Peter Hickman topped the opening Bennetts British Superbike Championship Free Practice session at Oulton Park for the FHO Racing BMW Motorrad Team, regaining the advantage on his final lap of the session to set the benchmark by 0.091s from Danny Kent.
A hectic final ten minutes of the session saw the positions change at the top multiple times, with Hickman, Leon Haslam on the ROKiT BMW Motorrad and Kent on the Lovell Kent Racing Honda all having a spell at the top before the chequered flag.
Kent held on to second ahead of Haslam in the closing stages with Tommy Bridewell leading the BeerMonster Ducatis in fourth place with Josh Brookes completing the top five on the second of the FHO Racing BMW Motorrad Team M 1000 RRs.
Kyle Ryde was inside the top three in the final five minutes, but a flurry of faster laps at the end of the session dropped the LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha rider back into sixth place ahead of Dean Harrison on the DAO Racing Kawasaki.
Glenn Irwin on the second BeerMonster Ducati, Jason O'Halloran on the leading McAMS Yamaha and Lee Jackson on the Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki completed the top ten riders.
Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Oulton Park, Free Practice 1:
- Peter Hickman (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad) 1m35.088s
- Danny Kent (Lovell Kent Racing Honda) +0.091s
- Leon Haslam (ROKiT BMW Motorrad) +0.139s
- Tommy Bridewell (BeerMonster Ducati) +0.263s
- Josh Brookes (FHO Racing BMW Motorrad) +0.372s
- Kyle Ryde (LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha) +0.474s
- Dean Harrison (DAO Racing Kawasaki) +0.538s
- Glenn Irwin (BeerMonster Ducati) +0.542s
- Jason O'Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) +0.565s
- Lee Jackson (Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki) +0.625s
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