Bennetts British Superbike Championship
Round five – Snetterton
 Airwaves
Ducati reign supreme
Round five of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship
at Snetterton in Norfolk brought changeable weather conditions
and dramatic racing, but it was Airwaves Ducati who reigned
supreme in both races.
The 21-lap race one ran in dry and bright conditions with
HM Plant Honda’s Leon Haslam seizing the holeshot from
fourth position on the grid. However, by lap four, Leon Camier
had passed him and started to carve out an advantage at the
front of the pack.
The Airwaves Ducati rider held on to the position for the
majority of the race, but by the final lap team-mate Shane
Byrne had caught him and mounted a serious challenge for the
race win. Camier remained determined and, despite stiff competition
from series leader Byrne, emerged victorious from the fierce
final lap dogfight between the team-mates.
Race two was a different story with all riders being evacuated
from the grid for a delayed start after heavy rain began to
fall. A reduced 15-lap race re-started and Camier took the
holeshot into turn one ahead of Karl Harris and Byrne. However,
misfortune struck early and Harris slid off in front of the
series leader – causing him to brake to avoid the fallen
rider and pushing him down into 13th position.
Byrne fought back from the setback with a display of faultless
riding on the drying track to move his way towards the front
of the field. By lap 14 Byrne had closed the advantage between
him and his team-mate and seized the opportunity to take the
lead when Camier was held up by a backmarker. The series leader
hung on to first place for the race win and a maximum 25 points
towards his overall tally.
Bennetts British Superbike Championship race one
result:
1. L. Camier 23:13.162; 2. S. Byrne +0.092; 3. T. Sykes +0.597
Bennetts British Superbike Championship race two
result:
1. S. Byrne 18:41.592; 2. L. Camier +2.433; 3. C. Crutchlow
+6.012
Bennetts British Superbike championship standings
(after round five)
1. Byrne 235; 2. Camier 152; 3. Crutchlow 151; 4. Haslam
118; 5. Ellison 103; 6. Rutter 102; 7. Sykes 100; 8. Laverty
79; 9. Easton 62; 10. Andrews 51
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