After the disappointment of not scoring at his local round at Thruxton two weeks ago, Tommy Bridewell bounced back with a superb points scoring ride into 11th place when round five of the 2011 MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship took place at Knockhill in Scotland today.

The 22-year-old from Etchilhampton near Devizes in Wiltshire was hoping for a good result following the long trip north and with mixed weather prevailing during practice and qualifying, Bridewell slotted the Tyco Honda onto row four as the track dried during Saturday afternoon's qualifying session.

With brighter weather for today's races, Bridewell was feeling confident and despite not getting a good start, eventually battled into 11th place in the opening 30-lap encounter, just missing out on a top ten placing after chasing home reigning champion, Ryuichi Kiyonari on the HM Plant Honda.

With similar conditions for race two, Bridewell made a great start but on lap three, he slid off the machine at Seat Curves, luckily without injury meaning he was unable to add to his superb podium placing in the opening round at Brands Hatch over Easter.

Tommy Bridewell:

"We made some changes to the bike this weekend and it felt a lot better although we got very little dry time because of the weather. In the opening race, I didn't get a good start so had my work cut out to get a result and ended up in 11th place. Race two saw me get a better start and I was feeling good when I lost the front end and slid right across the track, somehow managing not to get hit by the pack so I'm feeling very lucky. Despite that, I felt we made some good progress and hope we can continue that at Snetterton in two weeks' time."


MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship Race 1 (30 laps)

1 Tommy Hill (Yamaha) 24m35.133s
2 John Hopkins (Suzuki) +8.907s
3 Shane Byrne (Honda) +9.123s
4 Gary Mason (Kawasaki) +15.354s
5 Josh Brookes (Suzuki) +21.816s
6 Michael Laverty (Yamaha) +21.823s
7 James Westmoreland (Yamaha) +24.920s
8 Jon Kirkham (Suzuki) +26.558s
9 Loris Baz (Yamaha) +26.665s
10 Ryuichi Kiyonari (Honda) +26.925s
11 Tommy Bridewell (Tyco Honda) +32.340s

MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship Race 2 (30 laps)

1 Tommy Hill (Yamaha) 26m12.073s
2 Shane Byrne (Honda) +2.464s
3 Michael Laverty (Yamaha) +2.728s
4 Ryuichi Kiyonari (Honda) +10.983s
5 James Westmoreland (Yamaha) +17.370s
6 Gary Mason (Kawasaki) +18.557s
7 Chris Walker (Kawasaki) +19.955s
8 Peter Hickman (Honda) +20.201s
9 Michael Rutter (Ducati) +21.351s
10 Simon Andrews (Kawasaki) +23.787s
DNF Tommy Bridewell (Tyco Honda) 4 laps

Championship Positions

1 Byrne 172pts
2 Hopkins 141
3 Hill 120
4 Laverty 95
5 Easton 89
6 Kiyonari 84
7 Hickman 79
8 Kirkham 74
9 Mason 69
10 Rutter 69
17 Bridewell 33