Oulton Park

The Track

Circuit length: 2.6920m (4.332km)

Corners: 17

Lefthand: 6

Righthand: 11

BSB Lap Record : Tommy Bridewell - Ducati 1:33.941 (2019)

Strong start for Irwin and Neave at Oulton Park

Saturday, 25th September 2021

The Honda Racing UK team has got Round 9 of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship off to a strong start in today’s opening races at Oulton Park, with solid points scored across both the Superbike and Pirelli National Superstock races.

Tom Neave was Honda’s top point-scorer aboard the CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP, finishing sixth in the Superstock race as he defends his championship lead. Qualifying back in 11th, Tom once again had some work to do during the 14-lap race, but showing great pace he fought hard and made his way through to fourth at one point. Eventually crossing the line sixth, he adds 10 points to his tally ahead of tomorrow’s second Superstock race.

Meanwhile, Showdown ‘title fighter’ Glenn Irwin finished eighth in today’s opening Superbike race collecting a handful of points towards the all-important standings. Having wrapped up Friday’s practice sessions ninth overall, Glenn proceeded straight into today’s Q2 qualifying session, where he was ninth fastest and lined up on the third row of the grid for Race 1. Enjoying some battles on track with Peter Hickman and Danny Buchan, Glenn crossed the line eighth.

Teammate Ryo Mizuno made his way into Q2 once again after finishing sixth in the initial qualifying session. Still learning the technical Oulton layout, he qualified 17th and despite getting up to 16th during the race, he came home 18th. Takumi Takahashi wrapped up qualifying 21st after failing to make the Q2 cut. At one point during the 14-lap race he was up in 18th place, but dropped back to finish 20th.

Fantastic fourth keeps Neave in Superstock title contention

Sunday, 26th September 2021

The Honda Racing UK team are leaving Oulton Park after a weekend of solid results across the Superbike and Superstock classes with Tom Neave still in championship contention aboard his Superstock CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP machine.

For the second Pirelli National Superstock Championship race of the weekend Tom Neave lined up seventh on the grid for the 12-lap race. Having made some set-up changes to the Fireblade overnight, Tom was determined to have a good result at the Cheshire circuit. Moving into fourth place on the seventh lap, Tom had his sights set on the final podium spot and set about tracking down Fraser [Rogers]. Unable to bridge the gap to third, Tom crossed the line fourth adding 13 points to his championship tally, where he's now 20 points ahead of title rival Alex Olsen.

Meanwhile for the teams' Superbike riders Glenn Irwin, Ryo Mizuno and Takumi Takahashi it's been a mixed day. After an issue in morning warm up, and with a tight schedule for the day Glenn just missed the grid cut off for the second Bennetts British Superbike Championship race. Having to start from the back of the grid, Glenn had already made up five places at the end of the first lap. Showing superb pace aboard the Fireblade, Glenn was making up places lap by lap, but disaster struck on the sixth lap when he crashed out, unhurt, at Hizzy's.

Having scored the second fastest lap before he crashed, Glenn started the final race of the weekend from the first row of the grid in second place. Running wide into the first corner and dropping back some places, Glenn showed the pace of his Fireblade machine and enjoyed some on-track battles before crossing the line in seventh place. After the weekend Glenn is sitting eighth in the Showdown standings, 12 points from Danny Buchan in seventh place.

Meanwhile Ryo Mizuno showed progress with his lap times, and although crashing out of the second race, he finished just outside the points in the final race in 16th position, having suffered from arm pump. The physical nature of the track also took its toll on Takumi Takahashi who finished today's races 17th and 19th, after he too suffered from issues with arm pump.