Christian Iddon back on the podium with a second place finish in Race 2 at Brands

Christian Iddon had started from pole on the Oxford Products Racing Ducati Panigale V4 R for Sunday's opening BSB race, slotting into second behind Danny Kent (Lovell Kent Racing Honda). But a move into Paddock Hill on the start of the second lap saw him lead the field into Druids.

Iddon and Kent swapped places a few times, with Kent moving into first on lap seven. But the action was soon halted after the safety car came out for a couple of laps.

The race resumed on lap nine, with Iddon able to retake the lead once more as half-race distance was covered. Behind him Tommy Bridewell was moving up through the field on his BeerMonster Ducati and on lap 12 it was the Wiltshire rider who took the lead, ahead of Iddon and Kent.

The riders took the flag in those same positions, with Bridewell taking his first win at the Brands GP circuit, and Iddon going one better than yesterday’s podium position to finish second.

Kent took the last step on the box, with Bridewell’s teammate Glenn Irwin closing his race in fourth.

Christian Iddon (Oxford Products Racing Ducati #21) – 2nd
“Happy to get on the podium, and happy to get a dry one. The pace that I was setting wasn’t fantastic, but no one was coming flying past, so I thought we’d just keep somewhere about that. It felt fast, but it wasn’t the pace I expected it to be. When Tommy came past, I figured just hang with Tommy, he was riding really well. I thought he might try and pull me away from the group. But I made a couple of mistakes and had a few front-end warnings, and that just dropped me back a bit from Tommy who kept a pretty relentless pace. All I had to do was try and race my lap timer and stay in front of the group which we managed. Hopefully we can try and make a few little changes for the next race because I felt alright, but not brilliant. But it’s good to get two podiums and back to somewhere where I thought we should be, so it’s all good.”