Bradley Ray set the pace in a dramatic ZYN British Superbike Championship Pre-Qualifying session at Oulton Park, whilst defending champion Kyle Ryde crashed out at Brittens mid-way through and had to regroup to make the cut for tomorrow’s ROKiT Oxygen Performance Qualifying 2.

Ray set the fastest lap of the session on his first flying run of the session and the McAMS Yamaha rider wouldn’t be beaten in the closing stages despite Max Cook on the AJN Steelstock bimota closing to within 0.016s on his final push in the last laps. Just 0.901s covered the top 14 riders ahead of tomorrow’s opening race in Cheshire.

Ryde had started the session as the rider to beat after smashing the circuit record earlier in the day, but the reigning champion crashed out at Brittens unhurt with just over ten minutes of Pre-Qualifying remaining. The crash was Ryde’s first in an incredible 371 days after his consistent performances since free practice two at Brands Hatch at Sterling's Bend on 25 July 2025.

Ryde was able to return to the pitlane and the Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing team got him back on track for the final minutes of the session, where he was able to jump from the danger zone in 12th place into eighth, to guarantee his place in tomorrow’s ROKiT Oxygen Performance Qualifying 2 session.

Storm Stacey was third fastest as the Bathams AJN Racing Ducati rider continued his form in Cheshire, holding off Ryan Vickers who held fourth for Honda Racing UK with an improvement in the closing minutes.

Scott Redding was fifth fastest for the Hager PBM Racing Team as he made improvements from the earlier session to return to the fight at the front.

Rookie Joe Talbot had a strong start to his home round in sixth place on the second of the AJN Steelstock bimotas, holding off the experienced Leon Haslam and Ryde. Jason O'Halloran and Rory Skinner completed the top ten.

Ilya Mikhalchik qualified directly for Q2 for the ROKiT BMW Motorrad British Superbike Race team, whilst Josh Brookes completed the top 12 for DAO Racing Honda despite a crash at Shell in final ten minutes.

ZYN British Superbike Championship, Oulton Park, Pre-Qualifying result:

1. Bradley Ray (McAMS Yamaha) 1m33.113s
2. Max Cook (AJN Steelstock bimota) +0.016s
3. Storm Stacey (Bathams AJN Racing Ducati) +0.055s
4. Ryan Vickers (Honda Racing UK) +0.173s
5. Scott Redding (Hager PBM Racing Team) +0.237s
6. Joe Talbot (AJN Steelstock bimota) +0.329s
7. Leon Haslam (Moto Rapido Racing) +0.334s
8. Kyle Ryde (Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing) +0.393s
9. Jason O’Halloran (Honda Racing UK) +0.480s
10. Rory Skinner (Cheshire Mouldings Yamaha) +0.492s
11. Ilya Mikhalchik (ROKiT BMW Motorrad British Superbike Race team) +0.601s
12. Josh Brookes (DAO Racing Honda) +0.706s

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