Norfolk supermoto racer Lewis Cornish stamped his authority at round five of the British 450 S1 Elite Championships at Three Sisters Circuit near Wigan. The 22 year old CRT TMUK laid down an early marker as he put in the fastest lap of the weekend to rob local superstar Matt Winstanley of pole position. Lewis' 1:01.2 was over a quarter of a second faster than his nearest rival and showed the sun soaked crowd he was gunning for victory. Race one and as the bikes thundered off the line, Cornish tucked in behind Smith with Winstanley in the lead. Cornish was eagerly looking for a way past and as the pace stepped up, Winstanley made a mistake and went down and Lewis narrowly avoided the fallen rider. With Smith now in the lead and his team mate Hodgson close in third behind Lewis, it was clear that the Norfolk youngster was eager to make a move and get into the lead. A few hectic laps later, Cornish put a great move up the inside going onto the first dirt section and in the mayhem, Hodgson also sneaked past Smith. Cornish gunned his TM450 and with Hodgson in his slipstream, pulled ahead of the pack. Handlebar to handlebar at 90mph, Cornish tipped into the turn before the dirt section and Hodgson put a hard move on him, which saw Cornish crash to the ground. Picking himself up, Lewis fired up his bike and worked his way back up to an undeserved 7th at the flag. Race two and from his 7th place on the grid, Lewis put on an amazing display of controlled aggression to push his way up to third behind Hodgson. With the laps winding down, Cornish who was determined to put the record straight, made a couple of fantastic overtaking moves on the last lap to take the lead and the race win from Smith and Hodgson. Race three was pretty much a repeat of the previous all action battles and Lewis powered past his rivals up to the front with only Hodgson able to keep up with the pace. However towards the end of the race, Winstanley had finally got into his stride and joined the leaders in the fight for the win. A smooth and mature last lap ensured Cornish took the chequered flag first and as he celebrated with wheelies on the slow down lap it was clear that he had made a favourable impression on the large crowd of onlookers. Despite the controversial race one result, but thanks to the amazing results in races 2 and 3, Lewis narrowly missed out on the top step of the podium by the tiniest margin of a single point.

"It's been warm here today but my recent races in the Far East and my training schedule meant that I'm as fresh at the end of a tough race as I am at the start, which really helps. I was upset about the incident in race one, but I've sorted it out with Chris and it’s all OK now. Setting the fastest lap of the day and passing the others to take two race wins is a great feeling and I've closed the gap right down to a few points for the lead in the S1 450 Elite Championship. I'd like to thank Richard at Cyclone Racing and Tom at Tm.M/Cs for getting the number one bike built and prepped whilst we were overseas because I couldn't have done this without them."