2022 British Superbike Test, Snetterton - Session 4 Results

Jason O’Halloran keeps hold of his new Snetterton British Superbike lap record, while Christian Iddon tops the opening session of Sunday’s final day.
Leon Haslam Visiontrack Kawasaki BSB
Leon Haslam Visiontrack Kawasaki BSB

With track conditions yielding con🅠siderably less grip than on Saturday due to cold air temperatures, McAMS Yamaha rid𓃲er Jason O’Halloran remained untroubled on combined times despite not setting a lap. 

One of the fi♏rst riders out o𒆙n-track was former champion Leon Haslam, who makes his return to the BSB paddock for the first time since 2018, the same year he won his one and only title thus far. 

With more than half the session complete and just nine riders circulating the Snetterton circuit, a track that’s one of the longest on the calendar, it was the Visiontrack Kawasaki rider who enjoyed considerable time🎐 at the top. 

A time of 1:49.010s was set by Hasl♏am which is 2.5 seconds off O’Halloran’s quickest💧 time from day-one. 

Joining Haslam in the low 1m🌌 49s was new Buildbase Suzuki rider Christian Iddon, before the former Ducati man went quickest by less than a tenth. 

2022 British Superbike Test, Snetterton - Session 4 Results
PosRiderNatTeamTime
1Christian IddonGBRBuildbase Suzuki1:48.931
2Leon HaslamGBRVisiontrack Kawasaki+0.079s
3Takumi TakahashiJAPHonda Racing UK+0.768s
4Tommy BridewellGBROxford Products Racing Ducati+1.188s
5Dan LinfootGBRIForce BMW+1.574s
6Luke HopkinsGBRBlack Onyx Security Honda+3.857s
7Dan JonesGBRIforce BMW+3.864s
8Joe Sheldon-ShawGBRNP BMW+5.180s
9Tarran MackenzieGBRMcAMS YamahaNo Time Set
10Sam CoxGBRNP BMWNo Time Set

Another rider eager for track time despite the condit꧟ions was reigning champion Tarran Mackenzie, as the WorldSBK hopeful is returning to on-bike action for the first time since suffering a broken leg during an accident at Cartagena in January. 

While he didn’t take to the track in session one of t♓he final day - fourth official session of the weekend - the big news has been the return of Tom Sykes aboard Ducati machi🎶nery.

Not one to waste ౠtime getting up to speed, Sykes was one of five riders to go u🉐nderneath the existing lap record on Saturday, a record previously set by Shane ‘Shakey’ Bryne in 2017, again on a Ducati Panigale V4 R. 

A total of ten riders took to the track with only eight comᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚpleting flying laps, however, that should dr▨astically change during S2 and 3.

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