Leon Camier has the opportunity to seal the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship in association with Pirelli in the opening race of this Sunday’s penultimate round at Silverstone.
The Airwaves Yamaha rider, who has amassed a 99.5 points advantage in the points standings with a string of 16 race victories, needs only to finish ahead of his nearest rival, team-mate James Ellison, in the opening 20 lap race at the Northamptonshire circuit to secure the sport’s premier crown.
Already assured of the team prize, the Airwaves team will be concentrating their efforts on Camier securing the trophy in the first race, though nothing can be taken for granted after two blips in the previous two rounds, with first an exclusion on a machine technicality at Cadwell Park and then an error running wide at Croft.
Ellison equally has all to race for. His second place in the overall standings is under threat from flying Scot Stuart Easton who celebrated a long overdue maiden race win in the top flight in the previous round. Riding the Hydrex Honda, the Hawick rider has shown both consistency and quality across the season, racking up 11 other top three finishes, and with five races remaining, he is only 32 points down on Ellison.
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