Scott Redding remained ahead of his ZYN British Superbike Championship rivals in the final Free Practice session at Brands Hatch this morning, holding off Kyle Ryde and Ryan Vickers as the contenders now prepare for ROKiT Oxygen Performance Qualifying.
Redding has been the target after topping the times yesterday and this morning he kept the Hager PBM Racing Team ahead, with 0.156s separating him from Ryde on the Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing Ducati.
Vickers surged up the order into third, but the Honda Racing UK rider ended the session with a crash at Stirlings, just 0.016s ahead of Max Cook on the AJN Steelstock bimota.
Storm Stacey was fifth fastest as he climbed the order on the Bathams AJN Racing Ducati, with Ilya Mikhalchik continuing to build momentum to hold sixth place for the ROKiT BMW Motorrad British Superbike Race team.
Christian Iddon held a top ten finish again in seventh place for the Sencat Racing Yamaha team, with Lee Jackson, Bradley Ray and Jason O'Halloran completing the top ten.
ZYN British Superbike Championship, Brands Hatch, Free Practice 3:
- Scott Redding (Hager PBM Racing Team) 1m24.660s
- Kyle Ryde (Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing) +0.156s
- Ryan Vickers (Honda Racing UK) +0.649s
- Max Cook (AJN Steelstock bimota) +0.665s
- Storm Stacey (Bathams AJN Racing Ducati) +0.721s
- Ilya Mikhalchik (ROKiT BMW Motorrad Superbike Team) +0.743s
- Christian Iddon (Sencat Racing Yamaha) +0.931s
- Lee Jackson (DAO Racing Honda) +1.006s
- Bradley Ray (McAMS Yamaha) +1.026s
- Jason O’Halloran (Honda Racing UK) +1.118s