2021 British Superbike, Knockhill - Qualifying Results
BSB championship leader Jason O’Halloran has claimed his first pole position of the season at Knockhill.
| 2021 British Superbike, Knockhill - Qualifying Results | ||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time |
| 1 | Jason O'Halloran | AUS | McAMS Ymaha | 47.255s |
| 2 | Christian Iddon | GBR | Visiontrack Ducati | +0.055s |
| 3 | Danny Buchan | GBR | SYNETIQ BMW Motorrad | +0.178s |
| 4 | Peter Hickman | GBR | FHO Racing BMW | +0.229s |
| 5 | Bradley Ray | GBR | RICH Energy OMG Racing BMW | +0.267s |
| 6 | Lee Jackson | GBR | FS-3 Racing Kawasaki | +0.270s |
| 7 | Ryan Vickers | GBR | RAF Kawasaki | +0.280s |
| 8 | Rory Skinner | GBR | FS-3 Racing Kawasaki | +0.296s |
| 9 | Kyle Ryde | GBR | RICH Energy OMG Racing BMW | +0.333s |
| 10 | Gine Rea | GBR | Buildbase Suzuki | +0.361s |
| 11 | Glenn Irwin | GBR | Honda Racing UK | +0.367s |
| 12 | Danny Kent | GBR | Buildbase Suzuki | +0.382s |
| 13 | Josh Brookes | AUS | Visiontrack Ducati | +0.421s |
| 14 | Tommy Bridewell | GBR | Moto Rapido Ducati | +0.430s |
| 15 | Tarran Mackenzie | GBR | McAMS Ymaha | +0.506s |
| 16 | Dan Linfoot | GBR | TAG Racing Honda | +0.624s |
| 17 | Andrew Irwin | GBR | SYNETIQ BMW Motorrad | +0.659s |
| 18 | Joe Francis | GBR | Iforce BMW | +0.779s |
| Q1 | ||||
| 19 | Takumi Takahashi | JAP | Honda Racing UK | 48.048s |
| 20 | Storm Stacey | GBR | Team LKQ Kawasaki | 48.526s |
| 21 | Ryo Mizuno | JAP | Honda Racing UK | 48.748s |
| 22 | Brad Jones | GBR | Iforce BMW | 48.795s |
| 23 | Luke Hopkins | GBR | Hopkins Honda Racing | 48.959s |
| 24 | Bjorn Estment | SA | Catfoss Racing Suzuki | 48.969s |
| 25 | Brian McCormack | IRL | FHO Racing BMW | 49.936s |
The man O’Halloran beat to all three victories at Oulton Park, Christian Iddon, was once again second to the Australian, while fastest in both practice sessions Danny Buchan was third.
It was another poor qualifying for defending champion Josh Brookes who could only manage 13th after going through Q1.
Tarran Mackenzie suffered a crash at turn seven late on - will start P15 for today’s opening race.
Free Practice Two
Danny Buchan kept up his impressive form by topping the second consecutive British Superbike practice session at Knockhill.
Buchan’s marginal improvement of half a tenth from FP1 was good enough to claim top spot ahead of championship leader O’Halloran and local favorite Rory Skinner.
Along with Skinner, Danny Kent was another big mover from this morning as he claimed fourth for Buildbase Suzuki. Skinner finished FP1 eighth, while Kent was tenth quickest.
Free Practice One
SYNETIQ BMW rider Buchan topped the opening Bennetts British Superbike free practice at Knockhill ahead of championship favorites Iddon and O’Halloran.
Buchan, the only current rider on the grid to win at the Scottish venue led most of the session, before O’Halloran and Iddon both set times fast enough for top spot late on.
However, Buchan was undeterred by that as he regained first place with a 47.432s - +0.199s quicker than the Visiontrack Ducati.
The short and undulating Knockhill circuit - always one for close racing, demonstrated this with how close lap times were. The top 14 were covered by one second as defending champion Josh Brookes brought up the rear of that group.
