Seeley sets pace with double win in British Supersport

The Carrick man was on top form on a track he has performed well at in previous years, and all weekend was knocking in ultra-quick lap times, convincingly setting a comfortable pole position.

He was in unstoppable form in both of the races on Saturday and Sunday, and led from the start of the shorter 10-lap race on Saturday, taking the win by 5.3 seconds. He was keen to repeat this on the Sunday and despite not leading from the front, by lap two he had taken the lead again, winning from his team-mate Ben Wilson by 3.7 seconds.

“I’m really pleased to have taken the double race win here and also regain the lead in the Championship. It’s been a hard weekend with the conditions and heat here, and we all had to work really hard to get the results we got,” Seeley said after the race. “It was a huge benefit for us to come and do the test here and get a good set-up before we arrived for the race weekend.

“I’d like to thank all the Gearlink Kawasaki team for all their hard work this weekend and I’m glad I was able to repay them with a double race win. The first lap of the race today was a little messy and we were all very bunched up, I just wanted to get my head down and try and make a break. I’ve always gone well here in the past and luckily I was able to do the same again, everything went right and I hope we can continue this form for the rest of the season.”

Another Carrick rider, Glenn Irwin, now lies in sixth place in the championship after taking two top-10 finishes on the Mar-Train Yamaha. In the British superbike races it was Alex Lowes and defending champion Shane Byrne who shared the wins.