Fixi Suzuki's Leon Camier had to scrap his way through the World Superbike pack in both of Sunday's World Superbike races at the Nurburgring but finally landed the the podium spot that has been eluding him all year.

The 2009 British Superbike Champion has struggled with a lack of power and issues with electronics all year but put it all together in Germany despite an oil leak before the start of race one put him on the back of the grid.

“It has been an eventful weekend - as usual - beginning with having to start from the last row of the grid in race one. The FIXI Crescent Suzuki team did a great job fixing the problem and getting me back out again in time for the warm-up lap," said the Andorra resident.

"When the race began, I put my head down and just went for it and was soon overtaking riders one-by-one and making good progress lap-by-lap. At the end, I was getting closer and closer to Sykes and I think I would’ve also passed him, but I just ran out of time.

“I got a horrible start in race two and once again had to work my socks off getting through the pack. I got up to third place after 13 laps and passed Laverty two laps later, but a bit of a ‘moment’ in the final chicane, one lap from the end, let Laverty back through and although I gave it everything I had, he just held me off.

“I’m very happy with the podium - it’s been a long time - and the result in race one wasn’t bad either. Today, the bike felt pretty good. The chassis has always been good and the Motec electronics are working extremely well and all this has given us a chance of running with the best. I’m really looking forward to the next couple of races and hope the team can continue to make progress and we get more results like today.”