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Snetterton BSB test: Brookes cuts the gap to Byrne

PBM Kawasaki’s Shane Byrne continues to the lead the MCE British Superbike test field at Snetterton, putting in a 1’48.343 to go a quarter of a second quicker than Josh Brookes as the Australian cut the gap by three quarters of a second from the first session.

Brookes came into the session at just before the halfway mark and immediately went to second place behind James Ellison’s JG Speedfit Kawasaki as Byrne was also a late starter, using his second lap to bag fourth.

The Australian hit top spot for the first time with a 1’49.346 but Byrne was not to be outdone, hitting back just seconds later with a 1’49.096. Brookes was having none of it, though, and stuck in a 1’48.584 to seal the lead.

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But Byrne’s last charge saw him get down to a 1’48.613, a tenth faster that his session-topping time from this morning which also saw the Kent man crash unhurt at Riches.

Ellison’s best remained a 1’49.111, couple of tenths quicker than this morning, which was enough to seal third place but puts him three quarters of a second off Byrne’s pace at the Norfolk circuit.

Honda Racing’s Jason O’Halloran knocked a second off his time from session one to bag fourth place while Jakub Smrz, on the Lloyds British Moto Rapido Ducati, continues to make progress, finding three-tenths in between sessions.

Stuart Easton, on the second PBM bike, was sixth on a 1’49.628 while old stager Chris Walker bounced into the top ten for the first time on a 1’49.843 which was enough to beat team-mate and young gun Danny Buchan into eighth.

Christian Iddon, on the Bennett’s Suzuki, finished in ninth while Peter Hickman, who was ruled out of the Oulton Park round due a fractured vertebrae, rounded out the top ten.

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