Triumphant return for race crash victim Byrne

The Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki rider now occupies second place in the overall MCE Insurance British Superbikes Championship, one point behind Alex Lowes.

The Samsung Honda rider claimed victory in the opening race and was then third behind Byrne and Josh Brookes in the second run.

Brookes pushed hard to pass Byrne on the penultimate lap, but Byrne held on to claim his fourth race win of the season.

Byrne said: “Winning was a bit of a way of saying sorry to the team for the first race. I went down, lost the front and that was a strange one that the front should tuck in.

“One minute I was looking at Lowes’s swing arms, then next I thought blimey, I am looking at some daisies.

“But we turned it around in the second race and we pulled it off with the win. It was not easy as we had a lost out a bit on race settings because of the crash in the first race, but the team did a fine job to get another win.”

Tyco Suzuki rider Brookes sits third in the overall standings, 20 points behind Byrne, ahead of the next round of the championship at Knockhill.