HM Plant Honda's Shane Byrne has moved into the British Superbike Championship series lead with his race two podium at Oulton Park yesterday - a far cry from where he was in Saturday's free practice session struggling to keep inside the top ten.

After his third place, the former champion now leads the series by 11 points from Stuart Easton and team-mate Ryuichi Kiyonari is a further point behind.

“I am so pleased to have finished on the podium in the second race; after Saturday’s free practice sessions when we were running outside the top ten and struggling with the electronics I would have taken the offer of a fourth and a third – in fact I would have bitten your arm of for it," said Byrne.

"It is all credit to my team and to Motec who did such a good job to get us up the sharp end for the races. There were a couple of moments when I got a raw deal with riders heading off the track, but there were a few I also benefitted from.

"Everyone was jostling for positions out there and I was able to make the most of it and get on to the podium. We really turned things around this weekend and to have the lead in the championship ahead of Croft is a good result after everyone’s hard work here at Oulton Park.”