Redding stays ahead with top 15 riders covered by just 0.976s at Brands Hatch.
Scott Redding remained ahead of his British Superbike Championship rivals in the Pre-Qualifying session at Brands Hatch, keeping the Hager PBM Racing Team at the top of the times to lead the pack into tomorrow’s raceday.
The top 15 riders were covered by 0.976s as the top 12 riders secured their position in tomorrow’s ROKiT Oxygen Performance Qualifying 2 session.
Redding came to within 0.135s of the lap record, holding off reigning champion Kyle Ryde by 0.035s with Max Cook on the AJN Steelstock bimota completing the top three after the times continued to tumble in the closing stages.
Bradley Ray was on the attack and he climbed to fourth on the McAMS Yamaha, pushing Leon Haslam to fifth for Moto Rapido Racing, whilst rookie Joe Talbot surged into sixth on the second of the AJN Steelstock bimotas.
Christian Iddon was seventh on the Sencat Racing Yamaha ahead of Glenn Irwin, who has continued to bounce back after his Snetterton crash in eighth place and only 0.522s adrift of the pace-setting time.
Storm Stacey was ninth fastest ahead of Ilya Mikhalchik, who was back inside the top ten with Danny Kent and Ryan Vickers completing the top 12 riders through to tomorrow’s ROKiT Oxygen Performance Qualifying 2 session.
British Superbike Championship, Brands Hatch, Pre-Qualifying:
- Scott Redding (Hager PBM Racing Team) 1m:24.601s
- Kyle Ryde (Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing) +0.035s
- Max Cook (AJN Steelstock bimota) +0.071s
- Bradley Ray (McAMS Yamaha) +0.148s
- Leon Haslam (Moto Rapido Racing) +0.298s
- Joe Talbot (AJN Steelstock bimota) +0.366s
- Christian Iddon (Sencat Racing Yamaha) +0.398s
- Glenn Irwin (Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing) +0.522s
- Storm Stacey (Bathams AJN Racing Ducati) +0.529s
- Ilya Mikhalchik (ROKiT BMW Motorrad Superbike Team) +0.605s
- Danny Kent (Cheshire Mouldings Yamaha) +0.646s
- Ryan Vickers (Honda Racing UK) +0.671s
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Scott Redding – Hager PBM Racing Team
“It feels good to come to a circuit I raced at last year. Snetterton threw a curveball in. I was fast, but I felt like the stars weren’t aligning with me. Coming back here I hit the ground running again with the rhythm I’ve already had at a couple of races this year.
“It’s a track I love and I enjoy but I always feel like I can improve and that’s what I’m trying to do. What I like about here is you can be super fast in the first sector, but kind of suck in sector three and four and then maybe get it back at the end!
“So that’s what makes it interesting and tomorrow is going to be exciting but you’ll have to tune into the races to find out!”
