British Superbikes qualifying for spherical ten noticed some tough climate situations with the solar now out however a moist observe, with wind nonetheless to take care of, as Charlie Nesbitt managed the situations finest to say pole place.
There was a delay to try to enhance the observe situations, with leaves and twigs everywhere in the observe once more after a primarily moist Q1.
When on observe, the MasterMac Honda rider was instantly within the combine, one in all a number of riders to prime the timesheets.
A remaining flying lap chasing the bikes forward on observe took the #86 from third to first, taking up from Tommy Bridewell, who had in flip surpassed Storm Stacey in a frantic remaining two minutes, crediting his selection of a tough moist for added grip.
Nesbitt’s lap of 1m 44.621s solely simply held on as Fraser Rogers, who was monitored within the session for braking his rear brake calliper, seen hanging from his TAG Honda, bit the bullet for a remaining push which took him to an in depth second – simply 0.053s slower.
Stacey’s time held for third finishing the entrance row for Bathams AJN BMW alongside the Honda duo, however over half a second slower – the #79 had proven his prowess on a humid observe earlier within the weekend topping each the moist FP1 and FP2 periods.
Bradley Ray chipped away at his time to complete fourth for Raceways Yamaha – for his title hopes he was crucially forward of title chief Kyle Ryde , who was shuffled again to seventh for Nitrous Competitions Yamaha.
Between them on the grid might be Bridewell, who went round with Stacey on the session on his option to fifth for Honda Racing UK and Christian Iddon – a winner within the tough situations for AJN Steelstock Kawasaki in sixth.
Scott Swann was the most effective of the riders to return up from Q1, transferring on to eighth together with his expertise of the situations for Ship My Bag Racing by IWR Honda, however the first rider over a second off the pole lap.
Luke Hedger was as excessive as third in Q2 for Whitecliffe CDH Racing Honda on his option to ninth.
Josh Brookes had a small spill in FP3 forward of qualifying, however bounced again to finish the highest ten for DAO Racing Honda.
Leon Haslam was the largest shock of the session.
The Moto Rapido Ducati rider had made essentially the most of his Oulton Park expertise and moist climate means to complete the brand new PQ session on prime to maneuver to Q2 with the most effective time. On Saturday the previous champion obtained off to the very best begin, topping the FP3 session, moved to only earlier than qualifying due to the storm situations across the UK.
With Q2 simply after expectations Haslam would proceed that kind evaporated, thirteenth on the chequered flag and over two seconds off the pole time.
| 2025 British Superbikes Spherical 10 – Oulton Park- Qualifying | ||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Crew | Time |
| 1 | Charlie Nesbitt | GBR | MasterMac Honda (Honda) | 1m 44.621s |
| 2 | Fraser Rogers | GBR | TAG Honda (Honda) | +0.053s |
| 3 | Storm Stacey | GBR | Bathams AJN Racing BMW (BMW) | +0.537s |
| 4 | Bradley Ray | GBR | Raceways Yamaha (Yamaha) | +0.648s |
| 5 | Tommy Bridewell | GBR | Honda Racing UK (Honda) | +0.811s |
| 6 | Christian Iddon | GBR | AJN Steelstock Kawasaki (Kawasaki) | +0.829s |
| 7 | Kyle Ryde | GBR | Nitrous Competitions Racing (Yamaha) | +0.944s |
| 8 | Scott Swann | GBR | Ship My Bag Racing by IWR Honda (Honda) | +1.301s |
| 9 | Luke Hedger | GBR | Whitecliffe CDH Racing(Honda) | +1.463s |
| 10 | Josh Brookes | AUS | DAO Racing (Honda) | +1.739s |
| 11 | Max Prepare dinner | GBR | AJN Steelstock Kawasaki (Kawasaki) | +1.837s |
| 12 | Lee Jackson | GBR | DAO Racing (Honda) | +1.958s |
| 13 | Leon Haslam | GBR | Moto Rapido Ducati Racing(Ducati) | +2.128s |
| 14 | Glenn Irwin | GBR | Nitrous Competitions Racing (Yamaha) | +2.417s |
| 15 | Davey Todd | GBR | LEW 8Ten Racing BMW Motorrad (BMW) | +3.140s |
| Q1 | ||||
| 16 | Billy McConnell | AUS | C&L Fairburn Properties/ Look Ahead Racing (Honda) | 1m 47.280s |
| 17 | Blaze Baker | RSA | NP Racing Honda (Honda) | 1m 47.949s |
| 18 | Jaimie van Sikkelerus | NED | TAG Honda (Honda) | 1m 48.286s |
| 19 | Peter Hickman | GBR | LEW 8Ten Racing BMW Motorrad (BMW) | 1m 48.587s |
| 20 | John McPhee | GBR | MasterMac Honda (Honda) | 1m 49.664s |
| 21 | Jamie Davis | GBR | Whitecliffe CDH Racing (Honda) | 1m 53.624s |
| 22 | Richard Kerr | IRL | Rokit BMW Motorrad(BMW) | No Time |
| 23 | Dean Harrison | GBR | Honda Racing UK (Honda) | No Time |
Q1 – Jackson leads the way in which within the moist.
Lee Jackson (twelfth )made the most effective of the tough climate situations, going from rain to solar however at all times in spray to to the session.
The DAO Racing rider was joined within the development locations by Glenn Irwin, who ran over the grass pushing arduous on the finish of Q2 to stall at 14th for Nitrous Competitions Yamaha and prime rookie Swann.
Billy McConnell held a prime three slot for a lot of the session however elected to take a seat within the pits, his final lap sprint was not sufficient to carry him from fourth, for sixteenth on the race one grid.
Blaze Baker and Jamie van Sikkelerus swapped positions with the South African getting again forward of the rider from the Netherlands on his final lap for seventeenth and 18th respectively.
Scott Redding did enhance on his final run, however solely to eighth, the PBM rider missing expertise at Oulton Park for PBM Ducati
Richard Kerr slipped off his ROKiT BME Motorrad proper at the beginning of Q1, leaving his bike the wrong way up at Shell Oils.
Jamie Davis slid off later within the session on the similar nook and was taken to the medical centre for additional evaluation.
Dean Harrison was again within the British Superbikes paddock, filling in for the injured Andrew Irwin at Honda Racing UK. The #55 fell within the temporary FP3 session earlier than qualifying at Outdated Corridor and didn’t get a Q1 run.
Danny Kent’s substitute for the spherical, Superstock rider Kam Dixon, suffered two heavy falls in Friday, and was not accessible by the Pre-Qualifying session, with the McAMS Crew formally with drawing from the occasion on Friday night.
Rory Skinner was additionally absent after two arduous Friday crashes, at Lodge and Cascades.
