Tommy Bridewell insists “all the pressure is on Kyle Ryde”
"We just didn't have the pa♎ce to go with the Yamahas"

Tommy Bridewell has warned that Kyle Ryde must deal🍸 with expectౠation at the British Superbike Championship finale.
The last round of the 2024 season is at Brands 💝Hatch on October 11-13.
Ryde will enter with a four-point advantage at♎ the top, after overtaking reigning champion Bridewell at ღlast weekend’s Donington Park round.
Honda’s Bridewell finished second inඣ the first two races at D💧onington, then fifth.
“It's still not easy I must be honest,” Bridewell reflected on keeping pace wi𒉰th Ryde.
“When I am 𓆉ridiꦡng on my own without coming under attack I can do the lap time and I know that my pace is good.
“There is just a couple of areas that we need to work on so that I can be competitive where I need to be comp⛄etitive.
“I am happy, the team are doing a great job we just need to be clever and to be aggressive when we need toജ be and ride as hard as𝄹 I can.
“In [Race 2ꦍ], we gained some points on Kyle but lost some points to Glenn. I'll take it at the moment.
“Then in 🐬r🔯ace three we just didn't have the pace to go with the Yamahas. It's frustrating for sure but it could have been much worse.
“We've lost the championship lead but now all the pressure is on K▨yle. We go to Brands with it all to play for.”
Teammate Andrew Irwin finished fourth, then sixth in each of the last two✱ races.
“I think it was a so🎀lid weekend after a difficult couple of rounds with a💛 fourth and two sixth place finishes,” Irwin said.
“𒁏We used Oulton as a building weekend after missing Cadwell, and♏ here at Donington we have shown some of that progress.
“I always enjoy coming to Donington, I know we shouldn't look forward to certain tracks, but it is a circuit that I always love racing at and I knew that I could kick into gear headin🐷g towards the end of the season.
“♋It's nice to get three strong rides and not be too far away from the win, we are working really well as a team and the momentum 🙈is building as we head to Brands. We were on the podium there earlier in the year and there is no reason why we can't be there once more.”
Kennedy leads Supersport
Jack Kennedy extended his lead at the top of the Supersport class after finishing second in🍨 Race 2.
“It was a really good race today, I knew I really had to push the Honda to stay ဣon the pace of Stapleford and Currie, particularly as we were losing time in places and having to push even harder in other areas to make𒀰 up the time again,” Kennedy said.
“We managed to do it tho▨ugh and managed to be in a position ꦏto try and push for the win towards the end. The second to last lap was my quickest lap which I am really happy with.
“Luke defended really well into the Melbourne Loop in the final lap which made it impossible to have a go for the win because he is so much stronger out of the final co🐻rner and the run to the line.
“I knew that I had to take s♍econd 🌠and take points out of Ben in the championship which we achieved.
“I don't think the weekend could have gone any better, we leave the weekend twenty one poin🧔ts clear and I am 🎃very happy with the job that Honda and myself are doing. I can't wait for the last round, even though I don't want the season to be over!”
Teammate Dean Harrison was eighth in Race 2.
“In today's race it was a similar story to the races o𓆏f late in all honesty,” Harrison said.
“When we are running in clear🌺 air we have the pace of the leaders but if you get caught up in any of the early race shenanigans you just lose time and then passing in the race is super difꦐficult.
“We tried to be a bit more aggressi꧋ve this weekend and to get the elbows out early on but when you can't run your own lines in the fight it is difficult to run your pace. We're inside the 𒁃top ten and working hard to keep improving.”

James was a sports jo♔urnalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.