2022 British Superbike Silverstone - Free Practice (1) Results

Results from FP1, round one of the 2022 Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Silverstone (National).

15 Apr 2022

Christian Iddon, Suzuki British Superbike Silverstone

Jason O’Halloran tops the opening Bennetts British Superbike practice of 2022 after matching his own lap record pace.

2022 British Superbike Silverstone (National) - Free Practice (1) Results
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time
1	Jason O'Halloran	AUS	McAMS Yamaha	53.358s
2	Danny Buchan	GBR	SYNETIQ BMW Motorrad	+0.114s
3	Bradley Ray	GBR	RICH Energy OMG Racing Yamaha	+0.135s
4	Christian Iddon	GBR	Buildbase Suzuki	+0.193s
5	Kyle Ryde	GBR	RICH Energy OMG Racing Yamaha	+0.243s
6	Lee Jackson	GBR	FS-3 Racing Kawasaki	+0.285s
7	Glenn Irwin	GBR	Honda Racing UK	+0.305s
8	Tommy Bridewell	GBR	Oxford Products Racing Ducati	+0.466s
9	Rory Skinner	GBR	FS-3 Racing Kawasaki	+0.484s
10	Peter Hickman	GBR	FHO Racing BMW	+0.491s
11	Josh Brookes	AUS	MCE Ducati	+0.491s
12	Dan Linfoot	GBR	IForce BMW	+0.509s
13	Andrew Irwin	GBR	SYNETIQ BMW Motorrad	+0.520s
14	Tom Sykes	GBR	MCE Ducati	+0.593s
15	Danny Kent	GBR	Buildbase Suzuki	+0.598s
16	Ryan Vickers	GBR	FHO Racing BMW	+0.631s
17	Luke Mossey	GBR	TAG Racing Honda	+0.687s
18	Leon Haslam	GBR	Visiontrack Kawasaki	+0.714s
19	Tom Neave	GBR	Honda Racing UK	+0.746s
20	Ryo Mizuno	JAP	Honda Racing UK	+0.768s
21	Takumi Takahashi	JAP	Honda Racing UK	+0.777s
22	Storm Stacey	GBR	Team LKQ Euro Parts Kawasaki	+0.879s
23	Josh Owens	GBR	CDH Racing Kawasaki	+0.892s
24	Chrissy Rouse	GBR	Crowe Performance BMW	+0.954s
25	Dan Jones	GBR	Iforce BMW	+1.023s
26	Dean Harrison	GBR	DAO Racing Kawasaki	+1.311s
27	Bjorn Estment	SA	Powerslide Catfoss Suzuki	+1.663s
28	Leon Jeacock	GBR	Specsavers Suzuki	+1.387s
29	James Hillier	GBR	RICH Energy OMG Racing Yamaha	+1.845s
30	Luke Hopkins	GBR	Black Onyx Security Honda	+1.937s
31	David Johnson	AUS	RICH Energy OMG Racing Yamaha	+2.199s
32	Liam Delves	GBR	CDH Racing Kawasaki	+10.421s

After an electric start to FP1 for both Kyle Ryde and Bradley Ray aboard their Rich Energy OMG Racing Yamahas, new Buildbase Suzuki rider Christian Iddon took over at the top of the leaderboard.

Ryde, who set an impressive early time of 53.641s - three tenths off the lap record, was beaten by close to a tenth by Iddon.

Ray slid down to fifth as Lee Jackson and Danny Buchan made it three riders within +0.005s of one-another.

The first official practice of 2022 got off to a slow start for Honda Racing UK’s Takumi Takahashi, as the Japanese rider had to wait more than half the session before completing a timed lap.

While Iddon looked set to take FP1 honours, SYNEITQ BMW rider Buchan then went even faster with a time of 53.472s.

However, Buchan’s stint at the top was brief as O’Halloran, who is on solo duty this weekend, went quickest with a time of 53.358s.

O’Halloran’s team-mate Tarran Mackenzie has been ruled out of action after suffering a left ankle fracture during the recent two-day test, which has since been operated on successfully.

Speaking ahead of the weekend and also next week’s Assen WorldSBK round which he was set to appear as a wildcard in prior to the injury, Mackenzie said: “I’m obviously disappointed to be missing the opening round this weekend, especially after feeling so good on the bike at Snetterton, but it is what it is.

“The operation on my ankle went well and I’m now focusing on my recovery, working with my physio and aiming to be back as soon as we can to get our season on track. I’d like to wish the whole team the best of luck this weekend as the season gets started.”

Top 24 separated by less than one second!

The first rider outside of the one second gap to O’Halloran was Dan Jones aboard the IForce BMW.

In what should be a sign of things to come, BSB 2022 looks set for its most competitive season ever.

Buchan retained second place from Ray, Iddon and Ryde, meaning three Yamahas occupied the top five positions.

Official British Superbike Silverstone (National) Records

Fastest lap - Jason O’Halloran AUS McAMS Yamaha 53:342s (2020)

2021 Race winners

Race One - Glenn Irwin Honda Racing UK

Race Two - Tarran Mackenzie McAMS Yamaha

Race Three - Jason O’Halloran McAMS Yamaha

Big names return for British Superbike in 2022!

While series champion Mackenzie returns to defend his crown with McAMS Yamaha, as does two-time champion Josh Brookes with MCE Ducati, plenty of new faces have arrived to the championship, including two very high-profile names…

2013 WorldSBK champion Tom Sykes has returned to the championship alongside Brookes at Ducati, while 2018 BSB champion Leon Haslam is back with Lee Hardy’s Visiontrack Kawasaki team as he bids to win title #2.