British Superbike Championship Oulton Park, England July 15 Free Practice Two Results (all on Pirelli tires): 1. John HOPKINS (Suzuki), 1:35.446 2. Tommy HILL (Yamaha), 1:35.768 3. Gary MASON (Kawasaki), 1:36.250 4. Michael LAVERTY (Yamaha), 1:36.491 5. Josh BROOKES (Suzuki), 1:36.540 6. Shane BYRNE (Honda), 1:36.650 7. Michael RUTTER (Ducati), 1:36.796 8. James ELLISON (Honda), 1:36.953 9. Ryuichi KIYONARI (Honda), 1:36.966 10. Ian LOWRY (BMW), 1:37.017 11. Chris WALKER (Kawasaki), 1:37.101 12. Peter HICKMAN (Honda), 1:37.120 13. James WESTMORELAND (Yamaha), 1:37.124 14. Alex LOWES (Kawasaki), 1:37.201 15. Glen RICHARDS (Honda), 1:37.340, EVO 16. Scott SMART (Ducati), 1:37.647, EVO 17. Martin JESSOPP (Ducati), 1:37.691 18. Loris BAZ (Yamaha), 1:37.751 19. Graeme GOWLAND (Honda), 1:37.890, EVO 20. Barry BURRELL (BMW), 1:38.133, EVO 21. Jon KIRKHAM (Suzuki), 1:38.480 22. Patric MUFF (Honda), 1:38.589, EVO 23. James HILLIER (Kawasaki), 1:38.992, EVO 24. Joshua DAY (Kawasaki), 1:39.526, EVO 25. Jake ZEMKE (Honda), 1:40.128, EVO 26. Hudson KENNAUGH (Aprilia), 1:40.290, EVO 27. Aaron ZANOTTI (BMW), 1:40.671, EVO 28. Karl HARRIS (Aprilia), 1:41.876 29. Dan KNEEN (Kawasaki), 1:41.916, EVO More, from a press release issued by Swan Yamaha: SWAN YAMAHA CONFIDENT AHEAD OF OULTON PARK QUALIFYING The Swan Yamaha team are feeling confident that further improvements ahead of tomorrow’s qualifying session at the seventh round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship will put them in a position to challenge for the pole position. Tommy Hill led the majority of the afternoon’s second session at the Cheshire circuit before he was edged to second in the closing stages; however after missing the two races here earlier in the season he was feeling positive about the progress that had been made. Michael Laverty was fourth fastest and determined that he could close the gap in order to challenge for his first pole position of the season. Hill said: “I was quickest for most of the session this afternoon and just went to second in the final minutes so considering we are two races down at this track compared to everyone else I am quite happy. We have been working hard with the base setting we had from earlier in the season and it was a good starting point and we have a few changes to make tomorrow to help us on the brakes. Everyone will be stepping it up tomorrow so we need to do the same so we can try and put the Swan Yamaha on the pole position.” Laverty said: “I am happy with how today has gone and this morning we started from where we left off when we were here earlier in the season. Straight away the Swan Yamaha felt identical to how it was back in May and we knew which direction we needed to work on. We made some improvements to the chassis and did some good times on used tyres; there are also some areas we have identified for more improvement ahead of qualifying tomorrow.”