Podiums the aim for Easton

Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki’s Stuart Easton continued to show consistently over the course of the MCE British Superbike weekend at Oulton Park, and clinching a podium finish is now the main aim for the Scot when the next round reaches Snetterton.

In the opening encounter, the 30-year-old Hawick rider immediately slotted into fourth place and he battled with GBmoto Kawasaki’s Chris Walker, Quattro Plant’s Dan Linfoot and Milwaukee Yamaha’s Tommy Bridewell during the race, eventually crossing the line in a solid fifth place.

It was a similar story in the second 18-lap encounter as the reigning Motorpoint British Supersport champion established himself amongst the top five early on. Here he remained until the fifth lap when he moved up to fourth and, having successfully seen off the challenge of Bridewell, he was comfortable in the position for the remainder of the race, finishing over two seconds clear of his Yamaha rival to record his best result of the season so far aboard his Kawasaki ZX-10R Ninja.

"It's been a good weekend and a good start to the season and I'm more than satisfied with four, top six finishes from the first four races on my return to the MCE BSB series,” said Easton. “It's nice to have established myself in the top six straightaway and prove we're going to be Showdown contenders so I just need to keep chipping away now and work on closing the gap to the leaders. “As a racer you always want to be spraying the champagne so that's my target for when the series resumes in June but I can now look forward to the North West 200 and getting back on to the roads. We're all hoping for some good weather and if we get that, we'll all have some great racing and some great craic."

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