British Superbikes: Scott Redding emerged on top after the Bennetts British Superbike Championship Pre-Qualifying session at Brands Hatch as the 2019 champion moved closer to the lap record, holding off title contender Bradley Ray by just 0.094s ahead of tomorrow’s opening race.
Ray had set the benchmark, but the Hager PBM Ducati rider was gathering momentum and his final lap of the session put him ahead of his rivals as he bids to continue his winning performances from the previous three rounds.
Ray was ahead of his championship rival Kyle Ryde, the defending champion holding sixth place and climbing the times in the final moments after sitting precariously close to being in the drop zone in tenth ahead of the closing five minutes.
Ryde holds a 30-point advantage ahead of this weekend’s crucial three races on the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit with 105 points up for the taking.
Charlie Nesbitt had another strong session for MasterMac Honda in third place, holding the position ahead of Christian Iddon and Max Cook as the AJN Steelstock Kawasaki teammates closed down their opposition.
Glenn Irwin was just adrift of his Nitrous Competitions Racing Yamaha teammate Ryde, holding seventh place from his long established rival Tommy Bridewell. Leon Haslam and Danny Kent completed the top ten with Lee Jackson and Rory Skinner the final two riders qualifying directly into tomorrow’s Bandero Café Shoot Out Qualifying 2 session ahead of race one.
Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Brands Hatch, Pre Qualifying result:
- Scott Redding (Hager PBM Ducati) 1m:24.733s
- Bradley Ray (Raceways Yamaha) +0.094s
- Charlie Nesbitt (MasterMac Honda) +0.191s
- Christian Iddon (AJN Steelstock Kawasaki) +0.223s
- Max Cook (AJN Steelstock Kawasaki) +0.300s
- Kyle Ryde (Nitrous Competitions Racing Yamaha) +0.332s
- Glenn Irwin (Nitrous Competitions Racing Yamaha) +0.369s
- Tommy Bridewell (Honda Racing UK) +0.389s
- Leon Haslam (Moto Rapido Ducati Racing) +0.427s
- Danny Kent (McAMS Racing Yamaha) +0.462s
- Lee Jackson (MasterMac Honda) +0.529s
- Rory Skinner (Cheshire Mouldings Ducati) +0.579s
SCOTT REDDING
HAGER PBM DUCATI
“Coming back to Brands Hatch for the second time this year for me is another take on racing because I actually have some data to go by, some set up, which is different to what we’ve been doing the last few races.
“In the afternoon I felt a bit better, but not fully to my potential and then we made a few changes to the bike and then I was able to make a step that I felt was clearly better. I could build on that and I chucked it into the 1m24s, which I was pretty stoked with. I come in and stayed first so I was happy with that today.
“I’m not sure what the strategy will be from the other guys and I don’t really care, I’m just going to try and stay out of time really and do my thing. To finish the season off with a triple win would be top tier.”
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