“It would have been really nice to reward the team for all their hard work all through the year so far with a podium. But we have to wait a little bit longer for it. Progress has been made for sure, we're starting to get there, and starting to finally show what we've got.”

Sunday’s Supersport race was initially red flagged after a crash on the opening lap, with the restarted race around Knockhill's 1.3 mile long circuit reduced from 26 to 20 laps.

Christian and Ben both get their weekends off to a strong start in Scotland

“Christian was very ill in the race and the last race he did an amazing job to come through from starting row five on the grid to fifth and in sight of the podium, particularly being very ill twice in the race including all over our motorcycle and his leathers. But that's washable, so we’re happy enough, and we’ve made massive progress. I can’t thank the team enough.”