Ryan Vickers surged to the top of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship Free Practice times at Brands Hatch this afternoon, with the LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha rider setting the benchmark lap on combined times in the final three minutes of the session.
Tommy Bridewell had been the target earlier in the session, but the final five minutes of the second Free Practice became an intense dash to the finish, with Josh Brookes first moving ahead before Danny Kent subsequently displaced him.
The session would still feature a shake up and Vickers moved to the top of the times with three minutes remaining as Bridewell launched into second on the BeerMonster Ducati, missing out on the top spot by just 0.081s at the chequered flag.
Jason O'Halloran had elevated himself up to third in the closing minutes, the McAMS Yamaha rider edging ahead of Kent, who in turn was just 0.003s ahead of Brookes at the end of the session, making it four manufacturers inside the top five.
Lee Jackson held sixth position on the leading Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki, holding off Christian Iddon and the returning Danny Buchan in eighth place. Peter Hickman and Leon Haslam completed the top ten, with Glenn Irwin and Kyle Ryde making the final cut of riders automatically progressing into tomorrow’s Omologato Superpole start list.
Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Brands Hatch, combined Free Practice result:
- Ryan Vickers (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) 1m25.138s
- Tommy Bridewell (BeerMonster Ducati) +0.081s
- Jason O’Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) +0.098s
- Danny Kent (Lovell Kent Racing Honda) +0.113s
- Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad) +0.116s
- Lee Jackson (Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki) +0.293s
- Christian Iddon (Oxford Products Racing Ducati) +0.381s
- Danny Buchan (SYNETIQ BMW Motorrad) +0.414s
- Peter Hickman (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad) +0.460s
- Leon Haslam (ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team) +0.494s
- Glenn Irwin (BeerMonster Ducati) +0.509s
- Kyle Ryde (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) +0.665s
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