From a press release issued by MSS Discovery:

MSS DISCOVERY’S RIBA SPLASHES TO THIRD AT BRANDS HATCH

MSS Discovery’s Pere Riba equalled his best finish of the year with third place in Sunday’s rain-soaked seventh round of the British Supersport Championship at Brands Hatch, Kent.

Riba held second place for much of the race in the tricky conditions before losing out in the battle for runner-up place on the final in the 17-lap battle.

“The race was comfortable for me really,” reported Kawasaki ZX-6RR ace Riba. “I tried to pass Karl Harris for the lead in the early stages but couldn’t see anything. It was difficult to see my braking points and even the corners.

“I eased up a little so I could see where I was going. On the last lap I came across two backmarkers, I didn’t want to throw it away so I took it easy into the Stirlings left-hander ­ but Jason Vincent took a gamble, got ahead of me and just held on.”

MSS Discovery’s Steve Allan qualified in third place for a National Superstock Championship race that was abandoned following a first lap, multi-bike pile-up at the Pilgrim’s Drop area of the circuit.

“With the rain and slippery surface it was probably the best decision to abandon the race,” said Allan who had made the holeshot and was leading when the red flag appeared to stop the race.

British Supersport Championship, round seven result (17 laps ­ 43.52 miles):

1 Karl Harris, Honda, 28:47.398
2 Jay Vincent, Honda, 28:49.518
3 Pere Riba, MSS Discovery Kawasaki, 28:50.026
4 Matt Llewellyn, Ducati, 28:55.305
5 Simon Andrews, Yamaha, 28:55.934
6 Danny Beaumont, Honda, 29:00.984
7 Michael Laverty, Ducati, 29:11.280
8 Jonathan Rea, Honda, 29:24.933
9 Martin Buckles, Yamaha, 29:25.450
10 Lee Jackson, Honda, 29:25.793