Selston race star Kyle Ryde takes first British Superbike win

The Buildbase Suzuki rider did the double aboard his GSX-R1000 superbike after being in dominant form.

In the morning’s race he stalked long-time race leader Josh Brookes until the closing stages before passing into turn one and pulling away to take his first win.

In the final race of the weekend he grabbed the holeshot and led all 30 laps of the Silverstone National Circuit to take a dominant victory. He also set a new lap record along the way, impressively extending his advantage even in the final laps of the race.

The youngster’s pace has come as no surprise, and after battling for the podium at the opening two rounds he claimed his first rostrum finish in Saturday’s race one, taking second.

He now sits fourth in the championship standings and is only the second rider of the year to have more than one win to his name.

“It’s a bit strange because it was surprising weekend, to go and take a double win, but at the same time we’ve been fast all season so far,” said Ryde.

"On Friday the bike was mint straight away. We made some small changes for FP2 on Saturday and then just left it, it was then down to me to just ride it.

"We could have won on Saturday, I just left it a bit too late to pull the pin but the bike underneath me was amazing.

"Today I didn’t want to lead, and following Josh [Brookes] I was comfortable and knew I had a bit more.

"In the last race I was waiting for someone to come past as I didn’t want someone sat behind me knowing they had something in hand, but when they let me run my own lines I just kept doing it and was able to pull a gap. I led at Donington for about seven laps and got all flustered but today I was able to manage it.”

Ryde races in the next round of the BSB Superbike Championship at Oulton Park, on the weekend of Fri 18th Sept to Sun 20th Sept.

“Oulton next time is obviously a very different track and it’ll be a lot more physical that’s for sure,” he added. "Some other names will be back in the mix so I’m not under any illusions that we’ll go and do the same again.

"We’ll go there and start from scratch, but if we can finish in the top six I’ll be happy.”