Andrew Irwin pips brother Glenn as new Honda hits 1-2 on BSB debut

Andrew Irwin leads brother Glenn Irwin to give the new Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade a perfect 1-2 on its BSB debut at Donington Park
Andrew Irwin - Honda Racing
Andrew Irwin - Honda Racing

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Honda enjoyed a dream British Superbike Championship debut with its new CBR1000RR-R Fireblade as Andrew Irwin pipped brother Glenn with a darinꦇg last lap move to claim a historic 1-2 result at Donington Park.

Dꩲelayed to August by the coronavirus, the 2020 BSB Championship picked up as though it had never been awa✅y with fast and frantic racing right up to the chequered flag.

Though the Irwin brothers have shown strong form during testing, their spectacular 1-2 performance proves the new Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade – in BSB trim at least – can potenti꧅ally be a title contender in what will be a condensed six-round, 18-race season.

From the start, pole sitter Jason O’Ha🐻lloran went backwards to cede the lead to an impressive Kyle Ryde, the BSB debutant on the unfancied Suzuki not only nosing ahead but confidently holding station out front for four laps. Unfortunately, his challenge ended on lap 🥃six when technical issues forced him to retire out of third.

His demot🌃ion came courtesy of Andrew Irwin first, before Glenn followed through a corner later, t🙈he Honda riders running line astern in 1-2.

That was until lap 13 when Glenn moved for the lead into Turn 1, unsettling Andrew enough to allow Josh 🍬Brookes into second place too.

The Australian had stalked his way into contention from an indifferent starting position and looked menacing as🍸 he chased down Glenn, nosing ahead on lap 16 with an eye on sprinting clear with five laps remaining.

As it transpires, the opposite would be true, Brookes unable to b🦂reak the Hondas as Glenn powered back past at Starkey’s on lap 18, pushing the Ducati man enough wide to allow Andrew back through tooꦜ.

With Brookes fading, Andrew shadowed Glenn in🔜to the fi💫nal lap before lining up his pass just corners from the finish line and snatching a lead he’d take to the end.

His second career BSB win – to go with his maiden triumph at Thruxton last year – the result marks a perfect debut for the new Honda, a machine that otheওrwise hasn’t set the world alight in WorldSBK trim. Despite missing out on the final lap, second still marks a welcome return to the podium for Glenn after a dismal 2019 campaign.

Brookes held oಌn for third position, just fending off new VisionTrack PBM team-mate Christian Iddon, who maintained♊ a watching brief in fourth, a big improvement on his starting position of 11th.

Elsewhere, Hector Barbera ran with the leaders initially on the Rich Energy OMG BMW before hitting technical issues, whil💞e Danny Buchan’s fall at the final corner chicane served to puncture a gap between the lead group and chasers to put them out of podium contention.

As such, though Tommy Bridewell gamely tried to close a four second gap to the front, he had to settle for fifth position, ahead of Luke Mossey on 🎐the remaining Rich Energy OMG BMW.

Tarran Mackenzie made gains from a low starting poღsition to claim seventh, ahead of team-mate O’Halloran, who having lost ground at the s🧜tart was particularly delayed again by Buchan falling in front of him.

Ryan Vickers and Lee Jackson completed the tꦇop ten, ahead of Global Robots Smiths BMW duo Alex Olsen and Peter Hickman, with Jack Kennedy, Dan Linfoot and Taylor Mackenzie rounding out the points.

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