The AIM Yamaha British Supersport team heads to Silverstone in Northamptonshire for the penultimate round of the Fuchs/Silkolene British Supersport championship on Sunday.
Fielding just the one rider AIM Yamaha is putting its faith in Lincolnshire’s Steve Plater to bring home another top result for the team.
Plater won in his last outing in the series at CadwellPark for AIM Yamaha on August Bank Holiday Monday and he will be anxious for more of the same at Silverstone on Sunday.
Going into the race Plater is nestling in eighth position in the rider standings but having only contested four of the nine rounds to date this is not a true reflection of his performance.
The affable Lincolnshire rider suffered a non-finish at OultonPark in July because of a mechanical failure but has completed the remaining three races with two wins and a second place. He came into the series at Snetterton having switch classes from the British Superbike championship and promptly scored a magnificent win following up with a second place at Mallory in the next round and another win at Cadwell.
Steve Plater:
“The points really don’t matter as, having done less than half the series I am not in contention for the title. But I want to stand on the podium again this weekend, preferably the top step as I have finished up there in every race I have completed in this series. I just hope we get some good weather for a change so we can experience some top class racing.”
