Parkalgar Honda's Eugene Laverty has dedicated his debut World Supersport win at Qatar earlier on today to Craig Jones without whom, says the Irishman, none of it would have been possible.

Jones rode for the fledgling team in 2008 but was tragically killed at Brands Hatch. "I dedicate this win to Craig Jones who did all the work bringing the team to this level," said the Irishman.

Laverty was involved in a colossal dust up with Yamaha's Cal Crutchlow and the Ten Kate Honda pairing of Andrew Pitt and Ken Sofuoglu for the entire race – and he forgot about special pit signals that his team had arranged.

“I was a little confused by my pit board and mid-race I thought it said seventh. I dropped back from the lead and it said fourth so I got back on the pace. When I led again I read seventh and I just decided to get my head down and do my best to win on the track and see what happened later," said Laverty.

"It wasn’t until the second turn on the cool-down lap when Andrew Pitt congratulated me on the victory that I realised I had won. We had discussed my pit-board signals before the race and it was my mistake and it’ll not happen again.

"It was a strange race because it was a lot easier to drive and follow than lead; but my Parkalgar Honda CBR600RR is brilliant and I was able to get good drive and pass Andrew early on the straight on the last lap to win. It is unbelievable that for the last couple of years I have been fighting for points and now I am winning a race on my second attempt with Parkalgar Honda and challenging for a World title.

"All I can say is thank you to the whole Parkalgar Honda team, Simon, Brains, everyone – not to mention the Parkalgar circuit, Ohlins, Motec and all the team partners."