Troy Corser – championship position 1st – 299pts

“Brands Hatch is a great circuit and the atmosphere there is usually tremendous. It is one of the few tracks where we can actually feel the presence of the spectators because they are very close to the action.

“It is an old style circuit and very demanding because there are some blind approaches and changes of camber and it is easy to get caught out if you are not careful. I like the track a lot and I will be going into the event completely relaxed on all fronts.
“I am particularly happy that Sam gave birth last week to a beautiful baby girl because at one time it might have happened during the Brands Hatch weekend! That might have caused me a little less then 100 per cent focus, but now I don’t have to worry about that at all.
“It was good to get back to winning ways in Brno and I can’t see any reason why I will not be on the podium at Brands Hatch - it’s what I’ll be chasing for sure.”

Chris Vermeulen – championship position 2nd – 205pts

“I'm feeling pretty pumped after the good result for me and Kats (Fujiwara) at the Suzuka 8-hour. Now I have to make the switch back to my Ten Kate Honda, which is a completely different machine to the full HRC bike I rode in Japan on Michelin tyres

“We had a good test at Lausitzring before going to the 8-hour, though, and made some more progress with the bike .There's a lot of work to do in the championship and I have to be aiming at finishing in front of Troy (Corser) to try and close the gap on him.

“But it's going to be tough because I've never done well at Brands Hatch. I like the layout of the track but it's dangerous in places. I'll have a lot of friends supporting me though, which will be important because it's a big event and the British crowd will be cheering for Walker and Toseland

“But England is like my second home really so, as always, I'll just be trying as hard as I can”

Karl Muggeridge – championship position 11th – 75pts

“Our test at Lausitzring after the last round at Brno gave us the chance to do some more work at finding grip and durability from the tyres in a race situation and that should help us to move forward at Brands Hatch.

“We still need to find something with the front of the bike but we know what we're looking for and we'll use the first sessions at Brands to develop that.

“I got my first World Supersport win at Brands Hatch after racing in the UK for a couple of years and I won again there last year on my way to the title, so I have good memories of the place.

“It's the biggest event on the calendar but this my first time here on the Superbike so I'll do what I've been doing all season and work steadily towards a good set-up for race day. I need a couple of solid results here so me and the team are going to be working really hard to achieve that.”

Andrew Pitt – championship position 10th – 76pts

“At Brno we were up there in practice but the races didn’t turn out as well as expected. On the positive side, we were more competitive than at the previous two races. Noriyuki (Haga) showed the potential of the bike and I just want to get out there and aim for a podium this weekend.”

Steve Martin – championships position 20th – 14 pts

Steve was on pole position at Brands last year and was third in the first race, said: “I am really looking forward to this round. It’s a track that I like and the bike obviously goes well here. It’s pretty similar to Phillip Island, where we qualified well this year, and flowing circuits seem to suit our bike better. There are a lot of high-speed corners and that seems to suit my style. It's a real riders' track for speed judgement into the corners. You don't brake too hard into many corners and you are always on the edge of adhesion so there is no room for error. After our test this week I am entering the meeting thinking only about my performance on the track. You can never save everything for one round, but I am hoping to have really good results here.”

Garry McCoy – championship position 30th - 3 pts

“I would say it’s probably the most dangerous circuit of the season because of the lack of run-off in certain areas. But, if you can forget the safety issues, I enjoy it in a way. It’s quite good fun, with a few up and down sections and fast turns here and there. It’s a circuit where you can carry a bit more corner speed and you go downhill out of the slowest corner, so that should help us. It has been a shame to miss a few days’ testing through my injury but I am hoping we can qualify well and have two good races. I had the stitches out on Monday and my back and neck injuries are much better so I am hoping to be nearly fully fit for Friday.”

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Kevin Curtain – championship position third – 93pts

“It was a shame to come away from Brno with nothing but there were a lot of positives to come from the weekend. Third in the championship is probably a true reflection of where we’re at but the championship’s not over and until it is I’ll keep pushing Charpentier as hard as I did in Brno.”

Broc Parkes – championship position sixth – 60pts

“Since the last race we’ve been testing at Lausitz and I’m going to Brands Hatch feeling pretty confident. The result at Brno was not good, but in every other way the weekend was the best of the year, so if we can carry things onto Brands then the podium should be a possibility.”