2022 British Superbike Test, Snetterton - Session 4 Results

With track conditio♎ns yielding considerably less grip than on Saturday due to cold air temperatures, McAMS Yamaha rider Jason O’Halloran remained untroubled on combined times despite not setting a lap.
One of the first riders out on-track was former champion Leon Haslam, who makes his return to the BSB paddock for the first time since 2018, the same year he wo♎n his one and only title thus far.
With more than half the session complete and just nine riders ci꧟rculating 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 Haslam which is 2ജ.5 seconds off O’Halloran’s quickest time from day-one.
Joining Haslam in the low 1m 49s was new Buildbase𓄧 Suz✃uki rider Christian Iddon, before the former Ducati man went quickest by less than a tenth.
2022 British Superbike Test, Snetterton - Session 4 Results | ||||
Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time |
1 | Christian Iddon | GBR | Buildbase Suzuki | 1:48.931 |
2 | Leon Haslam | GBR | Visiontrack Kawasaki | +0.079s |
3 | Takumi Takahashi | JAP | Honda Racing UK | +0.768s |
4 | Tommy Bridewell | GBR | Oxford Products Racing Ducati | +1.188s |
5 | Dan Linfoot | GBR | IForce BMW | +1.574s |
6 | Luke Hopkins | GBR | Black Onyx Security Honda | +3.857s |
7 | Dan Jones | GBR | Iforce BMW | +3.864s |
8 | Joe Sheldon-Shaw | GBR | NP BMW | +5.180s |
9 | Tarran Mackenzie | GBR | McAMS Yamaha | No Time Set |
10 | Sam Cox | GBR | NP BMW | No Time Set |
Another rider eager for track time despite the conditions was reigning champion Tarran Mackenౠzie, as the World𝓰SBK 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 the final day - fourth official session of the weekend - the big news has been the return💃 of Tom Sykes aboard Ducati machinery.
Not one to waste time getting up to speed, Sykes was one of five riders to go underneaꦅth 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 completing flying laps, however, that should drastically change d♔uring S2 and 3.