Burrows Engineering Racing rider Davey Todd is aiming to return to full fitness as soon as possible after sustaining minor injuries in a crash in the Superbike race at the Ulster Grand Prix on Saturday.

Todd had been holding fourth position on the Suzuki GSX-R1000 at the end of the opening lap but unfortunately crashed out at the Deer’s Leap on lap two. Fortunately, he did not suffer any broken bones in the incident, although the 22-year-old was feeling battered and bruised afterwards.

The Saltburn-by-the-Sea rider had earlier clinched an excellent fourth place in the Superstock race and felt confident of challenging Conor Cummins for the final rostrum position when the race was red-flagged.

“I’m relieved to get away with one after crashing on Saturday. I think it was the wind that caught me out because I didn’t do anything different than I had done on every other lap, but I just seemed to run wide," said Todd.

"I’ve no broken bones, so I’m really grateful considering where I came off. I have a few minor fractures, some ligament damage and quite a lot of stitches, but all in all I’m not too bad.

“I’ll try and get back to full fitness as quickly as possible and if anything, I think I’ll come back stronger. I’ll learn from this and we’ll do what we can to come back stronger next time.

“We showed we had the pace all week at Dundrod and we had some great results. I was actually a bit gutted after the first couple of races on Saturday not to get on the podium after everything that I had done. I felt strong in the Superstock race behind Conor Cummins but then the red flag came out. We’ll look ahead to next year, when podiums will be the aim.”