O’Halloran Fastest In MCE British Superbike Practice Friday At Snetterton

O’Halloran Fastest In MCE British Superbike Practice Friday At Snetterton

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MCE British Superbike Championship

Snetterton 300 Circuit

July 8, 2016

Free Practice Two Results (all on Pirelli tires):

1. Jason O’Halloran, Australia (Hon CBR1000RR SP), 1:48.212

2. Danny Buchan, UK (Duc Panigale R), 1:48.324

3. Luke Mossey, UK (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:48.463

4. Peter Hickman, UK (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:48.636

5. Shane Byrne, UK (Duc Panigale R), 1:48.661

6. Tommy Bridewell, UK (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:48.681

7. Glenn Irwin, UK (Duc Panigale R), 1:48.706

8. Broc Parkes, Australia (Yam YZF-R1), 1:48.715

9. Dan Linfoot, UK (Hon CBR1000RR SP), 1:48.924

10. James Ellison, UK (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:48.932

11. Leon Haslam, UK (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:49.011

12. Michael Laverty, UK (BMW S1000RR), 1:49.177

13. Christian Iddon, UK (BMW S1000RR), 1:49.226

14. Richard Cooper, UK (BMW S1000RR), 1:49.301

15. Lee Jackson, UK (BMW S1000RR), 1:49.315

16. Martin Jessopp, UK (BMW S1000RR), 1:49.528

17. Billy McConnell, Australia (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:49.730

18. Alastair Seeley, UK (BMW S1000RR), 1:49.897

19. Jakub Smrz, Czech Republic (BMW S1000RR), 1:49.937

20. Jake Dixon, UK (BMW S1000RR), 1:49.962

21. Stuart Easton, UK (Yam YZF-R1), 1:50.141

22. James Rispoli, USA (Yam YZF-R1), 1:50.464

23. Jack Kennedy, Ireland (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:50.800

24. Aaron Zanotti, UK (Yam YZF-R1), 1:50.962

25. Filip Backlund, Sweden (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:51.413

26. Ryuichi Kyonari, Japan (Suz GSX-R1000), 1:51.443

27. Shaun Winfield, UK (Yam YZF-R1), 1:51.939

28. Howie Mainwaring Smart, UK (BMW S1000RR), 1:52.066

29. Jenny Tinmouth, UK (Hon CBR1000RR SP), 1:52.231

30. Josh Hook, Australia (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:52.739

31. Vittorio Iannuzzo, Italy (Kaw ZX-10R), 1:52.897

32. Josh Wainwright, UK (BMW S1000RR), 1:52.908

33. Michael Howarth, UK (BMW S1000RR), 2:02.428

More, from a press release issued by MotorSport Vision Racing:

O’Halloran hits the top despite a crash as MCE BSB kicks off at Snetterton

Honda Racing’s Jason O’Halloran hit the top of the free practice times at Snetterton today (Friday), holding the advantage by just 0.1s from Danny Buchan as the top twelve riders battled to within a second of the fastest time.

The Australian saved his best until last, firing in the fastest time of the day in the final five minutes of the session, which was just enough to secure his position at the top despite a small crash at Agostini in the closing stages.

Buchan had been fighting hard in free practice ahead of his home round; the 24-year-old from Essex moving to within just 0.112s of pace-setter O’Halloran and Luke Mossey, who had topped the opening session in drying conditions for Quattro Plant Teccare Kawasaki.

Peter Hickman led the JG Speedfit Kawasaki charge in fourth place, but only just as he had four-time champion Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne hot on his heels from Tommy Bridewell, who had a strong start to his weekend for Bennetts Suzuki.

Rookie Glenn Irwin was seventh fastest on the second Be Wiser Ducati ahead of Broc Parkes, who made his debut with the ePayMe Yamaha team in place of John Hopkins who is sidelined through injury.

Dan Linfoot and James Ellison completed the top ten, whilst championship leader Leon Haslam set the eleventh fastest time.

MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship, Snetterton, Free Practice one:

Luke Mossey (Quattro Plant Teccare Kawasaki) 1m:52.039s

Danny Buchan (Lloyds British Moto Rapido Ducati) +0.122s

Richard Cooper (Buildbase BMW) +1.175s

Stuart Easton (ePayMe Yamaha) +1.533s

Dan Linfoot (Honda Racing) +1.572s

Christian Iddon (Tyco BMW) +1.880s

Glenn Irwin (Be Wiser Ducati) +1.909s

Jason O’Halloran (Honda Racing) +2.057s

Ryuichi Kiyonari (Bennetts Suzuki) +2.306s

Broc Parkes (ePayMe Yamaha) +2.404s

MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship, Snetterton, Free Practice two:

Jason O’Halloran (Honda Racing) 1m:48.212s

Danny Buchan (Lloyds British Moto Rapido Ducati) +0.112s

Luke Mossey (Quattro Plant Teccare Kawasaki) +0.251s

Peter Hickman (JG Speedfit Kawasaki) +0.424s

Shane Byrne (Be Wiser Ducati) +0.449s

Tommy Bridewell (Bennetts Suzuki) +0.469s

Glenn Irwin (Be Wiser Ducati) +0.494s

Broc Parkes (ePayMe Yamaha) +0.503s

Dan Linfoot (Honda Racing) +0.712s

James Ellison (JG Speedfit Kawasaki) +0.720s

For more information visit www.britishsuperbike.com

Jason O’Halloran (Honda Racing)

“Today has been a good day! This morning we had a wet session and I learnt a lot, I was happy where we ended up but knew we were capable of more. I went into the afternoon’s session feeling confident and happy with how the CBR was feeling, throughout the session it was faultless and I felt like I could have done what I wanted with the bike and could just keep pushing.

“We played about a little with some settings, but not too much as I was confident with what we had. I did have a little off at the end of the session, but we tried something different that didn’t quite work out, but we finished the day P1 so it’s all good. I feel we’re in a good place for tomorrow now and also the rest of the weekend come wet or dry. I’m just looking forward to getting back out there now and seeing what we can do.” 

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