Ryde wins as Skinner and Vickers secure podium finishes in dramatic Thruxton opener

Ryde wins as Skinner and Vickers secure podium finishes in dramatic Thruxton opener

15 August 2026

Kyle Ryde was victorious in the first ZYN British Superbike Championship race of the weekend at Thruxton as Rory Skinner and Ryan Vickers claimed their first podium finishes of the season in the red-flagged opener.

At the start of the race fierce title rivals Ryde and Redding continued to scrap for the lead, with the positions changing multiple times on the opening lap, before the Hager PBM Racing Team rider held the advantage at the start of the second lap.

Redding and Ryde continued to duel for the lead and then the Hager PBM Racing Team rider tried to break the chasing pack, extending his advantage to over a second at half race distance as Ryde held strong in second ahead of Vickers and Skinner with Max Cook and Bradley Ray also in close contention.

However, Redding was getting reeled in by the championship leader as Ryde continued to close the gap and by lap 12 the pair were once again inseparable on track. Ryde went for his move on Redding at Church, but his rival repaid the move into the Club Chicane.

A lap later and Redding had a moment, which allowed Vickers to make his move, pass into Church and then Skinner was also lining up to strike on the 2019 champion.

Redding was soon dropping back from the pack and at the front Ryde was holding the edge from Vickers and Skinner with Ray also then closing on the McAMS Yamaha at a rapid pace.

On lap 15, Skinner was able to dive ahead of Vickers into the Club Chicane as he targeted his first podium finish of the year, with the top three riders covered by just 0.862s when the race was red flagged with three laps remaining when Max Cook crashed heavily on the exit of the Club Chicane.

The result was declared with Ryde victorious ahead of Skinner and Vickers who both secured their first top three finishes of the season with Ray just missing out in fourth place and Redding completing the top five.

Leon Haslam held onto sixth place ahead of Christian Iddon and Danny Kent with Joe Talbot and Storm Stacey completing the top ten ahead of tomorrow’s two races.

UPDATE: Following an incident during the British Superbike race at Thruxton, Max Cook crashed exiting Turn 14 following contact with another rider. The race was immediately red flagged. Max was attended to at the scene by the BSB Medical Team.

Max experienced a brief period of unconsciousness following the incident and, was transferred to the Circuit Medical Centre for further evaluation. Following further assessment by the BSB Medical Team, Max was transferred to Southampton hospital for definitive investigation and specialist review. We wish Max well and will provide further information regarding his condition when appropriate.

ZYN British Superbike Championship, Thruxton, Race 1 result:

  1. Kyle Ryde (Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing)
  2. Rory Skinner (Cheshire Mouldings Yamaha) +0.644s
  3. Ryan Vickers (Honda Racing UK) +0.862s
  4. Bradley Ray (McAMS Yamaha) +1.259s
  5. Scott Redding (Hager PBM Racing Team) +2.224s
  6. Leon Haslam (Moto Rapido Racing) +4.428s
  7. Christian Iddon (Sencat Racing Yamaha) +4.502s
  8. Danny Kent (Cheshire Mouldings Yamaha) +4.932s
  9. Joe Talbot (AJN Steelstock bimota) +4.975s
  10. Storm Stacey (Bathams AJN Racing Ducati) +1 lap

For the full race result please click here

ZYN British Superbike Championship standings:

  1. Kyle Ryde (Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing) 322
  2. Scott Redding (Hager PBM Racing Team) 285
  3. Bradley Ray (McAMS Yamaha) 227
  4. Leon Haslam (Moto Rapido Racing) 200
  5. Max Cook (AJN Steelstock bimota) 172
  6. Ryan Vickers (Honda Racing UK) 163
  7. Rory Skinner (Cheshire Mouldings Yamaha) 152
  8. Christian Iddon (Sencat Racing Yamaha) 115
  9. Storm Stacey (Bathams AJN Racing Ducati) 105
  10. Glenn Irwin (Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing) 102
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