2019 British Superbike Championship
Round 8 – Cadwell Park Qualifying Times

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Josh Brookes claimed his third pole position of the 2019 Bennetts British Superbike Championship season at Cadwell Park, setting a time under the existing lap record to put the Be Wiser Ducati at the top of the times by 0.224s.

Brookes set the pace in the final Q3 stage after topping the free practice times yesterday as the 2015 champion bids to close down the Podium Points deficit to championship leader Scott Redding in tomorrow’s two races in Lincolnshire.

Josh Brookes

“I’m really pleased. We’ve had a couple of poor years here recently and I haven’t really been able to do anything that satisfying, so to have the bike that feels the way it does underneath me is is great, I don’t need to follow anybody to do the lap, I can do it on my own. The bike feels like it’s doing what I want it to do and we’re doing the lap times that prove it. I can’t be more pleased for myself but obviously I’ve got to thank everybody involved in the team, all the sponsors and my mechanics that do the work, and in front of a fantastic crowd here on a Saturday afternoon.”

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However, the biggest celebration came from the Buildbase Suzuki team as Bradley Ray returned to the front row for the first time this season in Datatag Qualifying, nudging ahead of Tommy Bridewell on the Oxford Racing Ducati to complete the front row.

Redding heads the second row on the second of the Be Wiser Ducatis ahead of Danny Buchan, who had topped the final free practice session this morning for FS-3 Racing Kawasaki.

Jason O’Halloran was sixth fastest on the leading McAMS Yamaha, holding off Dan Linfoot who overcame a crash in Q1 to return to the top nine for Santander Salt TAG Yamaha.

Tyco BMW completed the top ten with Christian Iddon narrowly ahead of Glenn Irwin as Honda Racing’s Andrew Irwin just got pushed outside of the top nine after Q2.

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Bennetts British Superbike Championship
Cadwell Park, Datatag Qualifying Times

1. Josh Brookes (Be Wiser Ducati)
2. Bradley Ray (Buildbase Suzuki) +0.224s
3. Tommy Bridewell (Oxford Racing Ducati) +0.276s
4. Scott Redding (Be Wiser Ducati) +0.294s
5. Danny Buchan (FS-3 Racing Kawasaki) +0.345s
6. Jason O’Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) +0.779s
7. Dan Linfoot (Santander Salt TAG Yamaha) +0.884s
8. Christian Iddon (Tyco BMW) +1.024s
9. Glenn Irwin (Tyco BMW) +1.070s

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British Superbike Standings

Pos	Rider	Points
1	Scott REDDING (Ducati)	246
2	Josh BROOKES (Ducati)	226
3	Tommy BRIDEWELL (Ducati)	207
4	Danny BUCHAN (Kawasaki)	150
5	Tarran MACKENZIE (Yamaha)	144
6	Andrew IRWIN (Honda)	139
7	Xavi FORÉS (Honda)	132
8	Peter HICKMAN (BMW)	123
9	Christian IDDON (BMW)	102
10	Jason O’HALLORAN (Yamaha)	90
11	Luke MOSSEY (Suzuki)	86
12	Dan LINFOOT (Yamaha)	73
13	Josh ELLIOTT (Suzuki)	58
14	Keith FARMER (BMW)	54
15	Luke STAPLEFORD (Suzuki)	48
16	Bradley RAY (Suzuki)	45
17	Glenn IRWIN (Kawasaki)	44
18	Héctor BARBERÁ (Kawasaki)	31
19	Ryan VICKERS (Kawasaki)	28
20	Claudio CORTI (Kawasaki)	25
21	James ELLISON (BMW)	23
22	Michael LAVERTY (BMW)	12
23	David ALLINGHAM (Yamaha)	6
24	Dean HARRISON (Kawasaki)	4
25	Ben CURRIE (Kawasaki)	3
26	Sam COVENTRY (Kawasaki)	1

Source: MCNews.com.au

2019 British Superbike Championship
Round 8 – Cadwell Park – Friday Practice

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Josh Brookes led the opening Bennetts British Superbike Championship free practice times at Cadwell Park on Friday as the Be Wiser Ducati rider got his weekend off to a flying start at the Lincolnshire circuit.

Brookes was back on top in the opening free practice session at Cadwell Park in the first session of the day, heading off the FS-3 Racing Kawasaki of Danny Buchan by just 0.096s to hold the leading position.

The session did include some initial spots of rain, but Brookes wasn’t fazed by the changing conditions and he was able to maintain his position ahead of the opposition for the Be Wiser Ducati team.

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Josh Brookes

“Today was difficult in respect that I was already fast yesterday at the test, and even though session one was dry, it was really difficult to know how hard to push because there were some spots of rain.

“Even though I topped the session it wasn’t easy to gauge the conditions and it was a bit frustrating that we couldn’t use the session to its full potential because of that, so we made some setting changes on the bike but nothing was really conclusive.

“This afternoon’s session was much the same, obviously it was wet but we were cautious so we have to wait and see what happens tomorrow now.”

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Buchan had made improvements on his last run in the session to move second as Tommy Bridewell also moved into third in the final five minutes to put the Oxford Racing Ducati team ahead of championship leader Scott Redding in fourth position.

Andrew Irwin had a strong start for the Honda Racing team in fifth place as he held off Peter Hickman who was sixth fastest despite sliding off at Hall Bends at the start of the session followed by another crash at Park at the mid-way point.

Ryan Vickers was back inside top ten for the RAF Regular & Reserve Kawasaki team in seventh place, narrowly ahead of Jason O’Halloran on the leading McAMS Yamaha. Glenn Irwin and Christian Iddon were equally matched in ninth and tenth for Tyco BMW, setting exactly the same fastest lap time.

Tarran Mackenzie was back on circuit completing three laps on his return from injury whilst Billy McConnell debuted for OMG Racing Suzuki in the Superbike class, replacing Luke Mossey for this weekend after he sustained a hairline fracture in his leg and watched the action from pitlane today.

Bridewell though topped the afternoon session at Cadwell Park in the wet to put the Oxford Racing Ducati team back ahead after a shortened session due to conditions.

Bridewell had set the benchmark earlier in the session before the conditions began to deteriorate in the closing stages, with Brookes, sitting second on the times on the Be Wiser Ducati.

Ryan Vickers was third fastest for the RAF Regular & Reserve Kawasaki team ahead of Claudio Corti and David Allingham who completed the top five.

Bradley Ray completed the most laps in the session in sixth place ahead of Dean Harrison and Peter Hickman with Joe Francis and Fraser Rogers completing the top ten.

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Bennetts British Superbike Championship
Cadwell Park, Free Practice one result

1. Josh Brookes (Be Wiser Ducati) 1m:27.221s
2. Danny Buchan (FS-3 Racing Kawasaki) +0.096s
3. Tommy Bridewell (Oxford Racing Ducati) +0.544s
4. Scott Redding (Be Wiser Ducati) +0.564s
5. Andrew Irwin (Honda Racing) +0.654s
6. Peter Hickman (Smiths Racing BMW) 0.664s
7. Ryan Vickers (RAF Regular & Reserve Kawasaki) +0.795s
8. Jason O’Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) +1.026s
9. Glenn Irwin (Tyco BMW) +1.220s
10. Christian Iddon (Tyco BMW) +1.220s

Bennetts British Superbike Championship
Cadwell Park, Free Practice two result

1. Tommy Bridewell (Oxford Racing Ducati) 1m:40.223s
2. Josh Brookes (Be Wiser Ducati) +2.207s
3. Ryan Vickers (RAF Regular & Reserve Kawasaki) +3.508s
4. Claudio Corti (Team WD-40 Kawasaki) +5.410s
5. David Allingham (EHA Racing Yamaha) +5.866s
6. Bradley Ray (Buildbase Suzuki) +5.965s
7. Dean Harrison (Silicone Engineering Kawasaki) +6.345s
8. Peter Hickman (Smiths Racing BMW) +6.502s
9. Joe Francis (Lloyd and Jones Bowker BMW) +6.881s
10. Fraser Rogers (Gearlink Kawasaki) +8.011s

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British Superbike Standings

Pos	Rider	Points
1	Scott REDDING (Ducati)	246
2	Josh BROOKES (Ducati)	226
3	Tommy BRIDEWELL (Ducati)	207
4	Danny BUCHAN (Kawasaki)	150
5	Tarran MACKENZIE (Yamaha)	144
6	Andrew IRWIN (Honda)	139
7	Xavi FORÉS (Honda)	132
8	Peter HICKMAN (BMW)	123
9	Christian IDDON (BMW)	102
10	Jason O’HALLORAN (Yamaha)	90
11	Luke MOSSEY (Suzuki)	86
12	Dan LINFOOT (Yamaha)	73
13	Josh ELLIOTT (Suzuki)	58
14	Keith FARMER (BMW)	54
15	Luke STAPLEFORD (Suzuki)	48
16	Bradley RAY (Suzuki)	45
17	Glenn IRWIN (Kawasaki)	44
18	Héctor BARBERÁ (Kawasaki)	31
19	Ryan VICKERS (Kawasaki)	28
20	Claudio CORTI (Kawasaki)	25
21	James ELLISON (BMW)	23
22	Michael LAVERTY (BMW)	12
23	David ALLINGHAM (Yamaha)	6
24	Dean HARRISON (Kawasaki)	4
25	Ben CURRIE (Kawasaki)	3
26	Sam COVENTRY (Kawasaki)	1

Source: MCNews.com.au

Josh Brookes leads BSB field on Thursday at Cadwell Park

Images by Dave Yeomans

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Overnight Josh Brookes set the pace in the Bennetts British Superbike Championship official test ahead of tomorrow’s opening free practice session at Cadwell Park, firing the Be Wiser Ducati under the race lap record to top the times ahead of Danny Buchan by 0.716s.

Brookes’ 1m26.448 was enough to head the time-sheets ahead of this weekend’s eighth round of the British Superbike Championship, but is still half-a-second away from the fastest ever motorcycle lap of the Cadwell Park circuit which was set by Leon Haslam last year during qualifying at 1m25.932s. 

Despite it being a circuit that he is truly spectacular to watch at, and one which has brought him some success, Josh doesn’t list the track amongst his favourites.  We spoke to him before he went out on track at Thursday where he gave us his take on the circuit. 

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Josh Brookes

“Cadwell Park is most known for the jump, and I’ve become popular with the fans for jumping it but that causes people to assume I love the Cadwell Park Circuit. The truth is I don’t particularly like it that much.

“It’s a tricky circuit to get a set up for. The first half of the track is fast and flowing while the second half is all first and second gear, really tight and twisty. You can never get the bike to do both perfectly so that can be frustrating.

“The circuit is also very narrow so at Superbike speeds you feel like your riding on a balance beam.

“This weekend there is an added three-hour practice on Thursday evening so this will be valuable to get some extra track time and attempt to find that set up with the least compromise. Everyone will be out there doing the same thing, so no advantage, but still nice to get the set-up closer.

“I’m excited to see how the Ducati works here, it’s been very competitive bike at most rounds this year so far so hi expectations.”

He then went out and found the Ducati working pretty well there right out of the box. 

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Danny Buchan had been running inside the top five for the majority of the test, holding off the improving Scott Redding, who moved up the order as the test progressed on the second of the Be Wiser Ducatis.

Christian Iddon was the leading Tyco BMW in fourth place, ahead of local hero Peter Hickman who completed the top five ahead of Tommy Bridewell and Andrew Irwin on the Honda Racing Fireblade.

Glenn Irwin was back inside the top ten on his second appearance on the Tyco BMW, holding off Xavi Forés and Luke Mossey who completed the top ten, but the OMG Racing Suzuki rider crashed in the final ten minutes sustaining an ankle injury. Josh Elliot also crashed at the end of the session at Park uninjured.

Jason O’Halloran ended the day 14th while countryman Ben Currie was 18th. 

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Cadwell Park Test Times

1. Josh BROOKES AUS Ducati – Be Wiser Ducati 1:26.448
2. Danny BUCHAN GBR Kawasaki – FS-3 Racing Kawasaki 1:27.164 
3. Scott REDDING GBR Ducati – Be Wiser Ducati 1:27.502
4. Christian IDDON GBR BMW – Tyco BMW Motorrad 1:27.53889.65
5. Peter HICKMAN GBR BMW – Smiths Racing 1:27.555 
6. Tommy BRIDEWELL GBR Ducati – Oxford Racing 1:27.608 
7. Andrew IRWIN GBR Honda – Honda Racing 1:27.650 
8. Glenn IRWIN GBR BMW – Tyco BMW Motorrad 1:27.685 
9. Xavi FORÉS ESP Honda – Honda Racing 1:27.932 
10. Luke MOSSEY GBR Suzuki – OMG Racing Suzuki 1:27.973 
11. Dan LINFOOT GBR Yamaha – Santander Salt TAG Yamaha 1:27.979 
12. Ryan VICKERS GBR Kawasaki – RAF Regular & Reserves Kawasaki 1:28.064 
13. Bradley RAY GBR Suzuki – Buildbase Suzuki 1:28.153 
14. Jason O’HALLORAN AUS Yamaha – McAMS Yamaha 1:28.203
15. Claudio CORTI ITA Kawasaki – Team WD-40 1:28.453 
16. Luke STAPLEFORD GBR Suzuki – Buildbase Suzuki 1:28.609 
17. Josh ELLIOTT GBR Suzuki – OMG Racing Suzuki 1:28.757 
18. Ben CURRIE AUS Kawasaki – Quattro JG Speedfit Kawasaki 1:28.896 
19. Alex OLSEN GBR BMW – Smiths Racing 1:28.911 
20. Shaun WINFIELD GBR Yamaha – Santander Salt TAG Yamaha 1:29.172
21. David ALLINGHAM GBR Yamaha – EHA Yamaha 1:29.209
22. Sam COVENTRY GBR Kawasaki – Team 64 Motorsports 1:29.307
23. Joe FRANCIS GBR BMW – Lloyd & Jones Bowker Motorrad 1:29.685
24. Dean HARRISON GBR Kawasaki – Silicone Engineering Racing 1:29.768 
25. Matt TRUELOVE GBR Yamaha – Raceways Yamaha 1:29.793
26. Héctor BARBERÁ ESP Kawasaki – Quattro JG Speedfit Kawasaki 1:29.815
27. Tarran MACKENZIE GBR Yamaha – McAMS Yamaha 1:30.206
28. Dean HIPWELL GBR Kawasaki – CDH Racing 1:30.846
29. Gino REA GBR MV Agusta – Bike Devil Sweda MV Agusta 1:31.440 
30. Fraser ROGERS GBR Kawasaki – Gearlink Kawasaki 1:31.988 

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British Superbike Standings

Pos	Rider	Points
1	Scott REDDING (Ducati)	246
2	Josh BROOKES (Ducati)	226
3	Tommy BRIDEWELL (Ducati)	207
4	Danny BUCHAN (Kawasaki)	150
5	Tarran MACKENZIE (Yamaha)	144
6	Andrew IRWIN (Honda)	139
7	Xavi FORÉS (Honda)	132
8	Peter HICKMAN (BMW)	123
9	Christian IDDON (BMW)	102
10	Jason O’HALLORAN (Yamaha)	90
11	Luke MOSSEY (Suzuki)	86
12	Dan LINFOOT (Yamaha)	73
13	Josh ELLIOTT (Suzuki)	58
14	Keith FARMER (BMW)	54
15	Luke STAPLEFORD (Suzuki)	48
16	Bradley RAY (Suzuki)	45
17	Glenn IRWIN (Kawasaki)	44
18	Héctor BARBERÁ (Kawasaki)	31
19	Ryan VICKERS (Kawasaki)	28
20	Claudio CORTI (Kawasaki)	25
21	James ELLISON (BMW)	23
22	Michael LAVERTY (BMW)	12
23	David ALLINGHAM (Yamaha)	6
24	Dean HARRISON (Kawasaki)	4
25	Ben CURRIE (Kawasaki)	3
26	Sam COVENTRY (Kawasaki)	1

Source: MCNews.com.au

2019 British Superbike Championship

Cadwell Park preview

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Just five races stand between the Bennetts British Superbike Championship contenders and the 2019 Showdown as the series reaches Cadwell Park this weekend (August 16/17/18) for the annual BSB season highlight at the Lincolnshire circuit.

Scott Redding leads the way in the overall standings by just 20 points from his Be Wiser Ducati team-mate Josh Brookes after the Australian closed the point deficit last time out with victory at Thruxton.

However the 2015 champion shared the spoils with Honda Racing’s Andrew Irwin who, by becoming the sixth different winner of the season, claimed his first victory in Britain’s leading motorsport championship.

Andrew Irwin’s victory catapulted him into sixth place in the overall standings and in doing so nudged his teammate Xavi Forés back into seventh, with the Louth-based team gearing up for their home round of the season at Cadwell Park.

Andrew Irwin – Honda Racing

“What a weekend at Thruxton! I don’t think it really all sank in straight away but now I can really appreciate what an achievement it was for myself and the whole Honda Racing team. The win was something I had wanted to achieve since I was younger – I used to watch riders like Jonathan Rea, Cal Crutchlow, Leon Haslam and Kiyo win races with Honda Racing and aspire to be able to achieve that one day. It was always a dream but now that is a reality and that is a big moment in any riders’ career. I am now just ahead of Xavi, and we are sixth and seventh in the championship standings ahead of Cadwell Park and we really are not that far off fourth place either. It would be a dream come true if we can get both Hondas into the Showdown and a reward for everyone who has worked so hard in the team. Cadwell Park is always a big round for our team; pretty much everyone who works in our garage live nearby, it is ten minutes from the workshop and so we will have a lot of support! Winning does make you more confident and it does give you that little bit extra, but at the same time Cadwell Park is a really difficult track. You have to be sensible and it is technical, physical and does sometimes require a bit of a compromise with the setting just because of the characteristics of the track. But I am feeling good, I know I have a great team behind me and we are looking forward to it.”

The current top six in the standings includes Oxford Racing Ducati’s Tommy Bridewell, one of 10 different podium finishers this season, who is gunning to claim the team’s first race win this weekend at a circuit where he has been victorious in the past.

However Danny Buchan will be eager to get his FS3-Racing Kawasaki back at the front this weekend. The Knockhill race winner still holds fourth place in the standings as both he and the team bid to claim their place in the Showdown for the first time, but he only carries a marginal six-point advantage over Tarran Mackenzie.

Mackenzie meanwhile is targeting a comeback from injury this weekend after a qualifying crash at Thruxton; the McAMS Yamaha rider holds a slender five-point lead over Andrew Irwin following his non points-scoring performance last time out.

However there is a mounting range of outcomes ahead of the Showdown getting underway at Assen as Forés trails his teammate by just seven points with local ace Peter Hickman also edging closer following his first podium finish of the season at Thruxton and his recent clean sweep of the major classes at the Ulster Grand Prix.

There are still a maximum of 125 points up for grabs in the two races on Sunday at Cadwell Park followed by the triple-header Showdown decider at Oulton Park, so that means that riders including Christian Iddon and Jason O’Halloran could still spoil the party for their rivals.

British Superbike Standings

Pos	Rider	Points
1	Scott REDDING (Ducati)	246
2	Josh BROOKES (Ducati)	226
3	Tommy BRIDEWELL (Ducati)	207
4	Danny BUCHAN (Kawasaki)	150
5	Tarran MACKENZIE (Yamaha)	144
6	Andrew IRWIN (Honda)	139
7	Xavi FORÉS (Honda)	132
8	Peter HICKMAN (BMW)	123
9	Christian IDDON (BMW)	102
10	Jason O’HALLORAN (Yamaha)	90
11	Luke MOSSEY (Suzuki)	86
12	Dan LINFOOT (Yamaha)	73
13	Josh ELLIOTT (Suzuki)	58
14	Keith FARMER (BMW)	54
15	Luke STAPLEFORD (Suzuki)	48
16	Bradley RAY (Suzuki)	45
17	Glenn IRWIN (Kawasaki)	44
18	Héctor BARBERÁ (Kawasaki)	31
19	Ryan VICKERS (Kawasaki)	28
20	Claudio CORTI (Kawasaki)	25
21	James ELLISON (BMW)	23
22	Michael LAVERTY (BMW)	12
23	David ALLINGHAM (Yamaha)	6
24	Dean HARRISON (Kawasaki)	4
25	Ben CURRIE (Kawasaki)	3
26	Sam COVENTRY (Kawasaki)	1

Source: MCNews.com.au