BRADLEY Smith finished seventh in the British MotoGP at Silverstone yesterday.

The Monster Yamaha Tech3 rider, from Forest Hill, near Oxford, battled well in the wet conditions, but has slipped back to sixth place in the overall standings.

Smith, who signed a new one-year deal with his team last week, had mixed feelings about the result.

“I have to be quite pleased with the end result as the conditions were far from ideal out there today,” he said.

“I gave my absolute all to stay with the second group in order to try to fight for a podium, but they just had a bit more speed than me.”