MCE British Superbike Championship
Snetterton 300 Circuit
July 8, 2016
Free Practice Two Results (all on Pirelli tires):
1. Jason O’Halloran, Australia (Hon CBR1000RR SP), 1:48.212
2. Danny Buchan, UK (Duc Panigale R), 1:48.324
3. Luke Mossey, UK (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:48.463
4. Peter Hickman, UK (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:48.636
5. Shane Byrne, UK (Duc Panigale R), 1:48.661
6. Tommy Bridewell, UK (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:48.681
7. Glenn Irwin, UK (Duc Panigale R), 1:48.706
8. Broc Parkes, Australia (Yam YZF-R1), 1:48.715
9. Dan Linfoot, UK (Hon CBR1000RR SP), 1:48.924
10. James Ellison, UK (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:48.932
11. Leon Haslam, UK (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:49.011
12. Michael Laverty, UK (BMW S1000RR), 1:49.177
13. Christian Iddon, UK (BMW S1000RR), 1:49.226
14. Richard Cooper, UK (BMW S1000RR), 1:49.301
15. Lee Jackson, UK (BMW S1000RR), 1:49.315
16. Martin Jessopp, UK (BMW S1000RR), 1:49.528
17. Billy McConnell, Australia (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:49.730
18. Alastair Seeley, UK (BMW S1000RR), 1:49.897
19. Jakub Smrz, Czech Republic (BMW S1000RR), 1:49.937
20. Jake Dixon, UK (BMW S1000RR), 1:49.962
21. Stuart Easton, UK (Yam YZF-R1), 1:50.141
22. James Rispoli, USA (Yam YZF-R1), 1:50.464
23. Jack Kennedy, Ireland (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:50.800
24. Aaron Zanotti, UK (Yam YZF-R1), 1:50.962
25. Filip Backlund, Sweden (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:51.413
26. Ryuichi Kyonari, Japan (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:51.443
27. Shaun Winfield, UK (Yam YZF-R1), 1:51.939
28. Howie Mainwaring Smart, UK (BMW S1000RR), 1:52.066
29. Jenny Tinmouth, UK (Hon CBR1000RR SP), 1:52.231
30. Josh Hook, Australia (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:52.739
31. Vittorio Iannuzzo, Italy (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:52.897
32. Josh Wainwright, UK (BMW S1000RR), 1:52.908
33. Michael Howarth, UK (BMW S1000RR), 2:02.428
More, from a press release issued by MotorSport Vision Racing:
O’Halloran hits the top despite a crash as MCE BSB kicks off at Snetterton
Honda Racing’s Jason O’Halloran hit the top of the free practice times at Snetterton today (Friday), holding the advantage by just 0.1s from Danny Buchan as the top twelve riders battled to within a second of the fastest time.
The Australian saved his best until last, firing in the fastest time of the day in the final five minutes of the session, which was just enough to secure his position at the top despite a small crash at Agostini in the closing stages.
Buchan had been fighting hard in free practice ahead of his home round; the 24-year-old from Essex moving to within just 0.112s of pace-setter O’Halloran and Luke Mossey, who had topped the opening session in drying conditions for Quattro Plant Teccare Kawasaki.
Peter Hickman led the JG Speedfit Kawasaki charge in fourth place, but only just as he had four-time champion Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne hot on his heels from Tommy Bridewell, who had a strong start to his weekend for Bennetts Suzuki.
Rookie Glenn Irwin was seventh fastest on the second Be Wiser Ducati ahead of Broc Parkes, who made his debut with the ePayMe Yamaha team in place of John Hopkins who is sidelined through injury.
Dan Linfoot and James Ellison completed the top ten, whilst championship leader Leon Haslam set the eleventh fastest time.
MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship, Snetterton, Free Practice one:
Luke Mossey (Quattro Plant Teccare Kawasaki) 1m:52.039s
Danny Buchan (Lloyds British Moto Rapido Ducati) +0.122s
Richard Cooper (Buildbase BMW) +1.175s
Stuart Easton (ePayMe Yamaha) +1.533s
Dan Linfoot (Honda Racing) +1.572s
Christian Iddon (Tyco BMW) +1.880s
Glenn Irwin (Be Wiser Ducati) +1.909s
Jason O’Halloran (Honda Racing) +2.057s
Ryuichi Kiyonari (Bennetts Suzuki) +2.306s
Broc Parkes (ePayMe Yamaha) +2.404s
MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship, Snetterton, Free Practice two:
Jason O’Halloran (Honda Racing) 1m:48.212s
Danny Buchan (Lloyds British Moto Rapido Ducati) +0.112s
Luke Mossey (Quattro Plant Teccare Kawasaki) +0.251s
Peter Hickman (JG Speedfit Kawasaki) +0.424s
Shane Byrne (Be Wiser Ducati) +0.449s
Tommy Bridewell (Bennetts Suzuki) +0.469s
Glenn Irwin (Be Wiser Ducati) +0.494s
Broc Parkes (ePayMe Yamaha) +0.503s
Dan Linfoot (Honda Racing) +0.712s
James Ellison (JG Speedfit Kawasaki) +0.720s
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Jason O’Halloran (Honda Racing)
“Today has been a good day! This morning we had a wet session and I learnt a lot, I was happy where we ended up but knew we were capable of more. I went into the afternoon’s session feeling confident and happy with how the CBR was feeling, throughout the session it was faultless and I felt like I could have done what I wanted with the bike and could just keep pushing.
“We played about a little with some settings, but not too much as I was confident with what we had. I did have a little off at the end of the session, but we tried something different that didn’t quite work out, but we finished the day P1 so it’s all good. I feel we’re in a good place for tomorrow now and also the rest of the weekend come wet or dry. I’m just looking forward to getting back out there now and seeing what we can do.”