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Former British champion and multiple International road race winner Steve Plater is recovering from a fractured C1 vertebrae in his neck suffered in an off-road accident in the Welsh mountains.

HM Plant Honda signs Keith Amor to replace Steve Plater for the Isle of Man TT

Steve Plater took victory in an eventful Senior TT at the Isle of Man on Friday, after HM Plant Honda team-mate John McGuinness retired from the lead.

John McGuinness celebrated Honda's 50th anniversary of racing by storming to a 15th career Superbike TT win on the Isle of Man.

Full race results for the third round of the Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport Championship at Donington Park.

Full race results from the opening round of the Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport Championship at Brands Hatch.

Josh Brookes has been forced to withdraw from the opening round of the British Superbike Championship after being prevented from entering the country.

HM Plant Honda have confirmed Glen Richards and Joshua Brookes will form their British Superbike rider line-up in 2009.

HM Plant Honda have confirmed Steve Plater and John McGuinness will form their road racing line-up for the 2009 season.

1. Steve Plater AIM Racing Yamaha 14mins 56.070secs 2. Glen Richards MAP Embassy Racing Triumph +0.192secs 3. James Westmorland Centurion Racing Honda +0.408secs 4. Hudson Kennaugh Raceways Yamaha +0.698secs

But the 34-year-old British racer had a massive stroke of luck on the 15th and final lap of the event when he and rival John McGuinness, on the Stobart Vent Axia Honda, encountered two lapped riders at the Melco Hairpin.

The Virgin Mobile Samsung Yamaha British Superbike team will be out in force this weekend as it fields a quartet of riders for the ninth round of the Think! British Superbike Championship at Mallory Park.