In the opening race of the day Ellison had got off to a promising start and was lying in a potential podium position when a small mistake and the bottom of the Mountain proved costly as he slid off ending his chance of a serious points haul. Waters narrowly missed out on a top ten finish in the opening race in twelfth place as he moved up from fifteenth on the opening lap.

In race two Ellison was determined to bounce back and he was again in the leading pack as he continued to show the pace of the Milwaukee Yamaha. He was holding fourth position when a crash from Josh Brookes elevated him to third, maintaining his position inside the top six in the standings and needing seven points at the next round to secure his position in the Showdown. Waters made improvements between races to return to the top ten with an eighth place as he put in a stronger performance.

Ellison said: “I am really happy to end the weekend with a podium; it was unfortunate for Josh (Brookes) and I hate it when that happens. We have shown that we had the pace here this weekend and towards the end of the race the tyres had started to wear and then I made some mistakes at the end through the twisty section. Milwaukee Yamaha has got another podium and we have come back from the crash in race one and I want to thank the fans as they have been awesome here this weekend.”

Waters said: “Today has been much better and I wanted more than twelfth after the first race so we made some changes for race two and we were able to finish eighth. I did some good laps in the second race, my best here at Cadwell Park, so I was happy with that especially as I felt more comfortable on the Milwaukee Yamaha. We have made some improvements this weekend and that was the aim for me as this track is one of the toughest on the calendar.”

Team owner Shaun Muir concluded: “This has been another frustrating weekend for the Milwaukee Yamaha team but at least we have ended the event with a podium finish. James has shown good pace again but he was a bit aggressive at the Mountain and just lost the front. He bounced back in race two but it was a fluky podium, although we will take that nonetheless. Josh was a completely different story; he found it hard earlier in the weekend but turned it around in the races and was lapping at a better pace and was really digging deep so I am pleased with his performance today.”