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Shane Byrne regained the Bennetts British Superbike crown as he finished third in the opening race of the penultimate round at Silverstone.

The Airwaves Ducati rider had started the race knowing a top-nine finish would be enough to take him to the crown for the second time in five years.

He was running eighth after two laps but with four riders, including his nearest rival Leon Haslam, tumbling in two incidents, he was up to third place on the fifth lap.

Byrne took a comfortable third and the title as the race was won by his team-mate Leon Camier ahead of HM Plant Honda rider Cal Crutchlow.

Haslam, eager to set the record straight after his earlier demise, set a furious pace at the head of the pack in the second race, romping to his fifth win in seven races by some four seconds.

Race 1 result: 1 Leon Camier (Gbr) Ducati 29mins 02.806secs, 2 Cal Crutchlow (Gbr) Honda 29:03.896, 3 Shane Byrne (Gbr) Ducati 29:11.710, 4 Michael Rutter (Gbr) Ducati 29:21.695, 5 Simon Andrews (Gbr) Yamaha 29:30.545, 6 Gary Mason (Gbr) Honda 29:34.169, 7 Tristan Palmer (Gbr) Honda 29:34.874, 8 Jason O'Halloran (Aus) Honda 29:35.010, 9 Stuart Easton (Gbr) Kawasaki 29:37.330, 10 Atsushi Watanabe (Jpn) Suzuki 29:40.690

Race 2 result: 1 Leon Haslam (Gbr) Honda 28mins 59.106secs, 2 Shane Byrne (Gbr) Ducati 29:02.892, 3 Tom Sykes (Gbr) Suzuki 29:04.561, 4 Leon Camier (Gbr) Ducati 29:04.915, 5 Karl Harris (Gbr) Yamaha 29:06.277, 6 James Ellison (Gbr) Honda 29:15.167, 7 Michael Rutter (Gbr) Ducati 29:16.203, 8 Simon Andrews (Gbr) Yamaha 29:24.007, 9 Gary Mason (Gbr) Honda 29:25.215, 10 Billy McConnell (Aus) Kawasaki 29:29.842

Riders' Championship standings: 1 Shane Byrne (Gbr) Ducati 424pts, 2 Leon Haslam (Gbr) Honda 323, 3 Tom Sykes (Gbr) Suzuki 306, 4 Cal Crutchlow (Gbr) Honda 285, 5 Leon Camier (Gbr) Ducati 279, 6 Michael Rutter (Gbr) Ducati 237, 7 James Ellison (Gbr) Honda 203, 8 Simon Andrews (Gbr) Yamaha 159, 9 Michael Laverty (Gbr) Suzuki 140, 10 Karl Harris (Gbr) Yamaha 102

Manufacturers' standings: 1 Ducati 477pts, 2 Honda 452, 3 Suzuki 342, 4 Yamaha 183, 5 Kawasaki 144, 6 MV Augusta 15

Sporting Life / Eurosport