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Bradley Ray 'had to dig deep' to secure his first triple of the 2025 season

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Three wins at Donington Park completed a perfect weekend for Bradley Ray and Raceways Yamaha.

Round Two of the 2025 British Superbike Championship was a momentous weekend for Bradley Ray and the Raceways Yamaha squad.

After winning one of the two races at Oulton Park, they were able to secure all three race wins at Donington Park.

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The 2022 British Superbike Champion looked on fine form, but had to 'dig deep' at the end of Race Three to hold off Glenn Irwin.

"It was a long race, 20 laps around here is long," Ray said after winning Race Three at Donington Park.

"When you lead every lap, you have nothing but your lap timer and your pit board to gauge what you need to do. I was setting a good pace, a pace that I had done in the Sprint Race, maybe a little bit slower. But, I knew I could do that pace and keep the tyre for the end, I got a good gap and thought I could control it well.

"But Glenn [Irwin] dug in and hounded me down, got to basically +0, but I had to find something to respond. I don't know how or where we managed to find that sort of lap time towards the end of the race.

"He kept me honest, made me push on at the end of the race, which is what it is all about, I had something, I had to dig deep, and I had to respond. It was a tough, tough last few laps, I had to control it and try not to make a mistake.

"The pace today was outrageous, I controlled it well, but I did not think I had enough tyre at the end, but I managed to bring it across the line.

"The triple is nice, it is good for the Raceways Yamaha team and everyone involved, they deserve this massively. It puts us in good stead for the rest of the year, we are strong at the start of the race, we are strong over one lap, and today we showed we can dig deep at the end of the race."

Ray now leads the 2025 British Superbike Championship by 12 points after five races in the opening two rounds of the season.

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