The Brit holeshoted both motos on his Team Floride Monster Energy Kawasaki Pro Circuit in front of a large enthusiastic home crowd and remained cool throughout both 40 minute races to defy every challenge which series rival Jeffrey Herlings could throw at him. In the end Searle's frustrated rival fell on the final lap of each race as he desperately sought a way past the smooth-riding Englishman.

It was a weekend of mixed fortunes for the team as Searle's partner Joel Roelants suffered a dislocated hip during Saturday practice when another rider landed on him; the Belgian must now rest and will miss the remainder of the series.

The enthusiastic young French duo of Dylan Ferrandis and Valentin Teillet made it three Kawasaki’s in the first eight after each of the Team Rockstar Bud Racing Kawasaki riders put in two solid rides.

Ferrandis was seventh in both races to advance to eighth place in the series standings, while Teillet, who missed several GPs through injury earlier in the season, has now moved up to 14th after chasing his teammate home in both motos.

The festival of racing in England was a great success for Kawasaki riders on KX250F machines in the MX2 class as Maxime Desprey of the NGS junior division emulated Searle to follow up his moto victory two weeks earlier in the Czech Republic with a double win in the European championship round in England. The maximum points score has moved the French teenager to third in the series.

Tommy Searle: "The pressure to win always makes it tough to do it at home, but I didn't want to let anyone down. Jeffrey closed up in both motos, but I knew I couldn't lose it for the fans !

It's a long shot for the title, but a win like today is a big consolation. I could hear his engine at times, and the fans told me that he was close, but I just rode my own race. I didn't know until halfway round the last lap of race two that he had fallen, but then the party could begin !"

Dylan Ferrandis: “The track was very good - we never had such a nice one this season so I enjoyed racing here. My first start was great and I was fourth for most of the race, but in the last few laps I was passed by three rivals and that was a little bit disappointing. I battled with Tonus and Tixier all through the second race to score another seventh position. It’s my best GP since Sweden, and now I will go training with the team in the sand to prepare for Lierop.”

In MX1, Gautier Paulin scored a podium finish for the Kawasaki Racing Team in the British round of the Championship on his KX450F.

The Frenchman's results had fallen below his usual very high standards during the mid-season GPs, but he returned to the podium in style with two strong rides at the demanding British grassland track. He advanced from sixth to fourth in the first moto and charged to a third place finish in race two to secure his first podium finish since June and mover back into serious contention for a series medal.

Teammate Xavier Boog also had his second consecutive strong GP finish as he finished fifth overall to move significantly closer to the rider ahead of him in the series; he now trails sixth in the championship by
just six points.

Gautier Paulin: “It’s great to be back on the podium, and I want to dedicate it to my team who remained strongly behind me even when I was not getting the results which we expect. My last podium was in Portugal and that was a long time ago; we have had some tough GPs but we found some solutions, even though it’s never easy to recover during the season.

I'm having again fun on the bike, and a couple of good starts helped me to achieve this podium; the track this weekend was almost perfect and it was nice to race the same event as the young kids of the European series.”

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