Kent “really nervous” after Bridewell breakdown on way to Navarra pole
Danny Kent claimed pole position in Navarra at the opening Briti𝐆sh Superbike round despite being on track directly after Tommy🍸 Bridewell’s red flagged superpole run.
Danny Kent was setting records as he earned his first pole in BSB at the Na🌸varro track in northern Spain’s first appearance on the calendar, with the Mar-Train Yamaha team - a first for th𓃲e outfit too.
The McAMS sponsored Yamaha rider topped the timesheets ag🌟ainst the odds, not just because he was a stranger to the pole slot before today - but because he was due on track directly after reigning champion Tommy Bridewells aborted affort.
The Honda rider had had an issue in FP2, which saw his team frantically running repairs up until the l🔯ast🅷 second. The #1 plate made it out on track only to be flagged straight back in with smoke billowing from the back of his bike.
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The red flag then came out to check for oil, with Kent up ꦑnext and very nervousဣ that there may be remnants left on track.
the #52 expanded on ho🧸w it felt to be next♔ on track in the post race conference:
“Leading up to it, I was really nervous, obviously the rider before me was Tommy Bridew⛦ell and then I’m seeing on the♛ TV with all the smoke - in the back of my mind I was going through sector one, hoping the was no oil on track.”
Like many of the riders, with plenty of laps under their belts 🦩with a test at Navarra directly before the race weekend, Kent was looking to clean up his time and stay within track limits, something which he managed better then most, ad♏ding:
“I’m fairly happy with my lap - over the last few days I’ve had a few laps cancelled๊ on the exit to turn four, so I tipped into turn three a little bit later than what I have be🔯en all weekend.
His flying superpole lap was good enough for the top slot on the grid, bu🌸t not the fastest of the weekend - that remained Ryan Vickers practice lap. Kent believes the weather played a part in the qualifying times:
“The wind was quite a bit faster, it’s really chanꦅged dramatically since this morning. I noticed it through turn five anꦆd six especially".
The former Moto3 Champio𝓡n will take up the top spot on the grid tomorrow, with Navarra’s altered schedule bringing two twenty lap races.
