McAMS Yamaha's Tarran Mackenzie believes that with no Showdown section in the 2020 Bennetts British Superbike series, consistent results will be the key to lifting the trophy.

Mackenzie goes into this weekend's season opener armed with the latest spec Yamaha R1 and is confident as last year, the little Scotsman was on the podium at his home track.

"It's a nice feeling to be heading into a race weekend for the first time in what feels like forever. I had a really good feeling with the bike in testing," said Mackenzie.

"The 2020 R1 isn't massively different to the previous bike, but that's a good thing as the old bike was already a great package - the 2020 bike takes that and refines it and after testing I am confident we have improved in the areas we wanted to.

"Donington National was good for us last year, I was on the podium so that's the aim going into the weekend. Consistency will be key this year with no showdown, I just can't wait to get started now."