LEON CAMIER tightened his grip on the British Superbike Championship with a double race win at Snetterton.

The Airwaves Yamaha rider overcame a poor start in the re-started opening race of the fifth round at the Norfolk circuit to charge through the pack from eighth place on the opening lap, taking the victory by 1.5 seconds from Stuart Easton.

“That was one of the best races of the season so far and it was a real fight for me,” said Camier.

“It was so difficult as everyone was riding so hard but I managed to flick the switch and another win is great for the whole of the team.”

In the second race Camier was on the case from the off, taking the lead on the fifth lap and then pulling out a lead of some three seconds over his team-mate and title rival James Ellison.

“It’s going pretty good for me. I had expected these races to be a lot harder here for us. This is mega,” said Camier, who now leads with 217 points to Ellison’s 162 ahead of the next round at Knockhill in two weeks.

But before that, Camier and Ellison have wild-card rides in the World Superbike Championship at Donington Park in one week.

“I’ll be treating those races like any other, not putting any pressure on, rather having fun,” said Camier.

Camier took his eighth victory of the season by three seconds from Ellison with Brookes third from Easton, while John Laverty grabbed fifth from da Costa.