Bennetts British Superbike series leader Christian Iddon is on a confidence high going into this weekend’s Brands Hatch round but isn’t falling into the complacency trap.

On the last visit to the Grand Prix circuit, Iddon twice claimed a podium finish, and only narrowly missed out on celebrating another, so is eager to maintain the form that edged him ahead at Knockhill.

“In all honestly and I know I say it a lot, I always approach every event the same – I just go out and give my best and hope that we have a good first free practice, as that always sets the stall out for the weekend really,” said Iddon.

“By that I mean you can sometimes turn up to the track and feel the flow, but other times you don’t and you generally know within the first ten laps.

“I always hope I get that first good feeling, which so far we have done at events, and I know that the VisionTrack Ducati worked well at Brands Hatch last year and I believe that our setup has improved since then. Even though we didn’t have anything new to try, we have a different setup and that should be good at Brands Hatch too.

“Knockhill has never been too good to me in the past and this year it was reasonably good. Brands Hatch has been a reasonably strong circuit for me and I know from what Josh does there, that the bike is super competitive there. I also know that other riders have very competitive bikes there, like the Yam, and I expect a really strong weekend from Jason and probably more from Taz.

“But it is never easy - you never know what will happen until you get there and can never discount anyone, so I certainly won’t be doing any of that and there is no room for complacency. It can be only a moment in time that you’re in that position, so I am planning to keep it there for as long as possible.”

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