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Brookes leaves Donington triple-header with BSB lead

2020 British Superbike Championship Round Five
Donington Park Sunday wrap

Images Dave Yeomans


Andrew Irwin opened the weekend’s racing with a victory for Honda Racing, winning the opening British Superbike race at the Donington triple-header, ahead of Ducati mounted rider’s Christian Iddon and Josh Brookes.

Race 2 saw Josh Brookes return to the top step of the podium, working his way to the front by lap five and then edging out his rivals and laying claim the championship lead. Jason O’Halloran took second meanwhile, while Tarran Mackenzie was third.

Josh Brookes took the Race 2 win, as well as the championship lead at Donington
Josh Brookes took the Race 2 win, as well as the championship lead at Donington

Tarran Mackenzie became the third different rider to top the Bennetts British Superbike Championship podium at Donington Park, grabbing the lead with four laps to go to give McAMS Yamaha the final victory of the weekend in Race 3. Glenn Irwin was second overall, with Josh Brookes making his third appearance on the podium for the triple-header.

Josh Brookes now sits on 225-points, 16-points clear of Christian Iddon on 209, with Glenn Irwin third on 207. Jason O’Halloran is only a point adrift in fourth on 206.

In the British Supersport James Westmoreland took his first victory of 2020 in a rain effected encounter at Donington Park, with James Rose and Bradley Perie rounding out the podium, and Cameron Horsman taking the GP2 victory.  Ben Currie crashed out early, in what he described as a “Really strange crash”, with 11 of the 27 riders not finishing.

Ben Currie
Ben Currie

Rory Skinner took the 2020 British Supersport Championship title with victory in the Feature race at Donington Park, winning from Brad Jones and Lee Johnston in the second Supersport race of the weekend, while Ben Currie came home in seventh.

Rory Skinner holds the Supersport standings lead on 220-points, to second place James Westmoreland on 143. Third overall is Brad Jones on 142-points. Australian Ben Currie current sits eighth on 58-points.

Aussie Billy McConnell took a last lap victory in Pirelli National Superstock 1000 Race 1, beating long-time race leader Lewis Rollo, with Tom Neave the final podium sitter. Tom Neave hit back in Race 2, closing the gap in the Championship standings with a dominant win in the second Pirelli National Superstock 1000 race of the weekend.

Billy McConnell
Billy McConnell

Chrissy Rouse currently holds the standings lead on 165-points, to Tom Neave on 155, with Rollo third on 117. Billy McConnel is fourth on 110, while New Zealand’s Damon Reese is eighth overall. Brayden Elliott sits 14th, with Shane Richardson 17th.

Rhys Irwin took the Pirelli National Superstock 600 victory at a damp but drying Donington Park, after an impressive final lap saw him fend off challenges from Jack Nixon and Championship leader Ben Luxton. Luxton now leads the standings by 33-points from Irwin and Zak Corderoy who are tied on 96-points.

The opening Junior Supersport race saw Taz Taylor make a victorious return to racing action, taking victory by four seconds from Adon Davie and Lewis Jones, with Owen Jenner taking the 2020 crown.

Brody Crockford took the final Hel Performance British Junior Supersport win of the season in a dominant display, winning by over five-seconds from Jenner, with Lynden Leatherland third. Owen Jenner holds the title on 176-points, while Seth Crump is second overall on 131, with Brody Crockford third on 116.


British Superbike Race One

On the opening lap Glenn Irwin led the pack, however there was a disaster for the championship leader when he crashed out at Goddards unhurt on the opening lap, and losing the lead in the standings for the first time this season.

Glenn Irwin
Glenn Irwin

At the front though Andrew Irwin was still flying the flag for Honda Racing, riding a perfect race to claim his third win of the season with the VisionTrack Ducati pairing behind him. Josh Brookes wasn’t able to get the better of his teammate for second place in the closing stages and Christian Iddon now leads the standings by two points ahead of Round 14.

Glenn Irwin is now equal on points in third place in the standings with Jason O’Halloran as the McAMS Yamaha rider also endured a tough opening race to the weekend, finishing in 14th place, just ahead of Tommy Bridewell.

Jason O'Halloran
Jason O’Halloran

At the front Tarran Mackenzie had been moving up the order on the leading McAMS Yamaha, edging out Ryan Vickers in the closing stages to finish fourth.

The RAF Regular & Reserve Kawasaki team though celebrated Vickers’ best result of the season and on the opposite side of the garage, Jack Kennedy was one of three riders to opt for an intermediate rear tyre, which saw him move up to seventh in the closing stages and he will start on pole position for Round 14.

Andrew Irwin topped the podium from Iddon and Brookes
Andrew Irwin topped the podium from Iddon and Brookes

Vickers was able to maintain fifth ahead of Gino Rea, who claimed his best finish for Buildbase Suzuki after also opting for the intermediate rear tyre option as conditions improved in the closing stages with teammate Kyle Ryde holding eighth place.

Danny Buchan and Lee Jackson completed the top ten for the Rapid Fulfillment FS-3 Kawasaki team .

Race One Results

Pos Rider Bike Time/Gap
1 Andrew IRWIN Honda  24m58.1
2 Christian IDDON Ducati +1.824
3 Josh BROOKES Ducati +2.508
4 Tarran MACKENZIE Yamah +8.048
5 Ryan VICKERS Kawasak +10.776
6 Gino REA Suzuki +12.297
7 Jack KENNEDY Kawasaki +12.387
8 Kyle RYDE Suzuki +13.841
9 Danny BUCHAN Kawasaki +17.938
10 Lee JACKSON Kawasaki +25.058
11 Luke MOSSEY BMW +25.608
12 Peter HICKMAN BMW +27.339
13 Keith FARMER Suzuki +27.801
14 Jason O’HALLORAN Yamaha +28.222
15 Tommy BRIDEWELL Ducati +38.199
16 Graeme IRWIN Kawasaki +41.714
17 Joe FRANCIS BMW +47.764
18 Ian HUTCHINSON BMW +49.254
19 Storm STACEY Kawasaki +50.336
20 Taylor MACKENZIE BMW +50.393
21 Markus REITERBERGER BMW +1M10.101
22 Héctor BARBERÁ BMW +1m10.612
23 Bjorn ESTMENT BMW +1m39.330
Not Classifieds
DNF Brian McCORMACK BMW  10 Laps
DNF Glenn IRWIN Honda  /

British Superbike Race Two

A hectic opening lap was lead by Kyle Ryde on the Buildbase Suzuki ahead of Tarran Mackenzie, Gino Rea, and pole-sitter Jack Kennedy, but the Silverstone race winner was later forced out of the action with a technical problem.

Tarran Mackenzie
Tarran Mackenzie

However the race action was ended prematurely for Ryan Vickers and Andrew Irwin, who crashed out together at the Melbourne Loop for the first time, with Peter Hickman and Danny Buchan also falling on the exit to curtail their bid for results.

At the front, Kennedy had then grabbed the advantage on the RAF Regular and Reserve Kawasaki, but Rea was attacking and he moved into the lead at Redgate at the start of lap three.

Brookes was calmly working his way up from sixth, were he was at the start of the race, taking the lead with a decisive move on lap five to push Rea into second place and then the VisionTrack Ducati rider put in a consistent run of laps to break the pack.

Jason O’Halloran was on the move, and the McAMS Yamaha rider was able to move ahead of Glenn Irwin and then Rea by the ninth lap, and despite his best efforts to reel Brookes back in, he crossed the line second and 0.578s adrift. The podium finish moves him back up to second in the standings now ahead of today’s final race.

Jason O'Halloran
Jason O’Halloran

Glenn Irwin was having a tough final part of his race and he was dropping back down the order, but ahead of him Mackenzie had got the better of Rea to grab third place and ensure that he made a break to give McAMS Yamaha a double podium finish.

Rea claimed his best result of the season in fourth for Buildbase Suzuki, with Tommy Bridewell having a resurgent race two to finish fifth ahead of Christian Iddon, who had been at the top of the standings after his second place in the first race of the day.

Glenn Irwin eventually crossed the line in seventh place ahead of Kennedy with Luke Mossey and Joe Francis completing the top ten.

Race Two Results

Pos Rider Bike Time/Gap
1 Josh BROOKES Ducati 22m36.095
2 Jason O’HALLORAN Yamaha +0.578
3 Tarran MACKENZIE Yamaha +1.805
4 Gino REA Suzuki +3.123
5 Tommy BRIDEWELL Ducati +4.419
6 Christian IDDON Ducati +4.908
7 Glenn IRWIN Honda +7.734
8 Jack KENNEDY Kawasaki +8.307
9 Luke MOSSEY BMW +11.511
10 Joe FRANCIS BMW +12.165
11 Keith FARMER Suzuki +20.656
12 Taylor MACKENZIE BMW +21.243
13 Storm STACEY Kawasaki +21.504
14 Markus REITERBERGER BMW +39.642
15 Graeme IRWIN Kawasaki +40.001
16 Bjorn ESTMENT BMW +2 Laps
Not Classified
DNF Héctor BARBERÁ BMW 4 Laps
DNF Lee JACKSON Kawasaki 13 Laps
DNF Ian HUTCHINSON BMW 13 Laps
DNF Brian McCORMACK BMW 13 Laps
DNF Kyle RYDE Suzuki 13 Laps
DNF Andrew IRWIN Honda  /
DNF Ryan VICKERS Kawasaki /
DNF Peter HICKMAN BMW  /
DNF Danny BUCHAN Kawasaki /

British Superbike Race Three

The final race of the weekend got underway with Josh Brookes leading the pack into Redgate for the first time ahead of Jason O’Halloran, but Tommy Bridewell was instantly on the attack and grabbed second on the Oxford Products Racing Ducati.

Josh Brookes
Josh Brookes

Glenn Irwin was making a move up the order, edging into third with a move on lap four, before the Honda Racing rider snatched second two laps later from Bridewell.

Bridewell’s race ended in disappointment when he retired with a technical problem on lap seven, but at the front Brookes was leading Glenn Irwin with Mackenzie piling on the pressure in third place.

On the ninth lap, there was drama for O’Halloran, when the McAMS Yamaha rider collided with Christian Iddon as the pair battled for fourth place and the collision with jammed his clutch in his lever guard, which dropped him down to eighth place by the finish.

Christian Iddon
Christian Iddon

By the tenth lap Glenn Irwin had grabbed the lead with Mackenzie in second and Brookes in third, but the McAMS Yamaha rider made his move at the Fogarty Esses and was able to hold off his Honda Racing rival.

Brookes completed the podium and his biggest points haul overhaul from the three races meant he was crowned the Monster Energy King of Donington; the VisionTrack Ducati rider leads the standings by 16-points into the final three rounds.

Christian Iddon was fourth fastest on the second of the VisionTrack Ducatis, and he heads into the final rounds in second place in the standings, with Gino Rea completing his best weekend of the season in fifth place for Buildbase Suzuki.

Andrew Irwin
Andrew Irwin

Lee Jackson led the Rapid Fulfillment FS-3 Kawasaki charge in sixth place, ahead of Round 13 winner Andrew Irwin and O’Halloran whilst Luke Mossey and Joe Francis completed the top ten.


Josh Brookes – P1

“The target is always to win a race at the slowest possible speed as the faster you go, the more you risk. In the second race, I had a couple of minor issues, so I tried to maintain my rhythm and the lead which I was able to do for the win. It was a lot trickier in the first race when I had to ride more conservatively due to the damp. The bike was moving around a lot, so it was all about consolidating the points. In the final race, I tried to keep the lead for as long as possible, but I didn’t have the pace to win so brought the bike home for some more good points. It’s been a strong weekend and great to lead the championship going into the final meeting at Brands Hatch.”

Josh Brookes
Josh Brookes
Christian Iddon – P2

“The main focus was to leave Donington Park still with a good chance of the Christian Iddonchampionship and I’ve managed that and got the boxes ticked. It was good to get on the podium in the first race in the damp conditions, but I struggled quite a lot in the second race with a couple of issues. We improved the bike for the final race but fourth was the best I could do although maybe I should have tried a different plan in hindsight. I’m just 16 points off the championship lead with all to play for at Brands Hatch, although we missed a couple of opportunities to close the gap today but either way, I’m looking forward to it.”

Glenn Irwin – P3

“If you summarise this weekend from a points view it was really disappointing because we have come away 18 points behind after starting the weekend in front, so to gain back some points in the last race was so important. In the final race I knew immediately from the warm-up lap that the Fireblade was working well, so hats off to the team, they deserved this second place position backing up Andy’s win. Again it’s an all-new Fireblade and over three races this weekend we have grabbed a first and a second place finish, Tom has also done a mega job again in Superstock. So looking ahead, it’s a big ask at Brands, I would rather be the one with the target on my back because if nothing changes you are the champion, but we won’t give up. The team never give up and neither will I.”

Glenn Irwin
Glenn Irwin
Andrew Irwin – Race 1 Winner

“This weekend has been a little up and down, but we won another race again – it was something I needed to lift my spirits. In the second race unfortunately I got hit on the first lap and took out. It’s one of those things, I have been on both ends of it before, it’s racing and we will just move on from it. In race three it took me far too long to get going, I got a good start but kind of got beat up in the first turn, which upset my rhythm a bit. It then took me about four or five laps to get into it again but once I did we had quite good pace. I feel we should have been fighting for the podium, but we didn’t and I came seventh. However the Fireblade felt good and I’ve built some confidence going into Brands, I think we can do a good job, I’m looking forward it.”

Tarran Mackenzie – Race 3 Winner

“The first race was really nice today, coming through from 19th. It was a calculated gamble to go with the harder wet tyre as I knew the track would dry out and that would leave me with some tyre at the end of the race. The aim was to get a good lap for race two, which I did. I did not expect to get third in race two, I went in having only done five dry laps all weekend, so we bolted in the setting from Silverstone and I had the first few laps of the race to adapt to it! It was a tough race, I got knocked back to seventh or eighth and had to come back through so to get third I was really happy. I knew if I could get a better start in the last race I could maybe have something to show at the end, and that was the case. I didn’t get a good start but I made my way back through, when I got to Glenn I was quite comfortable sat behind him so I knew I could maybe put some time into him if I got past in the last few laps, which I did so I was really happy with that. I’ve always wanted to win in the superbike class so it was an epic feeling. It’s been a good day for the whole team, so we’re looking forward to getting to Brands Hatch in a couple of weeks.”

Tarran Mackenzie
Tarran Mackenzie
Jason O’Halloran

“Race two today was really good, we came from 12th on the grid to finish second which was great. Race three was going pretty well, I lost a few places in the middle and I was struggling to find a way past Christian, I just needed to get by as I was losing too much time. I was trying everywhere but the bikes are quite different and the one place I could pass was into McLeans, he knew that as well and blocked me going in there and I clipped him on the way through. When I hit him the brake guard on the left hand side moved up and pulled the clutch in, I didn’t know it was in and took a couple of laps to figure out what was going on – when I got the lever back down the clutch was fried. I was able to get some pace back towards the end, but the clutch kept slipping. I’m a bit disappointed but we managed to get a couple of positions back in the last couple of laps which is a few more points. The pressure isn’t on us at Brands now, we have to turn up there, get maximum points and see what happens with everyone else. It’s not over yet, that’s for sure.”

Jason O'Halloran
Jason O’Halloran

Race Three Results

Pos Rider Bike Time/Gap
1 Tarran MACKENZIE Yamaha 22m27.782
2 Glenn IRWIN Honda +1.223
3 Josh BROOKES Ducati +3.951
4 Christian IDDON Ducati +6.742
5 Gino REA Suzuki +7.441
6 Lee JACKSON Kawasaki +7.685
7 Andrew IRWIN Honda +8.090
8 Jason O’HALLORAN Yamaha +9.274
9 Luke MOSSEY BMW  +10.383
10 Joe FRANCIS BMW +10.860
11 Peter HICKMAN BMW +14.880
12 Danny BUCHAN Kawasaki +16.795
13 Jack KENNEDY Kawasaki +18.758
14 Kyle RYDE Suzuki +18.983
15 Keith FARMER Suzuki +22.927
16 Storm STACEY Kawasaki +22.978
17 Taylor MACKENZIE BMW +30.442
18 Markus REITERBERGER BMW +31.330
19 Graeme IRWIN Kawasaki +39.956
Not Classifieds
DNF Tommy BRIDEWELL Ducati 8 Laps
DNF Héctor BARBERÁ BMW 9 Laps
DNF Ryan VICKERS Kawasaki /

British Superbike Championship Standings

Pos Rider Points
1 Josh BROOKES (Ducati) 225
2 Christian IDDON (Ducati) 209
3 Glenn IRWIN (Honda) 207
4 Jason O’HALLORAN (Yamaha) 206
5 Tarran MACKENZIE (Yamaha) 179
6 Tommy BRIDEWELL (Ducati) 146
7 Andrew IRWIN (Honda) 139
8 Lee JACKSON (Kawasaki) 131
9 Kyle RYDE (Suzuki) 130
10 Danny BUCHAN (Kawasaki) 101
11 Luke MOSSEY (BMW) 76
12 Bradley RAY (BMW) 74
13 Gino REA (Suzuki) 70
14 Peter HICKMAN (BMW) 52
15 Ryan VICKERS (Kawasaki) 45
16 Héctor BARBERÁ (BMW) 31
17 Jack KENNEDY (Kawasaki) 27
18 Joe FRANCIS (BMW) 20
19 Keith FARMER (Suzuki) 10
20 Alex OLSEN (BMW) 8
21 Taylor MACKENZIE (BMW) 5
22 Storm STACEY (Kawasaki) 4
23 Markus REITERBERGER (BMW) 2
24 Dan LINFOOT (Yamaha) 2
25 Graeme IRWIN (Kawasaki) 1

British Supersport Race One

It was Championship leader Skinner who grabbed the holeshot, notching up a 3.6 second lead after the opening lap with Ben Currie and Lee Johnston leading the chasing pack. The conditions then began to catch some riders out, with Ben Currie crashing out on the second lap.

James Westmoreland
James Westmoreland

As Skinner held his lead, Johnston then began to put the pressure on and he quickly forced the Championship leader into a mistake, with Skinner crashing out on lap five, handing Johnston the lead.

By half race distance Johnston led the way from Westmoreland and James Rose, who had worked his way into a podium position after starting from the back of the grid, and they began to chase down the ‘General’ at the front.

But with four laps remaining the Gearlink Kawasaki man of Westmoreland put the hammer down, caught and passed Johnston, and continued to push hard as he led the race.

With just three laps to go Johnston had brought the gap down to under half a second, but on the final lap he crashed out, meaning Westmoreland would take his first victory of the season. James Rose finished second with Cameron Horsman third. Ben Currie crashed out early in the race.

British Supersport Race One Result

Pos Rider Bike Time/Gap
1 James WESTMORELAND Kawasaki 23m01.033
2 James ROSE Kawasaki +18.904
3 Cameron HORSMAN – GP2 Chassis Factory +49.689
4 Bradley PERIE Yamaha +50.731
5 Tom OLIVER – GP2 Chassis Factory +51.106
6 Dan JONES – GP2 FTR +52.919
7 Rob HARTOG MV Agusta  +1:17.819
8 Alastair SEELEY – GP2 ABM Quattro +1:20.907
9 Richard KERR Triumph +1:30.972
10 Mason LAW – GP2 Spirit +1:40.730
11 Tomás DE VRIES – GP2 Chassis Factory +1:45.735
12 Kurt WIGLEY Yamaha +1 Lap
13 Harry TRUELOVE Yamaha +1 Lap
14 Alan NAYLOR Yamaha +1 Lap
15 Jack SCOTT – GP2 Harris +2 Laps
Not Classified
DNF Lee JOHNSTON Yamaha 1 Lap
DNF Gary JOHNSON Triumph 3 Laps
DNF Brad JONES Yamaha 6 Laps
DNF Cameron FRASER – GP2 Chassis Factory 8 Laps
DNF Rory SKINNER Yamaha 9 Laps
DNF Jorel BOERBOOM – GP2 Honda 9 Laps
DNF Ross PATTERSON Yamaha 9 Laps
DNF Jake ARCHER – GP2 Kalex 10 Laps
DNF Ben CURRIE Kawasaki 11 Laps
DNF Charlie NESBITT – GP2 ABM Quattro /
DNF Tom TOPARIS Yamaha /
DQ Phil WAKEFIELD Yamaha /

British Supersport Race Two

Skinner grabbed the holeshot and was able to extend a small lead over the pursuing pack over the opening laps, but team mate Brad Jones and Lee Johnston soon began chipping away. With the duo trading fastest laps, they were able to close the lead down to just 0.2s at the halfway stage of the race.

Rory Skinner
Rory Skinner

As they stated lap eight, Jones was able to find a way past his team mate to take the lead. Fighting straight back, Skinner wasted no time in retaking the lead but was unable to shake off Jones or Johnston. Continuing to trade places throughout the closing stages, the race came down to the final two laps and Skinner was able to edge away from Jones to take the victory and claim the 2020 Quattro Group British Supersport title.

Johnston completed the podium in third, with James Westmoreland in fourth ahead of Harry Truelove and the first of the of the GP2 machines of Charlie Nesbitt. After a disappointing race one, Ben Currie raced so seventh in race two.

British Supersport Race Two Result

Pos Rider Bike Time/Gap
1 Rory SKINNER Yamaha  21m53.026
2 Brad JONES Yamaha  +2.011
3 Lee JOHNSTON Yamaha +5.367
4 James WESTMORELAND Kawasaki +6.918
5 Harry TRUELOVE Yamaha  +7.167
6 Charlie NESBITT – GP2 ABM Quattro +9.133
7 Ben CURRIE Kawasaki +9.787
8 Rob HARTOG MV Agusta +19.457
9 Richard KERR Triumph +20.812
10 Jack SCOTT – GP2 Harris +24.063
11 Kurt WIGLEY Yamaha +27.613
12 Alastair SEELEY – GP2 ABM Quattro +28.109
13 Tom OLIVER – GP2 Chassis Factory +28.219
14 Mason LAW – GP2 Spirit – Spirit +28.631
15 Tom TOPARIS Yamaha +32.492
16 Cameron HORSMAN – GP2 Chassis Factory +33.393
17 Ross PATTERSON Yamaha  +40.743
18 Dan JONES – GP2 FTR +47.878
19 Jake ARCHER – GP2 Kalex +50.649
20 Phil WAKEFIELD Yamaha +51.001
21 Cameron FRASER – GP2 Chassis Factory +51.731
22 Tomás DE VRIES – GP2 Chassis Factory +1m09.988
23 Alan NAYLOR Yamaha +1 Lap
Not Classified
DNF Jamie PERRIN Yamaha 8 Laps
DNF Gary JOHNSON Triumph 11 Laps
DNF Bradley PERIE Yamaha 13 Laps
DNF Jorel BOERBOOM – GP2 Honda  /

British Supersport Standings

Pos Rider Points
1 Rory SKINNER (Yamaha) 220
2 James WESTMORELAND (Kawasaki) 143
3 Brad JONES (Yamaha) 142
4 Bradley PERIE (Yamaha) 114
5 Harry TRUELOVE (Yamaha) 103
6 Lee JOHNSTON (Yamaha) 98
7 Richard KERR (Triumph) 82
8 Rob HARTOG (MV Agusta) 67
9 Ben CURRIE (Kawasaki) 58
10 Kurt WIGLEY (Yamaha) 50
11 Jamie PERRIN (Yamaha) 43
12 James ROSE (Kawasaki) 41
13 Ross PATTERSON (Yamaha) 41
14 Phil WAKEFIELD (Yamaha) 33
15 Korie McGREEVY (Yamaha) 32
16 Alan NAYLOR (Yamaha) 18
17 Tom TOPARIS (Yamaha) 17
18 Scott SWANN (Yamaha) 12
19 Ricky TARREN (Yamaha) 11
20 Keenan ARMSTRONG (Kawasaki) 6
21 Mike NORBURY (Kawasaki) 6
22 Ben WOTTON (Triumph) 6
23 Grant McINTOSH (Yamaha) 5
24 Michael DUNLOP (Yamaha) 3

Superstock 1000 Race One

Launching off the line, it was Fraser Rogers who led the way at the end of the opening lap ahead of Chrissy Rouse and Rollo, with Danny Kent holding fourth. Trading places throughout the race, Rogers, Rouse and Rollo battled for the lead throughout the opening few laps, but a string of fast laps from Rollo saw him grab the lead and begin to stretch a lead over the two pursuers.

Billy McConnell wins from Tom Neave and Lewis Rollo
Billy McConnell wins from Tom Neave and Lewis Rollo

Things began to heat up in the closing stages as it became a seven rider battle for the podium. A fast charging McConnell climbed up through the field, taking second on lap six he continued to set fastest lap after fastest lap, closing down Rollo’s lead to take the win on the final lap. Tom Neave eventually secured third place ahead of Kent and Rouse.

Shane Richardson was top New Zealand performer in race one in 13th, while Damon Rees came come in 19th. Australian Brayden Elliott was 24th.

Brayden Elliott
Brayden Elliott

Superstock 1000 Race One Results

Pos Rider Bike Time/Gap
1 Billy McCONNELL BMW 17m50.050
2 Lewis ROLLO Aprilia +0.220
3 Tom NEAVE Honda +2.901
4 Danny KENT Kawasaki +3.603
5 Chrissy ROUSE BMW  +4.940
6 Tim NEAVE Suzuki +6.360
7 Dan LINFOOT BMW +6.874
8 Fraser ROGERS Kawasaki +6.970
9 Luke JONES Aprilia +7.531
10 Davey TODD Honda +10.503
11 Luke HEDGER Kawasaki +18.309
12 David ALLINGHAM Suzuki +27.372
13 Shane RICHARDSON BMW +29.568
14 Johnny BLACKSHAW Aprilia +38.231
15 Jordan WEAVING Suzuki +38.789
16 Joe SHELDON-SHAW Suzuki +39.164
17 Tom TUNSTALL Suzuki +39.479
18 Dave SELLARS Suzuki +41.957
19 Damon REES BMW +42.213
20 Craig NEVE BMW  +42.718
21 Josh WOOD Kawasaki 43.132
22 Matt TRUELOVE BMW +43.261
23 Dani SAEZ GUTERREZ Kawasaki +44.792
24 Brayden ELLIOTT Suzuki +46.977
25 Ashley BEECH Suzuki +50.541
26 Ian HUTCHINSON BMW 51.253
27 Luke HOPKINS Kawasak +1m22.263
28 Dave MACKAY Suzuki  +1m24.610
29 Ben BROADWAY Aprilia  +1m25.842
Not Classifieds
DNF Lee WILLIAMS Kawasaki 3 Laps
DNF David BROOK BMW 4 Laps
NC Tommy PHILP Suzuki 4 Laps

Superstock 1000 Race Two

McConnell grabbed the holeshot, leading across the line at the end of the opening lap by 0.6s ahead of Kent and Tom Neave. Neave moved into the lead on lap three, setting about trying to extend his lead at the front as title rival Chrissy Rouse moved into third.

Billy McConnell
Billy McConnell

At the halfway point, Kent had begun to close down Tom Neave at the front whilst Tim Neave was chasing down Rouse in third. With Tom Neave taking the win ahead of Kent, a mistake from Rouse on the penultimate lap saw Tim Neave find his way past Championship leader Rouse, to claim the final rostrum position. McConnell was fifth ahead of Rogers, Hedger and Rollo.

New Zealand’s Shane Richardson was 17th, while Damon Rees and Brayden Elliott both recorded DNF results. Rees crashed on the opening lap at Melbourne Hairpin and injured his AC joint, the Kiwi is undergoing medical evaluation as to if he will be able to make the championship finale.

Superstock 1000 Race Two Results

Pos Rider Bike Time/Gap
1 Tom NEAVE Honda 18m26.045
2 Danny KENT Kawasaki +0.097
3 Tim NEAVE Suzuki +3.648
4 Chrissy ROUSE BMW +3.890
5 Billy McCONNELL BMW +4.005
6 Fraser ROGERS Kawasaki +4.985
7 Luke HEDGER Kawasaki +5.929
8 Lewis ROLLO Aprilia +8.349
9 Jordan WEAVING Suzuki +13.986
10 Ian HUTCHINSON BMW +14.235
11 Matt TRUELOVE BMW  +17.521
12 Dan LINFOOT BMW +20.251
13 Joe SHELDON-SHAW Suzuki +20.452
14 Davey TODD Honda +21.320
15 David ALLINGHAM Suzuki +23.368
16 Lee WILLIAMS Kawasaki +30.234
17 Shane RICHARDSON BMW +33.868
18 Luke HOPKINS Kawasaki +41.779
19 Johnny BLACKSHAW Aprilia +42.432
20 Tom TUNSTALL Suzuki +43.456
21 Craig NEVE BMW  +45.923
22 Dani SAEZ GUTERREZ Kawasaki +48.746
23 Ashley BEECH Suzuki +57.994
24 Dave SELLARS Suzuki +59.077
25 Dave MACKAY Suzuki +1m10.470
26 David BROOK BMW +1m11.619
Not Classified
DNF Luke JONES Aprilia 3 Laps
DNF Josh WOOD Kawasaki 4 Laps
DNF Tommy PHILP Suzuki 6 Laps
DNF Ben BROADWAY Aprilia 6 Laps
DNF Brayden ELLIOTT Suzuki 7 Laps

Superstock 1000 Standings

Pos Rider Points
1 Chrissy ROUSE (BMW) 165
2 Tom NEAVE (Honda) 155
3 Lewis ROLLO (Aprilia) 117
4 Billy McCONNELL (BMW) 110
5 Tim NEAVE (Suzuki) 108
6 Danny KENT (Kawasaki) 88
7 Fraser ROGERS (Kawasaki) 82
8 Damon REES (BMW) 71
9 Luke HEDGER (Kawasaki) 51
10 Davey TODD (Honda) 42
11 Jordan WEAVING (Suzuki) 40
12 Ian HUTCHINSON (BMW) 37
13 Dan LINFOOT (BMW) 33
14 Brayden ELLIOTT (Suzuki) 32
15 Matt TRUELOVE (BMW) 28
16 Joe COLLIER (Suzuki) 23
17 Shane RICHARDSON (BMW) 20
18 David ALLINGHAM (Suzuki) 15
19 Luke JONES (Aprilia) 10
20 Richard COOPER (BMW) 9
21 Leon JEACOCK (Suzuki) 8
22 Joe SHELDON-SHAW (Suzuki) 6
23 Shaun WINFIELD (Yamaha) 6
24 Luke HOPKINS (Kawasaki) 2
25 Johnny BLACKSHAW (Aprilia) 2

Superstock 600

Luxton made the best leap off the line, leading the way after the opening lap with Rhys Irwin second and Talbot third, but as the group headed into their second lap the safety car was deployed for an incident. By lap five the car returned to the pits, with Luxton aiming to regain his two second lead over the chasing pack.

Rhys Irwin
Rhys Irwin

By half race distance Luxton had increased his gap to 1.3 second over Talbot and R. Irwin and was consistently the fastest man on track. However, in the closing stages of the race, the group caught Luxton with R. Irwin and Jack Nixon dicing for the lead, and on the final lap it was Irwin who took the victory, with Nixon second and Luxton Third.

Rhys Irwin
Rhys Irwin

Superstock 600 Results

Pos Rider Bike Time/Gap
1 Rhys IRWIN Yamaha 20m34.574
2 Jack NIXON Kawasaki +0.850
3 Ben LUXTON Kawasaki +3.959
4 Zak CORDEROY Kawasaki +5.592
5 Caolan IRWIN Kawasaki +10.051
6 George STANLEY Kawasaki +10.148
7 James ALDERSON Triumph  +11.588
8 Joe TALBOT Kawasaki +11.724
9 Liam DELVES Yamaha  +22.097
10 Simon REID Yamaha +23.634
11 TJ TOMS Yamaha +24.057
12 Daniel BROOKS Kawasaki +27.326
13 Asher DURHAM Kawasaki +43.847
14 Eugene McMANUS Kawasaki +44.149
15 William LATHROPE Triumph +44.445
16 Adam HARTGROVE Yamaha  +46.066
17 Matthew BOWER Kawasaki +47.262
18 Trystan FINOCCHIARO Kawasaki +53.398
19 Luke VERWEY Kawasaki +57.119
20 Taylor MORETON Kawasaki +1m08.093
21 Nathan DRURY Kawasaki +1:10.343
22 Bradley RICHMAN Kawasaki +1m22.971
23 Toby REYNOLDS Yamaha +1m26.466
24 Jake CAMPBELL Kawasaki +1m26.768
25 Kayla BARRINGTON Kawasaki +1m30.573
Not Classifieds
DNF Aaron SILVESTER Yamaha  4 Laps
DNF Conor WHEELER Yamaha  5 Laps
DNF Connor THOMSON Yamaha 7 Laps
DNF Sam LAFFINS Kawasaki 8 Laps
DNF Adam McLEAN Yamaha 8 Laps
DNF Josh COWARD Kawasaki 11 Laps
DNF Michael LARGE-TAYLOR Yamaha /

Superstock 600 Standings

Pos Rider Points
1 Ben LUXTON (Kawasaki) 129
3 Rhys IRWIN (Yamaha) 96
2 Zak CORDEROY (Kawasaki) 96
4 Caolan IRWIN (Kawasaki) 63
5 Jack NIXON (Kawasaki) 52
6 Liam DELVES (Yamaha) 49
7 James ALDERSON (Triumph) 48
8 Daniel BROOKS (Kawasaki) 46
9 Joe TALBOT (Kawasaki) 45
10 Simon REID (Yamaha) 38
11 Adam McLEAN (Yamaha) 27
12 George STANLEY (Kawasaki) 23
13 Eugene McMANUS (Kawasaki) 22
14 Kade VERWEY (Kawasaki) 20
15 Sam LAFFINS (Kawasaki) 18
16 Aaron SILVESTER (Yamaha) 11
17 TJ TOMS (Kawasaki) 10
18 Connor THOMSON (Yamaha) 8
19 Adam HARTGROVE (Yamaha) 7
20 Conor WHEELER (Yamaha) 7
21 Asher DURHAM (Kawasaki) 7
22 Luke VERWEY (Kawasaki) 6
23 Trystan FINOCCHIARO (Kawasaki) 4
24 Taylor MORETON (Kawasaki) 4
25 Christopher SINANAN (Kawasaki) 2
26 William LATHROPE (Triumph) 1
27 Matthew BOWER (Kawasaki) 1

British Junior Supersport Championship

It was Taylor who led the way after the opening lap, with Jones and Davie closely behind as they looked to pull an early gap on the chasing pack. The leader then quickly began to post quick lap times as started to increase his gap over second and third.

Seth Crump crashed out of race 1
Seth Crump crashed out of race 1

By half-race distance Taylor had a three second lead over Davie who held second place, and the number six rider held the lead to take the flag.

After a crash on the first lap for Owen Jenner and Seth Crump, it means that Jenner takes the 2020 Hel Performance British Junior Supersport title.

Junior Supersport Race One

Pos Rider Bike Time/Gap
1 Taz TAYLOR Kawasaki 20m09.228
2 Adon DAVIE Kawasaki +4.990
3 Lewis JONES KTM  +14.956
4 Zak SHELTON Kawasaki +21.263
5 Lynden LEATHERLAND Kawasaki +21.615
6 Kam DIXON Kawasaki +26.219
7 Cameron DAWSON Kawasaki +28.117
8 Finn SMART Kawasaki  +35.244
9 Cameron HALL Kawasaki +36.524
10 Brody CROCKFORD Yamaha +49.451
11 Christopher JOHNSON Kawasaki +55.850
12 James McMANUS Kawasaki +1m04.985
13 Connor SELLORS Kawasaki +1m15.939
14 Jake HOPPER Kawasaki +1m21.150
15 Oscar PINSON Kawasaki +1:21.247
16 Joe ELLIS Kawasaki +1m26.901
17 Lewis JONES Kawasaki +1m42.103
18 Kai DICKINSON Kawasaki +1m45.000
19 Mcauley LONGMORE Kawasaki 1m52.381
20 Kevin COYNE Kawasaki +1m57.175
21 Bradley WILSON Kawasaki +1m58.893
22 Scarlett ROBINSON Kawasaki +1 Lap
23 Rossi BANHAM Yamaha +1 Lap
24 Luke GILBY Kawasaki +1 Lap
Not Classifieds
DNF Andrew SMYTH Kawasaki 1 Lap
DNF James ROSE Kawasaki 1 Lap
DNF Declan CONNELL Kawasaki 4 Laps
DNF Ben TAYLOR Kawasaki 5 Laps
DNF Alessandro VALENTE KTM 5 Laps
DNF Lucca ALLEN Kawasaki 6 Laps
DNF Chloe JONES Yamaha  6 Laps
DNF Samuel LAIDLOW Kawasaki 6 Laps
DNF Kier ARMSTRONG KTM 8 Laps
DNF Owen JENNER Kawasaki 9 Laps
DNF Seth CRUMP Kawasaki 9 Laps

Junior Supersport Race Two

It was the newly crowned Champion Owen Jenner who grabbed the holeshot, slowly extending his lead over the pursuing pack. However, a fast-charging Crockford was able to take over front running on lap three whilst Adon Davie and Lyndon Leatherland were also in close contention.

Brody Crockford
Brody Crockford

Trading places for much of the race, in the closing stages Crockford was able to take back the lead and pull away from the pursuers to eventually take the win by 5.5s ahead of Jenner and Leatherland. Seth Crump also came back from a Race 1 crash to claim fifth in Race 2.

Junior Supersport Race Two Results

Pos Rider Bike Time/Gap
1 Brody CROCKFORD Yamaha 17m54.645
2 Owen JENNER Kawasaki +5.590
3 Lynden LEATHERLAND Kawasaki +6.166
4 Adon DAVIE Kawasaki +6.253
5 Seth CRUMP Kawasaki +6.374
6 Cameron DAWSON Kawasaki +9.157
7 Declan CONNELL Kawasaki +9.512
8 Kam DIXON Kawasaki +9.895
9 Taz TAYLOR Kawasaki +16.099
10 Zak SHELTON Kawasaki +18.729
11 James McMANUS Kawasaki +24.480
12 Andrew SMYTH Kawasaki +29.651
13 Jake HOPPER Kawasaki +33.889
14 Lewis JONES Kawasaki +33.983
15 Lucca ALLEN Kawasaki +34.088
16 Joe ELLIS Kawasaki +34.630
17 Cameron HALL Kawasaki +35.222
18 Christopher JOHNSON Kawasaki +36.420
19 Chloe JONES Yamaha +36.629
20 Kevin COYNE Kawasaki +45.791
21 Connor SELLORS Kawasaki +52.045
22 Bradley WILSON Kawasaki +52.276
23 Mcauley LONGMORE Kawasaki +59.635
24 Rossi BANHAM Yamaha +1m05.257
25 Samuel LAIDLOW Kawasaki +1m05.601
26 James ROSE Kawasaki +1m21.803
27 Luke GILBY Kawasaki +1m48.876
28 Scarlett ROBINSON Kawasaki +1 Lap
Not Classified
DNF Ben TAYLOR Kawasaki 1 Lap
DNF Oscar PINSON Kawasaki 2 Laps
DNF Lewis JONES KTM 2 Laps
DNF Kier ARMSTRONG KTM 2 Laps
DNF Finn SMART Kawasaki 3 Laps
DNF Kai DICKINSON Kawasaki /
DNF Alessandro VALENTE KTM /

Junior Supersport Standings

Pos Rider Points
1 Owen JENNER (Kawasaki) 176
2 Seth CRUMP (Kawasaki) 131
3 Brody CROCKFORD (Yamaha) 116
4 Cameron DAWSON (Kawasaki) 95
5 Zak SHELTON (Kawasaki) 85
6 Adon DAVIE (Kawasaki) 82
7 Oscar PINSON (Kawasaki) 62
8 Osian JONES (Kawasaki) 59
9 Kam DIXON (Kawasaki) 57
10 Lewis JONES #25 (KTM) 56
11 Lynden LEATHERLAND (Kawasaki) 54
12 James McMANUS (Kawasaki) 52
13 Joseph THOMAS (Kawasaki) 47
14 Ash BARNES (Kawasaki) 41
15 Kier ARMSTRONG (KTM) 38
16 Cameron HALL (Kawasaki) 38
17 Taz TAYLOR (Kawasaki) 32
18 Jake HOPPER (Kawasaki) 25
19 Lewis JONES #3 (Kawasaki) 22
20 Andrew SMYTH (Kawasaki) 20
21 Declan CONNELL (Kawasaki) 19
22 Chloe JONES (Yamaha) 16
23 Finn SMART (Kawasaki) 16
24 Christopher JOHNSON (Kawasaki) 16
25 Lucca ALLEN (Kawasaki) 12
26 Kai DICKINSON (Kawasaki) 7
27 Harris BEECH (Yamaha) 7
28 Alessandro VALENTE (KTM) 4
29 Mcauley LONGMORE (Kawasaki) 4
30 Connor SELLORS (Kawasaki) 3
31 Rossi BANHAM (Yamaha) 2

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Brayden Elliott all set for 2020 BSB Superstock 1000 assault

Brayden Elliott to compete BSB Superstock 1000 for 2020


Australian Brayden Elliott has confirmed his 2020 plans, competing for the fourth year running in the BSB Superstock 1000cc Championship on a new 2019 Suzuki GSX-R1000R under No Bull Racing/CFS Filtration and with support from last year’s team CPE Motosport.

BSB Cadwell Park Test Josh Elliott

BSB Cadwell Park Test Josh Elliott

Brayden Elliott competing at Cadwell Park in 2019

2020 will mark the first year that Elliott will have a consecutive year riding for the same team in the British championship, with a packed pre-season testing regime already planned he aims to take advantage of the familiar team environment.

Brayden Elliott

“I’m extremely excited to get the 2020 season underway and for testing to begin. I haven’t ridden since the final round at Brands Hatch last October, so to say I am ready to ride is an understatement. This coming season is the first time since I began racing in the UK that my team situation will stay the same for a continuous season, the same manufacturer of bike, same team and most importantly same personnel surrounding me this year. I am also really looking forward to a fresh look this season, competing in Fluro orange to represent my title sponsor, CFS Filtration.

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BSB Rnd Donington DYeomans STK Brayden Elliott AUYA

Brayden Elliott – Image by David Yeomans

“I’m extremely thankful that my long-term partnerships are once again continuing for another season as well as welcoming on board new companies to be a part of the journey. I’m very humbled by the support of individuals and businesses who believe in my racing and am confident I will do them proud on and off the track. I also need to thank my family and those close to me for continuing to support me in many ways to make this possible.”

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BSB Rnd Donington DYeomans STK Brayden Elliott AROA

Brayden Elliott – Image by David Yeomans

2020 National Superstock 1000 Championship calendar

  • Silverstone, April 10th– 12th
  • Oulton Park, May 1st – 3rd
  • Donington Park, National May 22nd– 24th
  • Snetterton, June 19th– 21st
  • Donington, Park (WSBK Support) July 3rd – 5th
  • Knockhill, July 10th – 12th
  • Brands Hatch GP, July 24th – 26th
  • Thruxton, August 7th– 9th
  • Cadwell Park, August 21st – 23rd
  • Oulton Park, September 4th – 6th
  • Donington Park, October 2nd – 4th
  • Brands Hatch GP, October 16th – 18th

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Redding doubles up at Donington | Sunday BSB Report

2019 British Superbikes

Round 11 Donington Park – Sunday Report


The Bennetts British Superbike Championship Showdown continued with Scott Redding dominating the proceedings, claiming wins across both Superbike races at Donington ahead of Josh Brookes and Tommy Bridewell, and taking a 28-point lead into the Brands Hatch finale ahead of Aussie Brookes.

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Josh Brookes leads Scott Redding – 2019 BSB Donington Park, Round 11

After three previous podiums finishes, Chrissy Rouse and the Morello Racing Kawasaki finally got to stand on the top step of the podium in the Pirelli Superstock 1000 class when they claimed a brilliant win, from Richard Cooper and Jordan Weaving. Aussie Levi Day finished in seventh, with Brayden Elliott 19th.

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Brayden Elliott – 2019 BSB Donington Park, Round 11

Jack Kennedy also doubled up on the Supersport wins, fighting off Brad Jones for the win, with Rory Skinner completing the podium. In the Superstock 600 class Ben Luxton claimed top honours, from Storm Stacey and Eunan McGlinchey.


British Superbikes Race 1

At the start of the opening race Brookes had launched off the line to lead the pack into Redgate for the first time ahead of Redding and Christian Iddon, with Bradley Ray and Tommy Bridewell in close contention.

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Scott Redding – 2019 BSB Donington Park, Round 11

Brookes was heading the pack for Be Wiser Ducati until the third lap when Iddon went for a decisive move with the pair touching at Starkeys Bridge. The move unsettled Brookes and dropped him back to fourth and into the clutches of Peter Hickman.

Redding then had the advantage from Bridewell and Iddon, and started edging out a gap to try and break the pack. The championship leader had been able to set a consistent pace to break Bridewell, but at mid-race distance the rain flags were shown and the Oxford Racing Ducati rider pushed to bridge the gap.

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Scott Redding – 2019 BSB Donington Park, Round 11

Redding though was able to keep his cool to give him the edge at the chequered flag, but behind him the battle for third had turned into a three-way fight between Iddon, Brookes and Hickman.

Iddon was holding the position for Tyco BMW, but as he exited Goddards he lost a footpeg and then had to try to deliver a damage limitation performance which saw him end the race in sixth place as Brookes took advantage of the situation.

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Andrew Irwin – 2019 BSB Donington Park, Round 11

Brookes held off Hickman for third with Andrew Irwin fighting his way through from 14th on the grid to claim fifth place for Honda Racing, pushing Iddon back with two laps to go as he continued to try and fight on.

Xavi Forés was seventh ahead of Ryan Vickers, who scored another top 10 finish for RAF Regular & Reserve Kawasaki following a fierce battle with Luke Mossey and Danny Buchan who grabbed tenth place ahead of Jason O’Halloran and Tarran Mackenzie.

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Billy McConnell – 2019 BSB Donington Park, Round 11

Fellow Australians Billy McConnell and Ben Currie came home in 18th and 19th respectively in Race 1.


British Superbikes Race 2

In race two Brookes was determined to come out and try to take the fight to his teammate. At the start of the race, the Australian got a flying start off the line to lead into Redgate for the first time ahead of Iddon and Redding, with the second placed Tyco BMW rider trying to dive for the lead at Craner Curves before the 2015 champion instantly cut back into the lead.

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Race 2 Start – 2019 BSB Donington Park, Round 11

As Redding moved into second a lap later to force ahead of Iddon, further down the field Billy McConnell crashed out unhurt at the Esses, leaving gravel across the circuit. The BMW Safety Car deployed and as the pack lined up Brookes had the advantage from Redding, Bridewell, Peter Hickman, Iddon and Buchan as the Showdown Title Fighters were locked together.

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Josh Brookes – 2019 BSB Donington Park, Round 11

On the restart though Redding had initially dropped back from Brookes to try and force more heat into the tyres and it worked; Brookes ran wide into Redgate and Redding had the opportunity he needed to make a pass for the lead.

Redding then pushed to bridge a gap but the advantage kept changing, later the championship leader admitted he was suffering with a gearing issue that was causing him to be less consistent with his lap times. Brookes had been reeling him in over the closing stages but it wasn’t enough to make a move on his teammate and he was forced to settle for second place ahead of Bridewell.

Buchan had maintained his fourth place after a tough opening race at Donington Park to fire the FS-3 Racing Kawasaki ahead of Iddon on the Tyco BMW and Bradley Ray, who overcame the disappointment of a technical retirement in race one to hold off a hard-charging Irwin for sixth place.

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Danny Buchan – 2019 BSB Donington Park, Round 11

Irwin had been also battling with his Honda Racing teammate Forés, who had to settle for eighth place with the McAMS Yamaha pairing of Tarran Mackenzie and O’Halloran completing the top 10.

It was a disastrous race for Hickman who had been battling for the fourth place when he lost the chain for the Smiths Racing BMW, ending his race prematurely.

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Ben Currie – 2019 BSB Donington Park, Round 11

Race 2 saw Aussie Ben Currie improve on his Race 1 efforts into 18th, while Billy McConnell recorded a DNF.

Scott Redding – 1-1

“I felt comfortable in race one, so I was able to manage everything quite well. I felt settled leading the race but when a few spots of rain began to fall, I eased off a bit as I didn’t want to get caught Scott Reddingout. When it became clear the rain had stopped, I was able to set the fastest lap of the race and pull away again, so it worked out well in the end. The second race was tricky too as I had a problem with the gear-shifter which meant the bike was pushing me wide into the corners. Josh upped his pace too, which I knew he would, and the gap came down, so I was pleased to bring the bike home and get the double.”

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Scott Redding – 2019 BSB Donington Park, Round 11
Josh Brookes – 3-2

“I made the ideal start to race one, but I knew immediately that something was wrong as I couldn’t find an apex and it was a bit confusing as to why the bike wasn’t working like it had done in qualifying. I lost a couple of places, but I managed to regroup and keep a good pace to come through to take a solid third. I improved to second in race two which I should be pleased with as many riders would Brookes & Reddinggive anything to be in that position but I’m smiling through gritted teeth as I don’t feel like I’m riding as well as I can. I don’t feel like I’m getting the best out of myself so I’m disappointed with the results but there are still 75 points available, so we’ll see what happens at the final round.”

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Josh Brookes – 2019 BSB Donington Park, Round 11
Tommy Bridewell – 2-3

“Another positive weekend for myself and the Oxford Racing Ducati, Moto Rapido Racing team, with the ever changing weather we just struggled to find the sweet spot, but as always the team worked flawlessly and we’ll take the positives into the final round at Brands Hatch in a few weeks time. Thanks for all the support people show me trackside and on the socials, we’ll keep fighting, it’s not over yet.”

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Tommy Bridewell – 2019 BSB Donington Park, Round 11
Tarran Mackenzie – 12-9

“As we didn’t get a dry warm-up, we couldn’t try something different so we went into race one a little blind. The bike didn’t feel the best and I struggled a lot on the front. We made a change for race two which definitely helped the bike, I had a lot stronger pace and was a lot closer to the guys in front which was good. I’m feeling better in myself and on the bike and gaining a lot more confidence. Brands was good for us earlier in the year until the crash so hopefully we can end the year on a high.”

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Tarran Mackenzie – 2019 BSB Donington Park, Round 11
Jason O’Halloran – 11-10

“That was one of the more difficult weekends. We struggled all weekend. Friday was wet, Saturday was dry and both races today were dry. We generally struggled to find a feeling. I struggled for grip in the first race and in one of the biggest surprises, I really struggled on new tyres. I got stronger towards the end once the tyre went away and did my fastest lap on the last lap of the race which is a bit backwards. Race two was better but I struggled with wheelie on the stop start corners, I’m having to use the rear brake so much we’re just getting beat on the straights. We need to see what we can do to improve it to see if we can finish the year off good.”

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Jason O’Halloran – 2019 BSB Donington Park, Round 11
Peter Hickman – 4-DNF

“Results-wise, it’s been a bit of a mixed day but, overall, our pace has been strong throughout. We’ve made more improvements to the bike which has helped us get closer to the front group. In the first race, I made a slight mistake early on when the bike went into neutral at the Melbourne Loop, but I regained the lost places pretty quickly although I didn’t quite have the pace to get onto the podium. Race two was going equally as well and although I had a few slides after the safety car had gone in, the lap times were good, and I felt strong in fifth. I was hanging on a bit to the front group but then the chain snapped which was unusual to say the least but it’s just one of those things and nothing the team could have done so we’ll look to end the season strongly with three strong rides at Brands Hatch.”

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Peter Hickman – 2019 BSB Donington Park, Round 11
Bradley Ray – DNF-6

“We wanted to prove Oulton wasn’t a fluke this weekend. Obviously we know we were quick at Cadwell but the results didn’t come, then we were on the podium at Oulton but struggled at Assen a little bit, going in the wrong direction over the weekend with the bike. Here we were strong again and I think we could have taken the fight to the front guys a bit more but we had the issue in race one and that meant not only did we miss that chance in that race it also ruined race two for us, having to come from so far back. It’s a shame, but I think the performance in race two was good, to come through from that far down. Hopefully we can get the luck at Brands and finish strongly.”

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Race 2 podium, 1) Scott Redding, 2) Josh Brookes, 3) Tommy Bridewell – 2019 BSB Donington Park, Round 11

Bennetts British Superbikes Results/Standings

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Brookes conquers Cadwell and claims series lead

BSB Sunday Results


Josh Brookes could barely have asked for a better weekend at the Cadwell Park BSB, with the two Superbike races seeing him record a 2-1 result to claim the 2019 King of the Mountain title, alongside a 12-point lead in the championship standings heading into Oulton Park.

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Josh Brookes – Cadwell Park BSB 2019

Danny Buchan took the Race 1 win from Brookes and Tommy Bridewell, with Scott Redding a distant fourth. Race 2 saw the trio once again dominate, this time led by Brookes, with Bridewell runner up by 0.476s and Buchan a more distant third.

The results left Josh Brookes holding the Superbike championship lead on 271-points, with Scott Redding on 259, and Tommy Bridewell on 243, with the three riders confirmed as Title Fighters in the Showdown as a result.

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Josh Brookes – Cadwell Park BSB 2019
Josh Brookes

“That’s the racing that I know I can do! In race one I didn’t have anything more for Danny, he deservingly won that race. Race two we went out with a new setting, a couple of little changes, I saw where Danny was stronger and realised where I wasn’t strong enough. Fortunately we were able to make a change to the bike to bridge that gap and then I had Tommy to battle with! It was a great race and Tommy was riding really, really well. I felt like I could see the way he was riding was every bit of the tyre it had, and then with a couple of laps to go I thought surely there’s got to be a little bit of a weakness in the grip area so I pounced to try and see if I could lead, and fortunately I was able to hold him at bay.”

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Josh Brookes tops the Race 2 podium from Buchan and Bridewell – Cadwell Park BSB 2019

British Superbike Race 1

In the opening race of the day Brookes launched off the pole position into the lead on the opening lap from Danny Buchan, Jason O’Halloran and Tommy Bridewell. However, Oxford Racing Ducati’s Bridewell was instantly trying to make a move and dived ahead of O’Halloran on lap three.

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Race Start – Cadwell Park BSB 2019

Buchan was all over Brookes, but it wasn’t until the eleventh lap that he could make a move, which he did at Mansfield to snatch the lead. The FS-3 Racing Kawasaki rider continued to try to break away from the chasing Ducatis of Brookes and Bridewell, and at the chequered flag he managed to edge a gap of 1.047s.

Brookes kept Bridewell at bay as Scott Redding missed out on a debut podium at Cadwell Park. The Be Wiser Ducati rider was able to carve his way up through the field in a hard-fought race, running tenth over the opening laps before scoring a strong fourth place.

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Josh Brookes – Cadwell Park BSB 2019

Peter Hickman had been chasing down Redding; the pair able to take advantage of a mistake from Christian Iddon who had been running fourth, but ran off track on the final lap and managed to salvage sixth place.

O’Halloran was seventh as he held off the second Tyco BMW of Glenn Irwin, who led his brother Andrew to the chequered flag.

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Jason O’Halloran – Cadwell Park BSB 2019

Ryan Vickers completed the top 10 for the RAF Regular & Reserve Kawasaki team ahead of Luke Stapleford and Gino Rea, who impressed on his debut with Bike Devil Sweda MV Agusta.

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Race 1 podium 1) Danny Buchan, 2) Josh Brookes, 3) Tommy Bridewell – Cadwell Park BSB 2019

British Superbike Race 2

In race two Bridewell got off to a flying start, firing the Oxford Racing Ducati to the front of the pack ahead of Brookes and Buchan, with the BMWs of Hickman and Iddon in close pursuit.

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Josh Brookes – Cadwell Park BSB 2019

The drama started early in the race, with Andrew Irwin colliding with Redding on the second lap, sending them both crashing out of the race. The Honda Racing rider was penalised with two penalty points for contact causing a crash which means, having reached a cumulative five penalty points, he will start from the back of the grid for the next race at Oulton Park.

At the front Bridewell was holding the lead until Brookes made a decisive move at Park corner on lap 12 and then he kept his rival at bay until the chequered flag with Buchan claiming another podium finish. The results mean that Brookes, Bridewell and Redding are now confirmed Title Fighters in the Showdown.

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Josh Brookes – Cadwell Park BSB 2019

Iddon moved to within 21 points of the Showdown with a fourth place for Tyco BMW, holding off Hickman in the closing stages of the race with Glenn Irwin taking his best result of the season on the second Tyco BMW in sixth.

Ryan Vickers was seventh for the RAF Regular & Reserve Kawasaki team to claim his best result of his rookie season ahead of Luke Stapleford and Xavi Forés with Billy McConnell completing the top 10 on his stand-in appearance for OMG Racing Suzuki.

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Peter Hickman – Cadwell Park BSB 2019

Jason O’Halloran finished 14th on the McAMS Yamaha in Race 2 and currently sits 10th in the overall standings.


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Brookes & Irwin share Thruxton BSB Superbike wins

2019 British Superbike Championship
Round Seven – Thruxton

Images by Dave Yeomans

Thruxton saw an exciting weekend of racing conclude on Sunday, with Andrew Irwin claiming the opening Bennetts British Superbike race win of the weekend – his first win in the series – ahead of Scott Redding and Josh Brookes.

In Race 2 however, it was Josh Brookes who maintained his momentum at the high-speed Hampshire circuit to claim the victory for Be Wiser Ducati, regulating Irwin to second-place, while Peter Hickman completed the podium, with Aussie Jason O’Halloran just tenths of a second behind in fourth.

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Josh Brookes – 2019 British Superbike Championship Round 10, Thruxton

This marked O’Halloran’s second fourth place of the weekend in a solid result. Fellow Aussie Ben Currie was a DNF in Race 1, and came home in 20th in Race 2.

Taylor Mackenzie claimed the Superstock 1000 race win from Lee Jackson and Billy McConnell, with Richard Cooper launching into the lead from the start but finishing in fourth.

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Kyle Ryde – 2019 British Superbike Championship Round 10, Thruxton

The Supersport class meanwhile saw Kyle Ryde take a narrow win in the second race of the weekend from Jack Kennedy with a tenth of a second between them, with Mason Law a distant third.


Bennetts British Superbike Race 1

At the start of Race 1 Peter Hickman launched off the front row to hit the front of the pack ahead of Andrew Irwin and Jason O’Halloran, but the Honda Racing rider hit the front of the field at the end of the opening lap.

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Peter Hickman – 2019 British Superbike Championship Round 10, Thruxton

His rival instantly hit back to retake the position on the next lap, but Andrew Irwin was back on the attack and he was back in the lead as the pack streamed across the line to start the third lap. O’Halloran though was in fourth place, but he put a move on Christian Iddon and then as the freight train of riders headed into Club on lap four, the Australian had been able to claim the lead for McAMS Yamaha.

As O’Halloran led, the pack had shuffled again and Iddon was then into second place ahead of Andrew Irwin, Hickman, Tommy Bridewell, Scott Redding, Danny Buchan and Josh Brookes on lap six.

A lap later and Andrew Irwin and Hickman were inseparable, but Redding was also on the move and he was into fifth on the leading Be Wiser Ducati. Meanwhile O’Halloran was holding off the chasing pack, but the lead group of nine riders were all in contention.

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Jason O’Halloran – 2019 British Superbike Championship Round 10, Thruxton

On lap ten Hickman moved back into the lead with Iddon then following him through on the brakes as the BMWs held first and second ahead of O’Halloran and Andrew Irwin. O’Halloran was ready to fight back, he made a move at Club a lap later and was back into second place.

The Smiths Racing BMW rider was trying to make a break from the pack, but his rivals could match his pace, while Iddon was dropping back and the Be Wiser Ducati pairing of Redding and Brookes were into fourth and fifth respectively with six laps remaining.

On lap 14 Andrew Irwin then went for a move to take the lead, pushing Hickman pack into second and into the clutches of Redding, O’Halloran and Brookes. Championship leader Redding made his move, lunging ahead of Hickman to move second with O’Halloran still pushing for his first podium of the season.

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Andrew Irwin – 2019 British Superbike Championship Round 10, Thruxton

O’Halloran was back into second a lap later before hitting the front of the field on lap 16 as the final strategies were coming into play over the final five laps of the race. The McAMS Yamaha rider was then holding off the pack that had again changed with Andrew Irwin back in second ahead of Brookes and Redding.

With two laps remaining Andrew Irwin had scythed his way back to the front of the pack with O’Halloran then back in second with Brookes and Redding fighting for third, however the 2015 champion was hungry for a top three finish and he was up to second, but on the final lap Redding was ahead of his teammate again.

On the final run into Club Redding looked to try and make a move on Andrew Irwin for the lead as equally Brookes was looking to move ahead of his teammate, however the Honda rider had the edge to cross the line ahead of the Be Wiser Ducati pairing.

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Andrew Irwin topped the Race 1 podium from Scott Redding and Josh Brookes – 2019 British Superbike Championship Round 10, Thruxton

O’Halloran just missed out on his first podium finish of the season ahead of Hickman and Buchan, who had worked his way through the pack into sixth. Xavi Forés had another strong performance to hold on to sixth place in the standings ahead of Tommy Bridewell and Luke Mossey. Ryan Vickers was back inside the top ten in his rookie season for the RAF Regular & Reserve Kawasaki team.

Bennetts British Superbike Race 2

The second race had started with a battle for the lead between O’Halloran and Brookes with Hickman and race one winner Andrew Irwin in the mix, but on lap nine the race was red flagged as light rain began to fall.

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Jason O’Halloran – 2019 British Superbike Championship Round 10, Thruxton

When the race restarted, Hickman had the jump off the line to lead on the opening lap from Brookes, Andrew Irwin and Bridewell. On the second lap Brookes was coming under fire from a determined Honda Racing rider, but Dan Linfoot was also on the move and he was up into third ahead of Hickman.

However a crash for Glenn Irwin at the Club chicane caused another red flag when the stricken Tyco BMW was in the middle of the track and leaking fluid. The Racesafe marshals worked to clear the scene before the race was restarted again with an eight-lap sprint to the chequered flag.

On the final restart Brookes wasn’t taking any prisoners and he fired himself into the lead and then went to make a break, eventually crossing the line 4.276s ahead of the chasing pack to claim his fifth victory of the season for Be Wiser Ducati.

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Josh Brookes – 2019 British Superbike Championship Round 10, Thruxton

The battle for second ensued behind with Andrew Irwin and Hickman banging fairings in their quest to break into the top six in the standings. The pair were trading blows with Bridewell, Hickman, Iddon, O’Halloran and Redding also all in the mix.

However, a mistake on lap three saw Redding run on at Club and having not completed the re-join into the race correctly, he was issued a long lap penalty. The Be Wiser Ducati rider had three laps to complete the long lap as the race laps counted down, however he failed to do so, and despite crossing the line in a podium position, he was given the ride through equivalent penalty of 15 seconds. That dropped him down to 22nd and outside of the points.

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Andrew Irwin – 2019 British Superbike Championship Round 10, Thruxton

Andrew Irwin meanwhile had his strongest weekend of his career claiming a second place in race two, ahead of Hickman who was third to take the first podium finish for the new BMW S1000 RR.

O’Halloran had completed his best performance of the season to finish in fourth place for McAMS Yamaha, holding off Bridewell in the closing stages.

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Josh Brookes topped the Race 2 podium from Irwin and Bridewell – 2019 British Superbike Championship Round 10, Thruxton

Iddon equalled his best race result of the season in sixth place ahead of Xavi Forés, who just dropped outside of the top six in the points ahead of Cadwell Park. Buchan maintained his position inside the top six with an eighth place ahead of Luke Mossey and Linfoot who completed the top ten.

Andrew Irwin – 1-2

“Thruxton has probably been the best weekend of my life, it’s one that you never think will happen! I’ve had so much fun riding this weekend. We did loads of homework on Friday and Saturday and the Fireblade has been so good in all sessions, the boys did an awesome job! It is such an amazing feeling to win! I think I passed Jason going into the last lap or something like that and I felt like I had some tyre left. The pace was funny it went up and down a lot with whoever went to the lead. I just wanted to put a strong lap together on the last lap. It is a dream come true, it’s been a tough road to get here, the best road and I’ve learnt a lot along the way. Whenever I won a Supersport race, I only won one but my team-mate helped me along the way so this feels like my first proper win that I’ve ever got so I’m delighted and I can’t thank Honda enough for all their hard work.”

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Andrew Irwin – 2019 British Superbike Championship Round 10, Thruxton
Josh Brookes – 3-1

“Tyre conservation is on your mind all weekend here at Thruxton so with the second race going from 20 laps to 13 laps and then down to eight laps, I could ride exactly how I wanted to and just went full speed as the tyre was always going to last eight laps.I just got my head down and went for it and whilst it may not have been as close as the first race, I enjoyed it a lot more. The field is so level now, every race is tough but Pirelli have done a great job with the tyres and they’re a little bit easier to manage around here now and although I still wanted more from myself, I was happy with the first race podium.I got pushed around a bit too much on track and needed to find a little bit more confidence, so the second race win has given me exactly what I needed and it’s great to be back on the top step.”

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Josh Brookes – 2019 British Superbike Championship Round 10, Thruxton
Jason O’Halloran – 4-4

“It was good to get some solid finishes. I am a little bit disappointed not to be on the podium as I felt we had really good pace in both races. We’ll take fourth today, the boys have done a good job. I’ve said it the last couple of rounds, if we get a full weekend without any issues in practice and qualifying and we’ll be back up the sharp end and that’s what we’ve done this weekend. Everybody has done a great job and it feels nice to have some momentum and build through the first two days of the weekend. I had a crash at Snetterton and to be honest I’ve had a bit of an issue with my left shoulder, so I have to thank my physio and the physio team at the track. We’ve got a couple of weeks off before Cadwell, so I’ll try and get a bit fitter and see if we can carry this momentum to Cadwell.”

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Jason O’Halloran – 2019 British Superbike Championship Round 10, Thruxton
Xavi Forés – 7-7

“To be honest I feel frustrated this weekend, I had good pace to be on the podium, but starting towards the back of the grid was hard to manage. The first few laps here are crazy and I had to adapt quite a bit to be strong in the first part of the race. The second race I did the third fastest lap, which means I am always improving lap-by-lap. Coming home with two seventh place finishes is good for me, especially at this kind of track where I have not ridden before and it’s not easy for me to defend my position. I feel if we can improve our qualification for the next races we will be so much more competitive. Good job from all the team, we had a great weekend and especially with Andrew’s win and podium, I feel we now have a really good package with the Fireblade.”


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Buchan & Redding share Knockhill BSB victories

British Superbike 2019

Knockhill – Round 5

Images by David Yeomans


Danny Buchan of the FS3-Racing Kawasaki team took victory in the opening race at Knockhill, marking the fifth different winner in the premiere class in five rounds.

Scott Redding scored top honours in the second bout to reclaim the championship lead from Tommy Bridewell.

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Danny Buchan

Josh Brookes went 8-4 for the weekend, while fellow Aussies Jason O’Halloran and Ben Currie failed to finish either race.

Jason O’Halloran suffered machine problems in both races which saw organisers give him the black-orange flag forcing his retirement from both races.

For Ben Currie his return from injury turned out to be a little premature with his injured foot not coping with the stress of the racing conditions which forced the young Victorian to pull out of the races.

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Josh Brookes

In Superstock 1000 Levi Day suffered a DNF in race one due to a loosening boot starting to come adrift from his foot which forced him to pit. He then closed out the weekend with a 14 place result.

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Levi Day in the wet conditions

British Superbikes

BSB Superbikes Race 1

At the start of the opening race Tarran Mackenzie launched off the front row to lead the pack from pole-sitter Xavi Forés and Buchan with Christian Iddon and Jason O’Halloran in close contention. A moment for Forés dropped him behind Buchan on lap five and then the FS3-Racing Kawasaki rider was hunting down Mackenzie at the front.

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Jason O’Halloran

Buchan was piling the pressure on Mackenzie at the front and with a decisive move at the Hairpin on lap five and then posted consistent lap times to begin to make a break from the pack. Mackenzie though crashed out of contention before mid-race distance ending his chance of a podium finish.

Buchan was untroubled at the front but behind the battle for second place went down to the wire as Scott Redding was cutting through the pack from his 16th place grid start; by the final ten laps the Be Wiser Ducati rider had closed down the battle for second with Forés leading Iddon.

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Danny Buchan

Redding had closed the gap and with three laps to go he made a move at turn five on Iddon to move ahead of the Tyco BMW rider and then repeated the move a lap later to move into second place as Forés held third.

Redding celebrated a determined second place finish ahead of Forés and Iddon who claimed Tyco BMW’s best result of the season. Tommy Bridewell was fifth ahead of Bradley Ray and Luke Mossey. Luke Stapleford and Glenn Irwin completed the top ten.

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Christian Iddon

BSB Superbikes Race 2

In race two Redding returned to the top of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship podium at Knockhill, mastering the Scottish circuit to claim the race two victory for Be Wiser Ducati and move back to the top of the standings by four points.

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Scott Redding

At the start of the race Mackenzie claimed the initial advantage into turn one, but Buchan carved ahead just a corner later to put the FS3-Racing Kawasaki back at the front of the field. Redding was in third and he moved second on lap two with a move at the Hairpin on the Be Wiser Ducati.

Iddon had been sitting in eighth place but a crash at turn four on the third lap left the Tyco BMW with a fractured left fibula. The BMW Safety Car was deployed and as the pack formed up behind, Buchan, Redding and Mackenzie were the leading trio with Josh Brookes, Ray and Bridewell next in line.

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Danny Buchan would also crash out in Race 2

Redding was instantly on the attack when the race resumed and after two laps he had pulled a decisive move on Buchan to take the lead. Buchan and Mackenzie then were embroiled in a battle for second, but Bridewell was also on the move and desperate to forge his way further up the order.

By lap 17 Buchan had made a move on Redding to regain the lead, but a lap later an unfortunate crash saw the FS3-Racing Kawasaki rider tumble out of the action unhurt. That gave Redding the advantage he needed and he was able to hold the advantage until the race was red flagged on lap 25 when Ray suffered a mechanical failure and subsequently affected the track conditions.

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Scott Redding claimed the Race 2 win for an overall victory and championship lead

Mackenzie had been eager to make amends for his race one crash and he was able to hold off Bridewell in the closing stages as the pair completed the race two podium with Brookes and Andrew Irwin completing the top five.

Peter Hickman had been giving chase to Ray before his technical problem and that meant the Smiths Racing BMW rider claimed sixth place ahead of Dan Linfoot and Mossey who held off Glenn Irwin and James Ellison.

Danny Buchan – Race One Winner

“It’s still not sunk in yet and I’m pretty overwhelmed by it, it was such a long first race. At the beginning of the race I actually hit Taz (Mackenzie), I hit his exhaust going down the straight. It was a good race and I knew I could do a good job, mid race onwards I settled into a rhythm and brought the bike home and took my first win. Credit to the FS3 team for all their hard work that they have put in, to pick up my first win and the team’s first BSB win, it has been a long time coming. I’ve been trying and trying it’s been a stressful three years for everyone around me. Thanks to all my family and friends who have always supported me.”

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Danny Buchan on the podium in Race 1
Scott Redding – Race Two Winner

“Scotland is great! Danny (Buchan) is the man at Knockhill this weekend – he has been strong in the wet and dry. He won the first race so he had that confidence, I was confident as well as I came through I knew I had the pace. I didn’t really want to lead. I wanted to learn as I am still learning the tracks so when he came by he was pulling away, but I could catch him so I was like, just stay there. The Safety Car came out and I just thought, ‘ok regroup’, we went again and he had a little moment and I thought should I just stay behind? And I thought no I will just try and lead a little bit and see how it goes. I led a couple of laps and felt good, then I think I ran a bit wide in to one of the corners and Danny came by and I thought, that’s alright I will try and stay and learn. I learnt a little bit through the chicane and I thought I will just stay here and have a dig at the end and he lost the front and I thought, oh now I am leading again! I picked my pace up and then it was done. The race was good, I am happy to have the win with the second this morning; people said will Redding manage the British tracks once we get to Knockhill – now we know!”

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Scott Redding claimed the Race 2 win and top overall honours with a 2-1
Josh Brookes – 8-4

“To be honest, I’m glad to be leaving Knockhill as it hasn’t been a great weekendand I’m disappointed for the whole team as everyone’s been working hard and putting in as much effort as always. It just hasn’t clicked for me this weekend and although it started well on Friday, it came to a halt after that and we never really progressed with our pace stuck at that level. The weather made it tough although it was the same for everyone, but we made some small improvements for the second race and salvaged a half decent result with fourth. I wish we were going to Snetterton straightaway to clear my head but it’s been a good circuit to me in the past and I’m confident the Be Wiser Ducati will work well there so I’ll be looking to bounce back strongly and get back to the front.”

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Josh Brookes
Xavi Forés – 3-11

“It’s been a bitter sweet weekend at Knockhill, but we do have many positives to take away. I wasn’t expecting at all to take the pole position yesterday, or finish on the podium! Being back on the podium after the results at Brands was like a victory for me and the team, I’m happy as we were there in dry conditions, so we are making good steps with the Fireblade, but we do still have some work to do. The second race was hard, I started from 13th and made it hard work for myself to get back up into the leading pack. During the race I felt I was defending rather than attacking and it was hard work, the wind at the circuit also picked up and that didn’t help. But I think moving to the next round we have to take the positives with us from this weekend and remind ourselves that we can be up there, have the pace and finish on the podium.”

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Xavi Fores
Tarran Mackenzie – DNF-2

“I’m leaving with a smile on my face, which is nice I was very annoyed with myself for crashing out of the first race. There was a backmarker in front of Danny and I tried to stick to the left as the inside of the track was so wet and I was on the dirty part of the track and it caught me out. Fortunately we made amends in race two. I put together a good pace towards the end of the race, Scott was probably a bit too far away but it got cut short anyway. It’s nice after what happened at Brands, I’m happy to finish second and come away with some solid points.”

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Tarran Mackenzie
Jason O’Halloran – DNF-DNF

“We worked hard this weekend and were fourth quickest overall after practice. Then the rain came for qualifying and I ended up eighth on the grid but I was feeling good for race day. Conditions were really hard in race one with a narrow dry line. I was up to fifth when I unfortunately had to retire with a technical problem. I was given a penalty for race two and ended up 21st on the grid, but I made my way into the group fighting for the top ten before unfortunately having to retire again with a technical problem. Snetterton is up next, somewhere I love racing so I’m looking forward to that already.”

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Jason O’Halloran

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Brookes does the Oulton Park BSB double | O’Halloran 4-7

2019 BSB

Round Two – Oulton Park

Images by David Yeomans Photography

Josh Brookes was on form at Oulton Park BSB, claiming both Superbike race wins on the Be Wiser Ducati, firing himself up into the top six, with 50 championship points to his name, after a tough season opener, just 14-points off the current leaders.

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Josh Brookes

Brookes had been strong throughout the weekend as the 2015 champion arrived in Cheshire determined to make amends for a non-point score at the Silverstone season opener. The Be Wiser Ducati ace became the third different rider to claim a victory in 2019 as he held off Tommy Bridewell in the opening race. Ducati also became the third race-winning manufacturer so far this season, marking the first triumph for the new V4R.

Brookes and Bridewell made a breakaway at the front of the pack with the Oxford Racing Ducati rider shadowing the Australian throughout the 17 lap race but he couldn’t find the opportunity to make a pass and, despite piling on the pressure, the Be Wiser Ducati team emerged victorious.

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Tommy Bridewell

Jason O’Halloran had initially been holding third place over the opening laps but the McAMS Yamaha rider was soon under threat as Danny Buchan carved his way up the order from sixth to close in on the Australian by the tenth lap.

O’Halloran was defending but the FS-3 Racing Kawasaki rider was determined, made his move and gradually edged out an advantage to the finish line. The battle for fifth went down to the wire between Scott Redding and Peter Hickman, with the Bennetts BSB rookie holding off the challenges of the Smiths Racing BMW rider despite his circuit knowledge to claim a hard-fought fifth place.

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Jason O’Halloran

Keith Farmer was the leading Tyco BMW to cross the finish line at the chequered flag, claiming seventh place as teammate Christian Iddon was forced to retire despite battling in the top five during the opening stages of the race.

At the start of the second race Brookes again launched to the front of the pack on the Be Wiser Ducati ahead of O’Halloran and Bridewell, but the Oxford Racing Ducati rider was instantly on the attack and on the second lap and moved ahead of the McAMS Yamaha.

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Danny Buchan

O’Halloran was fighting hard but he was soon under pressure from Iddon and Buchan. Iddon edged the Tyco BMW down the inside at Old Hall on lap four with Buchan then diving down the inside at Lodge to push O’Halloran back down the order.

Redding was also on the move and he was shadowing O’Halloran for fifth place; which he grabbed on the run into Old Hall at the start of the sixth lap as Mackenzie closed in on the pair. Mackenzie was pushing his teammate and he also made a move as the Australian continued to push on despite still suffering from a shoulder injury from last week’s test.

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Scott Redding

As Brookes held off Bridewell for the win in the closing stages, Buchan celebrated his third consecutive podium finish for FS3-Racing Kawasaki, with Redding holding fourth after fending off the final push from Mackenzie over the closing laps.

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Josh Brookes claimed top Superbike honours at Oulton Park BSB
Josh Brookes

“It has been a really great weekend and the result that the Be Wiser Ducati team deserved and we can move on from Silverstone. Race one was a really positive start and then before race two I knew Tommy was going to be a big threat. But I was also a bit worried about Danny because I knew he’d come through the pack quite strong in race one, and in that race he was starting a lot further up the grid so I was thinking it could be the three of us battling out at front. I just wanted to try and stay clear of any trouble, and I knew Tommy was right behind me in both races. I just put as many fast laps together as I could, the race pace was a lot quicker in race two than race one, so I just looked at my board and I kept seeing plus zero. I knew that one of us (Bridewell) was going to have to break but finally I was able to get a little buffer and then it kind-of crept out so it made the end of the race a bit easier for me but this was a perfect weekend.”

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Josh Brookes

Iddon claimed his best result of the season in sixth place for Tyco BMW ahead of O’Halloran and Farmer who battled with his McAMS Yamaha rival until the finish. Andrew Irwin managed to get the better of rookie Ryan Vickers in the closing stages to finish ninth ahead of the Superbike rookie.

Jason O’Halloran

“It’s good to score some points! I was really happy with fourth in race one, but in race two I struggled a bit and ended up seventh. We had to salvage as many points as we could after not scoring at Silverstone, but it wasn’t easy as unfortunately last week at the test I had a small slip off at Hizzy’s and fractured my right humerus just near my shoulder… I haven’t said a lot about it as I wanted to keep my head down and everyone focused on what we were doing, but riding Oulton Park with a slightly broken bone is not ideal. We’ve got a few weeks now before Donington, so I’ll keep on with the therapy, get fit and healthy and hopefully be back to full fitness.”

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Jason O’Halloran
Tarran Mackenzie

“It’s been a tricky weekend, race one was difficult as I out braked myself into Lodge on the first lap, making it hard work for myself as I re-joined 17th! I managed to finish eighth which wasn’t too bad and then had a better starting position in race two. I got stuck behind a rider for a bit too long, two or three laps, but once I got past I managed to chase after Jason, Christian and Scott and finally caught Scott, but I was a little bit too late to take fourth! Fifth place doesn’t sound great, but after the weekend I’ve had I’m happy with that. We’ve got a good feeling on the bike and I’m looking forward to my home round in a couple of weeks’ time.”

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Tarran Mackenzie

BSB Superbikes Results

Pos Name Gap
1 Josh Brookes 27’07.841
2 Tommy Bridewell 0.204
3 Danny Buchan 3.543
4 Jason O’Halloran 7.307
5 Scott Redding 10.529
6 Peter Hickman 10.648
7 Keith Farmer 15.758
8 Tarran Mackenzie 16.147
9 Ryan Vickers 16.859
10 Josh Elliott 19.364

Pos Name Gap
1 Josh Brookes 28’38.183
2 Tommy Bridewell 2.686
3 Danny Buchan 7.035
4 Scott Redding 9.37
5 Tarran Mackenzie 9.614
6 Christian Iddon 12.572
7 Jason O’Halloran 16.142
8 Keith Farmer 16.171
9 Andrew Irwin 20.801
10 Ryan Vickers 21.027

  1. Tarran MACKENZIE (Yamaha) 64
  2. Tommy BRIDEWELL (Ducati) 64
  3. Danny BUCHAN (Kawasaki) 55
  4. Josh ELLIOTT (Suzuki) 52
  5. Josh BROOKES (Ducati) 50
  6. Scott REDDING (Ducati) 40
  7. Andrew IRWIN (Honda) 31
  8. Luke MOSSEY (Suzuki) 25
  9. Jason O’HALLORAN (Yamaha) 22
  10. Keith FARMER (BMW) 22
  11. Luke STAPLEFORD (Suzuki) 20
  12. Peter HICKMAN (BMW) 19
  13. Ryan VICKERS (Kawasaki) 18
  14. Dan LINFOOT (Yamaha) 16
  15. Christian IDDON (BMW) 15


Pirelli Superstock 1000

Richard Cooper took his third Pirelli National Superstock 1000 victory of the season with a last lap, last corner move on Taylor Mackenzie. Mackenzie launched off the line to be the early race leader but the Buildbase Suzuki of Cooper had found a way past by lap three and set about building a small lead over the pursuing pack.

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Billy McConnell had to settle for fifth

A string of fast laps from Mackenzie however saw the Bathams BMW rider close up, re-taking the lead on lap ten before Cooper took it back just two laps later. Coming down to the final lap, Mackenzie was back into the lead but a move into the final corner saw Cooper take the victory by just 0.148s. Alex Olsen was able to secure third place ahead of Lee Jackson and Billy McConnell.

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Pirelli National Superstock 1000 podium – Oulton Park

Aussies Levi Day claimed 21st, with Brayden Elliott 27th.

Levi Day

“Wasn’t our race today! Damp but drying track with everyone on wets. A rider infront of me spun out on the grid and I had to take avoiding action, just clipping him but fortunately missing big impact. I lost a heap of positions and dropped down to 29th. Managed to fight back to 21st, not how we had hoped the race would go but did my best after the start drama! Big thanks to my team at IN Competition Aprilia and all my sponsors, AJN Steelstock and everyone in my corner! We will continue working hard for round 3 at Donington in three weeks time!”

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Levi Day
Brayden Elliott

“Difficult weekend from start to finish. Letting myself down with poor qualifying making for such hard work to push forward during the race. With the help of my team I’m confident we can pin point a few areas to focus on and improve at Round 3!”

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Brayden Elliott

Pirelli National Superstock 1000 Results

  1. Richard COOPER GBR Suzuki 24:29.311
  2. Taylor MACKENZIE GBR BMW +0.148
  3. Alex OLSEN GBR BMW +0.683
  4. Lee JACKSON GBR Kawasaki +4.309
  5. Billy McCONNELL AUS Suzuki +15.042
  6. Luke HEDGER GBR Kawasaki +24.909
  7. Lewis ROLLO GBR Aprilia +25.420
  8. Tom NEAVE GBR Honda +27.602
  9. Andrew REID GBR BMW +31.173
  10. Joe COLLIER GBR Kawasaki +31.395
    …21. Levi DAY AUS Aprilia +1:03.053
    …27. Brayden ELLIOTT AUS Suzuki +1:19.010

  1. Richard COOPER 71
  2. Taylor MACKENZIE 63
  3. Alex OLSEN 58
  4. Lee JACKSON 39
  5. Eemeli LAHTI 26.5
  6. Tom NEAVE 26
  7. Lewis ROLLO 25
  8. Luke HEDGER 24.5
  9. Billy McCONNELL 21.5
  10. Leon JEACOCK 12
    …14. Levi DAY 8


British Supersport

Jack Kennedy cemented a perfect weekend at Oulton Park, completing the double in the Dickies British Supersport Championship; his fourth win from four races. In a carbon copy of yesterday’s Sprint race, the Appleyard Macadam Integro Yamaha rider controlled the race from the opening lap, steadily pulling away to take victory by 2.387s and extend his lead at the top of the standings to 20 points.

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Jack Kennedy leads the Dickies Supersport

It was an action-packed battle for the final podium slots behind him though as Alastair Seeley and Brad Jones swapped paint every lap as they vied for second place whilst Kyle Ryde was in close contention in fourth. A red flag on lap 11 prevented a last lap showdown, leaving Seeley to take second, Jones third whilst Ryde was again the leading GP2 machine.

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Alastair Seeley

Jamie Perrin was the second of the GP2 machines in fifth overall, ahead of Harry Truelove, Lee Johnston and the third GP2 bike of Sam Wilford.

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Dickies Supersport Podium Oulton Park

Dickies British Supersport Results

  1. Jack KENNEDY IRL Yamaha 19:40.668
  2. Alastair SEELEY GBR Yamaha +3.601
  3. Brad JONES GBR Yamaha +3.682
  4. Kyle RYDE GBR Kalex +18.658
  5. Harry TRUELOVE GBR Yamaha +24.965
  6. Jamie PERRIN GBR Chassis Factory +25.752
  7. Josh OWENS GBR ABM Triumph +27.241
  8. Kurt WIGLEY GBR Yamaha +29.757
  9. Bradley PERIE GBR Yamaha +30.198
  10. Charlie NESBITT GBR Yamaha +30.263

  1. Jack KENNEDY IRL Yamaha 16:25.641
  2. Alastair SEELEY GBR Yamaha +2.387
  3. Brad JONES GBR Yamaha +2.578
  4. Kyle RYDE GBR Kalex +3.269
  5. Jamie PERRIN GBR Chassis Factory +16.259
  6. Harry TRUELOVE GBR Yamaha +16.989
  7. Lee JOHNSTON GBR Yamaha +17.656
  8. Sam WILFORD GBR Honda +26.171
  9. Bradley PERIE GBR Yamaha +26.854
  10. Richard KERR IRL Triumph +27.546

  1. Jack KENNEDY 100
  2. Alastair SEELEY 80
  3. Brad JONES 64
  4. Harry TRUELOVE 45
  5. Lee JOHNSTON 37
  6. Richard KERR 34
  7. Bradley PERIE 29
  8. Kurt WIGLEY 28
  9. Ben WILSON 23
  10. Tom OLIVER 21

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Josh Brookes tops FP at Oulton Park | O’Halloran P7

2019 BSB

Round Two – Oulton Park – Free Practice

Images by David Yeomans Photography

Josh Brookes topped free practice at Oulton Park, with the 2015 champion claiming the fastest times at each of the opening two Bennetts British Superbike Championship free practice sessions at the Cheshire circuit, upping his pace in the afternoon to end the day with the edge over Danny Buchan by 0.723.

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Josh Brookes – Oulton Park BSB 2019

The opening session had been interrupted with red flags, but Brookes was unfazed and continued to improve his pace, despite Danny Buchan moving ahead several times during the opening free practice before the FS-3 Racing Kawasaki rider ended the session third fastest.

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Danny Buchan – Oulton Park BSB 2019

The 45 minute afternoon session saw all the positions change in the closing minutes with Brookes heading back to the top, positing a time on his final one that would cement his position at the top as he became the only rider to lap in the 1m:34s barrier, 0.723s ahead of Buchan.

Josh Brookes – P1

“It has been a good day. I am not surprised with the lap time because I’ve been there before, or close to that. The fastest I’ve been here before was actually in a race and I did 34.4, which is a lap record, so to do 34.3 is a PB, which is great. But Jake Dixon did 33.7 last year so there’s still areas to gain and still room to improve. Without Jake being here on his bike from last year and showing what the gauge is, I don’t know if that’s even achievable. Maybe a 33.8 is possible, a 33.7 isn’t, I don’t know. At the moment I know that the bike’s not perfect, there’s definitely more edge grip to be found because I had it in this morning but we’ve gained a load of drive grip so I’ve got to decide which way is better – to go in search of more edge grip or ride with the bike as it is and work on other little details and see if that helps, so that’s where we’re at.”

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Josh Brookes – Oulton Park BSB 2019

It has been a strong session for the FS-3 Racing Kawasaki team with Buchan building on his experience at the recent test to maintain his position inside the top five with Peter Hickman again repeating his impressive performance on the Smiths Racing BMW to hold third place, having also had a stint at the top of the times in the earlier stages of the session.

Luke Mossey was again the fastest of the OMG Racing Suzuki riders, holding off Tommy Bridewell and Christian Iddon in the closing stages as he improved his pace on the final run of the second free practice session.

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Peter Hickman – Oulton Park BSB 2019

Earlier in the day Jason O’Halloran bounced back from his crash at last week’s test to finish fourth fastest in the opening session for McAMS Yamaha, holding off Tommy Bridewell who continued to move up the order for the Oxford Racing Ducati team.

Jason O’Halloran had to settle for seventh fastest in FP2 however, as the leading McAMS Yamaha as he bids to make amends this weekend after a double non-points score last time out at Silverstone, while Ryan Vickers continued to build momentum in his rookie campaign with the RAF Regular & Reserve Kawasaki team in eighth place.

Jason O’Halloran – P7

“It was nice to get back on the bike after the test last week. I feel good and my body is good. We’re just working through chassis settings and trying different things with the bike as I’m still learning about the Yamaha and looking to find the sweet spot around here. We learned a lot today and I expect to make a step forward in the morning, so I’m not too stressed.”

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Jason O’Halloran – Oulton Park BSB 2019

Tarran Mackenzie was back inside the top ten in this afternoon’s session holding off Keith Farmer who completed the top ten, edging out joint championship leader Josh Elliott, Bradley Ray on the leading Buildbase Suzuki and Scott Redding on the second Be Wiser Ducatis.

Ben Currie took P13 in FP1 , but while having a good session crashed at Shell and sustained a fracture to his left leg, and is currently undergoing checks on his leg and foot in Stoke Hospital.

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Ben Currie fractured his leg, ending his weekend at Oulton Park

Fraser Rogers also crashed during the opening session at Water Tower, sustaining a fracture to his right arm.

BSB Superbikes FP1/FP2 Results

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Tarran Mackenzie on pole for BSB season opener

2019 British Superbike
Round One – Silverstone


Tarran Mackenzie claimed his first pole position in the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Silverstone this afternoon, holding off his hard-charging team-mate Jason O’Halloran by 0.054s whilst Scott Redding fired himself onto the front row ahead of his BSB race debut tomorrow (Sunday).

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Jason O’Halloran

There was a dramatic start to the opening Datatag Qualifying session of the season for Josh Brookes, who suffered a technical problem with his Be Wiser Ducati, causing a brief red flag delay and the 2015 champion will start 18th on the grid for tomorrow’s opening race.

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Josh Brookes Ducati failed him

It was a close battle to qualify for Q2 with 24 riders covered by just 0.728s and the first rider to narrowly miss out was Quattro Plant – JG Speedfit Kawasaki’s Ben Currie in the closing seconds of the opening session.

SBK QP Ben Currie
Ben Currie

In Q2 there was another incredible battle to be inside the top nine to qualify for the final Q3 stage; the Honda Racing pairing narrowly missed out on making the cut, just 0.056s putting Andrew Irwin the first in the drop zone adrift of Christian Iddon, who held ninth for Tyco BMW.

SBK Josh Elliott
Josh Elliott

When Q3 got underway Mackenzie was straight out of pitlane and instantly on the attack for a flying lap, setting the benchmark early ahead of O’Halloran and Josh Elliot as OMG Racing Suzuki qualified for the final qualifying stage for the first time.

Redding meanwhile had been building momentum during his first Datatag Qualifying experience and he moved into sixth, before a final attack put him into third and on the front row ahead of his much-anticipated race debut.

Elliot was able to hold off his team-mate Luke Mossey to head the second row as the OMG Racing Suzuki celebrated their strongest qualifying performances to date ahead of Dan Linfoot on the Santander Salt TAG Yamaha.

SBK Tommy Bridewell
Tommy Bridewell

Tommy Bridewell and the Oxford Racing Ducati team will start in seventh place after their hard work to rebuild the stricken machine after yesterday’s crash with Christian Iddon and Luke Stapleford completing the top nine.


2019 British Superbike
Round One – Silverstone
Qualifying Times

  1. Tarran Mackenzie – Yamaha 53.549 Q3
  2. Jason O’Halloran – Yamaha 53.604 Q3
  3. Scott Redding – Ducati 53.607 Q3
  4. Josh Elliott – Suzuki 53.738 Q3
  5. Luke Mossey – Suzuki 53.808 Q3
  6. Dan Linfoot – Yamaha 53.874 Q3
  7. Tommy Bridewell – Ducati 53.893 Q3
  8. Christian Iddon – BMW 54.081 Q3
  9. Luke Stapleford – Suzuki 54.223 Q3
  10. Andrew Irwin – Honda 54.122 Q2
  11. Xavi Fores – Honda 54.181 Q2
  12. Claudio Corti – Kawasaki 54.238 Q2
  13. Ryan Vickers – Kawasaki 54.274 Q2
  14. Danny Buchan – Kawasaki 54.309 Q2
  15. Glenn Irwin – Kawasaki 54.325 Q2
  16. Bradley Ray – Suzuki 54.381 Q2
  17. David Allingham – Yamaha 54.680 Q2
  18. Josh Brookes – Ducati 54.213 Q1
  19. Ben Currie – Kawasaki 54.380 Q1
  20. Keith Farmer – BMW 54.489 Q1
  21. Peter Hickman – BMW 54.507 Q1
  22. Sylvain Barrier – Ducati 54.656 Q1
  23. Matt Truelove – Yamaha 54.711 Q1
  24. Joe Francis – BMW 54.730 Q1
  25. Shaun Winfield – Yamaha 55.104 Q1
  26. James Ellison – BMW 55.288 Q1
  27. Dean Harrison – Kawasaki 55.332 Q1
  28. Fraser Rogers – Kawasaki 55.341 Q1
  29. Dean Hipwell – Kawasaki 55.357 Q1
  30. James Hiller – Kawasaki 55.568 Q1
  31. Sam Coventry – Kawasaki 55.734 Q1
  32. Conor Cummins – Honda 55.744 Q1

Tarran Mackenzie – P1

“It feels really good to be on pole position as I didn’t have the best pre-season really. I felt good on the bike but I just wasn’t that fast, so coming here after the test I was a bit more confident. In Q2 the bike felt perfect so I felt happy going into Q3, I didn’t expect pole position so this is awesome and I can’t wait for tomorrow.”

SBK Pole Tarran Mackenzie
Tarran Mackenzie

Scott Redding – P3

“If you are an adrenaline junkie that was exactly what you want to do – for me that was insane! I am used to one qualifying session and then maybe a second one. You don’t want to make a mistake in Q1 but then in Q3 you just close your eyes and go all in. That was so much adrenaline and I am super happy with that. I was a bit nervous to start with but this system is amazing as you can get clear laps at the end. I wanted to go for the pole position, that was my mindset and I think how it was for everyone. Unfortunately it wasn’t me today but it is a good start to my season.”

SBK Scott Redding
Scott Redding

British Superstock 1000

Richard Cooper enjoyed a perfect start to his Pirelli National Superstock 1000 Championship with a double win in the two opening races.

STK Cooper Leads
Richard Cooper leads STK1000

In the first 24 lap race, it was Cooper who grabbed the holeshot ahead of Taylor Mackenzie and Alex Olsen. Maintaining positions for the opening half of the race, Olsen made his move into the lead but was unable to break away leaving it a battle until the last lap to decide the victor.

STK Richard Cooper
Richard Cooper

Coming into the final corner in the lead, a problem for Olsen saw Cooper slice his way past to take victory with Mackenzie also taking advantage to claim second place.

The start of the second 24 lap race was almost a replica of the first as again Mackenzie, Cooper and Olsen were able to break away from the rest of the field to fight for the victory amongst themselves.

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STK1000 Podium – Cooper P1, Mackenzie P2, Olsen P3

Trading places throughout the race, it came down to another last corner move as Cooper fought his way past Mackenzie and was able to fend off a late challenge to the line to claim a double win. Olsen was again third whilst behind him Lee Jackson took a brace of fourth place finishes.

STK Billy McConnell
Billy McConnell

South Australia’s Billy McConnell scored 18th and 7th places across the two races while Brayden Elliott finished 26th in the first bout before improving to 16th place in the second race of the weekend.

STK Brayden Elliott
Brayden Elliott

British Supersport

Jack Kennedy kicked off his title defence with victory in the opening Dickies British Supersport race after an epic battle with Alastair Seeley over the final few laps. Kennedy grabbed the holeshot into the first corner, with team mate Brad Jones in close contention behind and Seeley running third.

Supersport Kennedy Leads
Jack Kennedy leads Supersport

The two Colin Appleyard Macadam Yamaha riders were able to pull a gap of one second over the Seeley during the opening third of the race but a string of fast laps from the ‘Wee Wizard’ saw him close up, taking the lead at the start of lap. The trio traded places throughout the closing laps, coming down to the final lap as Kennedy past Seeley coming onto the back straight to take victory.

Lee Johnston was fourth whilst Kyle Ryde was the leading GP2 Cup rider in fifth. Sam Wilford was second in the GP2 class, sixth overall, whilst Jamie Perrin was third in the class (ninth overall).

British Supersport Race One Results
  1. Jack Kennedy (Colin Appleyard Macadam Yamaha)
  2. Alastair Seeley (EHA Racing Yamaha) +0.194s
  3. Brad Jones (Colin Appleyard Macadam Yamaha) +0.440s
  4. Lee Johnston (Ashcourt Racing Yamaha) +7.701s
  5. Kyle Ryde (Kovara By RS Racing Kalex GP2) +7.926s
  6. Sam Wilford (IDWe RAcinh Honda HP2) +11.398s
Supersport Kennedy Seeley Jones
British Supersport Race One Results
Jack Kennedy (Colin Appleyard Macadam Yamaha)
Alastair Seeley (EHA Racing Yamaha) +0.194s
Brad Jones (Colin Appleyard Macadam Yamaha) +0.440s
Dickies British Supersport Championship Standings
  1. Jack Kennedy (Colin Appleyard Macadam Yamaha) 25
  2. Alastair Seeley (EHA Racing Yamaha) 20
  3. Brad Jones (Colin Appleyard Macadam Yamaha) 16
  4. Lee Johnston (Ashcourt Racing Yamaha) 13
  5. Kyle Ryde (Kovara By RS Racing Kalex GP2) 11
  6. Sam Wilford (IDWe RAcinh Honda HP2) 10

Images by Dave Yeomans

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Jason O’Halloran tops day two of BSB Testing in Spain

Bennetts British Superbike Championship
Monteblanco, Official Test, Day Two

Jason O’Halloran topped the second day of testing at Monteblanco ahead of tomorrow’s final day of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship official test at the Spanish circuit, improving his pace to hold off a late attack at the top from Glenn Irwin and Scott Redding.

Glenn Irwin had led the early stages of day two from Xavi Forés, but Tarran Mackenzie was soon moving up the order. The McAMS Yamaha rider launched to the top of the timesheets shortly before lunch but a high-side ended his day early as he sat out the afternoon session ready to re-join the action tomorrow.

In the final 20 minutes before the lunch break though O’Halloran was on the move and his run of laps put him ahead of Redding.

After lunch the Spanish sunshine meant several riders opted to wait until the track conditions had cooled, with O’Halloran upping the pace again in the closing stages to claim the top spot, despite a last lap run from Glenn Irwin who fired the Quattro Plant JG Speedfit Kawasaki into second, nudging Redding into third.

Jason O’Halloran

“Today was a really good day, it feels like every time we head out on the bike we find an improvement. This morning we worked a little more on refining the new forks we tried yesterday afternoon and then after lunch we went out with the new swingarm and links.

“It takes a bit of time to fine tune things, but every time we went out we went quicker. I did a couple of 1’36s today, four or five of them and feel really comfortable on the bike. We’ll keep working tomorrow, when we’ve got a frame to test which is probably the biggest thing we’ll test over this period so we need to see whether that’s a step forward.”

Mackenzie held on to fourth place despite sitting out the afternoon, narrowly ahead of Forés and Luke Mossey who had held a position inside the top five during the morning session for OMG Racing Suzuki.

Josh Brookes climbed to seventh on his final run of the day on the second of the Be Wiser Ducatis ahead of Claudio Corti for Team WD-40 Kawasaki.

Andrew Irwin, who had also been inside the top five earlier in the day held ninth for Honda Racing with Buildbase Suzuki’s Bradley Ray completing the top ten.

Ben Currie is adapting to the Quattro Plant JG Speedfit Kawasaki Superbike and ended day two in 15th place.

South Australia’s Billy McConnell was 21st quickest overall, and the second quickest of the Superstock competitors taking part in the test.

Brayden Elliott, is not at the test, but announced overnight his intention to  continue to run his privateer team throughout the 2019 British Superstock season however, he will run alongside and with support from CPE Motosport throughout race weekends feeding off their extensive knowledge.

Brayden Elliott

“I am extremely fortunate and thankful for the opportunity to run my own team NO BULL Racing amongst the British Superbike Championship, however taking on this role has certainly been challenging. For this reason, CPE Motosport and myself started discussions about joining forces for our 2019 campaign. I met up with the team in 2018 to lock in a plan of attack and although I’ve been in Australia it’s been a breath of fresh air having CPE Motosport helping out with pre-season preparations.  It’s great that I will be on familiar machinery riding my Suzuki GSX-R 1000 for a second season with a great group of people around me. I’m very thankful to have Simon Stevens in my corner and on the tools throughout race weekends this season, also to be working with John Crockford. It’s been a while since I’ve been able to have a rider coach and also a team member to check data, I’m really excited to start working together. I’m positive Simon’s experience managing teams and John’s experience as a rider and coach will be a great match for this season.”

Bennetts British Superbike Championship
Monteblanco, Official Test, Day Two Times
  1. Jason O’Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) 1m36.587s
  2. Glenn Irwin (Quattro Plant JG Speedfit Kawasaki) +0.418s
  3. Scott Redding (Be Wiser Ducati) +0.490s
  4. Tarran Mackenzie (McAMS Yamaha) +0.611s
  5. Xavi Forés (Honda Racing) +0.624s
  6. Luke Mossey (OMG Racing Suzuki) +0.885s
  7. Josh Brookes (Be Wiser Ducati) +0.924s
  8. Claudio Corti (Team WD-40 Kawasaki) +1.132s
  9. Andrew Irwin (Honda Racing) +1.199s
  10. Bradley Ray (Buildbase Suzuki) +1.239s
  11. Josh Elliott (OMG Racing Suzuki) +1.416s
  12. Tommy Bridewell (Oxford Racing Ducati) +1.529s
  13. Ryan Vickers (RAF Kawasaki) +1.541s
  14. Danny Buchan (FS-3 Racing Kawasaki) +1.563s
  15. Ben Currie (Quattro Plant JG Speedfit Kawasaki) +1.610
  16. Luke Stapleford (Buildbase Suzuki) +1.953s
  17. Dean Harrison (Silicone Engineering Kawasaki) +2.277s
  18. STK Richard Cooper (Buildbase Suzuki) +2.498s
  19. David Allingham (EHA Yamaha) +2.548s
  20. Matt Truelove (Raceways/McAms Yamaha) +3.030s
  21. STK Billy McConnell (OMG Racing Suzuki) +3.486s
  22. STK James Hillier (Quattro JG Speedfit Kawasaki) +3.948s
  23. STK Graeme Irwin (Team 109 Kawasaki) +4.104s
  24. STK Tom Neave (Honda Racing) +4.180s
  25. Dean Hipwell (CDH Kawasaki) +4.275s
  26. Sam Coventry (Team 64 Kawasaki) +4.452s
  27. Alastair Seeley (EHA Yamaha) +5.049s
  28. STK Lee Jackson (FS-3 Racing Kawasaki) +5.056s
  29. Harry Truelove (Truelove Property Yamaha) +5.292s
  30. STK Gary Johnson (RAF Kawasaki) +5.367
  31. STK Lee Johnston (Ashcourt Racing Yamaha) +6.822s

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