Richard Cooper closed in on the lead of the National Superstock 1000 champioship, taking victory in race at Silverstone onboard his Bennetts Suzuki GSX-R1000. He is always second in the general standings but the gap is now only 15 points from the top (Danny Buchan). There are still 3 races so it's all to play for. Sylvain Guintoli took a season-best result of fourth in today's opening MCE British Superbike race at Silverstone, after leading the opening stages onboard his GSX-R1000. The Frenchman started the second of  three races that made up this weekend's triple-header from the front row, before taking the lead to control the race from the front until the halfway stage. He dropped to fourth place, before the race was red-flagged under safety car conditions for two separate incidents. However, it still gave Guintoli and the team their best result of the season as they continue to develop the new GSX-R1000 in Superbike trim. Unfortunately he crashed out of race three that was eventually red-flagged due to the conditions.