Scott Redding set the pace in the opening ZYN British Superbike Championship Free Practice session at Donington Park this morning, in a frantic end to the opening action with positions changing right up until the chequered flag.
Bradley Ray had set the early benchmark for McAMS Yamaha, before Danny Kent stormed to the top on the Cheshire Mouldings Yamaha, with just 0.005s between them at the top of the times. However, the final ten minutes featured a flurry of fast laps to shuffle the order.
Kent had only been fastest for a matter of seconds before Redding moved ahead, launching the Hager PBM Racing Team to the top of the times, he ended the session 0.552s ahead of Kyle Ryde, who posted his fastest time on the final lap of Free Practice 1.
Ryan Vickers was third fastest with a final run, which moved him 0.005s separating him from Kent and the same to Ray, who completed the top five.
Max Cook was sixth fastest on the AJN Steelstock bimota, having run in second during the early stages of the session, just ahead of teammate Joe Talbot.
Ilya Mikhalchik had a strong start to the weekend in eighth place for the ROKiT BMW Motorrad British Superbike Race team, with Glenn Irwin and Christian Iddon completing the top ten.
ZYN British Superbike Championship, Donington Park, Free Practice 1 result:
- Scott Redding (Hager PBM Racing Team) 1m:27.317s
- Kyle Ryde (Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing) +0.552s
- Ryan Vickers (Honda Racing UK) +0.557s
- Danny Kent (Cheshire Mouldings Yamaha) +0.562s
- Bradley Ray (McAMS Yamaha) +0.592s
- Max Cook (AJN Steelstock bimota) +0.597s
- Joe Talbot (AJN Steelstock bimota) +0.623s
- Ilya Mikhalchik (ROKiT BMW Motorrad British Superbike Race team) +0.837s
- Glenn Irwin (Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing) +0.968s
- Christian Iddon (Sencat Racing Yamaha) +1.083s
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