Double Supersport podium for Ben Currie after a consecutive second place at Brands

en Currie got off to a flying start on his Panigale V2 during Sunday’s Supersport race at Brands Hatch, launching his Oxford Products Racing Ducati from third on the grid to take the holeshot and race lead.

On lap three Rhys Irwin (Astron JJR Suzuki) momentarily passed Ben. But he was able to make a move stick after Ben had a moment exiting Graham Hill Bend on lap six.

The duo cleared off at the front and by half race distance had built a up a gap of almost three seconds. Ben stuck with Rhys until the very end but was unable to make a move, crossing the line second to take a consecutive second place finish.

Ben currently leaves Brands leading the Quattro British Supersport Championship with 194 points, while Rhys Irwin and Tom Booth-Amos sit second and third with 188 and 178 points respectively.

Ben Currie (Oxford Products Racing Ducati #61) – 2nd
“That was a classic V2 verses in-line four. The track was sweet in two halves. I was strong in one half, Rhys was strong in the other. Just that one section out of Druids he put three-four bike lengths on me every lap. It meant I had to work for the rest of the lap really hard to try and catch him. I was on the absolute limit. I have to give credit to him, he was riding awesome. It looked like he was going to make a mistake. A couple of little apexes he missed, I thought he's gonna run wide, he's gonna run wide, stay there. But he did a splendid job and hats off to him, credit where credits due.

Massive thanks to my guys, they gave me a bike to win with this weekend. Like Snetterton we’re carrying some momentum and hopefully we can just continue this now and get to some tracks that maybe I'm strong everywhere and we can get that first elusive win. It's coming. I'm happy, I'm enjoying my racing, so that's all you can ask for.”