After taking his debut British Superbike win for Relentless Suzuki by TAS Racing on Saturday, Josh Brookes suffered a day of mixed fortunes at Brands today.

Despite his race one victory, the Australian was forced to start Sunday's first outing from the fourth row of the grid, and from there he battled valiantly to finish a creditable sixth after 20 laps. But in today's second outing, where Brookes started from the second row of the grid and was confident of fighting for a podium position, he was forced to retire in the early laps after a minor oil leak on his GSX-R1000.

Josh Brookes:

"I feel bad for the team tonight. They always work so hard and for a tiny oil leak to end our race - after all the hard work - is disappointing. Bitter and sweet is how I'd describe this weekend. I did try very hard but sometimes you just need that little bit of luck too. I'm happy with race two where I came from 13th to sixth but it doesn't change the fact that it was only sixth when we are looking for podiums."

Philip Neill - Team Manager

"It's been another up and down weekend, although we will take the positives away from this round. Unfortunately Josh suffered a DNF in the third race due to a cracked oil pressure sensor. However his first race victory and his strong ride through the pack in race two to finish sixth does give us strong belief that we are not out of this Championship yet.

British Superbike Championship, Brands Hatch - race two results:

1. Shane Byrne (Honda) 2.Tommy Hill (Yamaha) +0.580s 3.John Hopkins (Samsung Crescent Racing Suzuki) +1.853s 4.Michael Laverty (Yamaha) +4.016s 5.Michael Rutter (Ducati) +6.891s 6.Josh Brookes (Relentless Suzuki by TAS) +14.036s 7.Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki) +17.006s 8.Martin Jessopp (Ducati) +17.175s 9.Jon Kirkham (Crescent) +17.180s 10.Peter Hickman (Honda) +17.375s

British Superbike Championship standings:

1. Shane Byrne (Honda) 255 2.John Hopkins (Samsung Crescent Racing Suzuki) 231 3.Tommy Hill (Yamaha) 210 4.Michael Laverty (Yamaha) 163 5.Josh Brookes (Relentless Suzuki by TAS) 146 6.Ryuichi Kiyonari (Honda) 135