FHO BMW’s Peter Hickman stormed to the top of the Bennetts British Superbike timesheets this afternoon, taking the number one spot on lap record pace as series leader Jason O’Halloran crashed unhurt.
The McAMS Yamaha man had 1’06.278 early in the session before going down at Coppice and that was enough to rule the roost before Hickman put in a 1’06.156 and then track contamination at Redgate brought out the red flags with one minute left.
Hickman’s flying lap came in the final moments of another incredibly close session where the top 18 riders were covered by less than a second, with Kyle Ryde in 18th just 0.934s adrift of the leading time.
Ryan Vickers had another impressive session on the RAF Regular and Reserve Kawasaki to end the opening day third fastest, just ahead of VisionTrack Ducati pairing Christian Iddon and Josh Brookes, who continued his resurgence to complete the top five.
Rory Skinner delivered a strong end to his session to climb into sixth position for the FS-3 Kawasaki team ahead of Honda Racing’s Glenn Irwin and the second FHO Racing BMW of Xavi Forés.
Danny Buchan (SYNETIQ BMW), Lee Jackson (FS-3 Kawasaki), Tommy Bridewell (Oxford Products Racing Ducati) and Danny Kent (Buildbase Suzuki) completed the SUPERPICKS 12 who progress directly into tomorrow’s pole-position deciding Q2 session.
