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It was glory for Kyle Ryde as he got his weekend and title hopes back on track with a sprint race win - bur Bridewell increased his overall lead in third as the BSB Showdown Saturday drew to a close at Brands Hatch.
The paddock rolled into round ten of the BSB superbike championship with the half a point separating the BeerMonster riders causing a tense atmosphere at PBM, but left with a handful of riders in realistic contention for the 2023 title.
Ryan Vickers got his tyre gamble right as the heavens opened to take the shortened sprint race, as the Ducati’s got their tactics all wrong and finished out of the points at a wet Donington Park.
Tommy Bridwell dug in to pull a win out of a difficult weekend but Glenn Irwin’s double after a much discussed safety car backed up with a third podium visit saw him leave Oulton Park as championship leader after the first round of the British Superbikes Showdown.
Glenn Irwin continued to cut into his teammate Tommy Bridewell’s lead, but with a emotional, charged performance from the pair at the front of the sprint as the PBM team celebrated their Team Boss through their racing in the sprint race that kicked off the Showdown at Oulton Park.
Tommy Bridewell fought for his title lead, pulling out a hard earned win in race three to conclude the main part of the season, after Glenn Irwin had doubled up in race two at Cadwell Park, round eight of the British Superbike championship.
Glenn Irwin was back to winning ways as he took advantage of Ducati power and the narrow nature of Cadwell Park in the round eight sprint race.
Jason O’Halloran dominated round seven of the British Superbikes championship in Thruxton, coming away with all three wins in style.
Jason O’Halloran rose to the top at a track where he holds a superb recent record, rookie Charlie Nesbitt collected his first podium and championship leader Tommy Bridewell could only manage fourteenth as day one drew to a close in Thruxton.
Championship leader Tommy Bridewell was back to winning ways for both races on Sunday to pick up a double at Brands Hatch.
The sprint race at Brands Hatch saw Ryan Vickers pick up his first BSB win as he excelled in the tricky conditions before oil stopped play.
A first triple win to dominate the Snetterton British Superbike race weekend saw the already title leading Tommy Bridewell cement his standing with a career best performance.
The sprint race at Snetterton saw Tommy Bridewell bounce back from a poor start to come out on top for just his second win this season despite leading the championship standings.
British Superbikes Sunday serving of action saw Glenn Irwin bounce back from his race two to fall to collect a second win in the final run out of the Knockhill weekend.
Results from race three, round four of the 2023 Bennetts Superbike Championship at Knockhill.
The Saturday of the British Superbikes action at Knockhill belonged to Glenn Irwin. He converted his pole to sprint win, leading almost all of every lap.
Kyle Ryde was back to winning ways after a tricky race two was a sticking point for the race three rostrum finishers who seemed stuck on what could have been leaving Donington Park.
Kyle Ryde got his Donington race weekend off to a perfect start after converting pole to a sprint race win on Saturday in the third round of the championship.
As with the last round Glenn Irwin built into the weekend to take the final win of the day and the championship lead from Oulton Park.
Josh Brookes continued his upturn in fortunes as the weather took a turn for the worse to end day one of round two with another win to his credit.
The final race of the day at Silverstone saw Glenn Irwin realise the potential of his Ducati package, but an earlier race two win helped a consistent Josh Brookes to the top of the standings after round one.
Kyle Ryde was happy to have hit the front at the right time to lead over the line in a competitive opening sprint race at Silverstone to get the British Superbike season off to an electric start.
As the 2022 British Superbike season draws to a close it was time for the riders to reflect on the ups and downs of the year after the final race at Brands Hatch.
Bradley Ray only needed on race at Brands Hatch to secure the 2022 British Superbike title as Glenn Irwin did all he could to try and keep the championship running to the final day with a race win.