2023 British Superbike Donington Park Results
Cycle News Staff | October 4, 2023
The British Superbike Championship took a dramatic turn at Donington Park with Tommy Bridewell (BeerMonster Ducati) crashing into teammate and chief title rival, Glenn Irwin in race two.
Just 7.5 points separate Tommy Bridewell (368) and Glenn Irwin (360.5) in the Championship points standings ahead of the final three races at Brands Hatch.
Kyle Ryde (Yamaha), Irwin and Bridewell were all in close quarters going into the Melbourne Hairpin when Bridewell got it sideways under braking and clattered into his teammate, sending both crashing out of the race.
An irate Irwin ran over to his teammate and gave him a proper verbal spray, gesticulating wildly and leaving no one in any doubt as to his feelings.
It capped off a horror weekend for Irwin who scored no points from three starts thanks to the race-two crash and technical problems in races one and three.
Kyle Ryde claimed victory in a dramatic second Bennetts British Superbike Championship race at Donington Park.
However, it was almost equally awful for title leader Bridewell, who finished 24th in race one, crashed in race two, and only ninth in race three meaning he holds a mere 7.5-point lead over his rival teammate with one round to go and 105 points still to play for. Lee Jackson (Kawasaki), Jason O’Halloran (Yamaha), Josh Brookes (BMW) and Christian Iddon (Ducati) are all within mathematical points range after strong performances over the weekend.
Jason O’Halloran returned to winning ways in the final Bennetts British Superbike Championship race of the weekend at Donington Park
At Donington, it was a Yamaha benefit with Ryan Vickers taking race one, his Lami OMG Racing Yamaha teammate Kyle Ryde winning race two and Jason O’Halloran claiming race three. CN
2023 British Superbike Championship Points Standings:
- Tommy Bridewell (BeerMonster Ducati) 368
- Glenn Irwin (BeerMonster Ducati) 360.5
- Kyle Ryde (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) 333
- Leon Haslam (ROKiT BMW Motorrad) 327
- Lee Jackson (Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki) 324.5
- Jason O’Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) 317.5
- Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad Team) 292
- Christian Iddon (Oxford Products Racing Ducati) 264
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