Be Wiser Ducati’s Scott Redding continued to lead the Monteblanco British Superbike test at lunch on Thursday but was chased hard by Tarran Mackenzie and Xavi Fores who were within 0.025s of the former MotoGP rider.

Redding dropped his laptime by two-tenths from yesterday, topping the sheets with a 1’37.186 while Mackenzie has found a second overnight and posted a best of 1’37.198 on the McAMS Yamaha.

Fores, championing the works Honda Fireblade, was 0.013s slower, while Mackenzie’s team-mate Jason O’Halloran bagging fourth with a 1’37.242 to end the morning 0.056s off the pace.

OMG Suzuki’s Luke Mossey claimed fifth place and is still only fraction in arrears, putting in a 1’37.472 which was enough to see Glenn Irwin kept in sixth on the Quattro Kawasaki.

Bradley Ray set a 1’1'37.826 on his Buildbase Suzuki for seventh with Andrew Irwin eighth on the second Honda. Danny Buchan and Josh Elliott completed the top ten.

Rookie Ryan Vickers put his RAF Reserves Kawasaki in 11th with Luke Stapleford and Claudio Corti next along. Josh Brookes finished in 14th with Ben Currie rounding out the top 15.