The fight for the 2023 Bennetts British Superbike Championship title heads to Cadwell Park this August Bank Holiday weekend (August 26/27/28) for the final round of the Main Season, following an intense encounter at Thruxton.
The Bennetts BSB rookies came to the fore at Thruxton with Charlie Nesbitt claiming his first podium finish and MasterMac Honda by Hawk Racing’s first of the season, whilst Team Green also got their podium tally underway as Lee Jackson became the eleventh different top three finisher of 2023 for Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki.
Jason O'Halloran fired the McAMS Yamaha back into title contention with an imperious triple win at the Hampshire circuit, elevating him into third in the overall standings before the points’ value increases over the final three rounds.
Tommy Bridewell still holds the lead at the top of the standings for BeerMonster Ducati, with a reduced margin of 26.5 separating him and his teammate Glenn Irwin, with O’Halloran now closing down their advantage.
Kyle Ryde still heads the LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha riders in fourth place in the standings; he is pushing for a podium return as he fights to remain ahead of 2018 champion Leon Haslam on the ROKiT BMW Motorrad in fifth place.
Jackson meanwhile opened his podium scoring account at Thruxton, but he has to hold off the challenges from Josh Brookes and the local FHO Racing BMW Motorrad Team ahead of this weekend.
Ryan Vickers has been a consistent podium contender and he still holds a margin over Brands Hatch podium finishers Christian Iddon and Danny Kent, but Jack Kennedy, Danny Buchan and Peter Hickman are looking for their first top three finishes of the season in Lincolnshire, whilst Max Cook missed out on a debut podium by 0.013s.