Editorial Note: American James Rispoli was 11th-fastest with a time of 1:52.045 on his FS-3 Racing Kawasaki ZX-10R in British Superstock 1000 FP2 at Snetterton. Danny Buchan set the fastest time, a 1:50.832, on his Morello Racing Kawasaki ZX-10R.
MCE British Superbike Championship
Snetterton 300, England
June 30, 2017
Free Practice Two Results (all using Pirelli tires and Motec ECUs):
1. Shane Byrne, UK (Duc Panigale R), 1:47.345
2. Jason O’Halloran, Australia (Hon CBR1000RR SP2), 1:47.758
3. Peter Hickman, UK (BMW S1000RR), 1:47.832
4. Jake Dixon, UK (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:47.924
5. Luke Mossey, UK (Kaw ZX-10RR), 1:47.974
6. Josh Brookes, Australia (Yam YZF-R1), 1:48.016
7. James Ellison, UK (Yam YZF-R1), 1:48.060
8. Leon Haslam, UK (Kaw ZX-10RR), 1:48.311
9. Billy McConnell, Australia (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:48.713
10. Sylvain Guintoli, France (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:48.813
11. Dan Linfoot, UK (Hon CBR1000RR SP2), 1:48.858
12. Bradley Ray, UK (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:48.970
13. John Hopkins, USA (Duc Panigale R), 1:48.985
14. Lee Jackson, UK (BMW S1000RR), 1:49.110
15. Jakub Smrz, Czech Republic (BMW S1000RR), 1:49.377
16. James Westmoreland, UK (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:49.662
17. Michael Laverty, UK (Yam YZF-R1), 1:49.716
18. Tommy Bridewell, UK (Kaw ZX-10RR), 1:49.953
19. Andy Reid, UK (BMW S1000RR), 1:50.522
20. Taylor Mackenzie, UK (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:50.664
21. Josh Elliott, UK (BMW S1000RR), 1:50.732
22. Aaron Zanotti, UK (Yam YZF-R1), 1:51.021
23. Martin Jessopp, UK (BMW S1000RR), 1:51.134
24. Shaun Winfield, UK (Yam YZF-R1), 1:51.764
More, from a press release issued by MotorSport Vision Racing:
Shakey strikes back to keep O’Halloran from the top in free practice at Snetterton
Defending champion Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne was back on top of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship free practice times today, narrowly holding off the attack from Honda Racing’s Jason O’Halloran as the fifth round of the season kicked off at Snetterton.
Byrne and O’Halloran shared the victories at the Norfolk circuit last year and as the weekend got underway the pair were instantly locking horns for the top position on the opening day on track ahead of tomorrow’s Datatag Qualifying session.
As the chequered flag fell on the second session, Byrne lapped inside the existing lap record to hold the advantage by 0.129s from O’Halloran, but the pair were being hunted down by Peter Hickman who surged into third position on the Smiths Racing BMW.
Knockhill double race winner Jake Dixon carried his momentum into the RAF Reserves Kawasaki team’s home round at Snetterton by setting the fourth fastest time to nudge championship leader Luke Mossey into fifth place by 0.050s.
Josh Brookes had been on top midway through the session before the Anvil Hire TAG Yamaha suffered a technical problem which sidelined the 2015 champion for the remainder of the session; however he still held sixth position to remain ahead of rival Yamaha rider James Ellison.
Leon Haslam returned to the track following his crash that sidelined him at Knockhill to finish the opening day eighth fastest with Billy McConnell and Sylvain Guintoli completing a top ten that featured all six manufacturers.
MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship, Snetterton, Free Practice one result:
Shane Byrne (Be Wiser Ducati) 1m:48.353s
Jason O’Halloran (Honda Racing) +0.129s
Luke Mossey (JG Speedfit Kawasaki) +0.411s
Billy McConnell (Quattro Plant FS-3 Kawasaki) +0.457s
Josh Brookes (Anvil Hire TAG Yamaha) +0.699s
John Hopkins (Moto Rapido Ducati) +0.866s
Peter Hickman (Smiths Racing BMW) +0.934s
Dan Linfoot (Honda Racing) +1.050s
Jakub Smrz (Lloyd & Jones PR Racing BMW) +1.224s
James Ellison (McAMS Yamaha) +1.331s
MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship, Snetterton, Free Practice 2 result:
Shane Byrne (Be Wiser Ducati) 1m:47.345s
Jason O’Halloran (Honda Racing) +0.413s
Peter Hickman (Smiths Racing BMW) +0.487s
Jake Dixon (RAF Reserves Kawasaki) +0.579s
Luke Mossey (JG Speedfit Kawasaki) +0.629s
Josh Brookes (Anvil Hire TAG Yamaha) +0.671s
James Ellison (McAMS Yamaha) +0.715s
Leon Haslam (JG Speedfit Kawasaki) +0.966s
Billy McConnell (Quattro Plant FS-3 Kawasaki) +1.368s
Sylvain Guintoli (Bennetts Suzuki) +1.468s
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Shane Byrne
Be Wiser Ducati
“The day has been good and finished up very well but we had to work for it to be fastest. When we tested here it was really windy and it wasn’t ideal, especially after the break. We never got the most out of ourselves at the test but we started well this morning and went P1 straighht away and Jason O’Halloran was going well. He pipped me, we pipped him back and I feel we have started on a strong footing.
“We have a very structured plan here and we don’t want to make any wrong turns. We need to be consistent over race distance but at the same time improve our performance in the lap times. We put a new rear tyre in at the end of the session and I had a couple of goes when I saw the time on my dash I thought and then my team gave me a pit board that said OK so I thought I will take that.”‘