British Champion JR spent the first race battling with his Rizla Suzuki team mate James Haydon for the podium, eventually coming out on top by a tiny margin with James close behind in an impressive fourth - marking the team's best result of the season to date.

In race two JR was challenging James early in the race for fifth when he made a mistake and ran wide on the entry to the Revett straight. He lost a fraction of time on the leaders and despite matching their lap times for the next 20-laps, was never able to close the small gap to compete for the victory. James was in third when he fell unhurt at the Esses on lap seven. Honda's Ryuichi Kiyonari won the opening race and Ducati's Gregorio Lavilla the second.

Rizla Suzuki's next outing is at Castle Combe in the annual Grand National races on July 30th - 31st. Rizla Suzuki will be represented in the two Superbike races by James Haydon and Joey Dunlop's nephew William Dunlop.

JR:
"What a fantastic feeling to be back on the podium, especially when I was celebrating my 200th race start today. The opening race was hard, the pace was fast and I had a battle royale with James for that podium - that was fun and I really enjoyed it.

"The second race was frustrating as I made a small mistake trying to overtake James early on and that caused me to lose touch with the leaders. Fourth is okay but now I have tasted the podium that's where I want to be for the rest of the season. I'm back racing again and there's plenty more to come from me and my Rizla Suzuki."

James:
"Well done to JR in race one, it was a fantastic battle for third and in the end he edged me off the podium. Race two was going great and I was in with a shout for the victory when I came off and that is bitterly disappointing.

"My Rizla Suzuki is very close to winning races, it's only a tiny percentage away. We know what we need to do to make the bike just right for me and will be working on that before I race again at Castle Combe in three weeks time."

Robert Wicks, Team Manager:
"Rizla Suzuki is back racing at the front of the pack for podium places and today has seen our best results of the season by far.

"Well done to JR for getting a podium and fourth place as he continues his comeback to form. He won the Sky Sports Rider of the Day award and got the loudest cheer of the day when he stepped onto the podium. There is plenty more to come from him as he continues to improve during the second half of the season.

"James crashed on Friday and was riding with an injured shoulder for the rest of the weekend. Despite that he put on a brilliant performance in race one to finish fourth and was in contention for the podium in race two when he crashed out. He has a few niggling issues with the front end feeling on his Rizla Suzuki and we will be working hard during the next couple of weeks to fix those for him.

"Thanks to all of the Rizla Suzuki fans for sticking with us through thick and thin and to the team technicians for working so hard - today's podium is dedicated to you all!"

Race One Result: 1: Ryuichi Kiyonari (Honda) 27:34.719, 2: Leon Haslam (Ducati) +8.280, 3: JOHN REYNOLDS (RIZLA SUZUKI) +12.002, 4: JAMES HAYDON (RIZLA SUZUKI) +13.263, 5: Michael Rutter (Honda) +19.725, 6: Karl Harris (Honda) +28.409, 7: Steve Plater (Honda) +28.723, 8: Gary Mason (Honda) +29.066, 9: Ben Wilson (Kawasaki) +30.246, 10: Tommy Hill (Yamaha) +31.866.

Race Two Result: 1: Gregorio Lavilla (Ducati) 27:39.538, 2: Michael Laverty (Honda) +1.768, 3: Rutter +5.982, 4: JOHN REYNOLDS (RIZLA SUZUKI) +10.080, 5: Plater +21.383, 6: Wilson +21.666, 7: Hill +21.755, 8: Mason +22.234, 9: Dean Thomas (Kawasaki) +22.716, 10: Chris Burns (Yamaha) +39.610, DNF JAMES HAYDON (RIZLA SUZUKI).

Championship Positions after eight of 13 rounds: 1: Rutter 302, 2: Kiyonari 257, 3: Lavilla 241, 4: Haslam 172, 5: Glen Richards (Kawasaki) 160, 6: Harris 125, 7: Laverty 113, 8: Thomas 109, 9: Mason 98, 10: Sean Emmett (Yamaha) 79, 12: JOHN REYNOLDS (RIZLA SUZUKI) 68, 14: JAMES HAYDON (RIZLA SUZUKI) 56.