Brands Hatch Grand Prix: Byrne sets fastest ever lap at Brands Hatch
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Shane Byrne ha🐎s set t♎he fastest ever lap on two wheels around the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit with a 1m 24.838s to take a clean sweep of the free practice sessions.
The Be Wiser🔴 Ducati rider resisted putting in a fresh rear tyre until the final five minutes of FP3 after Honda's Jason O'Halloran grabbed top spot 🎃during his qualifying simulation run.
Byrne blitzed the times with two consecutive 1m 24.8s laps, with his second l꧒ap shaving off three hundredth൩s of a second to set a new record as the fastest ever lap around Brands Hatch GP, previously held by Josh Brookes set in 2011.
By ducking into the 1m 24s, the four-time BSB champion pulled out over a third of a second on O'Halloran, as Quattro Plant Kawasaki's Luke Mossey made significant gains to grab third overall ꦬahead of the second Be Wiser Ducati of Glenn Irwin.
Richard Cooper claimed fifth on the timesheet from Tomm꧃y Bridewell as Danny Buchan, Christian Iddon, Jakub Smrz and Peter Hickman rounded out th⛄e top ten.
Dan Linfoot was shuffled down to 12th after he suffered an early crash in the session but was able to continue, while the JG🧔 Speedfit Kawasaki duo of Leon Haslam and James Ellison continued to be off the pace✅ in 13th and 14th respectively, with Thruxton race two winner Michael Laverty in 15th.
Further down Broc Parkes had a small slide off at Graham Hil൩l bend which prematurely ended his session to see him fall to 18th and just ahead of ePayMe Yamaha team-mate John Hopkins in 19th.