The HM Plant Honda team departed from round number eight of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship held at Brands Hatch as the frontrunner of the overall championship standings. At the eighth round of the Championship, Ryuichi Kiyonari took home two second place finishes in the two final contests of the weekend while his team mate Josh Brookes crashed, ending up with a sixth place finish.
Josh was the leader in the second race of the weekend; however, as he was trying to increase his lead he suffered a crash at the Druids prior to rejoining and retiring to the garage. The race then seen a red flag due to a crash that involved Alastair Seeley and Andrew Pitt, Brookes was not able to make the restart, however, Kiyo went on to take a second place finish. In the last racing contest of the weekend, Kiyo made a valiant effort to beat Tom Sykes for the lead but had to take a second place finish, as fellow HM Plant Honda rider Brookes had to fight hard to achieve a sixth place finish.
Bryan Staring battled from tenth on the grid to take a fourth place finish as he competed in the Metzler National Superstock 1000 Championship; this was Bryan’s first race at Brands Hatch, racing with HM Plant Honda.
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