GBmoto leave round 4 at Scotland’s Knockhill circuit a comfortable second in the overall championship standings despite some challenging racing incidents for both riders.

From the start in race one James found himself challenging for the top three until a collision with Stuart Easton forced him to crash and his race was over. With Chris now flying the flag for the team he made his way from his grid position of 8th into 4th but as the race went on Chris dropped back to fifth, and did well to hold off a charging Tommy Bridewell.

Race Two saw the Lloyds British GB Moto Kawasaki team carry on their podium run with Chris battling hard to finish in third for his 50th BSB podium. After starting in 14th place (from his early retirement in race one) James made a storming start to move up into 8th position, but after a race long battle with Dan Linfoot he then experienced brake trouble and rode well to bring his Kawasaki ZX10-R home for a solid points finish.

The Knockhill weekend had started off with a crash for fan favourite Walker in free practice one which resulted in two broken fingers, however a jubilant Walker said after Race Two: “I was chuffed to bits with race one, a fifth in that and it was a battling fifth. I struggled in the last 12 laps with the throttle because of my finger. A lighter throttle spring helped me and I’m so happy for Lloyds British GBmoto to get on the podium. A good weekend for me, getting back on the podium…Old but Gold!”

Team Manager Terry Liquiorish said: “The weekend started off not too great with Chris tipping off in Free Practice but carrying a slight injury he dug in and got a good result and a good grid position for race two. James had the better of the starts to the weekend and had some really good pace but in race one he got knocked off and that ruined him for race two, it was always going to be tough coming from 14th to anywhere. It’s still some good points in eight but we’re disappointed for James.”

“We still keep our 100% podium record in every event which we’re really pleased with. We’ve got some improvements to make to the machines before Brands so hopefully we’ll have both riders in a stronger position.”

Commenting on GBmoto’s excellent podium record, Maxxis MD Derek McMartin said “It’s great to see both our riders battling for the top six championship places in BSB, they are fighting hard to ensure that we go into the showdown stages of the championship with both riders in contention. We are immensely proud to be working with such a dynamic team and with Kawasaki UK as a whole”.