TOMMY Philp recorded the best result of his Supersport career with a fine seventh place in the feature race at Silverstone.

Having also secured 12th spot in the sprint race on Saturday, Philp secured 13 championship points for the draperRACING team.

The weather played havoc all weekend with rain affecting nearly every race on the programme, but Philp qualified well in the differing conditions and started Saturday’s Sprint race from a sixth row grid position in 17th place.

As the lights went out he got away to a fantastic start, making up five places on the opening lap to settle into 12th position. He briefly held 11th position at the half-way stage, but was overtaken by Sam Wilford on lap seven and remained their throughout the remainder of the 12-lap affair to pick up four points.

Starting the feature race from the fifth row, Philp was up to 14th on the opening lap.

Some riders fell in the wet and slippery conditions but Tommy kept his Yamaha upright and made steady progress through the field.

On lap eight he was up to eighth and then one lap later he passed Bjorn Estment to secure seventh place, only for But Matt Truelove and Estment to nose ahead later that lap.

With two laps remaining he was relegated further to 12th, but a tremendous finish saw him surge through to grab seventh and nine points.

He is now 15th in the British Supersport Championship with 53 points, while the dominant leader Keith Farmer won both races at Silverstone.

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