Tommy Hill will be back in the ViSK British Superbike Championship in association with Pirelli at Mallory Park this weekend (17/18/19 July).

Hill parted company with the Althea Honda in the World Superbike Championship and since then has been determined to return with a competitive team, in a bid to get back on the podium.

Now he has now been given the chance to ride the Worx Crescent Suzuki in place of injured Sylvain Guintoli at Mallory Park. Hill is already a BSB race winner, taking a maiden win with the Virgin Mobile Yamaha team in 2005 at Cadwell park.

Team manager, Jack Valentine said: "I'd firstly like to thank Michael for his efforts since Sylvain's unfortunate injury.

"Michael did a good job for us, getting two front row starts out of three, while running strong lap times. However, we need to convert good qualification into strong race finishes and we believe Tommy has the ability to do this.

"After completing 45 laps around Mallory Park on the Worx Crescent Suzuki today, he impressed the whole team and on top of his obvious talent, has a good attitude so should fit in well."

"With Sylvain Guintoli making a steady recovery, the team continue to treat each round as it comes, and as such Hill will be riding under a one race contract at Mallory Park.

"We're still not completely sure when Sylvain will be able to get back on a bike, so we're treating everything on a round by round basis.

"However, consistency is obviously very important in racing and if Tommy performs how we anticipate, I see no reason why this deal can't be extended to further rounds."

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