Camier secures another double
Added on Monday, June 22nd, 2009 by Carole Nash Editor
Camier secures another double
Leon Camier continued his dominance of the British Superbike Championship at Snetterton with his third double victory of the season.
The Airwaves Yamaha rider increased his lead at the top of the championship to 55 points over teammate James Ellison with eight wins in ten BSB races this season.
But the championship leader was made to work hard for both victories, fighting through the pack in a thrilling race one to take Ellison in a nip-and-tuck battle before beating Hydrex Honda rider Stuart Easton to the line to cap a memorable first race at the Norfolk circuit.
Ellison was also forced to miss out on a podium place in race one, with HM Plant Rider Josh Brookes showing the form that prompted team bosses to draft him in from Australia to hold on to third.
Race two saw yet another see-saw battle for the lead with both Easton and Brookes leading early on before both Camier and Ellision past Easton to put the Hydrex Honda rider back into fourth position. The Airwaves Yamaha pair then went on to pass Brookes before Camier led the procession for the remaining laps for his second consecutive double weekend. Ellison held on to second to make up for his race one disappointment with Brookes in third.
Speaking after his second win of the day, Camier said: “I have had another good weekend and to come here and have done that is amazing as I thought this might be one of our tougher events. Everyone has been so close here over the whole weekend so to come away with the double feels fantastic and we now have to look forward to the next round.”
Easton came in fourth and John Laverty came on top in a thrilling battle for fifth, beating Julien Da Costa and Ian Lowry who had to be seperated with a photo finish for sixth. Da Costa was later declared sixth on his MSS Colchester Kawasaki.
