Unlike many of his Superbike World Championship peers Hannspree Ten Kate Honda rider Jonathan Rea has been busy since the last race at Brno, competing in the Suzuka 8-Hours race and posting a podium result on raceday.

Despite the team enduring two stop-go penalties and Rea having a coming together with another rider in the effort to make up places, Rea and Akiyoshi fought their way back through the field - at times lapping a second faster than anyone else - to take third place and reward Honda with a clean sweep of the podium positions.

Rea was a race winner last time out in World Superbike at Brno, overcoming some recent set-up issues with a great race one victory, his third of the year. It moved him to third place in the standings, with his home British round awaiting him on Sunday 1 August.

The Silverstone circuit, in Northamptonshire, has been heavily modified since it last featured on the WSBK calendar in 2007. It has recaptured some of its original spirit as a fast and flowing track, and also features an extensive infield section that brings the lap length up to 5.902 kilometers. MotoGP machines have already raced on the new layout and they proved the theory that the track will be one of the fastest on the WSBK calendar.

Hannspree Ten Kate Honda rider Max Neukirchner is keen to use Silverstone as the venue to turn his season around, after a double DNF at Brno left him 18th in the overall championship fight.

The ECHO CRS Honda team, and its Australian rider Broc Parkes have made some recent progress, with two points scoring finishes at Brno last time out placing Broc inside the top 20.

Two Honda riders are in a three-way fight for the Supersport World Championship title, championship leader Kenan Sofuoglu (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) and former leader Eugene Laverty (Parkalgar Honda). The first DNF of the season for Laverty and a brilliant win for Sofuoglu at the previous round (despite carrying a deep laceration to his left elbow) put Kenan on 183 points. Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki) ended Brno with 168 points and Laverty has an unchanged 161 points.

WSS competitor Gino Rea (Intermoto Czech Honda) had a career best fourth place finish at Brno in early July, his rookie season highpoint proving his talents and determination to succeed. He is keen to get back into action after a quiet time since his last race, and sees Silverstone as a good opportunity to go for his first podium finish. Gino is seventh in the points standings.

Michele Pirro has been forced to miss the Silverstone round for his Hannspree Ten Kate Honda team after suffering facial bruising and a dislocated wrist at the Brno race. South African rider, Ronan Quarmby, will replace him.

Parkalgar Honda rider Miguel Praia posted a career best seventh at Brno last time out, a result he now hopes to improve on at his crew’s home circuit in England. Like his team-mate Laverty, he has tested at Silverstone recently.

Massimo Roccoli from the Intermoto Czech Honda team is another rider hoping to turn his season around at this race, after suffering some bad luck at key times this year. In 13th place overall, one place behind Praia, Roccoli is only 11 points from a top ten spot, with four points scoring rounds to go, including Silverstone.

The long summer break in August starts as the action at Silverstone ebbs away, with the 11th round of 13 taking place at the Nürburgring, Germany, between September 3 and September 5.