Kent’s Leon Camier and his Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team capped off their weekend at Donington Park with a double points finish with a strong comeback performance from Camier. 

After a frustrating qualifying session on Saturday, Camier lined up in P13 and P21 on the grid for Race 2 but were able to effectively tap the potential of the CBR1000RR SP2 machine to make up many positions in the race and secure a double points finish for the team.

From the fifth row of the grid, Camier got out of the blocks quickly, moving into ninth place on the first lap and in another determined effort, was able to set a quick pace throughout the 23-lap event. Keeping within the top ten throughout the race, Camier picked off the Ducati of Marco Melandri and BMW’s Loris Baz in the final stages to claim eighth place and seal a successful comeback from injury.

Speaking after the weekend, Camier said: “I was really happy with the result today, we weren’t really sure whether I could finish both races so to finish in the top ten yesterday and today was a big bonus. In today’s race I didn’t attack too hard from the start, I just tried to get into a rhythm and see on what parts of the track I could push more.

“I had a good battle with Loris and Marco, changing positions a few times so given my condition it was great to be able to fight. Results aside, me and the team worked hard this weekend on developing our electronic settings and we made a lot of progress so that’s another positive to take away this weekend. Things are heading in the right direction with the bike so I’ll now look to rest up and continue my recovery ahead of Brno.”