British Superbikes: Scott Redding celebrated his first victory of the ZYN British Superbike Championship season for the Hager PBM Racing Team at Donington Park, holding off Max Cook and Kyle Ryde in a red-flagged opening race for rain.
Cook had started the race leading the pack and setting an impressive pace at the front of the on the AJN Steelstock bimota with Ryde and Danny Kent the top three during the opening laps, before Redding moved into third on the fourth lap.
Cook had been edging ahead of the champions behind him, but the gap never exceeded more than 0.8s as along with Ryde and Redding the trio had the edge over their rivals.
On lap 14, Cook was under attack with both Ryde and Redding moving ahead with a move on the brakes as the battle for the opening race win of the weekend intensified.
Ryde was holding off Redding and Cook, but on the penultimate lap, the 2019 champion moved into the lead with a determined move at the Old Hairpin as the rain flags returned. As the trio arrived at the Melbourne Loop, Ryde ran wide, and Cook capitalised to move back up to second.
As the trio crossed the line, the rain began to intensify and the race was red flagged as Redding took the win from Cook and Ryde.
Behind, there was a race-long scrap for fourth with seven riders involved as they continuously traded blows throughout the race, but it was Leon Haslam for the Moto Rapido Racing team who held the lead of the second pack from Christian Iddon in fifth.
Rory Skinner was able to get back ahead of Bradley Ray for sixth with Storm Stacey completing the top eight as Danny Kent and Lee Jackson completed the top ten finishers.
ZYN British Superbike Championship, Donington Park race 1 result:
- Scott Redding (Hager PBM Racing Team)
- Max Cook (AJN Steelstock bimota) +0.846s
- Kyle Ryde (Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing) +2.464s
- Leon Haslam (Moto Rapido Racing) +1 lap
- Christian Iddon (SENCAT Racing Yamaha) +1 lap
- Rory Skinner (Cheshire Mouldings Yamaha) +1 lap
- Bradley Ray (McAMS Yamaha) +1 lap
- Storm Stacey (Bathams AJN Racing) +1 lap
- Danny Kent (Cheshire Mouldings Yamaha) +1 lap
- Lee Jackson (DAO Racing Honda) +1 lap
ZYN British Superbike Championship standings:
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- Kyle Ryde (Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing) 68
- Leon Haslam (Moto Rapido Racing) 60
- Scott Redding (Hager PBM Racing Team) 53
- Bradley Ray (McAMS Yamaha) 51
- Max Cook (AJN Steelstock bimota) 45
- Storm Stacey (Bathams AJN Racing) 38
- Rory Skinner (Cheshire Mouldings Yamaha) 37
- Christian Iddon (SENCAT Racing Yamaha) 29
- Ryan Vickers (Honda Racing UK) 25
- Lee Jackson (DAO Racing Honda) 22
Scott Redding
Hager PBM Racing Team
“First of all I want to say good job to Max because honestly, I think we’ve got a new Max Verstappen on two wheels! I was kind of struggling to hang on the back, I was behind Kyle, and I was like, ‘damn, that’s some pace’. But, I put that aside, and I just got my head down and just kept keeping the pressure on myself.
“I’m still not riding to my whole capability at the moment, I’m doing things in the race where I think ‘oh that’s what I was doing last year or oh, that’s how you need to do it’. I feel in my long career of racing different bikes, I was able to manage the situation, potentially a little bit better than these other guys around me. And it is one of my stronger points on used tyres when the bike is not acting perfectly. I feel I can adapt myself a little bit better.
“When I made the overtake on Kyle, it was unexpected. It was the only place I could pass him, but last year that was where he was passing me – but I thought ‘let’s take it’! We have two more races tomorrow – let the best man win and we will battle it out again.”
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