Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki’s Keith Farmer had a mixed MCE British Superbike weekend with his strongest result of the season first time out, offset by a disappointing second encounter. But the rider is feeling more relaxed on his bike after a short break, and is grateful that he managed to take away some points from the weekend.

The 25-year-old rider from County Tyrone qualified strongly in eighth place for race one and went even better in the first 30-lap race to take a career best fourth place. He looked on course to take another top six result in race two later in the day but ran into the gravel at the Hairpin on lap fourteen to slip back to fifteenth but regrouped to finish in thirteenth at the chequered flag.

“It's been a lot better weekend for me and the time off since the last round has definitely helped me. I've relaxed a lot more and got myself a lot more settled both on and off the bike rather than beating myself up all the time. It was unfortunate in the first race that Alex Lowes and Jon Kirkham crashed out ahead of me but that's racing and I was delighted to take fourth,” said Farmer.

“In the second race, there was a problem with grip from the rear from the outset and I had to push the limits that little bit more. I was trying to make up time where I shouldn't and ended up running into the gravel but overall, it was good to finish both races and get some good points on the board."