Samsung Honda's Michael Laverty has cemented his spot in the MCE British Superbike Showdown top-six and can now relax before trying to build up his podium credit total at Donington Park.

The Toomebridge man took a brace of third place at Cadwell Park yesterday after struggling with setup in the tricky conditions earlier in the weekend. He couldn't quite match the pace of double race winner Tommy Hill in either but was pleased to take away more points to add to the final total.

“It feels good to know we have the position in the Showdown secured as that was our agenda here this weekend. It is one thing to tick off the list and now we need to keep getting as many podium credits as we can to try and close that gap," said Laverty.

"I was quite disappointed that we didn’t have the pace to match Tommy in race one so we wanted to try and be a bit closer to give him hassle in race two. I was a lot happier with race two even though it was the same result. Two third places is another two credits for the Showdown and it was good to be on the podium twice at the Samsung Honda team's home round.

"I was settled into the race until Josh came by me and that ruined my rhythm so the end of the race wasn't as good as the beginning, but I can't complain as we are in the Showdown and ready to try and get more credits at Donington Park."