2021 British Superbike, Knockhill - Free Practice Results (2)
Danny Buchan kept up his impressive form by topping the second consecutive British Superbike practice session at Knockhill.
| 2021 British Superbike Knockhill - Free Practice Results (2) | ||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time |
| 1 | Danny Buchan | GBR | SYNETIQ BMW Motorrad | 47.376s |
| 2 | Jason O'Halloran | AUS | McAMS Ymaha | +0.047s |
| 3 | Rory Skinner | GBR | FS-3 Racing Kawasaki | +0.219s |
| 4 | Danny Kent | GBR | Buildbase Suzuki | +0.254s |
| 5 | Christian Iddon | GBR | Visiontrack Ducati | +0.255s |
| 6 | Tarran Mackenzie | GBR | McAMS Ymaha | +0.273s |
| 7 | Bradley Ray | GBR | RICH Energy OMG Racing BMW | +0.330s |
| 8 | Peter Hickman | GBR | FHO Racing BMW | +0.337s |
| 9 | Glenn Irwin | GBR | Honda Racing UK | +0.348s |
| 10 | Lee Jackson | GBR | FS-3 Racing Kawasaki | +0.356s |
| 11 | Tommy Bridewell | GBR | Moto Rapido Ducati | +0.452s |
| 12 | Ryan Vickers | GBR | RAF Kawasaki | +0.484s |
| 13 | Josh Brookes | AUS | Visiontrack Ducati | +0.489s |
| 14 | Andrew Irwin | GBR | SYNETIQ BMW Motorrad | +0.555s |
| 15 | Kyle Ryde | GBR | RICH Energy OMG Racing BMW | +0.571s |
| 16 | Gine Rea | GBR | Buildbase Suzuki | +0.587s |
| 17 | Dan Linfoot | GBR | TAG Racing Honda | +0.862s |
| 18 | Joe Francis | GBR | Iforce BMW | +0.903s |
| 19 | Takumi Takahashi | JAP | Honda Racing UK | +1.055s |
| 20 | Storm Stacey | GBR | Team LKQ Kawasaki | +1.222s |
| 21 | Ryo Mizuno | JAP | Honda Racing UK | +1.258s |
| 22 | Josh Owens | GBR | CDH Racing Kawasaki | +1.370s |
| 23 | Bjorn Estment | SA | Catfoss Racing Suzuki | +1.484s |
| 24 | Brad Jones | GBR | Iforce BMW | +1.751s |
| 25 | Luke Hopkins | GBR | Hopkins Honda Racing | +1.771s |
| 26 | Brian McCormack | IRL | FHO Racing BMW | +2.520s |
| 27 | Joey Thompson | GBR | NP BMW | +7.776s |
Buchan’s marginal improvement of half a tenth from FP1 was good enough to claim top spot ahead of championship leader Jason O’Halloran and local favorite Rory Skinner.
Along with Skinner, Danny Kent was another big mover from this morning as he claimed fourth for Buildbase Suzuki. Skinner finished FP1 eighth, while Kent was tenth quickest.
Free Practice One
SYNETIQ BMW rider Buchan topped the opening Bennetts British Superbike free practice at Knockhill ahead of championship favorites Christian Iddon and O’Halloran.
Buchan, the only current rider on the grid to win at the Scottish venue led most of the session, before O’Halloran and Iddon both set times fast enough for top spot late on.
However, Buchan was undeterred by that as he regained first place with a 47.432s - +0.199s quicker than the Visiontrack Ducati.
The short and undulating Knockhill circuit - always one for close racing, demonstrated this with how close lap times were. The top 14 were covered by one second as defending champion Josh Brookes brought up the rear of that group.
