2025 British Superbikes: Donington Park- Qualifying Results

Results from qualifying at the second rℱound of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Donington Park, where Bradley Ray secured his second pole in a row with another lap record.

Bradley Ray, BSB, Donington Park, qualifying, 2025
Bradley Ray, BSB, Donington Park, qualifying, 2025
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168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:British Superbikes qualifying for the second round at Donington Park saw an interrupted session, but with record pace💮 as Bradley Ray once again lead the way with a new record lap.

The Raceways Yamaha rider was not the first rider to smash the old lap record, with Kyle Ryde the first under. Having the dropped to fourth, a purple first sector indicated what was comi♉ng as ray went top and stayed top with a new best of Donington Park in the BSB class, a 1m 26.907s lap.

Ray went back out after a s𒀰econd red flag but the track time was to test race setup, as his time remained unchallenged all the way to t🐬he chequered flag.

Fellow Yamaha rider Ryde opted not to return to track, happy with his OMG Nitrous Competitions bike and with second and a new personal best exceeding his expectations, the reigning champion satisfied with a close lap -🐟 just 0.028s slower.

Glenn Irwin arrived with the top Friday time and backed that up with a front row start, his own best another sub 1 27 lap for third, the Hagar PBM Ducati rider himღself just 0.081s slower in a close session, where he last his best run after running through the Foggy Esses.

Another Ducati rider, Leon Haslam, was also under the old lap record in fourth for the Moto Rapido team. Haslam is one of three riders tied for the championship lead after the opening round, along with Irwin and R🀅ay.

Tommy Bridewell had a tough Oulton meeting, and his Donington visit did not start any easier. Outside the Q2 places on Friday after only registering the 13th best time - just missing out by one spot, FP3 saw Bridewell still searching for something on his Honda, down in 24th. A last minu💙te run saw him head to Q2 as the top Q1 rider, setting his ten best lap of Donington.

The former champion was then caught out by the red flags aft🐽er leaving the pits late , leaving him with no time set with the ꦑclock heading rapidly to zero. With time for one last chance to register a time, Bridewell gave it everything, moving up to fifth.

At the same time Max Cook moved up fro eleventh to sixth to be the top Kawasaki on the grid for AJN 🍌Steelstock.

Andrew Irwin was seventh quickest on the second Honda Uk Racing entry, just ahead of Rory Skinner, who after being in the top three on Friday ꦇcould not quite emulate that form in qualifying. Leaving the Cheshire Mouldings Ducati rider eighth.

Josh Brookes was the best of the DAO Racing riders in ninth, with Danny Kent opting to remain in the pits following the second red fꦑlag, dropping to💯 tenth for McAMS Yamaha but an improvement after two big crashes on Friday, leading to a Q1 appearance.

2025 British Superbikes Round 2 - Donington Park -  Qualifying
PosRiderNatTeamTime
1Bradley RayGBRRaceways Yamaha (Yamaha)1m 26.907s
2Kyle RydeGBROMG Nitrous Competitions Racing (Yamaha)+0.028s
3Glenn IrwinGBRHager PBM (Ducati)+0.081s
4Leon HaslamGBRMoto Rapido Ducati Racing(Ducati)+0.221s
5Tommy BridewellGBRHonda Racing UK (Honda)+0.354s
6Max CookGBRAJN Steelstock Kawasaki (Kawasaki)+0.505s
7Andrew IrwinGBRHonda Racing UK (Honda)+0.509s
8Rory SkinnerGBRCheshire Mouldings Ducati (Ducati)+0.519s
9Josh BrookesAUSDAO Racing (Honda)+0.533s
10Danny KentGBRMcAMS Racing (Yamaha)+0.732s
11Charlie NesbittGBRMasterMac Honda (Honda)+0.764s
12Christian IddonGBRAJN Steelstock Kawasaki (Kawasaki)+0.794s
13Scott SwannGBRSend My Bag Racing by IWR Honda (Honda)+0.945s
14Peter HickmanGBRLEW 8Ten Racing BMW Motorrad (BMW)+1.556s
15Lee JacksonGBRDAO Racing (Honda)+1.655s
  Q1  
PosRiderNatTeamTime
16John McPheeGBRMasterMac Honda (Honda)1m 28.200s
17Storm StaceyGBRBathams AJN Racing BMW (BMW)1m 28.286s
18Fraser RogersGBRTAG Honda (Honda)1m 28.371s
19Luke HedgerGBRWhitecliffe CDH Racing(Honda)1m 26.374s
20Davey ToddGBRLEW 8Ten Racing BMW Motorrad (BMW)1m 28.638s
21Billy McConnellAUSC&L Fairburn Properties/ Look Forward Racing (Honda)1m 28.911s
22Richard KerrIRLRokit BMW Motorrad(BMW)1m 28.284s
23Jaimie van SikkelerusNEDTAG Honda (Honda)1m 29.364s
24Blaze BakerRSANP Racing Honda (Honda)1m 29.642s
25Tom SykesGBRSENCAT In Competition by Swann Racing(Aprilia)1m 46.053s
26Jamie DavisGBRWhitecliffe CDH Racing (Honda)No Time

Scott Swa🌄nn made the most o🃏f his first time going directly to Q2. The rookie, in just his second BSB round placed 13th on a highly competitive session.

There were two red flags in Q2, the fir🎃st to clear gravel all over turn ten, around the Foggy Esses, the꧑n for a late fall for Lee Jackson (15th), who walked away from his heavy Coppice crash.

Official British Superbike Donington Park Records:

New lap record Bradley Ray (Yamaha, 2025) 1m 26.907s

Race lap record: Glenn Irwin (Ducati, 2024) 1m 27.345s
Superpole lap record Jason O’Halloran (Yamaha,2023) 1m 27.196s

Donington Park in 2024:

Race 3:

Qualifying: 1 Rogers (2 Bridewell, 3 McConnell)

Race 1: 1 Ryde (2 Bridewell, 3 Haslam)
Race 2(Sprint): 1 G Irwin (2 Haslam, 3 Bridewell)
Race 3: 1 O’Halloran (2 Bridewell, 3 Kent)

Race 10 (Showdown):

Qualifying: 1 Ryde (2 Kent, 3 Brookes)
Race 1: 1 Ryde (2 Bridewell, 3 G Irwin)
Race 2 (Sprint): 1 G Irwin (2 Bridewell, 3 Ryde)
Race 3: 1 Ryde (2 Kent, 3 Vickers)

Q1: Bridewell leaves it late to top session, knocks McPhee out

With Q1 stacked with riders🔯 capable of automatic Q2 progression not everyone was going to progress.

Bridewell was down in fourth and sat in the pits, trying to save tyres f🌱or the second session, when he needed to head back 🏅out on track to make the session with just two minutes to go.

The lap found by th🌺e #46 was a second quicker𝓰 than he went on Friday.

Peter Hickman (14th) had gone top just moments earlier so moved on with the second best time, with Kent 🎶seeing his time which topped the session for most of the time hold on for third as he sat out the final minutes in the pits.

That same tactic saw John McPhee just miss outꦗ as his time was knocked back by Bridewell’s . McPhee had very differing rookie circumstances to Swann, ♔registering only 2 laps on Friday, with a early fall on the opening session leading to extensive work on his MasterMac Honda.

Storm Stacey, strong at the opening round at Oulton Park was one place further bac🐲k, fifth in the session for 17th on the grid.

Tom Sykes made a BSB return, in for the injured Lewis Rollo at Sencat In Competition by Swann Racing Aprilia. Sykes was previously a race winner on his last v♚isit to the track back in 2022, ta🐎king victory in both race two and the sprint.

Behind the curve with the rest of the paddock having testing and the first round completed compared to  Sykes’ 22 months away from riding a bike, there was no FP3 appearance as his mechanics worked frantically on the bike. The 2013 World Superbikes champion remained calm and returned for qualifying, the red flag allowing the extra time needed to finish work on th✨e Aprilia, but there were still gremlins - finishing 13th for 25th on the grid and well off the pace.

The session began with some pouring from the back of Jamie Daviꦚs’ Whitecliffe CDH Racing Honda, unaware of what was going on behind him the rookie kept ꦕriding until changing direction, where the oil on his tyre caused him to be violently thrown from his bike at Starkeys Bridge, causing a red flag.

Davis eventually walked away after immediate attention track side, with the track checked 𝓀and cleaned during the red flag period.

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