British Super Bike Oulton park 2012 – Free Practice 1: Tommy Hill leads

Defending Champion Tommy Hill from Swan Yamaha team rding on Yamaha R1 finished in first position at Oulton park free practice session 1.His fastest lap was 1:36.385.

Following in second place was Josh Brookes from Tyco Suzukit eam riding on Suzuki GSX-R1000 with fastest lap time of 1:36.938 with a time difference  of 0.533 seconds.

In third place was Shane Byrne from Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki riding on Kawasaki Ninjaa ZX-10R  with fastest lap time of 1:37.107 falling behind by 0.722 seconds.

Finished in fourth place was Alex Lowes from Team WFR riding on Honda CBR1000RR with time difference of 1.205 seconds.

Chris Walker from primo Bournemouth Kawasaki Racing with time difference of 1.389 seconds.

The Privateer Ducati teams had yet to see success the three Satellite Ducati Panigale 1199 RS bike riders Scott Smart,Alex Polita and Tom Tunstall finished in 24 th,25 th and 29 th position respectively.

The fastest Satellite BMW S1000RR on the track with Barry Burrel as its rider  finished in 12 th place.

 

British Super Bike 2012 Josh Brookes wins Thruxton Race 2 and Conquered Thruxton

Josh Brookes from Tyco Suzuki riding on race spec Suzuki GSX-R1000 finished first in race 2 at Thruxton.He also finished first in the overall standings of the two races.In the first race he was in third palce with a total time of 25:50.233 and in the second race he finished in first place with a total lap time of 25:36.122 with an average speed of 110.42 mph.He had scored 16 points after finishing third in Race 1 and had made 25 points after winning the race 2 in first position making his total score in the two races 41.

In second place was Tommy Hill from Swan Yamaha Team riding Yamaha R1 and also the defending champion.The total lap time was 25:36.786 with 110.38 mph average speed.The time difference was 0.664 seconds.He was not only second in race 2 but he wa also in second position in the standings.Hill completed in second place in race 1 and race 2 making his total score 40.

In third place during race 2 was Shane Byrne from Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki team riding the race spec Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R with a total lap time of 25:37.565 with an average speed of 110.32 mph.He  finished in 4rd place in overall Thruxton standings he finished in 4 th place during Race 1 giving him 13 points and his 3 rd place finish in Race 2 gave him 16 points making his total points in Thruxton race to 29.

In Fourth place was Shane Byrne team-mate Stuart Easton with a time difference of 1.526 seconds.He finished in fifth place in Thruxton standings with a total score of 24.

In fifth place was Ian Lowry from Padgetts Racing riding on Honda CBR1000R  finished in 1 st place during Race 1.With 25 points during Race 1 and 11 points from Race 2 he finished in third place in Thruxton Standings.

Jon Kirkham from Samsung Honda who won Race 1 at Brands Hatch Indy settled for sixth place in standings with total points of 18.

 

British Super Bike 2012 Ian Lowry wins in Race 1 at Thruxton

Ian Lowry from Padgetts Racing riding the Honda CBR1000R who was in second place during qualifying gave a shock to Tommy Hill from Swan Yamaha the defending champion during race at Thruxton by coming on top in the race 1.The difference between Ian Lowry and Tommy Hill was 2.749 seconds.

In third place was Josh Brookes from Tyco Suzuki riding on Suzuki GSX-R1000 who started in 7 th position and had a time difference of 13.136 seconds.

In fourth and fifth place were team mates Shane Byrne and Stuart Easton respectively from Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki riding the Ninja ZX-10R bike.The time difference was 13.566 seconds and 14.435 seconds respectively.

Jon Kirkham from Samsung Honda who won at Brands Hatch Indy had settled for seventh place with a time difference of 18.473 seconds.

Michael Rutter who qualified in thrid position was not classified in the race.

Scott Smart from Moto Rapido racing riding the Ducati 1199 Panigale RS finished in 18 th position.

Alex Polita from Jentin Doodson Motorsport who was also riding the 1199 Panigale RS  finished in 19 th position.

Here at British Super Bikes the 1199 Panigale RS used by privateer teams did not proved successful in this season.

2012 British Super Bike Thruxton Warm Up Tommy Hill is in the lead

Tommy hill from Swan Yamaha Team the defending champion for 2012 seems to be back in form he is the fastest during the warm up session.He was also fastest during qualifying session at Thruxton and secured pole position for the race.In Brands Hatch Indy made his fans worried but his recent performance during qualifying and now in warm up shows that he is back in form.

Tommy Hill riding on Yamaha R1  completed his fastest lap in 1:16.237 and he was followed in second place by Alex Lowes from Team WFR on Honda CBR with fastest lap time of 1:16.434 falling behind Tommy by 0.197 seconds.

In third place was James Westmoreland team mate of Alex riding the CBR.His time difference was 0.317 seconds.

In Fourth place was Stuart Easton from Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki riding the Ninja ZX -10R had to settle for third place after he and James were at the same pace and lap time.

In fifith place was Easton’s team mate Shane Byrne  with a time difference of 0.323 seconds.

Ian Lowry from Padgetts racing on the CBR who finished qualifying in second place finished on 17 th position.

The difference between the top 20 riders was 0.957 seconds only.This shows that there is intense competition in the race.

Jon Kirkham from Samsung Honda riding the CBR who won in Brands Hatch Indy had settled for 7 th place during warm up and in 9 th place during Qualifying.

Alastair Seeley who finished second during Brands and was also the fastest during Brands Hatch Indy had settled for 17 th position during qualifying and in sixth position during warm up.