Sunday at Snetterton sees Christian Iddon score an eighth and a fifth

Race 2

Christian had a great start and got away with the leading three riders from his fourth place grid slot for Sunday's opening Bennetts British Superbike race at Snetterton.

The Oxford Products Ducati pilot had a few encounters with other riders dropping him back to seventh place before the red flag came out on lap seven, due to Danny Buchan and Franco Bourne colliding.

At the restart of the reduced lap race, Christian slotted in to eighth and began threatening the positions ahead. But he just couldn't quite overhaul any further riders and remained in eighth at the chequered flag.

Race 3

The final Superbike race of the weekend saw Christian starting from ninth on the grid, and with work to do. He got his head down and was soon picking riders off, getting himself up to seventh place.

By lap eight, he'd moved up to sixth place and chasing down the leading group of five.

Josh Brookes pulled over with a technical issue on lap ten, handing Christian fifth place. Once again, he found himself in no man's land, which seems to have been a regular occurrence this weekend.

He crossed the line in fifth to add another eleven points to his tally, taking him up to 108 points and eighth place in the championship.

Christian Iddon (Oxford Products Racing Ducati #21)
"Today turned out really difficult at the start, the race wasn't that great. We changed the bike from yesterday and I just didn't get the feeling I wanted from the bike at all. It was a really frustrating race after yesterday, especially being fourth on the grid.

For the last race, we changed the bike, not back but something different and I felt so much better. I just couldn't quite bridge that gap to the front group. The gap never really changed. I made a move on Vickers but didn't make it stick, which may have changed the result.

We're looking for podiums but we're not quite there yet. We are massively better to where we were at the start of the year. It's starting to feel like a bike I can use to its potential now. The team's working hard, I'm working hard, we just need to get in to the bigger chunk of points. It's so frustrating because it's so close, in all three races I had pace to win. The championship is so close, you've got to get out front and make your own luck. Now, we regroup and go again. Onwards to Brands."

Tom Higham