British Superbikes (BSB) 2025, Round 7, Cadwell Park, Race 1

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Full coverage of race 1 of the 7th round of the 2025 BSB (British Superbike Championship) from Cadwell Park on the 24th Aug 2025.  06:45 - Danny Kent Interview  11:37 - Max Cook Interview  23:34 - Race Starts (Round 17)

Transcript

00:00:01Brad Ray has gone down!

00:00:03Scott Redding wins!

00:00:07No one could get close to him.

00:00:09Brad is back in business.

00:00:13Brad Ray will secure the treble here at Donington Park.

00:00:19He's going to be a half-man to stop this year.

00:00:25We're running out of words for Brad Ray.

00:00:28The first ever double treble in British Superbike history.

00:00:32He cleans up that snap.

00:00:38Brad Ray, we're running out of words,

00:00:40and he equals the record for most wins in a season.

00:00:49Finally on home turf, he has a BSB victory.

00:00:53His tenth of the season.

00:00:55He's down!

00:00:57The front are gone!

00:00:58And Brad Ray, for the first time this season,

00:01:01has gone down in a race from the lead.

00:01:05The comeback is always stronger than the setback.

00:01:08Scott Redding wins!

00:01:11He's back to winning ways!

00:01:13It's Kyle Stile!

00:01:14But the big smile is back on the face of Kyle Rye.

00:01:23Kyle Rye!

00:01:24The champ wins at Druxton!

00:01:27Wow!

00:01:28What a ride though from Kyle.

00:01:31Brad Ray, three races without a podium.

00:01:35Climbing back to the top step,

00:01:36Danny Kent wins!

00:01:37For the first time in 2025!

00:01:38They all worked out, but Danny worked for that one.

00:01:43Now it's on.

00:01:44Danny Kent comes back through.

00:01:45Brad Ray can't stop it.

00:01:46The chequered flag is out.

00:01:47And it's going to be the first ever double

00:01:48for the McKenzie Yamaha rider.

00:01:49Fantastic stuff for Danny Kent.

00:01:50What a new win it's been for him.

00:02:12What a season we're having so far in the 2025

00:02:14Bennett's British Superbike Championship.

00:02:16We're into the second half of the season now.

00:02:19Round 7 here at Cardwell Park.

00:02:22And as you can see, beautiful scenery here in Lincolnshire.

00:02:24And the grid is set in front of a packed banking

00:02:27for BSB Race 1.

00:02:30A front row of Shane Byrne, James Hayden and Danny Buchan

00:02:34here at Cardwell this afternoon.

00:02:35Not the first time.

00:02:36Not the first time.

00:02:37Nice to have you here with us though.

00:02:39Yeah, I'm rare that I'll be in position, that's for sure.

00:02:43A great prospect for us here this afternoon, Danny.

00:02:45Some super fast laps in qualifying earlier on this afternoon.

00:02:48Yeah, I mean, Kyle and Brad obviously.

00:02:50I mean, Brad obviously his lap was amazing.

00:02:52Can't take that away from him.

00:02:53Kyle as well.

00:02:54Danny's was good.

00:02:55I do think Brad and Kyle, you know,

00:02:56I think you're going to see them go away

00:02:57and they're going to have their own little battle.

00:02:59But, yeah, it's never easy doing lap ready.

00:03:01Especially super pole.

00:03:02So they all did a good job.

00:03:03It'll be interesting to see how Danny Kent does

00:03:05and if he can go with Kyle and Brad

00:03:07or whether it will be a two horse race at the front, James.

00:03:09Yeah, I just, I mean, even if it was just sort of

00:03:12Kyle and Brad, I'd just love to see a really good dice out

00:03:16in the front with those two.

00:03:17Because you haven't really seen them sort of battle it out

00:03:20neck to neck yet.

00:03:21I think Danny, if he gets a good start and tucks in,

00:03:23I think he can go with them.

00:03:24He looks like he's got the pace.

00:03:25He's comfortable.

00:03:26He's got the confidence.

00:03:27So I'm really hoping he's going to be a cracker.

00:03:29It's got all the ingredients, Shane.

00:03:32Yeah, it certainly has.

00:03:33Cabot Park, one of the tightest, twistiest circuits

00:03:35in the calendar.

00:03:36Difficult to overtake.

00:03:37You know, you've got to set a move up really for Park.

00:03:39That means a good run out of Charlie's two.

00:03:41All the way down the back straight, a bit of slipstream.

00:03:43Let's not forget Danny, Kyle and Bradley all on exactly

00:03:46the same motorcycle as well, which is going to make it

00:03:48even more interesting.

00:03:49So I'm sure there'll be others that want to get into the mix

00:03:51as well, but them three are certainly the sort of

00:03:53pick of the bunch at the moment.

00:03:54Let's have a little look at that Super Pole lap then that

00:03:56Brad did earlier on.

00:03:57If you weren't able to join us, we had a single lap Super

00:04:00Pole and it was spectacular, wasn't it?

00:04:02Yeah, it certainly was.

00:04:03It was actually like an action replay from 2022, wasn't it?

00:04:06Because he was there or thereabouts in the first sector,

00:04:08which is up the end of the back straight.

00:04:10Sector two this time, he was really fast.

00:04:12This is him now coming into the penultimate corner,

00:04:14kept everything super clean, super tidy, nice tight exit there

00:04:17over the top of the grass, drove the R1 hard down the hill

00:04:20and that was it.

00:04:2124.3, which is the fastest ever two wheeled lap around

00:04:24Cabell Park.

00:04:25Followed closely, only a couple of tenths behind by Kyle Wright

00:04:28and testament to the way that Kyle rode as well.

00:04:30Yeah, very much.

00:04:31And he didn't, you know, he knew, he sort of heard

00:04:33sort of Kyle saying as well, this is Kyle's lap again, neat,

00:04:36tidy and just under two tenths off.

00:04:38So, but he kind of knew if he was going to be in that area,

00:04:41he knew he'd be on the front row, which is kind of all he needs to do.

00:04:44So it's just going to be fascinating to see whether he's got the pace.

00:04:47I mean, one of the things we know about this track,

00:04:49the start is so important.

00:04:51So you've got to try and get off the line well to compete.

00:04:54A bad start can really cost you here, but he's riding great.

00:04:58He's in a rich vein of confidence.

00:05:00You know, he's took that big chunk of points off Brad at Thruxton.

00:05:03So you just feel he's, you know, he wants to, he wants to take that fight to him.

00:05:08Yeah.

00:05:09And I feel like Brad at the start of the year was on fire.

00:05:12Kyle was a little bit, you know, a little bit off, you know,

00:05:14and then we see that little bit where Brad's had a few rounds that haven't been great.

00:05:17We're seeing now Kyle and Brad full of confidence starting one and two.

00:05:22Let's not forget Tommy Bridewell though.

00:05:24You know, he can do, he can win races, can't he?

00:05:27And especially around here.

00:05:28Yeah.

00:05:29And he starts from the front row of the grid in third place,

00:05:31which was some achievement actually, Danny, considering that he had an off

00:05:34and then a, you know, a rebuild of the bike just before the session.

00:05:38Yeah. No, that's so hard to do.

00:05:39Like when you have that crash there, you know, in free practice, free,

00:05:42that just, you know, that the bars might not be quite right.

00:05:44You know, there's the last time you rode a bike, you've crashed it.

00:05:46And then you're going out and qualifying to do one fast lap.

00:05:49Like you've got the out lap and then you're pushing to your ultimate limit.

00:05:52So, yeah, I think that was a really good job he'd done in qualifying.

00:05:55I think he's going to be there.

00:05:56So impressive, as you say, that commitment and that belief to,

00:06:00to wrestle around because he's, you know, he's having a slightly awkward season anyway.

00:06:04So to do that here, I'm really impressed.

00:06:06Honda brought along some new parts for him.

00:06:08Actually, there's a new swing arm on that Honda Fireblade this weekend.

00:06:10And Tommy has two options that he could go at, but he told me one of them isn't here,

00:06:14but has the new swing arm in, likes it, bike's working good.

00:06:17But, you know, testament to the team as well,

00:06:19because both Andrew and Tommy both went down, didn't they, in FP3,

00:06:22which was literally 10 minutes before qualifying.

00:06:24And both bikes got rebuilt.

00:06:26They've done a great job.

00:06:27And, you know, kudos to Tommy, as you said, you know, front row starts.

00:06:29Fantastic.

00:06:30Yeah, it's Ray, Ride and Bridewell then on the front row of the grid.

00:06:33But heading up the second row against the odds, really, a track he doesn't like,

00:06:37but just showing how much confidence he has now.

00:06:39Having been rider of the round last time out at Thruxton, Danny Kent has been talking to James.

00:06:45Climbing back to the top step, Danny Kent wins for the first time in 2025.

00:06:52The checkered flag is out, and it's going to be the first ever double for the McCurk's Yamaha rider.

00:06:59Fantastic stop for Danny Kent.

00:07:04Thruxton was a weekend that me and McCam's racing have been chasing,

00:07:07sort of, for the last year and a half of working together.

00:07:09So, yeah, it was a dream weekend for us.

00:07:12Even brands before that, you know, we're on a five-round podium streak right now.

00:07:18And, yeah, we come here to Cadwell and we'll try and keep that going,

00:07:21although it's going to be very difficult.

00:07:23What made the difference?

00:07:24I mean, clearly, at Thruxton, I could see a man who, from the minute you got on your motorbike,

00:07:29there were an air of confidence about it, big smiles, chatting, not as nervous as general.

00:07:33What was?

00:07:35It was just a small thing in terms of electronics.

00:07:38I've been chasing racing at the end of the day comes down to rider feeling.

00:07:42Every rider feels things differently.

00:07:44And there was a bit of pointing fingers saying it's working over there,

00:07:47so you've got to make it work kind of thing.

00:07:49And it just wasn't working for me.

00:07:51So the team, Tim, made the decision to make a change.

00:07:56And from brands, you know, that change has just suited me massively.

00:08:00Could you tell straight away?

00:08:01Yeah, yeah.

00:08:02It's a feeling that I ran almost all of last year.

00:08:05So it was a feeling that I got used to.

00:08:07And then when I was trying to get it this year and it wasn't there,

00:08:10that's been the frustrating part.

00:08:12But, yeah, from brands, it was in the direction of what I wanted.

00:08:16So you moved up from brands and, in fact, going into Thruxton, you moved from fifth championship to a solid third now.

00:08:23And it looks like you're going forward and it looks like you've got the bike to do that.

00:08:29Yeah, I think I have to agree with you there.

00:08:31Like you said, we've moved up to third, very closely chased by Leon and Skinner.

00:08:37The only downfall is we're now at Cadwell.

00:08:40It's the track that I dread the most coming to on the calendar.

00:08:45Yeah, it's just last year was a real difficult weekend for us.

00:08:49But that doesn't mean we're going to come here this weekend and try our best to improve massively.

00:08:54Well, I mean, on a positive note, I've heard other riders over the years, quite a few of them, say they hate this place

00:08:59and then suddenly they'll make a breakthrough.

00:09:01And within a meeting, it's a place to really enjoy and to get some results.

00:09:05So it's there.

00:09:06Yeah, well, that's the plan.

00:09:07You know, I'm hoping that this weekend is going to be the time that it clicks for me.

00:09:10Alton Park used to be exactly the same.

00:09:13I used to dread go in there and last year it just turned out, didn't do anything different.

00:09:16Just went with a free head.

00:09:18And I guess now I've got Roger in my corner, you know, he's got a lot of experience.

00:09:23He knows his place.

00:09:24He knows his place very well.

00:09:25We were there early in the year, although it was on a 600.

00:09:27We did a few track walks and he was out watching around the track.

00:09:31So I'm hoping that's going to pay dividends this weekend.

00:09:33If you leave here and you're driving out the gate still third at championship,

00:09:37is that the goal or is it better than that?

00:09:40Yeah, that has to be the goal.

00:09:42That has to be the goal.

00:09:43It's going to be difficult.

00:09:44I know Leon's quick round here.

00:09:46Rory wasn't in the race last year with a few injury.

00:09:50But, you know, my main goal this year is to improve by a considerable amount than I did last year.

00:09:56And if we can leave here in third, then I'll be really happy.

00:10:00Well, he has done that.

00:10:02And we're a long way from leaving here happy tomorrow night.

00:10:04There's a long way to go before that can happen, Danny.

00:10:06But he'll be happy so far.

00:10:08Yeah, and I think, you know, he's doing a great job.

00:10:10He's turned the season around.

00:10:11You know, he's had some issues and obviously he's there now or thereabouts.

00:10:14He's riding for his championship as well.

00:10:16You know, he needs to be aggressive here in this first race.

00:10:18And like we saw at Thruxham, he did that, didn't he?

00:10:20He got his elbows out.

00:10:21You know, he was more aggressive than what he usually was.

00:10:23And I think now, especially here, that's what he's got to do.

00:10:26If he wants to win this championship or have a chance at it.

00:10:29Yeah, I mean, he's also on that, like we said earlier, he's on that second row.

00:10:32Stacey, Nesbitt, you know, those guys are really going to be going.

00:10:35And he'll want to try and go, you know, with, you know, definitely with the front row.

00:10:40So it's going to be important that he gets that clean drive.

00:10:43Fourth fastest with that Super Pole lap, Shaky.

00:10:45I think listening to him there and speaking to James,

00:10:47he would have taken that before the start of the weekend.

00:10:49Yeah, but interviewing Danny after the Super Pole lap there,

00:10:53he said he made a few mistakes, a little bit tentative in a couple of places,

00:10:56cost him a little bit of time.

00:10:58You know, could he have been on the front row? Who knows?

00:11:00Good offs, would offs and should offs mean nothing, do they?

00:11:02So, you know, now it's time to get out there, get the elbows out, as Danny said.

00:11:07You know, that's been, in all honesty, the thing that impressed me the most.

00:11:10Not the fact that he won the races at Bruxelles,

00:11:13but the fact that he was so prepared to dig in, get the elbows out.

00:11:17It's something he's been criticised for just a little bit in the past,

00:11:20but, yeah, he needs them elbows out now because this place demands it.

00:11:25As you can hear, it's getting a bit noisy out here.

00:11:27Bikes rolling out of pit lane.

00:11:29They'll be forming up on the grid behind us in just a few moments time.

00:11:32Let's take the opportunity to hear from another one of the stars of the weekend

00:11:35last time out at Thruxton.

00:11:37Max Cook was all action at the Thunderdome.

00:11:40We've got a new feature, it's called Max's Moments, or it could be Max's Madness.

00:11:52We're going to talk about race one at Thruxton.

00:11:55Exceptional.

00:11:56I mean, I could tell watching it that you were pushing the limits there, weren't you?

00:12:02I just absolutely loved it.

00:12:04I think the whole entire race, I just absolutely loved it.

00:12:07And I think in race one, everything I did, it seemed to be work for me.

00:12:11Everything I did was just amazing.

00:12:14That was, surely, was that two tyres touching there on the approach to church call?

00:12:18That is so scary.

00:12:20So the first one, in the church, you've shunted in the back end of a good mate of yours, Charlie Nesbitt.

00:12:28His back wheel has locked your front wheel up.

00:12:31That's about as near as you get to a horrendous fast crash.

00:12:35What were you thinking?

00:12:36Well, yeah, I did just say everything I did were amazing, but that bit wasn't.

00:12:41That bit wasn't very good.

00:12:42Obviously, that could have been probably the worst crash of mine, or even Charlie's.

00:12:47Just so fast.

00:12:48You didn't realise how fast you're going.

00:12:50You know, your fourth gear, like, hurling into there.

00:12:53And when Charlie did, like, sort of go in front of me, when our lines crossed, I just got sucked in.

00:12:59I had this lip-stream effect, but on the brakes.

00:13:01And I just got totally sucked in.

00:13:03And, obviously, they did touch for a bit, but I kind of broke a little bit harder,

00:13:08but just tried to stay as calm as what I could do.

00:13:12You think you were going down?

00:13:14Yeah, in that split second you do.

00:13:16But then it's all fine.

00:13:17So then you just crack on again.

00:13:19The second moment, probably more, but the second moment I recall was into the last chicane, the club chicane.

00:13:30I think that's a great move for Max.

00:13:31Oh, he's gone! He's gone again!

00:13:33How has he stayed on the front and the rear way?

00:13:38That moment was pretty unexpected again.

00:13:40It was quite early on the brakes, but it was late on in the race,

00:13:43and, you know, tyre wear is, you know, the tyres don't feel too good.

00:13:47Yeah, it just folded so quick, but luckily I had it on my knee, so I just released the front brake.

00:13:52But, you know, you're still travelling pretty fast into that chicane.

00:13:56So I run the scooter brake, so I just gave it a handful on the scooter brake, literally just to slow it down.

00:14:01And I knew I could just slide it in and it would come back.

00:14:04Worst case was my exit route. I could have just ran straight over the chicane.

00:14:08But in that moment, I could not afford that at all.

00:14:11So I really, I just took a massive risk and pulled a handful on the rear brake.

00:14:16And luckily it sat in nicely and I didn't make too much of a meal of the chicane, which was good.

00:14:21And then the third moment, big moment, going into church.

00:14:26Oh, smoke at the tyre, Max. Stop it. Stop it.

00:14:31Oh, this entertainment. He deserves the win for this.

00:14:34He's only lost it again. He's gone. He's got nothing left.

00:14:38That's a moment I wish I didn't do, if I'm honest. I really wish, because I just wanted it so much.

00:14:43I just wanted that win so, so badly.

00:14:45And, you know, I was behind Kyle and that was my strongest point of the circuit.

00:14:49And then I got a run onto him into church and I just thought if I'm on the back of him, I'd get the slipstream up to the final chicane.

00:14:56But I just rolled off so late and it still stayed sideways when I picked up the gas.

00:15:02So I just drifted the whole of church and then absolutely ruined my run into the last chicane.

00:15:07Did you look at your day? Were you fairly quick in there?

00:15:10Yeah, I went 20 mile an hour faster than what I did on my qualifying lap.

00:15:14Yeah, that'll do it then.

00:15:15Yeah. Nothing fazed me that whole race, to be honest. I really just wanted that good result.

00:15:20And I'm so glad, you know, I did get it on the podium.

00:15:23Max Cook does see the chequered flag.

00:15:26I don't know how.

00:15:28That's stupendable.

00:15:30Yeah, brilliant performance from Max Cook a couple of weeks ago at Thruxton.

00:15:38Let's see what he's got here at Cadwell Park then.

00:15:40He lines up ninth on the grid.

00:15:42Wit is out there somewhere for us.

00:15:44Yeah, Mad Max is just over there.

00:15:46A really great race at Thruxton, really thrilling.

00:15:48And he's a great lad as well.

00:15:50We're not going to go back to talk to him because somebody who's impressed me all this weekend

00:15:54is this man on the Bathoms BMW.

00:15:56This is Storm Stacey.

00:15:57Storm, we've seen you go well here before on a Kawasaki.

00:16:00Probably with less power than you've got now.

00:16:02And again, second row, really good for you and good all weekend.

00:16:06Yeah, it's funny.

00:16:07I looked at the speed traps from last year and I was actually last down the back straight on the speed traps.

00:16:12Now I'm first by a bit.

00:16:14Well, surely you should be near the front then, should you?

00:16:16Well, I am, Arna.

00:16:17You're near the front on the Kawasaki.

00:16:19But you like this place, obviously.

00:16:20Yeah, I do.

00:16:21I enjoy going around here.

00:16:22I've spent a lot of time in my youth on super motos and stuff around here, mainly in the woodland section.

00:16:27But yeah, just a mega track.

00:16:29If you've got big cojones, you can always have a good time.

00:16:32The plan for you would be to get a start and then do you think you can mix it near the front?

00:16:38What's the plan?

00:16:39I would like to go off this start here, be first into turn one or there or thereabouts.

00:16:43And I would like to lead all the way down to the back straight into park and see how long I can keep it.

00:16:48Good luck, Storm.

00:16:49Cheers.

00:16:50Yeah, Storm's had some real good results here.

00:16:53And I reckon, especially the woodland section which is up there, just at the other side of those trees,

00:16:59being a little bit bigger, a little bit stronger, a little bit longer levers is definitely a good thing.

00:17:04Another lad who's built that way is Charlie Nesbitt.

00:17:08Again, another rider who generally impresses us, one of the newer riders to BSB.

00:17:12Got really good pace, but especially around here.

00:17:15Coming off one of your best meetings ever here last year.

00:17:18And you're carrying that on.

00:17:19It's a year ago, but you picked up where you left off.

00:17:21You've been quick all week and some.

00:17:23Yeah, you know, the bike's been feeling great.

00:17:25The team have done a fantastic job this weekend.

00:17:27You know, and I think we're just going from strength to strength for each session.

00:17:31So, yeah, I'm looking forward to see what we can do in the race and getting right stuck in.

00:17:35I mean, if you can get away with them, do you think you've got the pace?

00:17:38You've seen what people can do.

00:17:39You've been out.

00:17:40You know where people are better.

00:17:42What do you think?

00:17:43Yeah, no, I definitely think we can be there.

00:17:45You know, if we can be in the battle for the podium and then, you know, the last couple of laps,

00:17:50see where we end up, you know, because it can be a bit of a lottery around here trying to make a pass.

00:17:54So, yeah, just go with them, sit there, read what they're doing to learn something for tomorrow

00:18:00and then, yeah, see where we are at the end.

00:18:02Good luck, Charlie.

00:18:03Cheers, thank you.

00:18:04It makes it sound quite easy.

00:18:06You just sit there and see what people have got.

00:18:08But just sitting there around this place on a bike like this with 220, 230 horsepower,

00:18:12I can tell, but I can't tell you because I've never ridden one.

00:18:15I've ridden one with a lot less power and that wasn't easy to sit there, let me tell you.

00:18:19So, this is Danny.

00:18:21Kent, Danny, we've heard from you a little bit.

00:18:25We've played that feature back we did on Friday with you and you were nervous and you were saying you need a breakthrough.

00:18:30I think you've had something of a breakthrough, no?

00:18:33A second and a half quicker than you've ever been around it before?

00:18:35Yeah, I'd say that's a bit of a breakthrough.

00:18:37No, to be fair, I'd say the team's done a mega job.

00:18:40I've impressed myself.

00:18:42Just at the moment, I'm a bit of a roller coaster came through sector three.

00:18:45So, I think we've done good qualifying on the second row and hopefully I can see what I'm doing wrong in that final sector.

00:18:51But everywhere else, we're good.

00:18:53Good luck.

00:18:55Yeah, Danny's one of the riders that likes to get in the kind of zone, as it were.

00:19:00Another rider who's impressed me is having some kind of energy gel.

00:19:04We've only got two minutes left, so I might...

00:19:07No, I'm going to leave it.

00:19:08I'm going to leave Tommy to it.

00:19:10Tommy actually fell off in FP3 and then got back on the bike that had been freshly fixed.

00:19:17Now, here he is.

00:19:18And, yeah, so, Tommy Bradwell's had an up-and-down weekend but actually salvaged something, turned up on the front row.

00:19:25This, second place in the championship, Kyle Ride.

00:19:28Kyle Ride.

00:19:29Kyle, again, relaxed.

00:19:31Great super pole lap, but you didn't seem that bothered.

00:19:35Front row was good enough for you.

00:19:36Quite relaxed there.

00:19:37Yeah, I mean, I tried my best to watch all the lads and what the lap times were and I thought if I dip into the 25s,

00:19:42I should be on the front row or near or near about.

00:19:44So, yeah, did a little bit better than that.

00:19:46Pole position maybe would have been on the cards, but it is what it is.

00:19:50I'm second on the row.

00:19:51It's only a couple of metres.

00:19:52But, yeah, you've got to take credit where it's due as well.

00:19:54Brad did a great lap as well.

00:19:55So, it swings in roundabouts, but, yeah, great start to the weekend.

00:19:59Good luck and good start.

00:20:01Cheers, mate.

00:20:02Yeah, I always want to give credit where it is due.

00:20:04Right, one minute left.

00:20:05Just one minute.

00:20:06So, if you want to get round, you want to nip through, pass the mark, that's it.

00:20:11Brad, perfect super pole lap.

00:20:13Difficult.

00:20:14You haven't done it for a bit.

00:20:15You don't do it often.

00:20:16We used to do it every weekend in World Tour Bike.

00:20:17It was the way we qualified.

00:20:18But a lot of pressure for kind of one lap just to not make mistakes is what you've got to do.

00:20:24You've got a lot of pressure.

00:20:25Yeah, definitely.

00:20:26That's it.

00:20:27I mean, like you say, you have an out lap, one flying lap.

00:20:29And you have to get lap time to put yourself on the grid.

00:20:32And, obviously, you want to risk a lot to get further up the grid, but not too much.

00:20:36But, yeah, it was a good lap.

00:20:37I enjoyed it.

00:20:38But front row is where you want to be at Cadwell Park.

00:20:41So, we're in a good position here and just see how the race plans are.

00:20:45Good luck.

00:20:46Cheers, mate.

00:20:47Yeah, quite nervous.

00:20:48He's proud he would be where he is good.

00:20:50He's just up there.

00:20:51It's left, right, left, right into the air pin.

00:20:53And it's all about timing and flipping it.

00:20:55He flew through there.

00:20:57If he can get there first, he's going to pull two tenths, three tenths out there most laps.

00:21:01If he can do that, what he did again, all about timing.

00:21:03Well, the timing is just about right for round seven of the Bennett's British Superbike Championship.

00:21:09What a prospect.

00:21:10The two fastest ever men around.

00:21:12Cadwell Ride and Ray going at it to be king of the mountain and get the BSB Summit.

00:21:18It's coming up next.

00:21:24Welcome to Cadwell Park.

00:21:26It's round seven of Bennett's BSB for 2025.

00:21:31And it's starting to get serious now in the championship.

00:21:35From here, the points ramp up.

00:21:37We've got four races at Donington and then the points increase in Aslan, Alton and Brand.

00:21:41And as it stands right now, the gap at the top has decreased over the last couple of rounds.

00:21:46Brad Ray, 26 up on Kyle Rydes, the reigning champion.

00:21:50Danny Kent in fine form, 90 adrift with Rory Skinner fourth and Leon Haslam in fifth.

00:21:56In terms of the speed this morning in Superpole, Bradley Ray with a new all time lap record puts him on pole position.

00:22:06But this is a test.

00:22:08One of the biggest tests on the calendar.

00:22:1118 laps around Cadwell Park.

00:22:13Ray on pole with Ride and Bridewell joining him.

00:22:16Danny Kent, Nesbitt and Stacey pose a threat on row two with Skinner heading row three ahead of Eden and Max Cook.

00:22:24Further down there, you'll see Scott Redding who clicked the grass earlier and dropped down to tenth.

00:22:29Leon Haslam had a fall at Barn Corner.

00:22:31He's got to start from 15.

00:22:33James, of all the circuits on the calendar, they're all quirky.

00:22:37They've all got their pros and cons, but there's nothing quite like 18 laps around this place.

00:22:42Now, I've just got to say, when you said 18 laps, I just thought, oh, man, I remember doing that on bikes with less power.

00:22:48And I'll tell you, 18 laps, the distance is about the same as we run everywhere.

00:22:51But 18 laps in terms of physical effort around this place is immense.

00:22:56Honestly, hauling these best back 200 kilo bikes where they're full of fuel.

00:23:01That's what they are around this place when you've got as much power as you have.

00:23:06And you've got to be accurate.

00:23:07You know, the little voice at back of your head says you cannot make a mistake here.

00:23:11It will end badly.

00:23:12And that's an extra little bit of pressure.

00:23:14You don't get many places.

00:23:15Key is the start as well.

00:23:17Getting a good start, getting into those first few corners.

00:23:20In front.

00:23:21Can Tommy Bridewell get his name in the mix?

00:23:24He's had a very strong weekend.

00:23:25And despite the hiccup at Mansfield earlier, the salvage job he did was excellent.

00:23:30Yep.

00:23:31From him and the team.

00:23:35Scott Redding with work to do further back.

00:23:37It's eyes on the lights here.

00:23:3918 laps coming up.

00:23:41And we're underway.

00:23:42Good start from everyone, really, on the front row.

00:23:44But Brad Ray, as he so often does in 2025, has got the best of them.

00:23:49Into turn one, he leads.

00:23:51Immediately, Danny Kent trying to battle with Tommy Bridewell.

00:23:54Rory Skinner was in a bit hot there into Coppies corner.

00:23:57One of the cows.

00:23:58He's got a great start.

00:23:59Is that Cook or is it?

00:24:00That looks like Hidden.

00:24:01Yeah, great start.

00:24:02Just muscling through past Storm Stacey into Coppies.

00:24:05For the first time then, they charge up towards Park Corner.

00:24:08And Kyle Ryd here thinking about a move on Brad Ray.

00:24:11He had that inside line.

00:24:12It's tight through here, remember?

00:24:14Yeah, Chris and Hidden knew that Storm Stacey will be right behind him.

00:24:17With probably a quicker back down the straight.

00:24:19So he defended like mad going into Park there.

00:24:22Storm Stacey a bit wild on exit there as well.

00:24:25Through the gooseneck and down towards Mansfield for the first time.

00:24:29This is where Brad Ray wanted to be.

00:24:34Yeah, he knows where he's good.

00:24:36And where he is good is from here onwards.

00:24:39It's the third sector, which includes the bottom of the mountain,

00:24:42the left and the right.

00:24:43And then especially Hall Benz.

00:24:45He just, the timing and the accuracy of Brad Ray this weekend

00:24:49has been immense through here.

00:24:51Not the best of starts for Nesbitt.

00:24:53He's given himself early work to do.

00:24:54Yes, he has, yeah.

00:24:56Seventh place at the moment.

00:24:57And it's difficult here.

00:24:58Yeah.

00:24:59It's really difficult to make those passes and make them clean.

00:25:02So for the first time they head down through Barn Corner

00:25:05and will cross the line.

00:25:06Brad Ray increases gap too much through the trees.

00:25:10No, he didn't.

00:25:11No.

00:25:13Over the line.

00:25:14A 130 foot tree from a standing start.

00:25:17Yeah, difficult to know how to really judge that in terms of speed.

00:25:21But all I can tell you is on a one litre bike at a track day,

00:25:24a fast, fast man.

00:25:25If he did a 130 on a flying lap, you would give him the prize of the day.

00:25:29Honestly, that he's not mucking about.

00:25:31Certainly isn't.

00:25:32Tommy Bridewell here isn't mucking about either.

00:25:33And he's trying to make a move on Kyle Ride.

00:25:35And there was just enough room for him to squeeze through on the Honda.

00:25:38Yeah.

00:25:39Good stuff from Tommy.

00:25:40Absolutely brilliant pass.

00:25:41I thought having to sort of skirt his way around Kyle Ride's right leg when he dangled it there

00:25:46might have just cost him a bit of time coming out the corner.

00:25:48There's just been some signs this weekend that we've got Tommy back from 2023, 2024.

00:25:53I agree.

00:25:54Yeah.

00:25:55He said they've got a benchmark with the bike set up that seems to work really.

00:25:59Oh!

00:26:00That's Danny Kent.

00:26:01Oh, that's...

00:26:02Yeah.

00:26:03Such a shame for him after such a great run of form in the last five races.

00:26:07Danny Kent unfortunately down and out at Mansfield.

00:26:10Yeah.

00:26:11And a really good start.

00:26:12That's the start he wanted.

00:26:13Yeah.

00:26:14Unfortunately for Danny.

00:26:15And it just highlights, James, how easy it is for things to go wrong here.

00:26:18Yeah.

00:26:19Exactly the same crash as Tommy Bridewell had earlier in FP3.

00:26:24And it's easily done.

00:26:25It's really, really downhill.

00:26:27It's left handed.

00:26:28Maybe just a little bit of a sort of early on in the race.

00:26:33Yeah, it's gone quick.

00:26:34You're not getting that back.

00:26:35Once you get a sort of lock up on the front end when you're leaning over like that, you...

00:26:39It doesn't matter how quick your reactions are or how good you are, you are going down the road.

00:26:43Looks like he's perfectly okay.

00:26:45Yes.

00:26:46He will go again tomorrow.

00:26:47Tommy Bridewell then in second place has put in a really good second sector.

00:26:51But Brad Ray has responded.

00:26:54A 25.647 is already a new race lap record.

00:26:58That's right.

00:26:59The lap record that you count is always set in a race.

00:27:01They don't let you do it.

00:27:02That comes...

00:27:03Actually, it's not as different now.

00:27:05It used to be about a second, second and a half quicker when qualified tyres that wouldn't make race distance were allowed.

00:27:11So that's why they had the race lap record had to be in a race.

00:27:15It's not as much different now because they use the same tyres in qualifying.

00:27:18Billy McConnell there giving Scott Ridding...

00:27:20A good run.

00:27:22He's up inside that top ten.

00:27:24Reading ninth, McConnell number three there in tenth place.

00:27:27Yeah, a handy start from Cook actually.

00:27:29Sitting eighth there, look.

00:27:30Yeah, Glen Irwin also has made up some ground.

00:27:32He's in eleventh place as they head through the chicane and towards the mountain.

00:27:39Yeah, another feature of this Cadillac Park is that you can do all the best work.

00:27:45You can be creeping up on the rider in front, doing everything right, hitting your marks and then one mistake and all the good work is undone in one go.

00:27:53This looks like being another fast lap from Bradley Ray.

00:27:56Another purple sector has just flashed up to the number 28 on the raceway's Yamaha.

00:28:00Let's clock it then as they come over the line to start that four of 18.

00:28:03A 25-472 and it's another one.

00:28:05Yeah.

00:28:06He did this at the start of the year James, first few laps of races.

00:28:10And now that is a lap record that is quicker than his original 22 fastest lap ever.

00:28:15Wow.

00:28:16So, yeah.

00:28:17Yeah.

00:28:18What do we say?

00:28:20And to be fair, the guys behind, they're not hanging around.

00:28:2325-7, 25-6.

00:28:24They are fast lap times.

00:28:25These are good times.

00:28:26These are good times.

00:28:27Yep.

00:28:28Charlie Nesbitt trying to get through there on number 79, Storm Stacey.

00:28:31This is the fight for fifth and sixth.

00:28:33Right.

00:28:34One, two, three, four, five, five, six riders underneath the existing lap record.

00:28:39Well, the previous one.

00:28:40Oh, Charlie Nesbitt through Chris Kerr.

00:28:43That's a brave one.

00:28:44Is that because you go quick round there up the inside of somebody, that puts you right off line for the gooseneck.

00:28:48He's going to have another look here down into Mansfield.

00:28:50Yeah, he's got it.

00:28:51He sits up.

00:28:52Brilliant.

00:28:53But that's worked.

00:28:54Brilliant.

00:28:55Yeah.

00:28:56The Irwin just up behind them as well in seventh place.

00:28:58But Nesbitt, he's had speed here, not just this weekend, pretty much ever since he's become a...

00:29:04A super rider.

00:29:05A super rider.

00:29:06Before that.

00:29:07Before that.

00:29:08Yeah, he's always loved the place.

00:29:09Yeah.

00:29:10Has there been a response on this lap here from Tommy and Kyle in second and third?

00:29:14A personal best third split for both Bridewell and Wright.

00:29:17But Brad Ray just getting into his stride now.

00:29:22We're about to start lap five of 18.

00:29:24At the start of the year, Brad Ray like to get himself about a 1.4, 1.5 second lead.

00:29:28And then sit on it.

00:29:29Just sit on it.

00:29:30And then kind of manage it from there.

00:29:31You look at your lap board.

00:29:32You kind of know if you've made a mistake.

00:29:33You will be aware if you've had a good half lap, a good sector, bad sector.

00:29:37And you'll better judge it from that.

00:29:38But then when you come across the start and finish, you better look at your lap timer on your dash.

00:29:43So you'll know if it's a good lap or an indifferent one.

00:29:45And you've seen your lap board.

00:29:47So you'll know.

00:29:48He will have gone over the line though to see that he's not broken them.

00:29:52And the gaps come down because there's a response coming here from Tommy Bridewell.

00:29:55He was two tenths quicker on that last lap.

00:29:58Yes.

00:29:59But he's quicker through sector one as well.

00:30:00Yep.

00:30:01His quickest lap of the race last time.

00:30:04And Chris Perb and now into the gooseneck.

00:30:07Tommy Bridewell so far this year with three podiums to his name, but not been able to fight for victory as yet.

00:30:13This is as good as we've seen him look for some time.

00:30:16Yes.

00:30:17Oh, right.

00:30:18Of course, twice victorious here at Cadswell.

00:30:20Traditionally always used to be a circuit.

00:30:22He didn't favour, but that has changed.

00:30:24Yeah, the difference with Kyle and other people.

00:30:27He didn't like it here.

00:30:28Didn't go well here.

00:30:29And actually told you on air that that was the case.

00:30:32And nobody ever does that.

00:30:33And he did.

00:30:34But it really made a breakthrough last year.

00:30:36Got confident with it.

00:30:37Not too much different in terms of set up.

00:30:39Just learnt how to kind of approach mentally and physically this race.

00:30:44And he's been enjoying it ever since.

00:30:45Another purple sector, which means faster than anybody from Bradley Ray, your race leader.

00:30:50But he is being asked big questions.

00:30:52And he is stretching Bridewell and right here.

00:30:55They'll have never been as fast around Cadwell Park as they are right now.

00:30:58Yeah.

00:30:59Bulk 10th out on common Bridewell behind him.

00:31:02Last lap in Brad.

00:31:03Last lap 6 of 18.

00:31:06And not even a third of the way through yet.

00:31:08There is Glenn Irwin on the Nitrous Competition Yamaha with Rory Skinner to stop behind him.

00:31:13These guys are 12th and 13th.

00:31:15For whatever reason, just doesn't seem to be suiting Rory on the DiCaprio around Cadwell this weekend.

00:31:21No, it doesn't.

00:31:22Yeah, I'd agree.

00:31:24He was third in the championship before Thruxton.

00:31:27And just doesn't look happy.

00:31:29The bike's moving around.

00:31:30It wasn't even that.

00:31:31That was a super sort of late braking effort from him.

00:31:34The rear's lifting.

00:31:35You get a lot of weight transference here.

00:31:36So there's a couple of three places on the track where you're hard on the power.

00:31:39That means the front is unloaded, the rear's sat down.

00:31:42And you go from shutting the throttle to the brake immediately and then weight pitches forward.

00:31:46So you see that kind of movement from the rear going into the corners.

00:31:52Scott Redding, number four on the Hager PBM Ducati.

00:31:54Now back to the front we go.

00:31:55Brad Ray, Tommy Bridewell, Kyle Ride.

00:31:58This must have been a good half lap from Tommy Bridewell, this.

00:32:01Yeah, it does look like another response from him, doesn't it?

00:32:09Let's see, when they come over the line then.

00:32:13We are now one third of the way through this race.

00:32:16Tommy Bridewell really giving it all there on the Honda.

00:32:19Over the line we go.

00:32:22Pretty much the same lap time.

00:32:24Yep.

00:32:26Not only is Brad Ray so quick through the trees at Hall Benz,

00:32:30but he is so quick through Barn Corner as well.

00:32:32Yes, he is.

00:32:33He's got a slightly tighter line.

00:32:35And that's not easy to do because it's downhill.

00:32:37So you put the brakes on to slow the bike down to the right pace to turn in.

00:32:41But you're trying to grab a bit on the brakes the whole time.

00:32:44You don't want anybody going under you.

00:32:45But that normally pushes you wide on the exit.

00:32:48Meanwhile in fourth, fifth and sixth.

00:32:50Christian Hiddin in there again.

00:32:52Top five.

00:32:53You can...

00:32:54You can just guarantee...

00:32:56You hang your hat on Christian Hiddin.

00:32:58Yeah, and we've been saying the Kawasaki is a little bit long in the tooth

00:33:02and there's nobody else running one.

00:33:04And if it was the best bike, people would be running them.

00:33:06The bikes they've got to buy would be that bike.

00:33:08But actually, it can't be bad for him to hustle it round here like that.

00:33:13You can't override a bike and get this kind of position unless it isn't quite good.

00:33:18I'm also impressed there.

00:33:19Just in the background, Max Cook is closing up on Storm Stacey.

00:33:22Yes, he is.

00:33:23So many laps on that superbike here last year.

00:33:25If you get a look at Storm Stacey's, the taller rider.

00:33:30Just back a shot now in front of the Kawasaki's and the Batham's.

00:33:33BMW uses a lot of back brake.

00:33:35Did you see?

00:33:36Oh, Charlie Neppi.

00:33:37He's having a go at this.

00:33:39Yeah, if you look at Storm Stacey, he is really aggressive into the corner.

00:33:45You'll see the rear just sliding.

00:33:48He does that with the rear brake.

00:33:49He's got a bigger, beefier disc and caliper on the back than anybody else in this classroom.

00:33:54Over the line again, identical lap times from Ray and Bridewell.

00:33:58On that occasion, though, Kyle Ride has just drifted back slightly.

00:34:01Got back a bit.

00:34:02Yep.

00:34:03In third place.

00:34:04It's a 26-1 from Kyle.

00:34:08Yeah, same time actually as Nesbitt.

00:34:11Nesbitt's fighting hard of you.

00:34:13He's behind Max Cook.

00:34:16This is the fight.

00:34:17Haslam.

00:34:18Yeah.

00:34:19Number 91.

00:34:20Going around Billy McConnell.

00:34:25Brad Ray James out from will be looking at his pit board, just hoping that that gap can increase.

00:34:30He's still having to work a bit here, Brad.

00:34:33He is, and when you look at the times, they are way under the existing lap record.

00:34:37Every single lap.

00:34:3825-7, 25-6, 25-8.

00:34:41That is a hot pace.

00:34:43It's a really hot pace at the moment.

00:34:47He still has the advantage.

00:34:4915th on the grid after the crash earlier.

00:34:51Leon Haslam doing well.

00:34:53He's working hard.

00:34:54Made up five places from his grid position.

00:34:59Billy McConnell there on for potentially another top ten.

00:35:03Skinner just behind this group.

00:35:05Sean McPhilso's made some progress today.

00:35:08He's up in the points ahead of Josh Brooks, who's just not been at it of late.

00:35:13The Australian on the Dow Racing Honda.

00:35:15Now, this is a place he's excelled at in the past.

00:35:17And we expected a little, and I think he'd agree with us and expected a little, he would have expected a little bit more of himself coming here at Cadwell.

00:35:25That 9 of 18.

00:35:27Again, nothing to split Ray and Bridewell out front.

00:35:31But Brad, the only rider in the 125.

00:35:34You can just see them at the bottom of your picture.

00:35:36It's Charlie Nesbitt weighing up a move here.

00:35:38Or Christian Iden.

00:35:39He's difficult there because you're actually, the braking, as the braking, you get the braking zone.

00:35:44If you're on that wide line, the back's still leant over, so you can't get on the brakes as late.

00:35:49So, definitely going to have a look somewhere here Nesbitt.

00:35:54Oh, that's Haslam.

00:35:56Unfortunately gone grass-tracking, trying to play catch-up after what happened this morning.

00:36:01And that's how a weekend's been so quickly unraveled.

00:36:04Yeah, at the end of the straight, that's part corner.

00:36:07He might have gotten a bit of a chussel there with Scott Redding.

00:36:09Yeah, I agree, I agree.

00:36:12Out front here, Bridewell has gone down.

00:36:14Oh, what a shame.

00:36:15That is a shame.

00:36:16Brad Rye then, and that last sector was just starting to stretch.

00:36:20Tommy, it was a really solid performance from the former champion until that point.

00:36:26Where has he gone down then?

00:36:28Chicane.

00:36:29On the exit of the chicane.

00:36:31Hard to see from that angle, James.

00:36:34Now, there's no big kerb there.

00:36:36He clipped a kerb unless he ran over the inside paint or ran off the track on the inside and lost the front.

00:36:42Well, he can hold his head high there because that was a really solid display.

00:36:46I agree with you.

00:36:47Yep.

00:36:48Real shame for him and the Honda team as well.

00:36:52A bit more work, unfortunately, for them to do.

00:36:54Sometimes you don't get a break, do you?

00:36:56No.

00:36:57Well, that now leaves Brad Rye with a 2.3 second lead over Kyle Wright.

00:37:02Yeah, he'll not know it yet unless he's had a look back and he doesn't tend to look back that much, doesn't Brad?

00:37:06And what that does also mean is that there is a new...

00:37:09Yeah, there's another fight going on for the last best place on the podium.

00:37:12Including Andy Irwin.

00:37:13Yes.

00:37:14Which is great to see.

00:37:15Andy Irwin has been knocking on the door of late.

00:37:18You can never discount Andy Irwin.

00:37:21They've made a couple of changes to the bike.

00:37:23He said they've definitely found something.

00:37:24He didn't just know how it was going to work out.

00:37:27But he said that bike's definitely easier to ride.

00:37:31And if anybody's going to put a shift in and try and salvage something and prepare to take a risk, it is Andy Irwin.

00:37:37Yeah.

00:37:38He's been through the wars a bit as Andy Irwin over the last few years.

00:37:43I mean, let's be honest, some of it's self-inflicted, but you've got to take it out to a man who will kind of...

00:37:49It's a worthy cause and he's prepared to spend some of himself doing it.

00:37:53He's constantly walking around the paddock with a kitchen sink under his arm, isn't he?

00:37:58He doesn't take a lot of encouragement to chuck it at you, does he either?

00:38:02Honestly, I like Andy.

00:38:05Over the line.

00:38:08Still a lot of race to go though.

00:38:10You mentioned it at the start of this race.

00:38:12Danny Buffen mentioned it as well earlier on.

00:38:14You're closing your eyes at points thinking, when is this going to be over?

00:38:17Because it is brutal.

00:38:18It's brutal.

00:38:19Yeah.

00:38:20Physically, it's brutal on the bikes.

00:38:21It's brutal in terms of mental capacity because you're concentrating so hard because a little mistake will turn into a big crash or can do.

00:38:29So the amount of concentration you cannot let up for a second.

00:38:33You get a bit of a rest physically on the start and finish rate.

00:38:35But even that, not much on these things.

00:38:37The top straight, they've just gone down now before park.

00:38:40It's not even a straight when you've got 220 horsepower.

00:38:42Better to be, perhaps, in a battle in races like this over 18 laps, James.

00:38:48You're thinking that the laps go past quicker without you really noticing that.

00:38:53I would agree with you.

00:38:54Yes.

00:38:55For Brad and Kyle, first and second, it would feel like a bit of a long and lonely race.

00:38:59Yeah, yeah.

00:39:00Brad won't mind that though at the moment.

00:39:01Lapping in the low 26s and now he can control this race from this position on the raceways Yamaha.

00:39:08Yeah, I mean, we know from the Thruxton and here, oh yeah, there's a big lift there.

00:39:17And if you actually close the throttle just at the wrong point, the weight transfers.

00:39:20You know what I was saying about the weight transfer?

00:39:22The rear lifts and it can end up in tears.

00:39:25That's what I'm saying.

00:39:26A tiny, tiny mistake from the most accurate rider on the grid, arguably.

00:39:31And it can still go wrong.

00:39:32Yeah.

00:39:33We've said it all weekend.

00:39:34We've said it over the years as well.

00:39:35Cadwell Park is unforgiving.

00:39:37Yeah.

00:39:38Completely.

00:39:39Yeah.

00:39:40This is the fight for the remaining podium spot.

00:39:42Christian Hiddin on the podium last time out of Thruxton.

00:39:45Nesbit looking for his first of the year, but he was on the podium here last season.

00:39:49And Andy Irwin.

00:39:50I can't remember the last time Andy Irwin was on the podium.

00:39:54I don't think he got one last year.

00:39:55I'll tell you what though.

00:39:56He was quick at Brands.

00:39:58He was quite quick at Thruxton as well.

00:40:00So the pace was there.

00:40:03Last year he did get on the podium.

00:40:05At Brands Hats last year.

00:40:07Yeah.

00:40:08But yeah, the speed has definitely been there for Irwin.

00:40:10Fifth, sixth and seventh for last time out of Thruxton.

00:40:12Yeah.

00:40:13That's Storm Stacey and Max Cook still at it.

00:40:16This is a good solid display from both Kawasaki boys here.

00:40:20Billy McConnell is up into eighth as well.

00:40:22I've just got to say.

00:40:23It's a great job.

00:40:24Yes.

00:40:25Sneaking past the world champion.

00:40:26Not every day you get to do that.

00:40:27And I remind you, this is very much a privateer team.

00:40:30Absolutely.

00:40:31Two year old Honda that.

00:40:32Two year old Honda, but they put everything into it.

00:40:35The Fairbairn properties guys absolutely love coming racing.

00:40:39It's their escape from big business basically.

00:40:42And they love it.

00:40:43And Rory Skinner just starting to creep a bit closer to the pair of them as well.

00:40:47Perhaps a top eight on the cards for the Scotsman.

00:40:50This is still the fight for the remaining podium spot.

00:40:53We're about to start lap 13 of 18.

00:40:57Brad Ray leads and controlling out front.

00:41:00Two seconds up on Kyle Wright.

00:41:02Yeah, this, the battle for the last place on the podium is the best.

00:41:08And it's gone all the way, I do believe.

00:41:11Christian Iden's most recent results.

00:41:14Fourth, fourth, fifth, seventh.

00:41:17Oh, that's Charlie Nesbitt.

00:41:20He's done that before, unfortunately.

00:41:23And he's just asked a bit too much.

00:41:25Hopefully he's okay.

00:41:26He looks like he is.

00:41:28Fast one as well.

00:41:29Yeah, he is between Charlie's one.

00:41:30That's fourth gear.

00:41:31Between Charlie's one and Charlie's two.

00:41:33He's absolutely blind.

00:41:35You caress the rise and then the track drops away.

00:41:38Let's have a look.

00:41:39Middle bike in the second group.

00:41:41That's early in the corner.

00:41:43That's probably with a little bit of brake on your steady in the bike.

00:41:46And, yeah.

00:41:47See how it drops away, look.

00:41:48And then you just don't get a lot of help from the track there.

00:41:51This is why Cadwell is a difficult place.

00:41:53Tiny, tiny mistake, but because of the shape of the track

00:41:56and the kind of profile of it, big crash.

00:42:00Steve Hicken and co got a bit of work to do there overnight as well.

00:42:04Yep.

00:42:07I like Andrew Irwin a lot, but you don't really want him behind you at this stage

00:42:14dicey for a podium in a PSP race.

00:42:16I've got to be honest.

00:42:17These two lads are very popular.

00:42:19They're great individuals.

00:42:20Completely different characters, but we like them both just as much.

00:42:23However, yeah, you get plus naught Andy Irwin on your pit board

00:42:27and you know you're in for a bit of a race.

00:42:29So Hiddin is going to have to work for this.

00:42:31Yes, he is.

00:42:32And, actually, I wouldn't be surprised if the team wouldn't have put who it is behind him.

00:42:36Normally you just get a plus naught or a plus one or whatever,

00:42:39or a plus plus if they're right up your tailpipe.

00:42:41But, actually, I would want to know it was Andy.

00:42:44I will just say out front, we are on lap 14 of 18.

00:42:47Definitely not panic stations for Bradway because I believe he's controlling it

00:42:50as Andy Irwin then tries to make his move.

00:42:52Well, think about it.

00:42:53Christian Hiddin says, no, you don't.

00:42:54Yeah, and what I would say is the Honda is a quick motorbike,

00:42:59especially on the kind of longer bits.

00:43:02Once it gets going, once it gets fourth, fifth, sixth gear,

00:43:05it's definitely got legs.

00:43:07And that might just make, it might just give Andrew an opportunity there.

00:43:11He's going to keep a BDI on the gap out front,

00:43:14which has come down from two seconds to one and a half.

00:43:17Yeah.

00:43:18I don't think that there's anything to worry about there.

00:43:20I mean, I don't.

00:43:21I always thought if I've got two seconds, I've got a lot of time.

00:43:24I can actually afford to make a slight mistake, run on a little bit,

00:43:28you know, and gather it, and that relaxes you.

00:43:30But, actually, down below two seconds, down below one and a half,

00:43:33that's a bit too close for comfort, in my opinion.

00:43:36We saw at Brian's Hatch when Scott Redding was hunting down Brad Ray.

00:43:39He did just shut the gas off a little for a lap.

00:43:42But then, once he saw his pit board...

00:43:44Pity up, off it went. Yeah, yeah.

00:43:45Let's see if he does the same again here.

00:43:46Yeah.

00:43:47This is the fight for third, though.

00:43:48Iden, number 21 on the AJN Steelstock Kawasaki,

00:43:51and the Honda UK racing rider Andy Irwin.

00:43:54Yeah, the Honda's definitely got the legs on the Kawasaki,

00:44:01like you would expect.

00:44:03Let's have a look what they're putting on.

00:44:05Plus zero and no now.

00:44:07Yeah, plus no, no, I plus plus.

00:44:09G1 is group one, that means there's only one rider behind.

00:44:11That's a group of one, actually.

00:44:13There's a group of two, but you're one of them.

00:44:15Yeah, so...

00:44:16And if he didn't know who it is, he certainly does now,

00:44:18and he's not allowing Andy Irwin through.

00:44:22Yeah, and that is the place where Andy's going to have a go.

00:44:25And remember, Andy might have been having a go,

00:44:27not intending to pass, just to let him know he's there,

00:44:30and the trouble with that is you give the man a chance to defend

00:44:34when it comes to the last lap, so...

00:44:36He looked at the starting grids at the start of 2025,

00:44:41and you look at Brad Ray back and Kyle Ride and Tommy and Glenn

00:44:45and some of the other Ducati's.

00:44:46There wouldn't have been too many that would have seen much glory

00:44:49for Kawasaki this season, but you have to take your hats off

00:44:52to not just the two riders, but the whole team.

00:44:54Completely.

00:44:55For what they've done, and they've got such a good little riding group

00:44:58there with Christian and Matt.

00:45:00Correct, they've got a cohesive group of riders, technicians, owners,

00:45:04team principle, they just, it's a brilliant little team.

00:45:08And you wish them all the best.

00:45:09And they are doing a lot with the little, let's be honest.

00:45:12You can see that the Kawasaki is a little bit steady down the street.

00:45:15I think it's a lovely bike.

00:45:17I think you can't do what Christian and Max are doing

00:45:19without it being a, what's the word?

00:45:22A compliant machine that a rider can get the best out of.

00:45:25Christian Hiddin there, and it's just taking another couple of tenths

00:45:27out of Andy Irwin.

00:45:29Scott Redding has got through now on the Hager PBM Ducati

00:45:32on Billy McConnell, so Redding now up into seventh.

00:45:35Still good effort from Billy on that private here.

00:45:38Honda.

00:45:39Yeah, I think anything inside a top ten on that is a fine result.

00:45:43Now, Andy Irwin closing in again.

00:45:44Not enough.

00:45:47He'll only, he'll just want to get himself within striking distance

00:45:50on that final lap, Andrew Irwin.

00:45:52The point is, of anybody on the grid, the person you know

00:45:56will have a go is Andy.

00:45:59Meanwhile, I certainly keep an eye on the gap out front.

00:46:01It's down to under a second on lap 16 of 18, and now we're looking at it.

00:46:05I told you.

00:46:06Kyle Ryders reeling him in.

00:46:07If Brad Ray has let it drop back to a second and half,

00:46:10and it isn't just one single mistake that's done that,

00:46:13this isn't, you know, it would be, it's because he doesn't want it,

00:46:16not because he's managing it.

00:46:18The championship leader versus the champion.

00:46:22Former teammates, of course, they were set to be teammates again this year.

00:46:26Let's just have a look.

00:46:27Has Kyle managed to conserve his title a little bit?

00:46:29If it is, it'll be a right-hander that you'll see it on.

00:46:31We're coming up to Barn Corner now off Canber,

00:46:33and we know how good Brad is there.

00:46:35He's, he's kind of a bit quicker there.

00:46:37Woo, title line from.

00:46:38I mean, it looks like he's carried a bit more lean angle.

00:46:40I believe so, yeah.

00:46:41Over the line, and there's nothing to split them now.

00:46:43Is there a twist in the tail here at Cardwell?

00:46:45Lab 17 of 18.

00:46:48Yeah.

00:46:49Kyle Ride, who has taken a big chunk out in the championship of late.

00:46:53And did you see how exceptionally quick Brad was on the left-hander at Coppice,

00:46:56where maybe he's just got a little bit more tire left.

00:46:59Yeah, and you could see that.

00:47:00A little right-hander.

00:47:01Yeah, into Charlie's especially.

00:47:02A bit more lean angle from Kyle Ride.

00:47:04And is he going to challenge immediately?

00:47:05No, he's just a little bit too wide to get the brakes on as hard as Brad was able to do.

00:47:09He's running tighter though again on the right-hander, see that?

00:47:12Yep, through Chris Curve now.

00:47:14Fastest slaps of corner.

00:47:16Here we go, he's going to have a look here at Chris Curve.

00:47:17This is Big Bold and Brave from Kyle Ride.

00:47:19Oh, and he touches.

00:47:20Oh, I can't believe that.

00:47:21I cannot believe that.

00:47:22That was so close.

00:47:23I cannot believe that.

00:47:24That was so close to the biggest crash, honestly.

00:47:28That's fourth gear.

00:47:29That's full on fourth gear.

00:47:31You don't see that too often.

00:47:33And he's still going here.

00:47:34He's lost, obviously, a bike length or two.

00:47:36I mean, that could have so easily been a huge crash.

00:47:39I've never...

00:47:40Listen, this is as close as you get.

00:47:41Look.

00:47:42He's gone up the inside.

00:47:43There's a little bit of room.

00:47:44He's been quite polite there.

00:47:46Brad, does he know he's there?

00:47:47Yeah.

00:47:48It's debatable whether he did know he was there.

00:47:51It was a harsh move if he...

00:47:53Look at Tommy Hill.

00:47:54Yeah, because guess why?

00:47:56Tommy's been in that position.

00:47:57He knows how close that was to a big plane crash.

00:48:00What?

00:48:01Unbelievable here, then.

00:48:03So, out front, we start the final lap of the race.

00:48:06Is it going to be Brad Ray or is it going to be Kyle Ride?

00:48:09We wondered, didn't we?

00:48:10Matt said on the grid down there.

00:48:12Is this Ray versus Ride?

00:48:13Yeah, and this is definitely...

00:48:15Even if Ray wins this, he's given himself some...

00:48:17Kyle's given him something to think about.

00:48:19I think Kyle's going to be close enough to have another go.

00:48:21Whether he's going to want to have another go after that.

00:48:24Oh, it's a bit of a twitch from the rear end of Brad Ray.

00:48:26He's struggling for grip.

00:48:27I agree.

00:48:28Kyle Ride, is he going to make his move now into Park Corner?

00:48:30Surely he gets that inside line.

00:48:32He can't make it.

00:48:33Now, please, Kyle, don't attempt what you did last time.

00:48:35Chris Kerr.

00:48:36He can't be there.

00:48:37He's going to have to try it somewhere.

00:48:39He's going to have to be out of a right-hander.

00:48:41Is he going to do it again?

00:48:42Was it a rehearsal last time?

00:48:43He's got some speed, but not this time.

00:48:45Through the gooseneck.

00:48:46Where can he make his move?

00:48:48He's going to be a right-hander.

00:48:49I think Brad's going to be quick on the left.

00:48:51This is a left.

00:48:52Mansfield's a left as well.

00:48:53Look, got good pace there.

00:48:55Right, Ray trying to work hard here to defend this one.

00:48:58Kyle Ride, definitely not close enough to make a move here.

00:49:01Difficult to see where he's going to do it now.

00:49:03We know how good Brad is.

00:49:04Given the fact that he's got a worn tire, I can't see it now, honestly.

00:49:09He's struggling for grip here, Brad Ray.

00:49:11How can he hold on?

00:49:12Out of the mountain and into Hall Benz.

00:49:15Kyle Ride, is he going to try and create something big here?

00:49:18He's got to be there, if he can.

00:49:19I don't know if he's close enough.

00:49:21He's going to have a look.

00:49:22No, he almost runs into the back of Brad Ray.

00:49:24It's not through there, and surely it's only one line through Barn Corner.

00:49:27The checkered flag out.

00:49:28Will it be a run to the right?

00:49:29Kyle May have the grip.

00:49:30He's got grip.

00:49:31The checkered flag is out.

00:49:32It's a close one.

00:49:33Brad Ray just about holds on against Kyle Ride.

00:49:37You don't try a lot harder than them two boys, do you?

00:49:39Wow.

00:49:40Clearly Brad was coping with a degraded rear attire there, especially on the round side.

00:49:44And Andy Irwin is back on the podium.

00:49:46Yeah, I mean, either of those for me, Hidden or Andy Irwin would have been a win.

00:49:52That's brilliant.

00:49:53Wow.

00:49:54That, honestly, you can't chuck more into that than, well, the first three afforded,

00:50:00but certainly Brad and Kyle were wanting that one.

00:50:03Brilliant.

00:50:04I mean, fair play.

00:50:06Let's have a look here.

00:50:07What's happened to Billy McConnell?

00:50:08Wow.

00:50:09Okay.

00:50:10Oh, that was a little bit cheeky, wasn't it?

00:50:14Oh, that's fast as well.

00:50:16Whoa, Billy.

00:50:17How has he stayed on?

00:50:19That's 130 miles an hour.

00:50:21130 miles an hour.

00:50:23And I've been on that grass.

00:50:25That is bumpy like you can't believe.

00:50:26That's not a Bowling Green by any stretch.

00:50:30Well, we saw that Brad was going to cruise to victory there.

00:50:33That was anything but a cruise, wasn't it?

00:50:35Yeah.

00:50:38Wow.

00:50:39I still can't believe that moment into Chris Kerr.

00:50:42Fair play to Kyle Ride.

00:50:44And obviously looked after his tyres so well.

00:50:48Yeah.

00:50:49But sometimes that's easier when you're sort of sat behind and you're gauging it.

00:50:52But honestly, it's not easy, but slightly easier, I would say.

00:50:55But Kyle.

00:50:56Yeah.

00:50:57Brilliant.

00:50:58Absolutely brilliant.

00:50:59That, honestly, he'll be so pumped after that.

00:51:03The look of someone who say, what more have I got to do?

00:51:06But he knows it and honestly, what a ride that was from the pair of them.

00:51:11Brilliant.

00:51:12He just, he could smell the fear from Brad Cunningham.

00:51:16Andy Irwin, take a bow.

00:51:18It's so good to see him back on the podium.

00:51:20He becomes the 13th different rider this year to get onto a BSB podium.

00:51:25Yeah.

00:51:26This is why we love BSB.

00:51:27The circuits are so diverse.

00:51:29Each one favours a different rider and a different pike.

00:51:32Let's have a look and see at this moment again.

00:51:35Right.

00:51:36Chris has curved before the gooseneck.

00:51:37This is fourth gear stuff.

00:51:38Both sliding.

00:51:39A little bit more grip from Kyle.

00:51:41Puts himself in a position where maybe he can get inside into the gooseneck.

00:51:44Brad doesn't see him.

00:51:45I can't believe that Brad said he'll know he's hit him there.

00:51:48Because he'll feel that.

00:51:49That's as close as you get.

00:51:52And damage limitation from Kyle was brilliant.

00:51:54I can't really thought about that there as well.

00:51:56He did see the rear lifted because he was having a look one there.

00:52:01Incredible.

00:52:02He had a damn good go there, did Kyle Ryder.

00:52:05It was brilliant.

00:52:06Brad Ray will have never worked harder to hold onto a race win.

00:52:10No.

00:52:12And it just seemed in those final five, six laps,

00:52:15because the grip just didn't quite there.

00:52:18So Skinner's received a long lap equivalent time penalty

00:52:23as a result of the move between him and McConnell.

00:52:25Yeah.

00:52:26Listen, that wasn't malicious.

00:52:27You commit yourself there.

00:52:28You're really fast.

00:52:29And it just got in a little bit hot, didn't it?

00:52:32That's all.

00:52:33But the effect was, it's Cadwell.

00:52:35Yeah.

00:52:36Yeah.

00:52:37Doesn't take much.

00:52:38There's no runoff here.

00:52:39There's no room for error.

00:52:42Wow.

00:52:43What a ride then.

00:52:44From Ray and Ryder.

00:52:45He's shaking their heads.

00:52:47Wow.

00:52:51He's just saying, I felt something.

00:52:53Well, he wouldn't have seen him,

00:52:55because he wouldn't have gone across on what is his mate.

00:52:59No.

00:53:00But he would definitely feel that sort of slip as his rear.

00:53:03Kyle's gone straight over to him.

00:53:07Look at that.

00:53:08That's brilliant.

00:53:09Yeah.

00:53:10Yeah.

00:53:13Well, let's get the results and standings then.

00:53:16You could just see how hard they've had to work for that.

00:53:1918 grueling laps around Cadwell Park.

00:53:22But it does go the way of Bradley Ray.

00:53:24He wins.

00:53:25I had a car ride.

00:53:26Andy Owen with his first podium of the year in third.

00:53:28Iden fourth.

00:53:29Storm Stacey a solid fifth for him.

00:53:31And likewise Cook in sixth.

00:53:33Scott Redding climbed to seventh.

00:53:34Haslam with eighth.

00:53:35But Rory Skinner ninth there.

00:53:38I believe that's including the penalty.

00:53:40So that's fine for him.

00:53:41Glenn Irwin top ten on the Yamaha.

00:53:44That's what he was aiming for.

00:53:45Good points for McPhee.

00:53:46He was 11th ahead of Brooks.

00:53:47Rogers.

00:53:48Luke Hedger.

00:53:49The final point.

00:53:50Went to Scots one.

00:53:52Championship then.

00:53:54It increases slightly to 28 points for the number 28.

00:53:59But there's so much more to the tail than that.

00:54:01Danny Kent unfortunately has dropped from third to fifth

00:54:04after his crash in that one.

00:54:05So Skinner moves up to third.

00:54:06Leon Haslam moves up to four.

00:54:08Iden doing a really good job of racking up the points.

00:54:11He is definitely in the fight for a top three finish in this

00:54:14championship if he keeps up this consistency.

00:54:17And a disappointing ending for Tommy Bridewell there in seventh.

00:54:21Scott Redding with more points.

00:54:22He's in 11th ahead of Storm Stacey.

00:54:24Charlie Nesbitt did not finish 13th ahead of Glenn Irwin.

00:54:35Wow. What a race.

00:54:36And the touch paper is well and truly lit now in the second half

00:54:39of this Benitz British Superbike Championship.

00:54:41Two more battles out here at Cadwell to look forward to tomorrow.

00:54:45We'll get the thoughts though of all three podium finishes,

00:54:47including, of course, Andy Irwin after that fantastic third place

00:54:51when we come back from the break.

00:54:59What a race we had here at Cadwell Park.

00:55:01The first of the weekend.

00:55:02So Brad Ray set a new lap record on his way to victory.

00:55:05An epic scrap with Kyle Ryden.

00:55:07What a day as well for Andrew Irwin.

00:55:09It started with a crash.

00:55:10It's ended with a podium.

00:55:11His first in over a year.

00:55:13He's talking to shaky.

00:55:14Thank you, Matt.

00:55:15Yeah.

00:55:16Andrew Irwin, your first podium in over a year.

00:55:18So good to see you back on the podium.

00:55:20Great race at Honda's home track.

00:55:22How was that for you, mate?

00:55:23Honestly, I caught by 11th after crashing F3.

00:55:26I was like, you know what?

00:55:27I just need a steady race.

00:55:29Got a mega star.

00:55:30I think I was sixth or seventh.

00:55:31And then past Storm, Charlie crashed and Tommy crashed.

00:55:36And I thought, I can actually get a podium.

00:55:37And I was like, I'm going to have to keep going.

00:55:38I just can't give up on this one.

00:55:40And I just sat behind him.

00:55:41And I thought, you know what?

00:55:42With two to go, he'll maybe not defend as much.

00:55:44Come between Charlie's and Park.

00:55:45And yeah, I'm delighted.

00:55:47I haven't been here.

00:55:48I haven't raced here in two years.

00:55:49So to be here, get on a podium, it's been my worst track ever.

00:55:52Someone asked me if I had a bad track in the back of my head.

00:55:54I'm always thinking here.

00:55:55So it's nice to change that.

00:55:56But a massive thank you to Honda.

00:55:58Everybody that supported me stuck behind me.

00:56:00Because we all know it's not been the easiest route.

00:56:02But I'm keeping the faith.

00:56:03And let's keep going.

00:56:04Well, you've got two more chances to keep it going tomorrow.

00:56:06Well done, Andrew.

00:56:07Cheers, yeah. Thank you very much.

00:56:08Right, second place then.

00:56:09Absolutely fantastic battle there towards the end, Kyle,

00:56:12between you and Bradley Ray.

00:56:14I mean, talk us through that manoeuvre at Chris Curve.

00:56:16I mean, you definitely touched, didn't you?

00:56:18We thought that was the end of the race at one point.

00:56:19Yeah, me too.

00:56:20All the corners on the track, I feel like I can make a move

00:56:23and make it quite safe.

00:56:25If it was Charlie's two, you can almost look to see where Brad is.

00:56:28But at Chris Curve with two laps to go, I got a good drive

00:56:30and I just committed.

00:56:31Before I knew it, I went back to second just to get it stopped

00:56:33to make sure I didn't crash into Brad.

00:56:35Front wheel hit the exhaust pipe and I nearly went down.

00:56:37But yeah, great race.

00:56:39I had great speed at the end.

00:56:40Just in the middle part of the race, Brad was too fast.

00:56:42So a race of two halves.

00:56:44Very, very difficult.

00:56:45I'm absolutely knackered.

00:56:46But yeah, it was a great race.

00:56:47And yeah, nice to race with Brad for once.

00:56:49It's been years and it's been nice to have a good race with him,

00:56:51especially how far he was in front as well.

00:56:53So yeah, great lap times, great everything, great day.

00:56:56Fantastic performance.

00:56:57Well done, Kyle.

00:56:58Thanks, Shane.

00:56:59Thanks, mate.

00:57:00Right on, your race one winner.

00:57:01Here he comes, Bradley Wade.

00:57:02Bradley, you look like you had that all under control at one point.

00:57:05Two and a half seconds in the lead.

00:57:06The next thing we know, you're coming across the line together.

00:57:08You touched at Chris Curve with Kyle.

00:57:10Did you know he was there?

00:57:11I mean, talk us through that.

00:57:12No, I didn't feel the touch.

00:57:14I heard him accelerate hard into there,

00:57:16but I thought he just went for a move and backed out.

00:57:19But yeah, I tried to get the gap at the start,

00:57:22managed the lap time and I was pushing on quite a lot.

00:57:25And Kyle was just able to reel me in a bit.

00:57:27So I thought, right, just back the pace off

00:57:29and save something for the end of the race.

00:57:33I blocked the areas where I needed to on the last lap,

00:57:36down the back straight.

00:57:37And it's hard to pass around here, especially if you're late on the break.

00:57:41So yeah, all in all, good race.

00:57:43A few things to improve for tomorrow to help me towards the end.

00:57:47But yeah, just overall super happy to be back on the box and winning again.

00:57:52I think pushing the pace a little bit in the start of the race

00:57:54was a bit of an understatement.

00:57:56That was pretty much pole position lap time in the race itself.

00:57:59Different strategy for tomorrow or same time?

00:58:02The sprint race, I think, will be similar.

00:58:06Attack at the start.

00:58:07But the long race, we might have to ease it off a bit at the start

00:58:10and give me something towards the end.

00:58:12Fantastic performance. Well done. Best of luck for tomorrow.

00:58:14Cheers, mate. Thank you.

00:58:16Yeah, clearly struggled to maintain that pace.

00:58:19Not surprisingly, Danny, over full race distance.

00:58:21It's so hard around it. It's so physical.

00:58:24Doing 26s is hard around here.

00:58:26Doing 25.4, 25.5, 25.6s, no wonder they were all tired, you know,

00:58:31because even though you're physically fit, cycling fit, gym fit,

00:58:35ride a bike around here, I can't tell you how hard it is,

00:58:38especially through the woodland section.

00:58:39So, mental race, yeah, I'm just sort of gathering myself after it.

00:58:42It was so exciting the last few laps.

00:58:44But yeah, Brad did what he needed to do. He got the win.

00:58:47You know, I think it's going to be a bit different tomorrow.

00:58:49Yeah, it's the fastest race we've ever seen around here, James.

00:58:52The two guys very much on top of their game

00:58:54and great to see them battling together after, as Kyle said, so many years.

00:58:58Yeah, because it was kind of funny because at first

00:59:00it didn't look like it was going to happen, did it?

00:59:02Because, you know, he had Bridewell crash a few down and out.

00:59:04There was a bit of a gap between them.

00:59:06And then it tightened right back up when Brad sort of slowed it up,

00:59:09you know, when he had a bit of an arm pump or something,

00:59:11and it came back on board. This was so tight.

00:59:14Thank goodness he got away with it because nine times out of ten,

00:59:17you're down or you're both down. So that was quite lucky.

00:59:20And, you know, he came back again, but it was a fantastic ending.

00:59:23And like you say, the new lap record, the pace was great.

00:59:27And it was two different philosophies for it as well.

00:59:31You know, sort of, you had Rague, you just went for it,

00:59:35and then tied at the end or just slowed up at the end.

00:59:38You had Ride who had a more consistent pace and then called him back on.

00:59:41But it was great to see those two battle at last.

00:59:44Yeah, it was mental, yeah.

00:59:45And obviously Andy Irwin and Christian didn't go out on the last night.

00:59:48So we was all sort of locked out, locked ourselves in for that one, didn't we?

00:59:52And for Andy, I'm over the moon from the third place.

00:59:54Yeah, I mean, what a result.

00:59:56First podium in over the year, brilliant stuff.

00:59:58Yeah, great to see.

00:59:59Lots of support there from Jack Kennedy and the rest of the Honda crew as well.

01:00:03Great moment for Andy Irwin.

01:00:04Now let's get back to the podium ceremony then with Steve.

01:00:07Yes, thanks Matt.

01:00:09You can hear the cheers there.

01:00:11What a fight Kyle put on there.

01:00:13So good to see Andy Irwin up there as well.

01:00:15This is Honda's home round, Honda UK.

01:00:18And it's his first ever podium at Cadwell Park as a British Superbike rider as well.

01:00:25I bet he won't be backing off quite as much tomorrow, Bradley Ray.

01:00:28What a pace he set at the start and he is back on the top step.

01:00:33Who's invited Mr. Waghorn onto the podium.

01:00:36I want Waggy there, a good friend of Shaky and Brad's going to be picking up a trophy.

01:00:42He's in his best overalls as well.

01:00:46Third place there then for Andrew Irwin.

01:00:48It's his 13th career BSP podium.

01:00:51Second place for Kyle Ride.

01:00:5351 podiums now in this championship for the reigning champion.

01:00:58But on the top step, podium number 48, win number 22 of his career.

01:01:02But this season, what a record.

01:01:0415 podiums and now an 11th race win.

01:01:10And still only 28 points up in the championship.

01:01:13He's being kept very honest indeed.

01:01:16And there's also here, there's a bit of fun as Waggy gets a trophy as well.

01:01:24He won't be allowed to take that home.

01:01:25I'm just going to point that one out.

01:01:27Let's get the national anthem for your race winner, Brad Ray.

01:01:32Let's get the national anthem.

01:01:50it's back

01:02:04brilliant race then in the end

01:02:07it was Ray versus Ride

01:02:09and that was the first encounter

01:02:10the first time these two have locked horns for many a year

01:02:13cannot wait now for the rematch tomorrow

01:02:20yeah two rematches tomorrow with the sprint race and another feature race to

01:02:24come as well it's a really mouthwatering stuff for tomorrow but what a

01:02:30performance let's just go into it a little bit more on from Andy Irwin's

01:02:34point of view your old teammate Danny he's really been through the mill as in

01:02:37the last couple years various injuries and setbacks yeah 100% you know the

01:02:41injury had a knock ill you know that when he snapped the top of his arm there's

01:02:45so many injuries he's been through you know the bikes not quite been right for

01:02:48him started this year you know he's not been very comfortable on it and yeah I

01:02:52mean like I spoke to him then I was like mate he was in sick place and used it and

01:02:55he was like and then there's a bit crash and he was like didn't get a Kent and

01:02:57then there's a bit he was like I could get a podium and yeah I'm just chuffed

01:03:01for him you know because that kind of just reignites the fire you know stand up

01:03:04there you kind of get yourself bit of you know a bit of pressure off because

01:03:07you've got a podium yeah right let's see what we can do it's a good time of the

01:03:10season to do it as well because you know he would be one of the ones who'd be

01:03:12looking over his shoulder a little bit when you're looking for rides for next

01:03:15year yeah 100% and you know as you said there you know it's amazing what a good

01:03:19result can do to you saw how happy he looked you just have a different vibe to

01:03:22him didn't he even walking up to the podium you know you're that bit taller

01:03:25you're that bit happier and he deserves it you've had to work hard you know

01:03:29beating Christian Nidney on the last couple laps that's never easy yeah and

01:03:32yeah I'm really chuffed for him yeah by his own admission he was helped out a

01:03:36little bit by a few crashes one of them being Danny Kent which is a real shame Danny

01:03:40because of the way that he built his confidence and seemed to have found

01:03:43something around this circuit yeah definitely and it's a bit of a shame

01:03:46really because obviously you know tomorrow he's probably not going to be

01:03:48starting as high up on the grid for the sprint race and as we see him here just

01:03:51just in the you know didn't do much wrong it didn't look like it did a lot

01:03:54wrong sorry I mean his lap two so yeah you've only done left-hander five times

01:03:58you know it's kind of like it's just that it's a little bit of an experience on the

01:04:02circuit because you know that you just you kind of just build that left don't you

01:04:06first couple of laps you're always a bit paranoid going into there and it was

01:04:10unlucky as you say it was just a whisper and if he got through that lap he'd

01:04:13probably been alright but unfortunately he was caught out hopefully it doesn't

01:04:16knock that confidence that it's so important for him to I don't think so

01:04:19you know they'll be able to look at it and as we say it's just that it's the

01:04:23nature of that corner isn't it you know we saw Tommy go down there you know

01:04:26earlier you know you see people go down there especially in the early laps of the

01:04:30race that is Tommy's crash obviously and that was a bit of a weird one that I

01:04:33don't know whether he just caught the grass or the white line or something because it's a very

01:04:37you don't normally see you see him coming out on the high side but you don't

01:04:40normally see it there it was a slightly odd sort of crash that was it yeah

01:04:44normally there you go into the right and you're like all the way to that inside

01:04:47curve aren't you and as you go left you're again on the white line so maybe

01:04:50he clipped the curve you know it looked like it's certainly unsettled the front

01:04:53end there and obviously down he went but doing a good job I was gonna say he was

01:04:56digging in wasn't he close to me a little bit back up on Ray so I think again

01:05:01he'll take a lot of heart from that and you know it's one of those things it

01:05:03happens in racing and he's been riding super well and after that initial break

01:05:08that Ray did you know he'd been working that back in so yeah I think he'll be

01:05:12pleased with with his effort you know up until then I think Tommy looked like he

01:05:15was having to ride so much heart like when you looked at his body language

01:05:19compared to the Yamaha's he looked like he was trying hard and you know if he's

01:05:23pushing 110% he's taking more risk isn't he so you know he I think he should

01:05:27they should look back at that Honda hasn't looked quite as settled this year

01:05:30though has it you know it has looked a more good motorcycle compared to you

01:05:34know it looks so supple and forgiving last year yeah I mean he took it all the

01:05:37way lost the championship you know but you know so closely just this year it has

01:05:42looked a much more fickle motorcycle same case for Charlie Nesbitt then

01:05:46potentially yeah again I mean it's that yeah there's a little sort of stutter

01:05:51bump between those two the the track sort of unloads a bit it's got a bit of a

01:05:55hollow the bike digs in and really smashes itself up you see me a middle bike and

01:06:00it's in a go sort of quite early is is that bit just before you're about to

01:06:04start driving there's a little glass danger zone in the corner and you know

01:06:08again it's a massive punishment for a tiny mistake and the guys are on the

01:06:13limit like when Brad's at the front doing 25 fours they're trying to hang in

01:06:17there they're all on the limit if not over the limit and I can't tell you how

01:06:20easy it is around this track to make a mistake like that and have that you know

01:06:23have a crash as we've seen from obviously Tommy Charlie and Danny it's very

01:06:27easy to do yeah all right well hopefully those guys will be fit and ready to roll

01:06:31again tomorrow the two men at the moment here with us now Brad Ray and Kyle ride

01:06:37after an epic battle around Caldwell Park we're gonna do it twice again tomorrow

01:06:41maybe with a slightly different strategy Brad you went off like a scolded cat from

01:06:45the start there and I mean you put a lot of time into Cal to be fair of the first

01:06:49half of the race yeah now it's a I've got a good start settled in the first few

01:06:52laps and the first flat was like 25 saying I thought Joe I'm just gonna keep

01:06:57going at this pace and see and to be honest I was I was on the limit at the

01:07:02start but my board wasn't going up it was staying staying plus point eight plus

01:07:06point seven plus point eight and yeah got to one point I think maybe and yeah

01:07:12Kyle started catching me up had better pace than me at the towards the end of the

01:07:16race so I sort of eased up the pace maybe a bit too too late in the race and just

01:07:21tried my best to defend on the last lap and for you Kyle you must have been a

01:07:25test of patience really to maintain you know and to and to not panic really when

01:07:29he did put that gap into this yeah I mean even Tommy was faster than me at the

01:07:33start full tank of petrol I had a few moments and it was one of them I knew I

01:07:38had late race pace because I've had it yesterday the gap was a little bit too

01:07:42much that I didn't think I'd catch catch Brad but I just put a few good laps

01:07:45together two laps to go I managed to get on the back and while I'd while I caught him

01:07:49up I had to go into the gooseneck but failed miserably so it was a as you see

01:07:53it was a it was an half-hearted attempt I knew he was there I went back to second

01:07:57to make sure I don't take us both out but just caught the exhaust part Brad said

01:08:00he didn't even feel it I don't know how but it was a good effort and after that

01:08:04Brad defended really well and that was it there's one thing I've been close

01:08:08racing and rubbing around some of that trucks and where there's a load of

01:08:11different lines but yeah one line really unforgiving if you do get it wrong

01:08:15that was that was that's close that's that's close racing around this place

01:08:19yeah no it was like you say it's a it's a one line and when when you're when

01:08:24you're doing 25 it's pretty much a whole race and and I think I went on lap 13

01:08:28done a 25 7 which was underneath the record so when you're doing that that

01:08:33sort of pace it it's difficult to make a pass anywhere and if you do it's gonna

01:08:36take two or three four laps to try and line up and make it safe as well 18 laps is a

01:08:42lot around here I remember that out but more power now physical was it cuz you

01:08:46lost these they can do a reminder pushback without thinking about it you

01:08:49can't ask actually because we've got to let these two go we're getting in trouble

01:08:52you've got to go and get in the in the meantime we'll hear from Christian in and

01:09:01finish fourth is we shaky Christian I'm getting quite used to have to come down

01:09:05and find you in the in the pit lane now another fantastic performance on the AJN

01:09:09steel stock Kawasaki it looked at one point I don't know if you saw what

01:09:12happened up front of you but it looked like it might have been even higher up

01:09:15the grid but a fourth position got to be happy yeah and I've just literally asked

01:09:20the boss for a bonus for fourth because I've had a lot of fourths this year so

01:09:23I think I think I need that extended but no it's good we've had quite good pace

01:09:26apart from FP1 the bikes felt really good in every session so when I was a little

01:09:30bit disappointed with qualifying to know it makes hard work myself but this thing

01:09:33gets off the line real well so I got a good start I struggled a lot we've had like

01:09:37this really weird brake judder going on all weekend and we've changed pretty much

01:09:41everything on the front end and it it came back again like mid-race it was

01:09:44making my eyeballs wobble I could hardly see the apex going into going into that

01:09:47chicane it became really difficult but it's one of them I clearly don't have the

01:09:52pace for the two up front but I think the rest of the race we we've got pace so

01:09:56good job by the AJN steel stock Kawasaki squad we're you know we're knocking in some

01:10:01some good results week on you know week in week out and yeah we're there letting

01:10:05people know that we're we're still around you're a good lab well done

01:10:08Christian thanks mate cheers very much still around actually he had a real good

01:10:12weekend at Thruxton last time as well and he's brought that here good season I

01:10:15think what you see there is about this maybe you're gonna blame me for saying

01:10:19this but probably a little bit past its base however the the team is so

01:10:23cohesive and all wanting the same thing got a pair of good riders max is having a

01:10:28brilliant season as well I think they kind of punch in a little bit above the

01:10:31weight brilliant he'll be fighting for the podium again tomorrow your thoughts on how

01:10:34that's gonna pan out I think it's gonna be Brad he's gonna be Kyle I can't wait

01:10:38to see what they're gonna show us tomorrow I think they are gonna be the

01:10:43ones to be and they are gonna take some beating if they can get off the line but

01:10:45certainly Christian you'll be looking for a podium okay well if it's anything

01:10:48like the racing today you won't want to miss it we will be back here at Cadwell for a

01:10:53bank holiday Monday bonanza of BSB there's lots of snooker lots of sport

01:10:58including snooker elsewhere in our various channels and platform as well the

01:11:01Wuhan open is tomorrow from seven o'clock in the morning on TNT sports one

01:11:06stage three of La Vuelta in the afternoon from 1 p.m. on TNT sports three as I said

01:11:13we continue here from one o'clock on TNT sports four live from Cadwell Park it's

01:11:18Oxford against Kings Lynn in the British Speedway tomorrow evening from half seven

01:11:23on TNT sports one and a huge night of Speedway Grand Prix as well just three

01:11:30points in it between Bartosz Smartslik and Reddy Kurtz at the top of the World

01:11:34Championship live coverage starts from 5 30 on TNT sports two so lots to look

01:11:42forward to then especially here at Cadwell Park two BSB races and all the

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