Qualifying three

Josh Brookes 1’30.085

Tommy Hill 1’30.359

Tyco Suzuki’s Josh Brookes took his third MCE British Superbikes pole position of the year this afternoon at Donington Park with a laptime of 1’30.085. The Aussie held off pressure from WFR Honda’s Alex Lowes, who took second, and Tommy Hill, who ended up third.

Jon Kirkham rounded out the front row but it wasn’t all smiles for the Samsung Honda team with Michael Laverty crashing at Redgate without setting a laptime, leaving him tenth on the grid.

Westmoreland heads the second row after getting the better of Tommy Bridewell and Michael Rutter in closing moments of the session. Early pace setter Luca Scassa ended up eighth and Patric Muff will start the first of tomorrow’s British Superbike races from ninth.

Qualifying two

Alex Lowes 1’29.845

Michael Laverty 1’30.206

Swan Yamaha’s Noriyuki Haga wasn’t able to get into Q3 after coming down pitlane with 2 minutes remaining. The Japanese rider got off of the bike and shook his head before being told to get back out on track by his crew chief Mark ‘Brains’ Woodage.

Westmoreland recovered from his Q1 crash to jump from twelfth to fourth and Luca Scassa also jumped from elimination to Q3, as he went from twentieth to sixth with just three minutes left of the session.

ELIMINATED

Chris Walker

Noriyuki Haga

Stuart Easton

Ian Lowry

Peter Hickman

Luke Quigley

Alastair Seeley

Scott Smart

Barry Burrell

Gary Mason

Qualifying one

Josh Brookes 1’30.491

Alex Lowes 1’30.672

Buildbase BMW’s Barry Burrell and WFR Honda’s James Westmoreland had a coming together at Goddards leaving the pair in the gravel. The red flag was then consequently brought out due to damage to the barriers. Even with eight minutes remaining nobody outside of the top twenty was able to improve to the relief of Peter Hickman in twentieth.

ELIMINATED

Tristan Palmer

Troy Herfoss

Danny Buchan

Robbin Harms

Alex Polita

Tom Tunstall

Tom Grant

Aaron Zanotti

Jenny Tinmouth

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