Kyle Ryde cemented his dominant return to Donington Park, with pole place on the tenth spherical of the championship, as BSBqualified for the second Showdown spherical.
Friday had seen the OMG Grilla rider take over from the morning FP1 chief Glenn Irwin within the second session, to move on to Q2 with the highest time at his residence circuit.
Again on observe non Saturday the #77 set out an announcement of intent by dominating the temporary FP3 session proper earlier than qualifying.
Instantly setting out a timesheet topping benchmark on his first run, Ryde went on to decrease his lap repeatedly, ending with a better of 1m 27.428s for pole, sat within the pits because the clock ticked down and his rivals performed catch-up.
It was a late effort from Danny Kent which introduced him closest. The guy Yamaha rider had labored his manner as much as fourth earlier than a last push on his McAMS bike introduced him to inside 0.120s.
| British Superbikes Spherical Ten – Donington Park (Showdown) – Qualifying | ||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Staff | Time |
| 1 | Kyle Ryde | GBR | OMG GRILLA Yamaha Racing (Yamaha) | 1m 27.428s |
| 2 | Danny Kent | GBR | McAMSRacing (Yamaha) | +0.120s |
| 3 | Josh Brookes | AUS | FHO Racing BMW Motorrad(BMW) | +0.332s |
| 4 | Charlie Nesbitt | GBR | MasterMac Honda (Honda) | +0.401s |
| 5 | Tommy Bridewell | GBR | Honda Racing UK (Honda) | +0.454s |
| 6 | Glenn Irwin | GBR | Hager PBM (Ducati) | +0.470s |
| 7 | Leon Haslam | GBR | ROKiT Haslam Racing BMW Motorrad(BMW) | +0.548s |
| 8 | Lee Jackson | GBR | MasterMac Honda (Honda) | +0.691s |
| 9 | Andrew Irwin | GBR | Honda Racing UK (Honda) | +0.721s |
| 10 | Christian Iddon | GBR | Oxford Merchandise Racing (Ducati) | +0.769s |
| 11 | Ryan Vickers | GBR | OMG GRILLA Yamaha Racing (Yamaha) | +0.796s |
| 12 | Jason O’Halloran | AUS | Fully Motorbikes (Kawasaki) | +1.099s |
| 13 | Lewis Rollo | GBR | IN Competitors/SENCAT(Aprilia) | +1.136s |
| 14 | Max Prepare dinner | GBR | Fully Motorcycle(Kawasaki) | +1.174s |
| 15 | Billy McConnell | AUS | C&L Fairburn/ Look Ahead Racing (Honda) | +1.295s |
| Q1 | ||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Staff | Time |
| 16 | Peter Hickman | GBR | FHO Racing BMW Motorrad(BMW) | 1m 29.255s |
| 17 | Bradley Perie | GBR | STAUFF Fluid Energy (Kawasaki) | 1m 29.284s |
| 18 | Storm Stacey | GBR | LKQ Euro Automotive Elements (Kawasaki) | 1m 29.293s |
| 19 | Tom Ward | GBR | Speedy Honda (Honda) | 1m 29.488s |
| 20 | Fraser Rogers | GBR | TAG Racing (Honda) | 1m 29.340s |
| 21 | Brayden Elliott | AUS | DAO Racing(Kawasaki) | 1m 29.912s |
| 22 | Luke Hedger | GBR | Whitecliffe CDH Racing(Kawasaki) | 1m 29.937s |
| 23 | James Westmoreland | GBR | Staff IWR Honda (Honda) | 1m 30.068s |
| 24 | Corey Tinker | GBR | NP Racing (Kawasaki) | 1m 33.607s |
Josh Brookes additionally gave late chase, shifting from twelfth to second within the last 4 minutes, with solely Kent pushing him again, incomes the FHO Racing rider a entrance row begin on his BMW.
Charlie Nesbitt was on the right track as he claimed fourth for MasterMac Honda, with the remaining title rivals becoming a member of him on row two.
Recent from his WSBK look in Cremona, and with one other look within the championship booked, title chief Tommy Bridewell hoped the information gained from his additional racing can be useful.
Each rider and crew appeared proud of the progress made because the title hunt involves a head, however that didn’t translate to at least one lap tempo. With Ryde out entrance on pole, the #1 plated Honda has work to do from fifth.
Glenn Irwin nonetheless holds on to his title aspirations, although he’s now a distant 45 factors away from Bridewell. The PBM rider may also must make fast progress in race one as he noticed his march ahead stall in sixth in Q2.
Leon Haslam positioned a stable seventh for his personal ROKiT Haslam Racing crew, with Lee Jackson climbing to eighth on the second MasterMac Bike.
Andrew Irwin will fill ninth on the grid on the second Honda UK machine, whereas Christian Iddon put in probably the most laps, however by no means beat his personal early banker lap, leaving him tenth for Oxford Merchandise Ducati.
It was Ryan Vickers who chased down Ryde’s FP2 time to complete second greatest closing down the hole to his teammate on Friday. Qualifying was a distinct story, with the second OMG Yamaha a better of eleventh.
Jason O’Halloran, who took a entertaining win at Donington in BSB’s first go to of the season, was the most effective of the rider to graduate from Q1, in twelfth for Fully Motorbikes, as the very best qualifying Kawasaki.
Official British Superbike Donington Park Data:
Lap document: Leon Haslam (BMW, 2023) 1m 27.523s
Donington Park in 2023:
Spherical 2
Superpole Qualifying:
1: Kyle Ryde
2: Leon Haslam
3: Jason O’Halloran
Race 1 (Dash):
1: Kyle Ryde
2: Tommy Bridewell
3: Leon Haslam
Race 2:
1: Jason O’Halloran
2: Ryan Vickers
3: Josh Brookes
Race 3:
1: Kyle Ryde
2: Tommy Bridewell
3: Glenn Irwin
Spherical 10 (showdown):
Qualifying:
1: Jason O’Halloran
2: Tommy Bridewell
3: Leon Haslam
Race 1 (dash):
1: Ryan Vickers
2: Leon Haslam
3: Luke Mossey
Race 2:
1: Kyle Ryde
2: Leon Haslam
3: Christian Iddon
Race 3:
1: Jason O’Halloran
2: Christian Iddon
Foremost Season 2024:
Qualifying:
1: Ryan Vickers
2: Kyle Ryde
3: Leon Haslam
Race 1:
1:Kyle Ryde
2:Tommy Bridewell
3: Glenn Irwin
Race 2 (Dash):
1: Glenn Irwin
2: Leon Haslam
3:Tommy Bridewell
Race 3:
1:Jason O’Halloran
2: Tommy Bridewell
3: Danny Kent
Q1- Technical Points see Hickman miss out and Skinner miss session
Falls for Storm Stacey, Rory Skinner and Jason O’Halloran left them off the tempo and needing a visit although Q1.
Jason O’Halloran left it late to seize recent tyres and return out on observe, along with his final flying lap shifting him up from tenth to first within the first a part of qualifying.
The Australian pushed again his teammate Max Prepare dinner (14th), who joined him in progressing, together with prime Pathway rider Lewis Rollo (thirteenth) on the Aprilia.
Peter Hickman simply missed out – the FHO Racing rider had gone prime three when his gear lever got here away from his bike, leaving him to observe as his time slipped to fourth for sixteenth on the grid.
Storm Stacey additionally failed to maneuver on ending the session in sixth, behind Bradley Perie.
There are a number of personnel adjustments heading in the direction of the top of the season.
Tom Ward is again within the seat at Speedy Honda, as after a trying a comeback from his hand harm too quickly, Franco Bourne is again on the sidelines. One of the best of the alternative riders, he begins nineteenth.
IWR Honda have opted for the skilled James Westmoreland to take over the place Richard Kerr left off. The previous BSB common and Supersport runner-up positioned eleventh in Q1 for twenty third.
NP Racing have as an alternative opted to make use of a rookie to fill the house left by Louis Valleley, bringing in present Spanish Superstock rider Corey Tinker for his championship debut. Tinker has earlier expertise driving on British tracks because of his time within the British Expertise Cup, however was virtually 5 seconds off the tempo within the first qualifying session.
Danny Buchan misses the Showdown Donington weekend. Jaimie van Sikkelerus was on observe on Friday however withdrew as he had come again too quickly and was not match to proceed. Rory Skinner missed qualifying after a technical situation noticed him cease within the Esses in FP3.
