James Ellison and Leon Camier made a good start to Round 5 of the British Superbike Championship at Snetterton today.

The Airwaves Yamaha riders who are currently top of the Championship standings, used the morning’s 50 minute practice session to work on settings for the YZF-R1. Although interrupted by two red flags, the session allowed the team to gather important information around the 1.95 mile circuit.

In second practice, both riders made significant improvements on their times. Leon ended the day 2nd after posting a lap of 1:05.890, just 0.002s off top. James finished in 10th with his best time of 1:06.269 coming on the last of his 27 laps.

After practice Leon said, “It’s still a bit too early to know exactly where we are compared to the other teams. I didn’t get that many clear laps in the second session with riders going slow on the racing line. But it’s encouraging to be second fastest having completed relatively few laps. There’s definitely more to come from the Airwaves Yamaha.”

James will also be looking to make further progress tomorrow saying, “We didn’t do a great deal of laps this morning, but I felt confident heading into the second session. We’ve been concentrating on trying to adapt the Airwaves Yamaha and get it dialled in to this circuit. It’s been really windy out there and at times it can push you wide, so we have to work around that. But I think we’ve found a step forward.”

Qualifying for the fifth round of the British Superbike Championship commences tomorrow, Saturday 20th June at 1515.