Sunday round up from Cadwell Park BSB

2024 Bennetts British Superbike Championship
Round Eight – Cadwell Park
Sunday Round Up

British Superbike Race One

OMG GRILLA Yamaha’s Kyle Ryde powered to the Bennetts British Superbike Race One win at Cadwell Park, as he beat local favourite Lee Jackson by 0.791secs in the opening battle of the weekend.

Ryde stormed past polesitter Jason O’Halloran as the pack headed into Coppice for the first time, and although the Completely Motorbikes Kawasaki rider moved back ahead at Charlies it wasn’t to last, as Ryde charged past to hit the front again at Park.

Behind, Charlie Nesbitt settled into third, just ahead of MasterMac Honda team-mate Jackson as the pack completed the opening lap – while disaster struck for Ryde’s team-mate Ryan Vickers, who was hit with a technical problem and forced to retire.

Up front, Ryde looked solid and in control as he took charge, quickly building a comfortable half second lead which proved untouchable as the race continued.

Behind, reigning champion Tommy Bridewell was on a charge. After starting in 12th position, he wasted no time in starting to pick off the riders ahead and after a move on the ROKiT Haslam Racing BMW Motorrad’s Leon Haslam, was up to sixth by the end of the fourth lap.

On lap six, Jackson passed Nesbitt to move third and started to reel in O’Halloran, passing him for second on lap 12 as behind, Bridewell was pressuring Hager PBM Ducati’s Glenn Irwin, passing him for fifth a lap later as Nesbitt also found his way past O’Halloran to move into third.

Irwin wasn’t to going to give up his spot easily and made a determined move back past his rival into the chicane, with Bridewell running subsequently on the grass briefly as the pair’s rivalry again ignited.

The top three wasn’t to change as the final five laps ticked by, but both Bridewell and Irwin were still fighting hard, Bridewell getting back ahead with a move up the inside at Park on the penultimate lap and this time, Irwin had no answer.

As the pack headed into the final lap, Ryde had around a second in hand and was in no danger, but O’Halloran lost out again, as both Bridewell and Irwin got past, dropping him to sixth.

Ryde crossed the line 0.791s clear of Jackson, as Nesbitt was third, Bridewell fourth, Irwin fifth and O’Halloran sixth.

RelatedPosts

Aussie Advocates Racing to take on BSB with Carl Fogarty as Team Principal

March 19, 2025

Gawith steps up to BSB Sportbike for 2025 with Macadam Triumph

January 22, 2025

FHO Racing BMW Motorrad’s Josh Brookes won the battle of the BMWs as he finished seventh ahead of Haslam in eighth, as Billy McConnell secured ninth for the C&L Fairburn Properties/Look Forward Racing Honda squad and Danny Buchan rounded out the top 10 on the DAO Racing Kawasaki.

Sunday’s result keeps Bridewell at the top of the championship standings, as Ryde remains second and Oxford Products Racing Ducati’s Christian Iddon holds onto third, despite a tough race where he was handed a two-second penalty for course-cutting, finishing 13th.

Andrew Irwin (Honda Racing UK) did not start race one after being declared unfit following a heavy crash in Free Practice 3, and will be reviewed by the BSB Medical Team on Monday morning.

Kyle Ryde – P1

“I carried as much consistency as I could throughout the race. At one point I thought that my lap timer and dashboard had got stuck as I kept doing the same lap time! I’m buzzing really, after getting second twice last year, I think I deserved a win. It feels surreal, I didn’t think I’d be on the podium after Friday night, I was so far behind Ryan [Vickers], it was a bit scary. But I made a big step in qualifying which put me on the front row, and with Ryan and Tommy [Bridewell] not really setting a lap time, I knew I had to try and make the most of it and get as many points back as possible. It wasn’t that much, Tommy rode a great race to come from 14th or 15th back to fourth, so he’s going to be a big doer tomorrow, so will Lee [Jackson]. But after the start to the weekend, I’m over the moon just to be stood here talking to you, the win is just a massive bonus.”

Tommy Bridewell – P4

“It was a good race, to be honest, I knew that it was really important to make the start and luckily I did. I got a really clear run through T1, T2 and then up onto the back straight which meant I was right up behind Brookes at the start. I then managed to get through on him but got stuck behind Leon for a little bit too long and lost a bit of time, which then meant the front guys got away a bit. When I came back at them I felt great and it was me and my old rival Glenn on circuit together. He duffed me up into the chicane and onto the grass which cost me a lot of time. I then had to work really hard to get back up to them and pass him again. I think without that we might have had the pace to get onto the back of Charlie in third maybe. I know how important those championship points are to win a championship and that’s why I fought tooth and nail to come up through to fourth. From where we were on the grid I have to be happy.”

Lee Jackson recorded the fastest lap of the race so will start from pole on Monday while lining up alongside him on the front row will be Tommy Bridewell and race one winner Kyle Ryde.  Nesbitt will head row ahead of Jason O’Halloran and Glenn Irwin.  Josh Brookes will start from seventh and countryman Billy McConnell from tenth.  Brayden Elliott will start from 22nd on the grid.

---

British Superbike Race One Results

British Superbike Championship Points

British Superbike Qualifying Results

British Supersport / GP2 Sprint Race

Luke Stapleford converted pole into the opening win of the weekend as he took the Sprint race victory, 8.542secs clear of Ben Currie.

It was Currie who grabbed the holeshot from Stapleford after storming off the second row, but by lap three, both Stapleford and Honda Racing UK’s Jack Kennedy were passed the reigning champion.

Stapleford took off at the front with Kennedy tucked in right behind him and this was how it stayed for most of the race, Kennedy looking increasingly menacing behind the leader as he set two new lap records.

As the pair began the penultimate lap, they were split by just 0.150secs and just as it seemed Kennedy was about to make a move, he crashed out. By now, Currie was around eight-seconds behind in third, allowing Stapleford an easy run to the flag.

Currie claimed second, as behind, Harry Truelove, Dean Harrison and Eugene McManus were battling it out for the final podium spot.

Dean Harrison – P4

“Qualifying was good as we worked together and it came together perfectly with us both on the front row. I followed Jack for a few laps and then he followed me and we used the tow to best effect. I struggled off the line in the race because we had a problem with the tyre warmer, which meant I was a bit hesitant at the start. Truelove came past and I just struggled to get past him, compared to us he just has a much more powerful motorbike so it makes it challenging to get past, I can pull alongside the bigger CC bikes in the slipstream but then getting passed is almost impossible. Tomorrow I think we just need to be a bit more aggressive.”

McManus dropped to fifth behind Truelove and Harrison who crossed the line third and fourth respectively, separated by just 0.064secs.

Jack Kennedy – DNF

“We worked really well together in qualifying today and it all went to plan. I thought with two minutes to go that I was safe, I had a gap of four-tenths then next time I came around I was three-tenths down, so fair play to Luke for putting that lap together. In the race, I got a good start, but Ben Currie got an even better one from the second row and got the lead. Luke then managed to get passed him and I followed and I was just trying to hold onto the back of him. The pace then was unbelievable, lap record pace for seven laps in a row and we were dropping Ben behind. There are so many different strengths and weaknesses between the two bikes which meant that the gap was swaying up and down. I knew that I could probably have a lunge but It’d compromise my exit. For my championship, I probably should have just stayed in second but the racer in me just couldn’t let it go. I wanted to do a move on the last lap but unfortunately, on the penultimate lap I crashed. I don’t really feel like I did anything different to any other lap and the team confirmed that in the data. It’s just one of them, pushing on the limit half a second under the lap record and folded the front. It’s very frustrating but we take the positives. The pace is amazing and we are the only 600 cc bike battling the bigger bikes week in, week out.”

Owen Jenner had an easy run to GP2 victory as team-mate Jack Nixon crashed out, as did Lucca Allen on the final lap, with second in class going Keo Walker.

And in the Cup, Mikey Hardie trailed Cameron Hall all race but caught right up with him on the final lap and beat him in a drag to the line to take the win, as Adon Davie was third.

British Supersport / GP2 Sprint Race Results

British Supersport Championship Points

GP2 Points

HEL Cup Points

Pirelli National Superstock Qualifying Results

Pirelli National Sportbike Qualifying Results