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Glenn Irwin back on pole with Mossey splitting the Irwin brothers
Glenn Irwin scored his second consecutive pole position in the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Thruxton, lapping under the circuit record to hit the top of the times for the Be Wiser Ducati team, ahead of Luke Mossey and brother Andrew, as the brothers celebrated a double front row start for the first time.
Christian Iddon had initially set the benchmark in Q3 but a flurry of fast laps left the elder of the two Irwin brothers at the top and despite the best efforts of his championship rivals, Glenn had the edge at the chequered flag.
JG Speedfit Kawasaki’s Luke Mossey moved to within 0.032s of the Be Wiser Ducati with the local team securing a front row start with Andrew Irwin celebrating his first front row start in the Superbike class.
Brands Hatch double race winner Josh Brookes will head the second row of the grid on the McAMS Yamaha, but for team-mate Tarran Mackenzie he will start on the back row after suffering a technical problem in the opening session.
Bradley Ray made leaps forward to move into fifth place in Datatag Qualifying for the Buildbase Suzuki team, pushing Jake Dixon back into sixth place on the RAF Regular & Reserves Kawasaki after an earlier run that moved him up the order.
Iddon dropped to seventh place in the closing stages on the leading Tyco BMW, easing championship Leon Haslam into eighth ahead of Danny Buchan who completed the top nine ahead of tomorrow’s opening race.
Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Thruxton, Datatag Qualifying:
Glenn Irwin (Be Wiser Ducati) 1m:14.565s
Luke Mossey (JG Speedfit Kawasaki) +0.032s
Andrew Irwin (Be Wiser Ducati) +0.117s
Josh Brookes (McAMS Yamaha) +0.193s
Bradley Ray (Buildbase Suzuki) +0.264s
Jake Dixon (RAF Regular & Reserves Kawasaki) +0.461s
Christian Iddon (Tyco BMW) +0.479s
Leon Haslam (JG Speedfit Kawasaki) +0.569s
Danny Buchan (FS-3 Racing Kawasaki) +1.169s
The seventh round of the 2018 Bennetts British Superbike Championship take place at Thruxton on August 3./4/5. For more information visit www.britishsuperbike.com
Glenn Irwin (Be Wiser Ducati) “It is great to be back on the pole position. The lap itself was quite fast, but Leon [Haslam] made a mistake at the last corner and I knew I had a lot of pace on them guys and I was happy to sit back but I actually went too close to them.
“It held me up on the brakes going into the last corner and then my lap went away so I had to pull it out the bag on the next lap. I was smoking the tyres but it was pole position so thanks to the Be Wiser Ducati team for their hard work.
“It is tough to be in the top nine and so for Andrew to be in there with me was fantastic, I could see he was ecstatic; he did a really good job to put it on the front row, so we are all looking forward to tomorrow now.”