He rode to two strong finishes for Red Viper Racing and scored a fourth place in his regular championship campaign in the Metzeler National Superstock series.

Hicky was drafted into the Red Viper Honda squad to sub for regular rider Aaron Zanotti who is sidelined with injuries sustained in a crash at Croft in the last round of the series.

The last time Hicky rode a Superbike was at Mallory last year so he took his time to acclimatise himself to a return to slick tyres and a more powerful machine.

Throughout free practice Hicky progressed up the order and was circulating well within the top 20 during qualifying.

The new qualifying procedure saw Hicky excel and he made it through to the second phase where he claimed 19th position for a start from a fifth row grid position.

Although he made a poor start and dropped back to 26th on the opening lap of race one, Hicky soon got to grips with the Honda and made excellent progress through the backmarkers to complete his race in 14th place and pick up two championship points on his first attempt.

Race two saw the 21-year-old make a slightly better start and progress through to finish in 16th place, just missing out on a points scoring finish.

He said: “I was really chuffed, especially to score two championship points as I haven’t ridden in the Superbike class for over a year.”

Hicky also contested the penultimate round of the Superstock championship on the Ultimate Racing Yamaha R1 where he qualified in fifth place for a second row start.

He did not get away to the best of starts and was circulating in eighth place for the first few laps before making his way forward. He made a beautiful pass on Victor Cox to move up to sixth place and was elevated to fifth when another rider crashed ahead of him.

He continued to hunt down Richard Cooper and gradually reeled him in to claim fourth place on lap 13. By this time the leaders were too far ahead to make any further progress and Hicky had to be content with fourth place at the chequered flag.

Hicky now turns his attention to the European Superstock championship where he has a wild card ride with Ultimate Racing in the penultimate round of the series at Magny Cours in France on Sunday.

He then returns to the UK to travel to Brands Hatch for the final round of the National Superstock Championship and is on standby with Red Viper Racing in case ex-Vivaldi rider Aaron Zanotti is still not fit enough to ride in the British Superbike class.