Glenn Irwin claimed his first Omologato Pole Position of the 2023 Bennetts British Superbike Championship in this afternoon’s eBay Qualifying at Knockhill to fire the BeerMonster Ducati to the top of the times in another incredibly close session in Scotland.
Irwin set the fastest lap of the session with six minutes still on the clock and as the positions shuffled behind him; he was able to stay ahead at the chequered flag by 0.067s.
Ryan Vickers secured his first front row start in eBay Qualifying this season for the LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha team, he also set his best lap before the closing stages of the session and despite Jason O'Halloran closing in, he held third fastest on the McAMS Yamaha.
Kyle Ryde missed out on the front row by just 0.099s on the second of the LAMI OMG Racing Yamahas, just ahead of Charlie Nesbitt who had his best qualifying performance of the season on the MasterMac Honda by Hawk Racing.
Leon Haslam was sixth fastest for the ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team as he completes the second row for the BikeSocial Sprint Race, pushing Josh Brookes on the leading FHO Racing BMW Motorrad into seventh.
Brookes held the position by just 0.001s from Storm Stacey on the Starline Racing Kawasaki with Lee Jackson and championship leader Tommy Bridewell completing the top ten, with the 18 riders in eBay Q2 covered by just 0.732s.
Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Knockhill, eBay Qualifying:
- Glenn Irwin (BeerMonster Ducati) 47.158s
- Ryan Vickers (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) +0.067s
- Jason O'Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) +0.115s
- Kyle Ryde (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) +0.214s
- Charlie Nesbitt (MasterMac Honda by Hawk Racing) +0.250s
- Leon Haslam (ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team) +0.276s
- Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad Team) +0.303s
- Storm Stacey (Starline Racing Kawasaki) +0.304s
- Lee Jackson (Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki) +0.338s
- Tommy Bridewell (BeerMonster Ducati) +0.365s
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