The MWR Kawasaki team endured a tough day at Donington Park  when, for the first time this season, both Harry Hartley and James Egan failed to finish their respective Pirelli National Superstock 600 and 1000 Championship races.

Keen to continue his recent good form, Hartley qualified in a solid 16th place for the Pirelli Superstock 600 race, just half a second off eighth place on the grid and the Burnley rider soon advanced forward during the 14-lap race. Thirteenth at the end of the first lap, this soon became 11th and with more fine overtaking moves, he was up into ninth by half race distance. With less than a second to the sixth placed rider, Harry was well placed for his best result of the season but it all came to an abrupt end on the ninth lap when another rider collided with him causing him to crash out at Starkeys Bridge.

South Africa's Egan shone in the Pirelli Superstock 1000 wet free practice session but issues with set-up held him back in qualifying and he could only manage 31st on the grid although this was only 1.5 seconds off a top ten position. A solid start to the 15-lap race saw James move forward a number of places but his race was over before he could really get into his stride and with the clutch having expired, he was forced to retire at the end of the fourth lap.

Harry Hartley: "To be taken out by another rider for the second meeting in a row is very, very annoying. My pace in the race was the best it had been all weekend and I was just chipping away and working my way nicely through the riders ahead of me. The bike was working great and I was confident of grabbing sixth in the final third of the race but another rider just rode into the side of me coming out of the Old Hairpin and took my handlebar clean away from me. There was nothing I could do about it so it's frustrating to have my race ended by another rider's poor riding."

James Egan: "If it wasn't for bad luck, I'd be having no luck at all and it's fair to say it's been a tough weekend. Although we rode here earlier in the season, the settings from then weren't of use this weekend and we were continually having to make big changes to the bike. It was only in the race that it began to feel somewhere close and I was able to make up plenty of time on the brakes in the final third of the lap. No sooner had the race started though, the clutch began to slip and as it was brand new, we were all a bit bemused why it happened. It just wasn't meant to be this weekend and I can't wait to get back out at Silverstone and make amends."

Mark Webster: "It's been a disappointing weekend with the team's first double DNF and it's particularly disappointing when were forced out due to no fault of our own. The pace was there in both riders to have good results but for the second meeting in a row, Harry's been knocked off by another rider and with all the effort he's been putting in, it's so frustrating for his race to end in this manner. He was doing a great job moving through the field and having already worked his way from 16th to ninth, I felt confident he could have made up a couple more places by the chequered flag. Sadly, it wasn't to be and whilst we all know these things happen in racing, it still doesn't make it any easier to swallow. James really needed the race mileage and to go out so early with a clutch problem is hugely annoying. It was a brand new clutch so shouldn't have expired like it did but you can't legislate for these things. The lack of track time is what hurt us most and whilst I'm not the type of person to leave a meeting disappointed, today I will."

Pirelli National Superstock 600 Championship (14 laps)1 Callan Cooper (Yamaha)2 Luke Hedger (Kawasaki)3 Joe Collier (Triumph)4 Jordan Simpkin (Yamaha)5 Mark Wilkinson (Kawasaki)6 Mason Law (Kawasaki)DNF Harry Hartley (MWR Kawasaki)

Championship standings (after ten rounds)1 Simpkin 169pts2 Hedger 1593 Lodge 1204 Cooper 1155 Collier 1116 Hastings 8318 Hartley 15

Pirelli National Superstock 1000 Championship (15 laps)1 Hudson Kennaugh (Kawasaki)2 Filip Backlund (Kawasaki)3 Victor Cox (Kawasaki)4 Joe Burns (Kawasaki)5 Lee Jackson (BMW)6 Jimmy Storrar (BMW)DNF James Egan (MWR Kawasaki)

Championship standings (after ten rounds)1 Kennaugh 148pts2 Jenkinson 1453 Cox 1034 Backlund 1005 Aquino 916 Jackson 90