Swan Yamaha's Michael Laverty came away from yesterday's Oulton Park British Superbike round a disappointed man after what could have been a double podium ended as a pair of fifths and sixth in the championship.

The likeable Irishman suffered arm-pump in the first race, something he gets only at Oulton and Cadwell, and then two trips across the grass at Hizzy's put paid to any silverware in the second outing.

"I am quite disappointed that we didn’t finish on the podium in either of the races today as I showed that we had the pace again to run at the front. I felt comfortable with the race pace and in race one I was struggling a little with arm pump which meant I just had to settle in and take fifth," said the Toomebridge man.

"I had some treatment between the races and it did make a difference and I was back at the sharp end where we knew we could be. I felt strong enough to take the win, but I just made some mistakes and it cost me; before I knew it I had gone from first to fifth. I know that Oulton Park has never been my best circuit; in fact it is one that I have always struggled with, so coming away from here with two fifth places isn’t a bad result and we can build on today."