2022 British Superbike Oulton Park - Race(1) results

Bradley Ray set a new in-race lap record before the red flags brought proceedings to a halt as he blew away the competition to control and dominate race one of the British Superbike weekend at Oulton Park.

Bradley Ray set a new in-race lap record before the red flags brought proceedings to a halt as he blew away the competition to control and dominate race one of the British Superbike weekend at Oulton Park.

The Rich Energy OMG Racing rider got a great start and immediately set about his plan to hit the front. The  24 year-old, who already has a second and third under his belt from round one -crashing out of the lead in race two at Silverstone - went one better and secured his first win in four years as he hit the front with a huge swooping move which saw him move from third to first.

From there the Brit never looked back and managed his lead at the front after a set of electric laps to stretch out a gap, including a new in-race lap record of 1m 33.865s which will see him start race two from pole, increasing his chances of a repeat performance.

The gap was almost three seconds at the line, as he lead a very youthful top three to the podium.

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Rory Skinner gave chase one he too had passed Ray’s team-mate Ryde, who started from pole, but could not match the pace up front - the #28 rider was the only rider to register a sub 1m34s lap in a dominant performance.

It marks the FS-3 Racing Kawasaki rider’s fourth podium and second rostrum visit of the season.

Ryde admitted keeping up with Ray was an impossible task after he broke away and was happy with third after finding much more speed than he enjoyed in practice.

Official British Superbike Oulton Park records

BSB lap record: Tommy Bridewell - Ducati 1m 33.941s (2019)

Qualifying 2022:

1: Kyle Ryde 1m43.086s

2: Josh Brookes +0.707s

3 Luke Mossey +1.016s

2021 race winners:

Round One:

Race One: Jason O’Halloran (McAMS Yamaha)
Race Two: Jason O’Halloran (McAMS Yamaha)
Race Three: Jason O’Halloran (McAMS Yamaha)

Round nine (The Showdown):
Race One: Jason O’Halloran (McAMS) Yamaha
Race Two: Tommy Bridewell (Oxford Products Racing Ducati)
Race Three: Tommy Bridewell (Oxford Products Racing Ducati

After only just getting through the damp Q1 to then claim an impressive second with his tyres and set up sorted out, Josh Brookes came close to catching Ryde for MCE Ducati, but ultimately had to settle for fourth.

FHO Racing BMW’s Peter Hickman was a solid fifth after much shuffling on track in the battling, chasing group.

Tommy Bridewell was pleased with his progress but fancied a late podium lunge as his superb late race pace brought him into contention. The Oxford Products Racing Ducati man was disappointed not to reach that potential as he was motoring when the red flag was understandably waved and finished sixth.

Christian Iddon made up an incredible ten places as the weather inporoved, slicing through his rivals to pick up seventh for Buildbase Suzuki, their top performer.

Jason O’Halloran couldn’t match his domineering performance at the early Oulton Park round of 2021, where he took a triple clean sweep, losing out on his almost race long battle with Iddon in seventh, on the bike that won last year’s title with Tarran Mackenzie - McAMS Yamaha.

He held off the attentions of Lee Jackson who swooped around the pair trying to gain places on his way to ninth on the second FS-3 Racing Kawasaki, with Danny Buchan (SYNETIQ BMW Motorrad) completing the top ten.

Glenn Irwin goes from dominance to eleventh.

Glenn Irwin finished the first round of the season on top of the world and the title standings with a clean sweep of all three races and maximum points taken. Though safelt through to Q2 in seventh without having to deal with the soggy Q1 session, the Honda Racing rider swiftly progressed backwards.

Qualifying down in ninth, Irwin failed to make an impact and spent much of his race alongside his brother, who he overtook late on for eleventh. That sees him now hold just a eighteen point lead over both Ryde and Skinner after their consistent performances over the opening weekend and the first race at Oulto. Ray winning means he is just a point shy of the pair with a total of 61.

Andrew Irwin (SYNETIQ BMW Motorrad) was next to see the chequered flag in twelfth.

Former BSB champion Leon Haslam once again found the going tough, dropping aplace further back from where he qualified in 13th.

The final points on offer went to riders in the same battle for position, with Ryan Vickers (FHO Racing BMW) holding off an advancing Tom Sykes (MCE Ducati) in 14th and 15th respectively.

Luke Mossey squandered his front row start - running wide early in the race he never recovered and was an eventual 24th for TAG Racing Honda.

Race ends under Reg Flag conditions

The first race at Oulton Park finished on the penultimate lap when David Johnson fell out of contention.

The Rich Energy OMG racing rider endured a nasty highside and was sent spinning along with his bike which then hit him several times before man and machine finally came to rest in the gravel. The flag allowed the stratcher to be brought out to move him on for medical attention.

Liam Delves also ended his day a lap short, while earlier Bjorn Estment retired to the pits .

British Superbikes continue the Oulton Park race weekend into bank holiday Monday, with both race two and three scheduled to run tomorrow.