Loris Baz earned himself an earlier-than-anticipated ‘promotion’ to the sta♐tus of top ꩵYamaha rider at Donington Park after picking up a 4-5-6 brace of results in only the third round back in action for both himself and Ten Kate Racing.

ꦫFollowing his run to fourth place in the wet at Misano, Baz was once again in fine form in the rain of 🌠race one at Donington Park, battling for the podium with Leon Haslam before settling for an equal season’s best finish.

Significantly, however, Baz proved sustain similar levels of performance in the dry for the first time this year, the Frenchman finishing as top Yamaha again with fifth in the Superpole꧙ Race before completing his weekend with another solid run to sixth in race two.

Also the strongest result for Ten Kate Racing as a team since Chang 2018 when Leon Camier finished fourth in Thailand, Baz was delighted to give the Dutch team a trio of front-running results just𓆏 three rounds into its new Yamah🐻a endeavour.

“The sprint race went very well, we were close to tဣhe group and I think I had the weapons to carry an attack on Álvaro Bautista in the last laps. I finished in fifth place, which allowed me to start from the second row in the afternoon."

"I felt comfortable during Race 2, I understand the bike more and more. Everything becomes much more natural and I can anticipate every reaction of the machine. I spent most of the race ahead of Alex Lowes, trying to close the gap on Leon Haslam and Bautista.

“Lowes then passed me and I started to meet some dℱifficulties. I then adjusted my lines to stay in touch. It was not eno💞ugh, but I finished a stone's throw from the podium and seven seconds from victory."