Donington BSB: Irwin maintains lead in FP3

01.10.2022 - 14:21 bikesportnews.com

Honda’s Glenn Irwin topped the final Bennetts British Superbike practice session at a sunny, but cool, Donington Park on Saturday morning with the circuit remaining damp after the previous day’s deluge before drying up as the session wore on.Only eight riders ventured out on track in the early stages with VisionTrack Kawasaki’s Leon Haslam setting the pace at 1’37.302, which was initially more than five seconds quicker than second placed Chrissy Rouse (Crowe Performance BMW).

The latter was pushed down to third by Dean Harrison (DAO Racing Kawasaki) and with ten minutes of the session gone, he closed to within 0.910s of Haslam’s leading time.

Jack Kennedy, Storm Stacey, Charlie Nesbitt, Danny Kent and Showdown contender Kyle Ryde were the only other riders to have set a time in those first ten minutes.

Haslam upped his pace to 1’35.509 but Harrison was doing the same and his fifth lap put him just 0.153s adrift of his fellow Kawasaki runner.

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