Onward as ever north of the boarder to
Knockhill in Scotland where the weather was the biggest contender. The one qualifying session was hit by rain leaving Rea on pole as no one was able to better their time. The front row of the grid was full of new comers, HM Plant were one two with Sykes in third and Camier fourth.
Ahead of race one the rain kicked in delaying the start. Once underway Rea dominated simply pulling away from the chasing pack. He finished 6.848secs clear of Kiyo, giving him his second win on the bounce. Haslam took third place while his team-mate and early championship leader, Lavilla languished in seventh place.
Race two was similar with Rea disappearing into the distance to pick up his first double and his third win! Haslam and Kiyonari joined him on the podium in second and third places respectively. Sykes and Kiyo had a drag race to the line with Kiyo pipping Sykes by 0.055secs, Sykes was gutted.
Lavilla's championship was lurching from crisis to crisis with a crash in race two robbing him of points. Since Rea pulled in maximum points and Lavilla lost out, Rea took over second place in the Championship.
More wet weather hit the paddock at
Oulton Park for the eighth round of the Championship. Lavilla had a horrifying start line crash falling mid pack, and was run over by an on coming rider. Rea was doing his best to pull the pin and get away but a big moment lost him two places. He was still in the running until he high sided at Druids allowing his team-mate to stretch his points lead over him.
Byrne grabbed second place and Walker picked up his second podium finish of the year in third.
The second race was equally exciting but this time the HM Plant Honda riders swapped places, with Rea taking the win and Kiyo crashing. Like his team-mate in race one, Rea pulled a huge lead, coming over the line 12.1903 secs clear of second place. Karl Harris took his only podium of the year by securing second place with Byrne in third place. With the Honda team crashing this left the title chase even closer with Kiyo just 11 points ahead of Rea...
