American Brandon Paasch was the fastest rider in British Motostar during practice Friday at Knockhill. Riding his FPW Racing KTM, Paasch did a lap time of 52.446 seconds.
Bennetts British Superbike Championship
Knockhill Circuit, Scotland
June 28, 2019
Free Practice Two Results (all on Pirelli tires):
1. Scott Redding, UK (Duc Panigale V4 R), 47.667 seconds
2. Danny Buchan, UK (Kaw ZX-10RR), 47.748
3. Josh Brookes, Australia (Duc Panigale V4 R), 47.827
4. Keith Farmer, UK (BMW S1000RR), 47.943
5. Luke Mossey, UK (Suz GSX-R1000), 47.953
6. Dan Linfoot, UK (Yam YZF-R1), 47.976
7. Bradley Ray, UK (Suz GSX-R1000), 47.980
8. Jason O’Halloran, Australia (Yam YZF-R1), 47.998
9. Christian Iddon, UK (BMW S1000RR), 48.056
10. Tarran Mackenzie, UK (Yam YZF-R1), 48.121
11. Andrew Irwin, UK (Hon CBR1000RR SP2), 48.168
12. Luke Stapleford, UK (Suz GSX-R1000), 48.330
13. Xavi Fores, Spain (Hon CBR1000RR), 48.347
14. Tommy Bridewell, UK (Duc Panigale V4 R), 48.364
15. Glenn Irwin, UK (Kaw ZX-10RR), 48.404
16. Peter Hickman, UK (BMW S1000RR), 48.440
17. James Ellison, UK (BMW S1000RR), 48.518
18. Josh Elliott, UK (Suz GSX-R1000), 48.603
19. Claudio Corti, Italy (Kaw ZX-10RR), 48.685
20. Joe Francis, UK (BMW S1000RR), 48.947
21. Ben Currie, Australia (Kaw ZX-10RR), 49.085
22. David Allingham, UK (Yam YZF-R1), 49.126
23. Dean Harrison, UK (Kaw ZX-10RR), 49.418
24. Shaun Winfield, UK (Yam YZF-R1), 49.627
25. Sam Coventry, UK (Kaw ZX-10RR), 49.727
26. Matt Truelove, UK (Yam YZF-R1), 50.009
27. Dean Hipwell, UK (Kaw ZX-10RR), 50.147
28. Fraser Rogers, UK (Kaw ZX-10RR), 50.802
More, from a press release issued by MotorSport Vision Racing:
Top Scott! Redding leads the way in free practice at Knockhill
Scott Redding fired the Be Wiser Ducati to the top of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship free practice times at Knockhill this afternoon, setting the fastest lap of the session in the closing minutes to edge 0.081s ahead of Danny Buchan.
Buchan had been at the top of the times for the majority of the final half of the session for the FS3-Racing Kawasaki team, but a rapid final run from Redding was enough to put him at the top, with the top 18 riders covered by just 0.936s.
In perfect conditions at the Scottish circuit the session got underway, but it wasn’t the best start to the for McAMS Yamaha’s Tarran Mackenzie who had a small tip off at the Hairpin, but was able to return to the pitlane and head back out onto circuit after some minor repairs by the team.
Mackenzie was soon back on track and lapping in the top five, but as the times tumbled he later dropped to tenth, but just 0.454s off the pacesetting time of Redding.
With 20 minutes on the clock Josh Brookes, the fastest rider in the opening session, moved ahead by just 0.005s, but a crash for the Be Wiser Ducati rider ended his second practice prematurely and he watched the closing stages from the sidelines, although he was unhurt.
At the top of the times Buchan then had the advantage ahead of Brookes and Luke Mossey had moved up into third ahead of Dan Linfoot and Redding with just under ten minutes to go, but the final minutes saw a shake-up as Redding went fastest.
The shuffle in the times included a fast lap from Keith Farmer who moved into fourth for Tyco BMW in the final minutes, pushing Mossey and Linfoot into fifth and sixth with Bradley Ray having another strong session in seventh for Buildbase Suzuki.
Jason O’Halloran was improving his pace to hold eighth position after his crash this morning, moving ahead of Christian Iddon and Mackenzie. Championship leader Tommy Bridewell was 14th fastest with a time just 0.697s adrift of Redding.
Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Knockhill, Free Practice 1 result:
Josh Brookes (Be Wiser Ducati) 48.001s
Danny Buchan (FS-3 Racing Kawasaki) +0.014s
Tarran Mackenzie (McAMS Yamaha) +0.073s
Dan Linfoot (Santander Salt TAG Yamaha) +0.110s
Scott Redding (Be Wiser Ducati) +0.162s
Christian Iddon (Tyco BMW) +0.242s
Luke Mossey (OMG Racing Suzuki) +0.254s
Bradley Ray (Buildbase Suzuki) +0.258s
Peter Hickman (Smiths Racing BMW) +0.268s
Glenn Irwin (Quattro Plant JG Speedfit Kawasaki) +0.285s
Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Knockhill, Free Practice 2 result:
Scott Redding (Be Wiser Ducati) 47.667s
Danny Buchan (FS3-Racing Kawasaki) +0.081s
Josh Brookes (Be Wiser Ducati) +0.160s
Keith Farmer (Tyco BMW) +0.276s
Luke Mossey (OMG Racing Suzuki) +0.286s
Dan Linfoot (Santander Salt TAG Yamaha) +0.309s
Bradley Ray (Buildbase Suzuki) +0.313s
Jason O’Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) +0.331s
Christian Iddon (Tyco BMW) +0.389s
Tarran Mackenzie (McAMS Yamaha) +0.454s
For more information on the Bennetts British Superbike Championship visit www.britishsuperbike.com
Scott Redding – Be Wiser Ducati
Fastest in free practice
“Today went really well, ending up fastest in FP2 and circuit-wise I am quite happy. It is quite quirky and quite technical with a lot of up and down, which is nice for me to have something different to ride and I am feeling good.
“I got quite a lot of laps in today and the weather has been phenomenal so I am looking forward to tomorrow to get some more laps under my belt to build on a race set-up so that is the focus for the morning. I want to get some more markers to be more consistent with braking and apart from that I am happy and can’t wait for raceday!”