PICTURES: Toseland strips for Britain!

James Toseland celebrated two superb podiums in front of his home fans at Silverstone on Sunday by stripping to his boxer shorts and throwing all his race kit to the crowd!

The 2004 World Superbike champion had qualified a dismal 14th during the wet on Saturday, but produced probably his best ever home performances on Sunday; charging up to third in both races, behind only Noriyuki Haga and Troy Bayliss. It was after the second race that Toseland stopped and threw his kit to the crowd.

"I was really disappointed with myself on Saturday and I knew I had made it difficult for myself today," said James on Sunday. "It was just a shame that Troy and Haga got into their rhythm so quickly, because it took me a bit of time to get through the field, and other riders were riding very well, which made it even harder. When Corser and Walker were battling it was the hardest part.

"From 14th to two podium places, I have to be happy. I wasn't aware of the crowd on race one but in race two I knew I had earned a good podium place and good points, so thanks to everyone for the support. It was just a shame about the weather this weekend," added Toseland, who took a race win for Ducati at Silverstone last season.

"With two podiums I almost feel relieved," admitted team manager Ronald Ten Kate. "My depression of (Saturday) has gone so much that this almost feels like winning, because we had to come from so far back with James. In the first race we could see him catching the leaders and at the end he was the quickest man on track. In race two he got stuck inside a group, and took longer to overtake. But big compliments to him for all his riding on the weekend and the best way to get a bad qualifying result out of the way is to have good race results."

Unfortunately for James, Haga's brace of second places demoted him to fourth in the Corona Extra World Championship standings - although Troy Corser's first race fall means that the trio are now separated by 20 points.