Quay Garage Honda rider Tommy Bridewell came away from round nine of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship with mixed fortunes following a dramatic weekend at Cadwell Park over the bank holiday weekend.

22-year-old Bridewell from Etchilhampton near Devizes in Wiltshire endured constantly changing weather conditions during practice and qualifying but was in confident mood to repeat his fourth and sixth place finishes of earlier in the year at the Lincolnshire track as he qualified for the final stage of the Swan Combi Roll for Pole knockout qualifying to start race one from tenth place on the grid.

In front of another massive Cadwell crowd, Bridewell was soon dicing with half a dozen riders for the top ten leader board places and going into the last lap was set to challenge Kawasaki rider John Laverty. However, on the final corner, Tommy tried a pass which resulted in a collision with Laverty and saw him crash out as Bridewell crossed the line in ninth place but was later excluded from the results for his infraction.

Determined to make amends in the second 18-lap race, Bridewell got a good start on the ex-Gregorio Lavilla CBR1000RR Fireblade and climbed into the top ten to do away with the challenge, firstly of Laverty and secondly of fellow Ulsterman Alastair Seeley, before chasing factory Suzuki rider Yukio Kagayama to claim a fine eighth place at the flag.

Despite his mixed fortunes, Bridewell maintained his 11th position in the standings going into the next round at croft in two weeks' time.

Tommy Bridewell:  "To say I'm disappointed to have been excluded from race one is a massive understatement as I honestly went for a gap and was past John when we collided and I was lucky to stay on and he was unfortunate to crash out. I'm a racer and this is top class Superbike Championship racing and it's my job to get the best result I can as after all, if I was happy with tenth place, I maybe shouldn't be racing here. I'm just glad John was OK but disappointed with the way his team reacted but you just have to put these things behind you and move on. I was determined to put on a good show in race two and get a decent result for the team but that's the best I could do on the old girl."

Ian Woollacott, Team Owner:  "I've watched the replays of the collision between Tommy and John Laverty and I honestly think it was a typical racing incident so I don't agree with the decision to exclude him. We've been on the receiving end in the past but haven't bothered kicking up a fuss as I consider that as part of racing and if Tommy hadn't got the desire to get the best result possible, he shouldn't be out there. He bounced back well in race two and that put a smile back on the whole team's faces but you live and learn and we look forward to Croft and hopefully we can get a bit of good fortune to go our way for once."

MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship race 1 (18 laps)

1 Tommy Hill (Suzuki) 25m25.609s2 Josh Brookes (Honda) +5.116s3 Ryuichi Kiyonari (Honda) +7.092s4 Michael Laverty (Suzuki) +12.522s5 Michael Rutter (Ducati) +14.623s6 James Ellison (Honda) +20.822s7 Yukio Kagayama (Suzuki) +28.158s8 Alastair Seeley (Suzuki) +28.533s9 Dan Linfoot (Yamaha) +34.523s10 Stuart Easton (Honda) +34.945sDQ Tommy Bridewell (Quay Garage Honda)

MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship race 2 (13 laps)

1 Josh Brookes (Honda) 19m00.530s2 Tommy Hill (Suzuki) +0.230s3 Ryuichi Kiyonari (Honda) +0.888s4 Michael Laverty (Suzuki) +5.071s5 Michael Rutter (Ducati) +11.719s6 James Ellison (Honda) +13.178s7 Yukio Kagayama (Suzuki) +15.712s8 Tommy Bridewell (Quay Garage Honda) +21.347s9 Alastair Seeley (Suzuki) +24.287s10 Gary Mason (Kawasaki) +27.446s

Championship standings (after 9 rounds)

1 Hill 287 points2 Brookes 2843 Kiyonari 2814 Rutter 2395 Michael Laverty 2326 Seeley 1687 John Laverty 1478 Easton 1289 Ellison 12110 Walker 9711 Bridewell 82

2010 MCE Insurance British Superbike Calendar

R1 Brands Hatch 3/4/5 April R2 Thruxton 16/17/18 April R3 Oulton Park 1/2/3 May R4 Cadwell Park 21/22/23 May R5 Mallory Park 25/26/27 June R6 Knockhill 2/3/4 July R7 Snetterton 16/17/18 July R8 Brands Hatch GP 6/7/8 August R9 Cadwell Park 28/29/30 August R10 Croft 10/11/12 September R11 Silverstone GP 24/25/26 September R12 Oulton Park 8/9/10 October