2022 British Superbike Knockhill- Qualifying Results

Bradley Ray will start race one at Knockhill from pole after topping qualifying with a speedy lap of 47.131s

Ray had missed out on a trip straight into Q2. With little track time under his belt having also missed the recent test to undergo an arm pump operation, the championship leader only completed six laps before a crash on Friday.

Undeterred, the Rich Energy OMG rider battled against the wind to set his best lap, holding a huge margin over his rivals at the time, allowing him to return to the pits for the close of the session.

Friday saw Jason O’Halloran finish top of the second dry session moving to the top of the timesheets in the final minutes to move straight into Q2. the McAMS Yamaha rider remained on top following FP3 Saturday morning.

Retaining his form and trying to run a different schedule for a clear track ahead, he attacked Ray’s lap with all he had to move to just five thousandths of the pole time.

The front row for the sprint race will reflect the championship standings with Kawasaki's Lee Jackson holding on to third as the chequered flag waved.

Danny Buchan, who took his first ever victory at Knockhill and was a double winner at the track last season, improved late on to move into fourth for SYNETIQ BMW Motorrad.

Scottish riders struggle on home soil

Rory Skinner made it into Q2 after Friday, finishing the day eighth for Cheshire Mouldings FS-3 Kawasaki. His experience on home soil did not get to play out into an advantage as he slid off at Clark’s just by the Grandstand. His time was good enough for fifth.

Fortunes were even worse for reigning champion Tarran Mackenzie. He experienced a spill in the morning and had hobbled away, a lasting effect of his recent injuies but his McAMS Yamaha faced a race against the clock to ready his bike for qualifying.

Trying hard in front of a packed home crowd Q1 saw the #1 plate spin off into the gravel again, both rider and bike barrell rolling around. That left the Scot to fall out of the last progression place, though his bike would not have been fit for Q2 regardless.

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Back on row two, the final slot went to Kyle Ryde, who spent much of the second qualifying session with no time set before launching up too sixth on the second rich Energy OMG Racing machine.

Glenn Irwin is still looking to match the heady heights of his triple win at the opening round, hegave a solid performance for Honda Racing, setting the seventh best time.

The shortest track on the circuit ensure lap times are close and Irwin was only just faster than Christian Iddon who was the best Suzuki rider for the Buildbase team in eighth.

Tommy Bridewell ( Oxford Products Ducati) had the third best time overnight but could not quite replicate that performance in qualifying, leaving the number 46 ninth.

Josh Brookes used his last run to set a time good enough to complete the top ten for MCE Ducati.

Official British Superbike  Knockhill records:

BSB Knockhill Lap record: Leon Haslam 47.462s (2018)

2021 Race Winners:

Race 1: Christian Iddon
Race 2: Danny Buchan
Race 3: Danny Buchan

Leon Haslam was judged to have exceeded track limits, cancelling jis best lap after touching the kerb paint and leaving the lap record holder 15th for VisionTrack Kawasaki.

After moving through Q1 Ryan Vickers (TAG RAcing Honda) was the first to fall, his lack of progress left him to drop to 17th.

Tarran Mackenzie was not the only big faller in Q1 - Liam Delves also finishing his session in the gravel after a huge spill.