The fourth round of the 2026 British Superbike Championship at Snetterton delivered all the emotion for McAMS Yamaha – with the team taking their first win of the season with R1 rider Brad Ray headlining a strong weekend in Norwich.

In the Quattro Group British Supersport Championship, the team’s Yamaha R9 effort was highlighted by a second podium finish of the year for Lincolnshire rider Harry Truelove, who ended the opening race of the weekend in third.

The weekend at Snetterton started off strong for the team, with Ray immediately getting into a comfortable rhythm from Free Practice 1 – quickly challenging lap record pace and ending FP1 and FP2 in the second and first spot respectively. Going on to clock a fastest time of 1:46.102, the supported rider topped Pre-Qualifying to round out a strong Friday – laying a concrete foundation heading into the first race day of the weekend.

In the British Supersport Championship, a challenging but constructive opening day concluded with Championship contender Ben Currie and teammate Truelove sat sixth and seventh respectively.

Saturday’s Qualifying 2 session promised to deliver a more blistering pace at the front of the order – and McAMS Yamaha’s Ray delivered a masterclass fastest lap, smashing the lap record with a 1:45.757 to claim pole position for the opening race.

Truelove and Currie ended Qualifying in British Supersport in sixth and seventh respectively.

Race one of the weekend proved a defining moment for Ray, who lined up on pole and made the most of it from the drop of the lights. The #28 quickly found his groove at the front before proceedings were halted by a red flag on lap two. When the field went again for a reduced 14-lap dash to the flag, Ray showed no signs of disruption, nailing the holeshot once more to lead the pack into Turn 1.

What followed was a masterclass in composure, as the 29-year-old fended off sustained pressure from Max Cook. A bold lunge from Cook at the start of Lap 5 briefly demoted Ray to second, but he wasted no time responding, carving back through at Murray’s Chicane four laps later to retake command of the race.

Cook’s retirement late on handed Ray breathing room out front, stretching his advantage to over half a second just as Scott Redding began to close in. Composed to the end, Ray held position through to a second red flag, which brought the race to an early conclusion and sealed his maiden win of 2026.

It was an equally eventful opener in British Supersport, where Currie and Truelove burst from the line to run third and fourth in the early exchanges. Currie looked set for a podium of his own until a last-lap slip promoted Truelove to third, handing the Lincolnshire rider his second rostrum finish of the 2026 season aboard the R9.

Sunday’s 12-lap Sprint Race saw Ray start from the front row and immediately go on the offensive, briefly slipping to fourth before digging in behind Cook. The fastest lap of the race, set by Ray on Lap 5, propelled him into the top three at Turn 1 of Lap 6, setting up a look at Ryde ahead of Murrays Chicane.

The move materialised at the close of Lap 8 – a clean pass that briefly put Ray in second, only for contact between the two into Turn 1 to send him into the gravel, ending a promising ride prematurely. Ryde was subsequently issued a 3-second penalty for his part in the clash.

Sunday’s finale gave Ray and the McAMS Yamaha squad the chance to put Saturday’s misfortune behind them, and a strong launch from third kept him firmly in the podium mix from the outset.

A pass from Ryde, followed by a later move from Ryan Vickers at the Montreal Hairpin, temporarily shuffled Ray back to fifth. But he wasn’t finished – capitalising on a Cook error to move into fourth on Lap 9, before repeating the trick on Vickers four laps later.

Ray crossed the line in third to bank a second podium of the weekend, heading to Brands Hatch third in the standings and 61 points off the championship lead.

In the British Supersport feature race, Currie and Truelove brought it home fifth and eleventh respectively. Currie, battling illness across Sunday, spent the early laps at the sharp end before slipping to ninth following a mistake – a gritty recovery to fifth at the flag kept him second in the championship.

The paddock reconvenes inside a fortnight, with Brands Hatch’s GP circuit hosting round five on July 17-19.