Following a slow start to this morning’s session #4, lap times picked up significantly as Rory Skinner went within two tenths of the outright British Superbike lap record at Snetterton.
Following Tarran Mackenzie’s maiden BSB championship win in 2021, here’s a look at five riders who could join him in becoming first-time champions in 2022.
FS-3 Kawasaki rider Lee Jackson is aiming for a more consistent podium challenge in 2022 after narrowly missing out on the 2021 BSB showdown; ‘I had a run this year of top tens and then we had some bad luck, but with a winter of work we can fight for more podiums next year’.
Tarran Mackenzie believes second was possible during the final BSB race of Knockhill, but after a qualifying crash left him 15th for race one; ‘I’m happy to have two podiums today to continue a strong start to 2021.”
Thanks to his second ever Bennetts British Superbike win and a crash for Jason O’Halloran, Christian Iddon has taken the championship lead for the first time in his career.
British Superbike rookie Rory Skinner claims maiden podiums in just his second weekend; ‘to be right up there with the best in the country in BSB in my second round on a superbike, I was blown away!”
Danny Buchan claims second and third British Superbike wins - all at Knockhill, thanks to a dominant Sunday double, while Ducati rider Christian Iddon becomes the new championship leader.
Rory Skinner says his first competitive British Superbike outing at Oulton Park was ‘a real eye-opener’, but one where ‘I was super happy to get points’.
All three riders have experience at world level, but who out of Tarran Mackenzie, Bradley Ray and Rory Skinner could be next to join the Grand Prix or WorldSBK scene?
Rory Skinner will join Lee Jackson in the factory-supported FS-3 Racing team for the 2021 British Superbike Championship aboard the new Kawasaki ZX-10RR