A fired up Scott Redding was victorious in the final ZYN British Superbike Championship race of the weekend at Brands Hatch as the Hager PBM Racing Team claimed their fourth win of the season as he took the fight to double winner Kyle Ryde.
Redding admits he was frustrated after missing the win in the opening two races as he pushed to battle with Ryde, but the 2019 champion delivered in race three. At the start of the race, Bradley Ray grabbed the lead into Paddock Hill Bend for the first time, but Redding was determined and made a pass into Druids on the opening lap.
Redding was not going to settle for second and he held off Ryde and Cook over the opening laps and was trying to make a break when the BMW Safety Car was deployed on lap seven after Brayden Elliott crashed heavily at Stirlings.
When the race resumed, Redding backed the pack up and was able to fend off the initial attack. Ryde was trying everything to make it a treble, but he couldn’t get back ahead of his fierce title rival and there was 0.925s between them at the chequered flag.
Cook continued his strong weekend with a hat trick of third places as Leon Haslam held on to fourth after an earlier battle with Ryan Vickers and Bradley Ray, whilst Glenn Irwin was just adrift in seventh place.
The Cheshire Mouldings Yamaha pairing finished eighth and ninth with Rory Skinner holding off teammate Danny Kent with Joe Talbot in tenth place on the second of the AJN Steelstock bimotas.
ZYN British Superbike Championship, Brands Hatch, Race 3 result:
- Scott Redding (Hager PBM Racing Team)
- Kyle Ryde (Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing) +0.925s
- Max Cook (AJN Steelstock bimota) +3.564s
- Leon Haslam (Moto Rapido Racing) +7.798s
- Ryan Vickers (Honda Racing UK) +11.079s
- Bradley Ray (McAMS Yamaha) +11.217s
- Glenn Irwin (Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing) +12.041s
- Rory Skinner (Cheshire Mouldings Yamaha) +13.058s
- Danny Kent (Cheshire Mouldings Yamaha) +17.219s
- Joe Talbot (AJN Steelstock bimota) +18.748s
ZYN British Superbike Championship standings:
- Kyle Ryde (Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing) 252
- Scott Redding (Hager PBM Racing Team) 233
- Bradley Ray (McAMS Yamaha) 167
- Leon Haslam (Moto Rapido Racing) 165
- Max Cook (AJN Steelstock bimota) 151
- Rory Skinner (Cheshire Mouldings Yamaha) 123
- Ryan Vickers (Honda Racing UK) 115
- Christian Iddon (Sencat Racing Yamaha) 93
- Glenn Irwin (Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing) 89
- Lee Jackson (DAO Racing Honda) 76