Jason O'Halloran returned to winning ways in the final Bennetts British Superbike Championship race of the weekend at Donington Park as he commanded the conditions to take the victory by 6.936s as Leon Haslam and Glenn Irwin had heartbreak with technical problems that sidelined them from the race.
O’Halloran had a lightning start and broke the pack to take his fifth win of the season for McAMS Yamaha, but behind the podium battle was on and it went down to the finish.
On the opening lap Glenn Irwin suffered a technical problem that saw him instantly sidelined, meaning he leaves Donington Park without scoring a single point, but whilst he was out of the action, his BeerMonster Ducati teammate Tommy Bridewell had an equally tough race in the wet conditions to finish in ninth place. As the championship reaches Brands Hatch for the season finale, the pair are still only separated by 7.5 points.
As the BeerMonster Ducati team endured their most difficult weekend of the season, Haslam looked set to close the deficit to the pair even further and he was running second when he suffered a mechanical issue and was then out of the action on lap 16. With potential of track contamination the race was red flagged and the result declared.
Oxford Products Racing Ducati’s Christian Iddon completed a fantastic weekend for the team by being promoted to second, whilst Josh Brookes claimed the final top three place to return to the podium for the FHO Racing BMW Motorrad Team.
Charlie Nesbitt had another strong performance in fourth place for the MasterMac Honda by Hawk Racing team ahead of Jack Kennedy and Storm Stacey who had a race-long battle for fifth place.
Peter Hickman held off Lee Jackson for eighth place ahead of Bridewell and Davey Todd who claimed his best result for the Milwaukee BMW Motorrad Team. Whilst Kyle Ryde missed out on the top ten in 12th place.
Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Donington Park, Race 3 result:
- Jason O’Halloran (McAMS Yamaha)
- Christian Iddon (Oxford Products Racing Ducati) +6.936s
- Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad) +10.884s
- Charlie Nesbitt (MasterMac Honda by Hawk Racing) +13.561s
- Jack Kennedy (Mar-Train Racing Yamaha) +16.183s
- Storm Stacey (Starline Racing Kawasaki) +16.414s
- Peter Hickman (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad) +16.797s
- Lee Jackson (Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki) +17.368s
- Tommy Bridewell (BeerMonster Ducati) +17.862s
- Davey Todd (Milwaukee BMW Motorrad) +19.937s
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Bennetts British Superbike Championship standings:
- Tommy Bridewell (BeerMonster Ducati) 368
- Glenn Irwin (BeerMonster Ducati) 360.5
- Kyle Ryde (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) 333
- Leon Haslam (ROKiT BMW Motorrad) 327
- Lee Jackson (Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki) 324.5
- Jason O'Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) 317.5
- Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad Team) 292
- Christian Iddon (Oxford Products Racing Ducati) 264
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