Christian Iddon became the seventh different race winner in the 2024 Bennetts British Superbike Championship, scoring his first victory of the season with Oxford Products Racing Ducati, the six different race-winning team.
At the start, McAMS Racing Yamaha’s Danny Kent initially took the lead into turn one for the first time, but Rory Skinner was on the attack and he moved ahead for the Cheshire Mouldings BMW Motorrad with a pass at turn three.
Iddon was holding third position on the opening lap but by lap two, he had moved into the lead with a decisive pass at the Hairpin on Skinner as Kent dropped to fifth.
Bridewell continued to show his pace as he was also moving up the order and he was into second place by lap four with his sight set on Iddon ahead of him.
The order at the front shuffled several times with Billy McConnell also in the mix for the C&L Fairburn Properties/Look Forward Racing Honda team, as the Australian climbed to third behind Iddon and Bridewell by lap six.
Iddon held the lead despite the pressure from the reigning champion and he would hold off the challenge until the race was red flagged when Leon Haslam had a heavy crash on lap 22. The ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team rider was left battered and bruised following the crash.
Skinner and Kent had been duelling for the final podium position; Kent took his opportunity at turn three on lap 20 and he was able to hold off the home hero to return to the podium for McAMS Racing Yamaha and make amends for his crash in today’s second race.
Skinner sealed a strong comeback weekend with a fourth place finish, his best weekend in his Bennetts BSB career, whilst McConnell scored the C&L Fairburn Properties/Look Forward Racing Honda team their best ever result in fifth place.
Fraser Rogers held off Danny Buchan in the closing stages to finish his weekend on a high with Charlie Nesbitt also scoring his best points’ haul of the season for MasterMac Honda.
Hager PBM Ducati’s Glenn Irwin relinquished his lead in the standings to Bridewell with a ninth place finish, moving back up the order from 13th on the opening lap, to now hold second in the standings by 11 points. Lee Jackson completed the top ten for MasterMac Honda.
Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Knockhill, Race 3 result:
- Christian Iddon (Oxford Products Racing Ducati)
- Tommy Bridewell (Honda Racing UK) +0.635s
- Danny Kent (McAMS Racing Yamaha) +1.728s
- Rory Skinner (Cheshire Mouldings BMW Motorrad) +1 lap
- Billy McConnell (C&L Fairburn Properties/Look Forward Racing Honda) +1 lap
- Fraser Rogers (TAG Honda) +1 lap
- Danny Buchan (DAO Racing Kawasaki) +1 lap
- Charlie Nesbitt (MasterMac Honda) +1 lap
- Glenn Irwin (Hager PBM Ducati) +1 lap
- Lee Jackson (MasterMac Honda) +1 lap
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Bennetts British Superbike Championship standings:
- Tommy Bridewell (Honda Racing UK) 141
- Glenn Irwin (Hager PBM Ducati) 130
- Danny Kent (McAMS Racing Yamaha) 125
- Christian Iddon (Oxford Products Racing Ducati) 118
- Kyle Ryde (OMG GRILLA Yamaha Racing) 110
- Leon Haslam (ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team) 88
- Jason O'Halloran (Completely Motorbikes Kawasaki) 81
- Charlie Nesbitt (MasterMac Honda) 72
- Ryan Vickers (OMG GRILLA Yamaha Racing) 68
- Rory Skinner (Cheshire Mouldings BMW Motorrad) 65
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