Motorpoint British Supersport front-runners Glen Richards and Billy McConnell will wildcard in the middleweight class at this weekend's Donington Park World Superbike round, going up against Sam Lowes and Kenan Sofuoglu.

The pair, who both hail from Adelaide in Australia, are riding purely for the enjoyment after competing in the same race last year and it means a further weekend's development to go towards their domestic campaign.

"Smiths Triumph Racing Team has made the decision to enter the World Supersport round at Donington Park this weekend purely because of the enjoyment we got out of doing it last year. Since leaving Oulton Park we have been working extremely hard on the development of the new Smiths Triumph Daytona and we have been improving the competitiveness of the bike," said team boss Rebecca Smith.

"We have completed extensive engine development work as well as tweaking to improve other minor issues that we had been having so far this season. Another benefit of entering is that it allows for Glen and Billy to ride competitively without any big pressure on them as we haven't had a chance to get out on the bike since Oulton Park.

"Most of all we are hoping to just have some fun whilst being competitive on the world stage with the brand new Smiths Triumph Daytona 675R."