Danny Kent looked at home instantly in the opening BSB round in Navarra, which played to his strengths🐼 having raced heavily in Europe on his journey to Moto3, with a rostrum visit eluding him in Oulton Park, registering a best of fourth, twice.

That🌊 run of just missing out on the McAMS Yamaha continued into Donington Park with fourth in the first race and the sprint.

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The shorter race ♔did see improvements pay off - Kent set a new best in-race fastest lap of the Derby track, which brought him pole position for the final outing.

Though he didn’t keep first, that went to a fast starting Tommy Bridewell, the elevated grid position did enable hi🐈m to run at t﷽he front, but the #52 felt the slow nature of the first laps damaged his tyres:

“The first sort of ten laps the pace was so slow and then😼, to be fair, I think it actually caused a bit of🌳 a problem for me personally - I think it made my rear tyre pressure drop a little bit, which then caused me problems later on in the race for drive grip.

A new factor came into play with old rivals and teammates Bridewell 🦹and Glenn Irwin sizing each other op out front, a bonus for the duo behind, Kent and Jason O’Halloran, who did not have to worry about chasing down a leader, sat in behind ready to capitalise on ♎any errors as the pair fought:

“The rivalry betwe💞en Tommy and Glenn was coming out the last couple of laps and, to ⛎be fair, it helped me a little bit in the last sector.

Kent then came into his own in a race the riders involved described as ‘like Moto3’ - a championship where he took the  2015 title.  Clearly pleased with the progress he has made with his new team for 2024, if anyt𒁃hing Kent was a little disappointed not to feature on the podium more:

“The team have worked mega, I felt gre✨at on the bike all weekend, just a shame that I wasn’t able to get some more podiums this wee💛kend because I felt like me and the team deserved them.

My race strategy at the beginning🀅 of the first two races didn’t go quite to plan but overall I’m happy to come away second it the cham🍎pionship, managed to take a few points out of Glenn in that final race so I know everything is going in the right direction and I’m real pleased.

In my BSB career this is the strongest start to a year I’ve ever had so, you know it’s just building on my confidence and I think that’s just something I need to improve on anyw🌄ay”.