2025 British Superbikes: Oulton Park (Showdown) – Practice Results

There was a change of format for British Superbikes with the introduction for the following two rounds of The Showdown portion of the season, with the free follow periods adopted by a devoted Pre-Qualifying session, which completed beneath a pink flag, with Leon Haslam quickest.

After a number of delays and timetable adjustments for the climate, the PQ session noticed a number of adjustments of lead in the dead of night overcast climate, with the Moto Rapido Ducati rider again on the prime of time occasions because the session was halted for a crash for Luke Hedger at Druids. With just one minute and fifty-two seconds left, there was not sufficient time for a lap, so the session was not restarted  – leaving the #91’s time of 1m 45.245s main the best way into Q2.

Christian Iddon had been in first moments earlier, along with his time pushed all the way down to second, simply 0.080s slower because the riders who’re stronger within the tough, changeable and damp circumstances continued to return to the fore.

Behind the AJN Steelstock Kawasaki was Charlie Nesbitt, who too loved a spell on the prime of the timesheets on his option to third for MasterMac Honda.

A late surge from Josh Brookes took the DAO Racing Honda up an additional 4 locations to fourth, surpassing Raceways rider Bradley Ray, the highest Yamaha in fifth after a thought of efficiency given the circumstances.

Fraser Rogers was third with 5 minutes remaining, shuffled again to sixth on the pink flag for TAG Honda.

Storm Stacey had topped each of the 2 FP periods on Friday on his option to seventh for Bathams AJN Racing BMW.

After an early assault on the clock and that includes across the prime of the timesheets, championship chief Kyle Ryde settled in to complete the opening day eighth for Nitrous Competitions Yamaha.

Max Prepare dinner was a detailed ninth on the second Kawasaki.

Tommy Bridewell left it to the ultimate ten minutes of the twenty minute PQ session to reach on monitor for his out lap, then struggled to remain inside the highest twelve in a bunch of riders on comparable occasions, often swapping positions on his option to full the highest ten for Honda Racing UK.

The remaining two Q2 automated locations went to Hedger, who had performed sufficient earlier than his late fall from his Whitecliffe CDH bike to carry eleventh and a a lot improved Davey Todd in twelfth for LEW 8TEN Racing BMW Motorrad.

Andrew Irwin continues his restoration from arm surgical procedure following his Donington Park crash. Honda Racing UK have Supersport rider Dean Harrison making a BSB return as his stand-in, who simply missed out on Q2 after being pushed again to thirteenth.

Danny Kent can be absent, with McAMS giving a British Superbikes debut to Superstock rider Kam Dixon at Oulton Park, which didn’t go as nicely, lacking the PQ session after a fall in FP2.

If match, that may depart him with Scott Redding who lacked monitor time at Oulton Park – the Hager PBM rider was nonetheless in WSBK on the first go to to Cheshire this season, whereas many riders coming back from harm had been cautious within the sketchy circumstances together with Lee Jackson, Peter Hickaman and Glenn Irwin, who will all characteristic in Q1.

FP2 began in the identical means as FP1 with a Jamie Davis bike difficulty, this time a Cascades.

The second session was topped by Stacey, comfy within the moist, with Nesbitt once more operating nicely on the damp monitor in second, and Bridewell third.

Ray was once more forward of Ryde, this time in fourth and fifth respectively.

Rory Skinner was a faller once more within the second session, crashing at Knickerbrook with 14 minutes left to run. The Cheshire Mouldings Ducati rider was taken to the medical centre for a examine up.

He Scottish rider had firm as alternative rider Dixon slid off once more, this time at Hizzy’s.

Official British Superbike Oulton Park Information:

Bradley Ray (2025 QP R1 – 1m 32.851s)

Oulton Park in 2025:

Spherical 1: 
Qualifying: 1 Ray (2 Ryde, 3 Haslam)
Race One: 1 Ray (2, G irwin, 3 Haslam)
Race  Two: 1 Haslam (2 G Irwin, 3 Ray)

Oulton Park in 2024:

Spherical 2:
Qualifying: 1 Ryde (2 G Irwin, 3 Vickers)
Race One: 1 G Irwin (2 Iddon, 3 Ryde)
Race Two: 1 G Irwin (2 Bridewell, 3 Iddon)
Race Three: 1 G Irwin (2 Iddon, 3 Vickers)

Spherical 9 (Showdown):
Qualifying: 1 Ryde (2 Brookes, 3 Bridewell)
Race One: 1 Ryde ( 2 G inrwin, 3 Vickers)
Race Two: 1 G Irwin (2 Kent, 3 Haslam)
Race Three: 1 Ryde (2 Bridewell, 3 Stacey)

The day started abruptly for BSB with a climate contingency timetable seeing the category on monitor ahead of anticipated.

It was not sufficient to dodge the beginning of the incoming moist climate, with the rain flags out for showers in the course of the session.

That didn’t sluggish the riders in FP1, with Bathams BMW rider Stacey returning to the highest of the timesheets on his final lap on monitor with a moist better of 1m 45.470s.

Bridewell put within the joint most laps as he tried a sequence of small adjustments on his Honda UK bike to second 0.091s behind. Iddon, Nesbitt and Haslam, all at one level on the prime of the standings over the session, accomplished the highest 5.

It was security first for the title contenders with Ryde inn 14th and Ray sixteenth within the changeable circumstances.

Davis was first out of motion with a technical difficulty whereas the climate was nonetheless simply overcast, at Dentons.

There have been a number of crashes because the rain arrived, with alternative Dixon off at Outdated Corridor,  Skinner slipping away at Lodge whereas McPhee wanted a medical examine after his spill.