MCE British Superbike Championship
Brands Hatch, England
October 17, 2014
Free Practice Two Results (all on Pirelli tires):
1. Shane Byrne, UK (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:26.281
2. James Ellison, UK (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:26.705
3. Josh Brookes, Australia (Yam YZF-R1), 1:26.763
4. Ryuichi Kiyonari, Japan (BMW S1000RR), 1:26.768
5. John Hopkins, USA (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:26.956
6. Stuart Easton, UK (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:26.990
7. Jon Kirkham, UK (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:27.247
8. Tommy Bridewell, UK (Yam YZF-R1), 1:27.282
9. Dan Linfoot, UK (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:27.332
10. Martin Jessopp, UK (BMW S1000RR), 1:27.516
11. James Westmoreland, UK (BMW S1000RR), 1:27.530
12. Chris Walker, UK (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:27.539
13. Howie Mainwaring, UK (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:27.548
14. Josh Waters, Australia (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:27.579
15. Patric Muff (BMW S1000RR), 1:27.677
16. Peter Hickman, UK (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:27.763
17. Julien Da Costa, France (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:27.873
18. Bryan Staring, Australia (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:27.962
19. Gary Mason, UK (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:28.304
20. Filip Backlund, Sweden (Yam YZF-R1), 1:28.470
21. Jakub Smrz, Czech Republic (Duc 1199 Panigale R), 1:28.581
22. Ben Wilson, UK (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:28.742
23. John Ingram, UK (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:28.744
24. Jenny Tinmouth, UK (Hon CBR1000RR), 1:29.248
25. Robbin Harms, Denmark (BMW S1000RR), 1:29.293
26. Aaron Zanotti, UK (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:29.609
27. Christophe Ponsson, France (Bim BB3), 1:30.024
28. Shaun Winfield, UK (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:30.234
29. Jed Metcher, Australia (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:30.449
30. Rhalf Lo Turco, Brazil (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:31.504
Other American competing at Brands Hatch:
James Rispoli, riding his Team Traction Control Yamaha YZF-R6, was eighth-fastest in British Supersport Free Practice Two with a time of 1:29.261.
Wild card entry Tomas Puerta, a Colombian who races regularly in the AMA Pro Championship, was 26th in British Supersport Free Practice Two with a lap of 1:32.192 on his RoadRace Factory/Red Bull Yamaha YZF-R6.
Jayson Uribe, riding his FPW Racing/R5R Honda, was eighth-quickest overall and fourth-best in the Moto3 class during British Motostar Free Practice Two with a time of 1:39.239.
More, from a press release issued by MotorSport Vision:
Final round 17-18-19 October Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit
BYRNE OUTGUNS RIVAL KIYONARI AS ‘WAR FOR FOUR’ TITLES BREAKS OUT AT BRANDS HATCH
Results
Free practice one:
1: Howie Mainwaring (Quattro Plant Kawasaki) 1m:36.944s
2: Dan Linfoot (Quattro Plant Kawasaki) +0.611s
3: James Ellison (Lloyds British GBmoto Racing Kawasaki) +1.186s
4: Ryuichi Kiyonari (Buildbase BMW) +2.472s
5: James Westmoreland (Buildbase BMW) +2.473s
6: Filip Backlund (FFX Yamaha) +3.074s
Free practice two:
1: Shane Byrne (Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki) 1m:26.281s
2: James Ellison (Lloyds British GBmoto Racing Kawasaki) +0.424s
3: Josh Brookes (Milwaukee Yamaha) +0.482s
4: Ryuichi Kiyonari (Buildbase BMW) +0.487s
5: John Hopkins (Tyco Suzuki) +0.675s
6: Stuart Easton (Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki) +0.709s
Report
Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne fired the opening shots in the “War for Four” MCE Insurance British Superbikes titles against Ryuichi Kiyonari by setting the pace in free practice ahead of this weekend’s triple-header finale at Brands Hatch.
Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki’s Byrne goes into the first race on Saturday afternoon with a twelve point advantage over Kiyonari. The Kent racer edged out his Japanese rival by half a second in the dry afternoon free practice session.
Byrne said: “We have three races to win to take the title and a place in history as the first rider to win four titles. There is one part of me says go out and enjoy them, the other says just stay ahead of Kiyonari in all of them. He is fast and a great competitor to ride against, but I don’t concentrate my mind on any other rider, the only person that I have to beat is myself.”
Kiyonari, riding the Buildbase BMW, had shown all-round riding skills, running fourth fastest in the damp of the morning. Howie Mainwaring on the Quattro Plant Kawasaki set the pace in the opening session.
Kiyonari said: “The morning wasn’t so good with the conditions and maybe I tried too hard in the afternoon and that is why we didn’t improve with every lap, I was pushing too hard and making mistakes but then I relaxed and we improved our lap time again. The feeling was better with the bike than before so we have our best setting and we will keep pushing. I was a bit angry and disappointed because I want to be fastest, but everyone is so close in the top ten. I love this track and I have confidence for the first race.”
Byrne and Kiyonari were split at the top of the free practice leaderboard by James Ellison riding the Lloyds British GBmoto Kawasaki and Aussie Josh Brookes on the Milwaukee Yamaha who needs strong results to maintain his third place in the title stakes ahead of his team-mate Tommy Bridewell.
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More, from a press release issued by Milwaukee Yamaha:
MILWAUKEE YAMAHA READY TO PUSH AHEAD OF OPENING BRANDS HATCH RACE
The Milwaukee Yamaha team opened the final round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch today with Josh Brookes and Tommy Bridewell ending free practice in third and eighth respectively.
The opening session of the day took place in damp conditions with both riders waiting until the dry afternoon free practice to up the pace with both riders feeling confident of further improvement ahead of tomorrow’s Datatag Qualifying session and opening race of the triple-header weekend.
Brookes said: “This morning I looked at the track and watched other people going round. It already appeared to have some dry patches so I thought well there’s no point going out doing three or four laps and then only to have to go out on slicks anyway and go quicker. So, I just waited and then went out on slicks to have a look and it was too wet to ride on them so I sort of waited longer and then really just ran out of time. Because of the cool temperatures the track did not dry so we didn’t really lose anything so I was not too bothered about that.
“This afternoon wasn’t too bad, we just ran with a fairly common setup for the bike and what we usually use, it went fairly well. I’ve already matched my time in qualifying from last time I was here. I used just one set of tyres the whole run and the last lap there was my best and we just changed a little tweak on the bike. We’ve got a couple of things we want to try tomorrow, one’s a gear pattern. Out the back near Hawthorns I was running through in fourth gear where I think there’s room to definitely go back an extra gear and use third and also a line change into Graham Hill Bend. That will hopefully improve the lap time and apart from that just eek my way through the weekend.”
Bridewell said: “Today’s been alright to be honest. Obviously this morning the conditions were bad so we didn’t get many laps in, so yeah, it was alright, had feeling on the bike. Then, in FP2, I felt really good on the bike, the bike was working really well. The position doesn’t really show our true position to be fair but the bike was working really good and we feel really happy. We’re riding well, well within ourselves, to be quite close in the times. Looking forward to tomorrow now and getting the first race out of the way.”
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