Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki’s Stuart Easton is aiming high at this weekend’s Brands Hatch MCE British Superbike opener and is looking to the podium on his return to the blue riband class.

The Scotsman took a year away from Superbikes in 2013 but proved he had lost nothing by bagging the Motorpoint British Supersport title after a year-long scrap with Alastair Seeley and he now wants more of the same.

"I'm looking forward to this season more than ever and it's great to be back on a Superbike. The season away did me the power of good but it's also taken me a little time to reacquaint myself with the Kawasaki in testing,” said Easton.

“Now I need some race miles and hopefully we can get a couple of decent results this weekend. I really like the Indy circuit so the plan is to score some strong points and challenge for the podium."