2022 British Superbike Silverstone - Free Practice (2) Results

Results from FP2, round one of the 2022 Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Silverstone (National).

15 Apr 2022

Jason O’Halloran makes it a clean sweep for McAMS Yamaha after topping the second Bennetts British Superbike practice at Silverstone.

2022 British Superbike Silverstone (National) - Free Practice (2) Results
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time
1	Jason O'Halloran	AUS	McAMS Yamaha	53.107
2	Kyle Ryde	GBR	RICH Energy OMG Racing Yamaha	+0.040s
3	Lee Jackson	GBR	FS-3 Racing Kawasaki	+0.097s
4	Bradley Ray	GBR	RICH Energy OMG Racing Yamaha	+0.108s
5	Christian Iddon	GBR	Buildbase Suzuki	+0.192s
6	Rory Skinner	GBR	FS-3 Racing Kawasaki	+0.236s
7	Ryan Vickers	GBR	FHO Racing BMW	+0.356s
8	Tommy Bridewell	GBR	Oxford Products Racing Ducati	+0.363s
9	Danny Buchan	GBR	SYNETIQ BMW Motorrad	+0.365s
10	Andrew Irwin	GBR	SYNETIQ BMW Motorrad	+0.378s
11	Josh Brookes	AUS	MCE Ducati	+0.383s
12	Dan Linfoot	GBR	IForce BMW	+0.404s
13	Luke Mossey	GBR	TAG Racing Honda	+0.507s
14	Leon Haslam	GBR	Visiontrack Kawasaki	+0.527s
15	Ryo Mizuno	JAP	Honda Racing UK	+0.541s
16	Glenn Irwin	GBR	Honda Racing UK	+0.556s
17	Danny Kent	GBR	Buildbase Suzuki	+0.580s
18	Tom Sykes	GBR	MCE Ducati	+0.581s
19	Peter Hickman	GBR	FHO Racing BMW	+0.607s
20	Takumi Takahashi	JAP	Honda Racing UK	+0.690s
21	Tom Neave	GBR	Honda Racing UK	+0.710s
22	Storm Stacey	GBR	Team LKQ Euro Parts Kawasaki	+0.858s
23	Josh Owens	GBR	CDH Racing Kawasaki	+0.921s
24	Dean Harrison	GBR	DAO Racing Kawasaki	+0.975s
25	Dan Jones	GBR	Iforce BMW	+1.157s
26	Chrissy Rouse	GBR	Crowe Performance BMW	+1.205s
27	Bjorn Estment	SA	Powerslide Catfoss Suzuki	+1.314s
28	James Hillier	GBR	RICH Energy OMG Racing Yamaha	+1.667s
29	Leon Jeacock	GBR	Specsavers Suzuki	+1.723s
30	David Johnson	AUS	RICH Energy OMG Racing Yamaha	+1.949s
31	Liam Delves	GBR	CDH Racing Kawasaki	+2.107s
32	Luke Hopkins	GBR	Black Onyx Security Honda	+2.151s

Following a rapid start to FP1, the second practice session of the day continued on in that vein as Bradley Ray went underneath O’Halloran’s Silverstone lap record.

A time of 53.215s was set by the Yamaha rider, while FS-3 Kawasaki rider Rory Skinner also jumped into the top five.

Ray’s team-mate Ryde then joined him in going faster than O’Halloran’s FP1 time, making it a Rich Energy OMG Racing Yamaha 1-2 for the second time today.

With limited movement inside the top ten heading into the final quarter of action, Ryde and Lee Jackson changed that by going quicker than Ray.

But as was the case in FP1, O’Halloran left it late to spoil Ryde’s day. A time of 53.107s was set by the Australian.

Free Practice 1 Recap

Jason O’Halloran topped the opening Bennetts British Superbike practice of 2022 after matching his own lap record pace.

After an electric start to FP1 for both Ryde and Ray aboard their 2022 Yamaha R1’s, new Buildbase Suzuki rider Christian Iddon took over at the top of the leaderboard.

Ryde, who set an impressive early time of 53.641s - three tenths off the lap record, was beaten by close to a tenth by Iddon.

Ray slid down to fifth as Jackson and Danny Buchan made it three riders within +0.005s of one-another.

The first official practice of 2022 got off to a slow start for Honda Racing UK’s Takumi Takahashi, as the Japanese rider had to wait more than half the session before completing a timed lap.

While Iddon looked set to take FP1 honours, SYNEITQ BMW rider Buchan then went even faster with a time of 53.472s.

However, Buchan’s stint at the top was brief as O’Halloran, who is on solo duty this weekend, went quickest with a time of 53.358s.

O’Halloran’s team-mate Tarran Mackenzie has been ruled out of action after suffering a left ankle fracture during the recent two-day test, which has since been operated on successfully.

Speaking ahead of the weekend and also next week’s Assen WorldSBK round which he was set to appear as a wildcard in prior to the injury, Mackenzie said: “I’m obviously disappointed to be missing the opening round this weekend, especially after feeling so good on the bike at Snetterton, but it is what it is.

“The operation on my ankle went well and I’m now focusing on my recovery, working with my physio and aiming to be back as soon as we can to get our season on track. I’d like to wish the whole team the best of luck this weekend as the season gets started.”

Top 24 separated by less than one second!

The first rider outside of the one second gap to O’Halloran was Dan Jones aboard the IForce BMW.

In what should be a sign of things to come, BSB 2022 looks set for its most competitive season ever.

Buchan retained second place from Ray, Iddon and Ryde, meaning three Yamahas occupied the top five positions.

Official British Superbike Silverstone (National) Records

Fastest lap - Jason O’Halloran AUS McAMS Yamaha 53:342s (2020)

2021 Race winners

Race One - Glenn Irwin Honda Racing UK

Race Two - Tarran Mackenzie McAMS Yamaha

Race Three - Jason O’Halloran McAMS Yamaha

Big names return for British Superbike in 2022!

While series champion Mackenzie returns to defend his crown with McAMS Yamaha, as does two-time champion Josh Brookes with MCE Ducati, plenty of new faces have arrived to the championship, including two very high-profile names…

2013 WorldSBK champion Tom Sykes has returned to the championship alongside Brookes at Ducati, while 2018 BSB champion Leon Haslam is back with Lee Hardy’s Visiontrack Kawasaki team as he bids to win title #2.

In terms of how both riders got on during FP1, Sykes finished 14th and Haslam 18th.

Weekend Schedule - 2022 British Superbike Silverstone (National)

Saturday

10:20-10:40 - British Superbike FP3

13:10-13:22 - British Superbike Q1

13:29-13:41 - British Superbike Q2

16:15 - British Superbike Race One

Sunday

9:30-9:40 - British Superbike Warm-up

13:30 - British Superbike Race Two

16:30 - British Superbike Race Three