Mallory Park
The next round of the British Superbike Championship will take place at Mallory Park on the 17-19 July and there will be some new faces on the grid standing-in as replacements for injured riders.
British Superstock Champion Steve Brogan will be on the HM Plant Honda, filling-in for Glen Richards who broke his left femur last weekend at Knockhill. On Sunday, Richards underwent surgery to have a pin inserted to hold the bone together and is now up and about on crutches.
It is hoped that Richards will be back on the grid before the end of the season, although it has already been decided that Steve Plater will be the replacement at the Brands Hatch round on the 7-9 August and at Cadwell Park on the 29-31 August.
Michael Rutter had been covering for Guintoli until he and the team mutually agreed to end their association after the Knockhill round.
After leaving the Hanspree Honda Althea World Superbike team earlier this season, Tommy Hill is to be the replacement rider for the injured Worx Crescent Suzuki man Sylvain Guintoli at Mallory Park.
Guintoli suffered compound fractures to his right fibula and tibia in a freak, two bike accident on his sighting lap for the first race at Donington Park. It happened as Guintoli was turning into the Melbourne hairpin, Josh Brookes on the HM Plant Honda arrived at the corner too fast and crashed into the Suzuki. It was later discovered that it was caused by a failure in the operation of the braking system of the Honda.
Hill will be riding under a one race contract until Guintoli is considered fit enough to return after making a steady recovery so far.
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