Glenn Irwin looked unstoppable in the first race and the sprint, but his third victory of the Oulton Park meeting was all the more sweeter as he had to𒁏 time his move for the lead and soak up pressure from fellow Ducati rider Christian Iddon.

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It is a first for PBM 2.0 as twins Frank ﷽and Jordan, who have taken over the Hagar sponsored team previously run by their late father Paul, with Irwin opting to stay i💜n the fold for 2024. Irwin described the success as ‘a dream’:

“It’s been a dream - it was nice to be in a different position in that race. I do prefer leading but I got to have a look at Christꦰian and, you know, the championship is long, to understand where we need to improve our bike and where he is strong”.

With the Ducati seemingly the bike to be on at the Cheshire track, a꧅ny advantage was welcome. Sitting in behind gave the #2 a chance, not only to see what Iddon was doing, but to save his own tyres for an a꧒ttack:

“I knew he was very good at Druids, but studying him, I can see he was using a little bit of tyre - I’m 💛not going to say - he certainly wasn’t going bananas or anyꦑthing - but I was very neat”.

Irwin was able t♏o keep up and wait patiently in behind for Iddon to slip up,🌱 ready to pounce:

“He just kept setting an incredible pace, so we closed in a bit, then had a lap where, maybe a messy lap, closed in a bit again, and h🗹e just made a little mistake in the ⭕first chicane”.

Iꦗrwin knew he had to push then adding: “one mistake and I said if I want the treble💮, I need to go!”

The Northern Irish rider capitalised, pulled ahead and then ran defensive lines to capitalise and pick up the triple - and the championship lead in th🎃e process heading to round three at Donington Park in two weeks' tim⭕e.