From a press release issued by series organizers:

WEBSTER HEADS BRANDS PRACTICE SESSIONS

Steve Webster will start this weekend’s two Eastern Airways Sidecar Championship races from pole position after setting the fastest time in this afternoon’s two timed qualifying sessions at Brands Hatch, Kent.

The nine-time world champion lapped his Castrol Suzuki-powered outfit around the sun-drenched 4km Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit in 1:29.719, a time set in the first of the two 30-minute sessions.

“We’re running a new engine this weekend,” said Webster, “and it was getting freed off nicely. We’re constantly looking at ways to improve the bike because it’s important to keep moving forward the whole time.”

Second fastest this afternoon was the M&M Suzuki pairing of Tim and Tristan Reeves, a little over a second off Webster’s time, with German ace, Jorg Steinhausen, third fastest, less than a tenth of a second behind the Reeves brothers.

Derek Brindley, winner of the last Eastern Airways sidecar race at Knockhill, was fourth quickest, with Greg Lambert fifth and Bryan Peddar sixth.

Friday practice times:
1 Steve Webster Suzuki 1:29.719
2 Tim Reeves Suzuki 1:30.845
3 Jorg Steinhausen Steinhausen 1:30.915
4 Derek Brindley Suzuki 1:31.679
5 Greg Lambert Suzuki 1:33.273
6 Bryan Peddar Suzuki 1:33.550
7 Bill Philp Yamaha 1:34.107
8 Andy Peach Suzuki 1:34.172
9 Steve Norbury Yamaha 1:34.956
10 Stuart Woodard Suzuki 1:35.194