“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