British Superbikes: Haslam holds off Iddon by just 0.080s to top Pre Qualifying

Leon Haslam stormed to the top of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship Pre Qualifying times at Oulton Park this afternoon, setting the pace in the wet conditions to put the Moto Rapido Ducati Racing team ahead by 0.080s from Christian Iddon.

Iddon had been leading the way until the final five minutes, but Haslam was upping the pace, setting the best lap of the session on the final lap, in a session where the top eleven riders were covered by 0.768s.

Charlie Nesbitt was third fastest for MasterMac Honda, edging out Josh Brookes and Bradley Ray, who completed the top five as he bids to close down rival Kyle Ryde this weekend in Cheshire on the Raceways Yamaha.

Fraser Rogers was sixth fastest for TAG Honda pushing ahead of Storm Stacey who had topped the two Free Practice sessions on the Bathams AJN Racing BMW, with championship leader Kyle Ryde completing the top eight for Nitrous Competitions Racing Yamaha.

Max Cook was ninth ahead of Tommy Bridewell and Luke Hedger, who ended the session with a crash at Knickerbrook. Davey Todd qualified directly for Bandero Café Shoot Out Qualifying 2 for the first time for LEW 8TEN Racing BMW Motorrad, with Dean Harrison and Scott Redding just missing out and will have to line up in the opening Qualifying session tomorrow.

Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Oulton Park, Pre Qualifying result:

Leon Haslam (Moto Rapido Ducati Racing) +1m:45.245Christian Iddon (AJN Steelstock Kawasaki) +0.080sCharlie Nesbitt (MasterMac Honda) +0.126sJosh Brookes (DAO Racing Honda) +0.264sBradley Ray (Raceways Yamaha) +0.315sFraser Rogers (TAG Honda) +0.475sStorm Stacey (Bathams AJN Racing BMW) +0.627sKyle Ryde (Nitrous Competitions Racing Yamaha) +0.651sMax Cook (AJN Steelstock Kawasaki) +0.708sTommy Bridewell (Honda Racing UK) +0.731sLuke Hedger (Whitecliffe CDH Racing Honda) +0.768sDavey Todd (LEW 8TEN Racing BMW Motorrad) +1.200s

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