In what promised so much from their home round, the Penrith-based Kawasaki Superbike Racing Team of Joan Lascorz and Tom Sykes experienced a weekend of disappointment when round nine of the World Superbike Championship took place at Silverstone over the weekend.

Aboard the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R, in race one, Lascorz rode brilliantly from 19th place on the grid to take seventh place. The Spanish rider made short work of passing other riders in the midfield once he had recovered from a start that saw him way down the order on lap one, then get to seventh place on lap ten of 18. He maintained this placing to the flag to go 11th in the championship.

In race two Lascorz collided with three riders on the opening corner and ran off track but unknown to Joan his machine lost all its coolant and he went out on lap seven when his bike overheated.

Yorkshireman Tom Sykes was forced to miss the race on Sunday at Silverstone, being unable to start due to sustaining an ankle injury in a free practice crash on Saturday. Sykes is now concentrating on getting himself fit and ready for the next round, at the Nurburgring in September.

Joan Lascorz:

"We had one good result and one unlucky one but my bike felt even better in the second race than the first one. It was unfortunate that James Toseland collided with me because his foot peg went into a water hose on my bike and it ran the cooling system dry which meant I could not finish. I think I could have had a top six if that had not happened. I was seventh in race one and that is not so bad having qualified 19th. We have to improve in qualifying but it is good to know that I can make a good race pace on the bike when things work out."

Tom Sykes:

"I woke up feeling like I had been run over by a bus and because we do not want to cause any further potential damage to my ankle we decided not to race. I also have a lot of pain and stiffness in my neck, back and shoulders. After qualifying on the fourth row because I could not make it into Superpole, I was not going to get anything too much out of this weekend, and the risk was a little too much. I do not want to speculate on my ankle injury until I see a specialist this week."

Paul Bird, Team Owner:

"I was hoping we might just get a little bit of luck to give us the break we needed but once again it's not been our weekend and with just one result to show for all our hard work, it wasn't to be. If this was going to happen, I'd sooner it be anywhere than our home round but we have to deal with this. Taking a positive out of it, Joan rode one of his best races of the season to claim seventh in race one and I think Tom would have been battling at the front also. Having one rider injured is one thing with Chris Vermeulen being out, but to have two missing is doubly frustrating."

Sykes' injury means he is unlikely to ride at next weekend's round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch where the team is making a guest appearance and if that is the case, the team will field a replacement rider, yet to be confirmed, alongside Lascorz in the three races.

Results - Race 1
1, C Checa (Althea Racing)
2, E Laverty (Yamaha World Superbike Team)
3, M Melandri (Yamaha World Superbike Team)
4, L Haslam (BMW Motorrad Motorsport)
5, J Hopkins (Samsung Crescent Racing)
6, S Guintoli (Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing)
7, J Lascorz (Kawasaki Racing Team)
8, M Berger (Supersonic Racing Team)
9, T Corser (BMW Motorrad Motorsport)
10, A Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team)
T Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) DNS

Results - Race 2
1, C Checa (Althea Racing)
2, E Laverty (Yamaha World Superbike Team)
3, M Melandri (Yamaha World Superbike Team)
4, M Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team)
5, L Camier ( Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team)
6, S Guntoli (Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing)
7, J Hopkins (Samsung Crescent Racing)
8, L Haslam (BMW Motorrad Motorsport)
9, M Fabrizio (Team Suzuki Alstare)
10, A Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team)
J Lascorz (Kawasaki Racing Team) DNF
T Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) DNS

Championship Standings (after round 9)
1, C Checa 343pts
2, M Biaggi 281
3, M Melandri 272
4, E Laverty 208
5, L Haslam 158
6, L Camier 146
11, J Lascorz 97
14, T Sykes 84