Seton Yamaha's Sam Warren emerged victorious in first race of the Motorpoint British Supersport Championship in drying conditions at Brands Hatch this afternoon.

After a small rain shower before the race, the race was declared wet and gambles were taken on tyres. Christian Iddon put in a dry rear, Ben Wilson and Sam Warren an intermediate and Luke Jones a wet rear. It was Wilson who took the hole shot and followed by putting a second into the chasing pack almost immediately.

Behind him were Iddon, Warren and Finn Pauli Pekkanen. As Wilson extended his lead at the front, Warren slipped under Iddon on the breaks into Paddock Hill Bend to take second and had the green Gearlink Kawasaki of Wilson in his sight. He cut Wilson’s lead of 1.8 seconds down to nothing in the space of three laps.

As Wilson held Warren at bay, Luke Jones began to make his way up the field; first diving past Jack Kennedy, then Pekkanen and finally he went around the outside of Iddon at Clearways. Then Wilson paid the penalty for his early charge. With his tyre shot, he spun up as he exited Clearways and past went the Yamaha of Warren and the Triumph of Jones. Then the 2011 Triumph Triple Champion took the lead as Jones dived under the inside of Warren at Druids.

On lap eleven of eighteen it ended for Jones though, on the high speed entry to Druids he lost the front on the brakes and in conjunction with another accident elsewhere, the red flag came out. Warren took the victory followed by Ben Wilson and Pauli Pekkanen on the podium. Fourth was Iddon and next was the Cup winner, Glenn Irwin. Sixth was Jack Kennedy after his gamble on dry tyres didn’t pay off and Jimmy Hill, Dean Hipwell, pole setter Billy McConnell and Daniel Cooper rounded out the top ten.

Motorpoint British Supersport race one - conditions wet

1 70 Sam WARREN Yamaha - Seton Tuning Yamaha 11 10:02.911 79.33 52.883 5

2 15 Ben WILSON Kawasaki - Gearlink Kawasaki 11 10:04.395 1.484 1.484 79.14 53.245 5

3 79 Pauli PEKKANEN Triumph - 777 RR Triumph 11 10:04.472 1.561 0.077 79.13 53.399 5

4 21 Christian IDDON Triumph - Oxford TAG Triumph 11 10:05.560 2.649 1.088 78.99 53.001 5

5 2 C Glenn IRWIN Yamaha - Met Healthcare/Megastore 247 11 10:07.497 4.586 1.937 78.74 53.907 4

6 4 Jack KENNEDY Yamaha - MarTrain Yamaha Racing 11 10:12.264 9.353 4.767 78.12 53.340 5

7 95 Jimmy HILL Triumph - Vancraft Triumph 11 10:19.855 16.944 7.591 77.17 54.128 5

8 74 Dean HIPWELL Yamaha - Globalnet Telecom/Bladen Electrical 11 10:20.658 17.747 0.803 77.07 54.436 5

93 Billy McCONNELL Triumph - Smiths (Gloucester) Racing 11 10:21.673 18.762 1.015 76.94 54.352 5

10 20 Daniel COOPER Suzuki - Hampshire Motorcycles Waterlooville 10 9:27.181 1 lap 1 lap 76.67 54.872 3

11 56 C James EAST Kawasaki - Mackrory Racing 10 9:29.029 1 lap 1.848 76.42 54.849 5

12 47 Richard COOPER Triumph - Oxford TAG Triumph 10 9:30.260 1 lap 1.231 76.25 54.487 5

13 24 Kev COGHLAN Yamaha - Team Colin Appleyard/Macadam 10 9:30.315 1 lap 0.055 76.24 55.286 4

14 94 Samuel HORNSEY Suzuki - RLR Motorsports 10 9:31.187 1 lap 0.872 76.13 54.664 3

15 8 Luke STAPLEFORD Kawasaki - Profile Kawasaki 10 9:33.994 1 lap 2.807 75.76 55.472 5

16 14 Josh CAYGILL Triumph - Vancraft Triumph 10 9:34.435 1 lap 0.441 75.70 55.327 5

175 David PATON Yamaha - Double 'M' Racing 10 9:36.792 1 lap 2.357 75.39 56.067 8

18 6 C Craig NEVE Triumph - ANR -TSS Racing 10 9:37.555 1 lap 0.763 75.29 55.793 5

197 Deane BROWN Yamaha - Team Colin Appleyard/Macadam 10 9:39.743 1 lap 2.188 75.00 55.379 5

20 52 Adam BLACKLOCK Yamaha - Team M8 10 9:40.922 1 lap 1.179 74.85 57.023 4

21 77 Taylor MACKENZIE Yamaha - MarTrain Yamaha Racing 10 9:41.361 1 lap 0.439 74.80 56.596 5

22 23 Shaun WINFIELD Triumph - Oxford TAG Triumph 10 9:49.159 1 lap 7.798 73.81 56.452 4

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DNF 82 C Luke JONES Triumph - 777RR Triumph / T3 Racing 11 10:02.154 79.43 53.010 5

DNF 65 Nikki COATES Yamaha - Team Colin Appleyard/Macadam 9 8:36.949 2 laps 2 laps 75.70 55.506 5

DNF 17 C Ben FIELD Honda - Ben Field Racing 9 8:37.067 2 laps 0.118 75.69 55.067 5

DNF 9 C Anthony ROGERS Triumph - ANR / TSS Racing 9 9:44.205 2 laps 8.925 66.99 56.045 5

DNF 22 C Jonathan LODGE Triumph - ANR -TSS Racing 9 9:53.300 2 laps 6.811 65.96 56.438 5

DNF 75 Glen RICHARDS Triumph - Smiths (Gloucester) Racing 8 8:34.169 3 laps 1 lap 67.66 55.164 4

DNF 12 Luke MOSSEY Triumph - Smiths (Gloucester) Racing 8 8:50.467 3 laps 14.379 65.58 56.422 5

DNF 71 C Jody LEES Yamaha - Midland VW Racing 8 8:51.089 3 laps 0.269 65.50 56.501 5

DNF 89 David JONES Kawasaki - Gearlink Kawasaki 4 4:02.887 7 laps 4 laps 71.61 58.359 4