Essex geeza Danny Buchan took his first-ever double Bennetts British Superbike win at Knockhill and immediately put himself into Showdown contention.

Coming off the back of that, expectation is high for the Synetiq BMW rider to now prove that he can repeat the feat, but admits he isn’t fazed by his current position.

“If someone had said pre-season that we would be winning at round two I probably would have laughed to be fair! I had always hoped that we could be on the podium at some tracks,” said Buchan.

‘I haven’t had bad results at Brands Hatch in previous years looking back. I think some of the other bike will be strong there because of the way the engine works, but I think the BMW can be strong too. I am looking forward to seeing where we can be stronger.

“I think it is going to be more difficult at Brands Hatch as we haven’t tested there like we had at Oulton Park and Knockhill, but we all know the track well and it should click straight away and it will just be like being home again.

“I expect myself to do well at every round so to have that expectation from other people going into Brands Hatch doesn’t bother me, as I always expect more from myself than anyone else could anyway.

“The championship is massively important and you could see from Knockhill I did pull a few harsh or brave moves, however you want to put it, but this is a championship and I need to take as many point as I can, when I can.

“I knew I had to get through to win those races and the championship is always at the forefront of everything you are doing, so at Brands Hatch we need to take what we can, when we can. If we are only good enough for a top six we take that, if we can be there fighting for the win, then we fight.

“I think it’s going to be crazy next weekend! Everyone is going to be aggressive, everyone is out to win at the minute and stamp their authority. We all want to win as many races as we can and I don’t think that will stop any time soon.”

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