Tommy Bridewell delivered a Knockhill masterclass in the opening Bennetts British Superbike Championship race of the weekend to become the fifth different race winner of the season.
The reigning champion celebrated his first victory with Honda Racing UK whilst Rory Skinner and Andrew Irwin completed the podium to make it ten different riders who have now scored top three finishes in 2024.
The scrap for second then was between the Irwin brothers and Skinner and the trio were not giving each other an inch.
However, it was heartbreak for Glenn Irwin as he was denied the chance to take the fight for the podium to the finish when the Hager PBM Ducati started smoking; he was shown the black and orange flag and later retired from the race.
Rory Skinner gave the Scottish home crowd something to celebrate by claiming his first Bennetts British Superbike Championship race win in race two at Knockhill, before Christian Iddon fought back with a victory in race three to become the seventh different race winner in 2024.
The weekend produced three different race winners from three different teams and manufacturers as the battle for the 204 title continues to intensify.
The wet conditions rolled in for Sunday’s raceday, but Skinner was unfazed and delivered his first win in the class for the Cheshire Mouldings BMW Motorrad team, taking the chequered flag by 4.895s ahead of an intense battle for the top three with Iddon and race one winner Tommy Bridewell separated by just 0.014s at the chequered flag.
For Championship Leader Glenn Irwin it proved to be a difficult weekend. He relinquished his lead in the standings to Bridewell ahead of the fifth round at Snetterton; he had fought his way through to eighth place in race two after starting from the back of the grid in 27th before ending the weekend with a ninth place.
Bennetts British Superbike Championship standings:
1. Tommy Bridewell (Honda Racing UK) 141
2. Glenn Irwin (Hager PBM Ducati) 130
3. Danny Kent (McAMS Racing Yamaha) 125
4. Christian Iddon (Oxford Products Racing Ducati) 118
5. Kyle Ryde (OMG GRILLA Yamaha Racing) 110
6. Leon Haslam (ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team) 88
7. Jason O’Halloran (Completely Motorbikes Kawasaki) 81
8. Charlie Nesbitt (MasterMac Honda) 72
9. Ryan Vickers (OMG GRILLA Yamaha Racing) 68
10. Rory Skinner (Cheshire Mouldings BMW Motorrad) 65
