Fixi Suzuki's Leon Camier had to fight his way through a brake problem in the opening race at Donington's World Superbike round after the pads had become glazed and was forced to brake earlier and earlier but in the second outing, he took a season’s best fourth place.

The former British Superbike Champion caught and passed ex-MotoGP man Sylvain Guintoli to take sixth but was promoted to fourth place, and his best finish of the year, when the Haslam/Melandri/Rea drama unfolded.

“I had the pace this weekend to be with the top guys and it felt good fighting and catching them today. In race one, there was a problem with the brakes and I couldn’t get into the turns the way I wanted and that prevented me from catching the guys at the front,” said Camier.

“We changed to a softer rear tyre for race two. My start was OK and if I hadn’t been held up for so long by Laverty and Guintoli I’m sure I would’ve been challenging for the podium at the end. It was a really enjoyable race and great fun catching people and passing them.”