated home rider Adam James (Husqvarna) – who impressed on his series debut – and Boughen before Birtwistle led home defending champion Ervin Krajčovič (KTM Schruf – Zucco Racing) from the Czech Republic and Italian Daniele Tonelli (TM – Donelli’s Garage).

At the halfway point of the Heat stages it was Bell, Hunt and Bailo tied for the lead – a single point ahead of Neave and Birtwistle – and Hunt, who was drawing motivation from the passionate home fans, maintained his place at the top when he won from Czech racer Ondřej Svědík (KTM Schruf – Zucco Racing) and Bailo.

After Neave had won ahead of James, Boughen looked favourite to claim his first victory of the night as he converted a flying start into a big early lead before Birtwistle forced a red flag when he clipped Bell and both went down.

With the riders lining up behind each other for the restart in the positions they held before the red flag, Boughen surrendered his advantage when he went early and was sent to the back for the second restart and Bell tied things at the top with his second victory of the night, this time at the expense of Ukrainian Stanislav Ohorodnik (Husqvarna) and Krajčovič with Boughen back in sixth.

With the top ten riders following the Heats transferring directly to the Final, former champion Sammy Halbert (Picasso Engineering) – who up to this point had struggled to make his presence felt – booked his place with victory from the British pairing of Tom Woolley (Honda) and James after Neave had fallen challenging for the lead.

Krajčovič then claimed his first victory of the night when he led home Argentina’s Santiago Arangio (Beta – OMT Squadra Corse Italiana) as things went from bad to worse for Boughen who was disqualified from the Heat for his second false start.

Bell then went head-to-head with Hunt in the final Heat to decide who would get first gate pick for the Final, but after Bell had led his compatriot across the line – and the rain became increasingly heavy – it became a pivotal result that decided the overall positions when the meeting was cut short.

Krajčovič ended the night in fourth ahead of Neave and James, but it was a night to forget for Boughen who has now slipped to third in the championship, eight points behind Bell and seventeen adrift of Neave with fourth-placed Bailo closing to within three points.

With just four rounds remaining before the extended series signs off with back-to-back rounds in Argentina, the next stop is Vasad in Hungary on 12 September.

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