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DOUBLE PODIUM FOR SEELEY AND GSX-R600 - Malcolm - 20-06-2011 Alastair Seeley continued his rich vein of form on Sunday at Knockhill in Scotland taking his second podium of the weekend in the British Championship Supersport class and putting his Relentless Suzuki by TAS Racing GSX-R600 on the second step of the podium. The 20-lap Supersport encounter was undoubtedly the 'race of the day' at round five of the BSB Championship with Seeley giving maximum effort in very difficult conditions after a brief shower of rain made the 1.2-mile circuit treacherous is places. He fought right to the end with series leader Ben Wilson, losing out by just 0.222 of a second at the chequered flag. Alastair Seeley: "Ben rode hard and tried to pull the pin after just a few laps, but my pace has been pretty consistent on the GSX-R600 so I was confident of pegging him back. I was catching him all the time but I could also see about five back markers in front of us. I knew I needed to be on his bumper and I closed right up; then when he got held up I got through to take the lead. He's so aggressive and got back in front, but when he made a mistake into the last corner on the last lap I wasn't quite close enough to capitalise. It's solid points again and it only takes a DNF over the next lot of races from him and I'm right back in it. I'll go home now and make a game-plan for the next round but I'm happy enough." Philip Neill - Team Manager "It was great to see Alastair keep his consistent run going, especially as it was a difficult weekend weather-wise for everyone. He has proved wet or dry that he has the pace and his lap times were exceptional today, which are testament to the quality of rider/ bike combination on the GSX-R600. It's still early days for the new bike. We are not half-way through the season yet and will be expecting more updates in the coming weeks, so with a bit of hard work I'm confident we will see more Alastair Seeley wins this season. British Supersport Race 2 [20 laps]: 1 Ben Wilson [Kawasaki]; 2 Alastair Seeley [Relentless Suzuki by TAS] +0.222sec; 3 Christian Iddon [Triumph] +14.189; 4 Luke Stapleford [Kawasaki] +17.773; 5 Paul Young [Triumph] +20.079; 6 Jesse Trayler [Kawasaki] +20.667.