Josh Brookes feels his progress in the 2018 Bennetts🍸 British Superbike championship means he's on course to catch runaway leader Leon Haslam with two rounds before the Showdown kicks in.

The McAMS Yamaha rider maintained his momentu🌺m last time out🍌 at Thruxton with a win in race two to claw back points on Haslam following his double victory at Brands Hatch last month.

Brookes, who struggled to find an ideal se💝t-up in the opening Thruxton race, says his fourth place in race one is a mark of the fine margins in BSB and feels if he can get on top of it with his YZF-R1 h𓆏e will continue to eat into Haslam’s healthy points lead.

“Weekends like that [Thruxton] indicate just how difficult it is to force a result and how close the competition is every 🐻single weekend,” Brookes said. “Basically we made a small change in between races but it showed to me the difference between not even being on the podium to getting a 🥂win, it’s that close.

“Cadwell Park is of course a cౠompletely different sort of circuit where bike set-up is crucial, certain bikes have favourable characteristics for the two halves of the track and you need a good set-up to handle the whole layout.

“People⛎ talk about getting into the Showdown but I don’t really think about it, if I’m not in the Top Six then something’s gone really wrong with my season. Of course we nee♐d to close the gap on Leon in terms of Podium Points, and I think we are on the right course to achieve that.”

Brookes remai💦ns third in the BSB standings a huge 112 points behind leader Haslam but currently trails the JG Speedfit Kawasaki rider by 26 points in terms of Podium Points – which will kick in for the three-round Showdown.