The opening spherical of the 2025 British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park has been cancelled.
Race 2 for the British Supersport Championship, the race scheduled earlier than the third and closing BSB race of the weekend, was purple flagged when there was a multi-rider crash on the first nook.
11 riders have been concerned within the incident and the occasion was suspended at 15:58 native time, earlier than being cancelled at 17:06.
It was later confirmed that two riders had died on account of their accidents.
“It was a extreme and catastrophic incident coming off of flip one initially of the British Supersport race,” BSB Sequence Director Stuart Higgs informed TNT Sports activities when the cancellation was introduced.
“There have been 11 riders concerned, which naturally invoked an instantaneous purple flag and full medical response given the severity of the incident.
“The medical response to that’s technically nonetheless ongoing, and on account of that we [can] verify that the occasion is now cancelled and there’ll be no extra racing at this time.”
Earlier within the day, Leon Haslam gained a BSB race for the primary time since 2018.
Bradley Ray gained the primary race of the 2025 season on Sunday.
