Smiths Triumph’s Billy McConnell cemented his Motorpoint British Supersport lead at Knockhill with a brace of second places and now heads team-mate Graeme Gowland by 41 points in the championship standings.

Although the Aussie wasn’t able to take a win in either of the races, he used his head to take 40 points from the weekend while title rival Alastair Seeley could only muster a fifth and a sixth.

"I think Graeme called upon all his motocross experience in race one as he got a good gate and was gone. To begin with, I was able to close in a bit but with the rain coming on, I thought about the fact I was leading the championship and opted to play it safe and settle for second,” said McConnell.

“The rain got progressively worse so it was the right call to end the race and it was another perfect one-two for the team, our fifth in a row. In today's race, I saw Graeme go down early on and it was unfortunate for him but I got stuck in and fought my way up to second so it's been a good weekend for me with a good haul of points so a big thanks to everyone at the Smiths Triumph team."

See Thursday's issue of Bikesport News for nine pages from Knockhill