Scott Ogden ended a two-day British Talent Cup test at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia as the fastest man but it was incredibly close at the top as Cameron Horsman was just 0.013 off in second – something that bodes well for another competitive season as the Cup heads in to its second year.

Dry weather greeted the grid in Valencia, allowing the field to get a useful full two days running ahead of the season opener later this month. Behind the duelling veterans at the top, third place went to Fenton Seabright, fresh from a podium in the European Talent Cup, as he ended the two days of track action just over a tenth off. Seabright took a podium from pitlane in 2018 and was just 0.125 off to start the new season.

Jamie Davis and Jack Hart were only a little further back and close together, and they locked out fourth and fifth, ahead of Brian Hart in sixth and Charlie Farrer in seventh. Irishman Rhys Irwin, Jack Nixon and Charlie Atkins completed a top ten of familiar names covered by 1.2 seconds.

Next up was Torin Collins, who took P11 and was the fastest rookie on the timesheets. He got the better of Elliot Pinson, with 2018 veteran Scott Swann down in 12th, one of those who’ll be looking for more once racing begins. Rookies Jamie Lyons and Edward 0’Shea completed the top 15.

As is to be expected with nearly half the field getting their first taste of their British Talent Cup machinery – and the Circuit Ricardo Tormo – there were a number of crashes as they got up to speed. However, the only rider declared unfit at the test was Zak Shelton, forced to sit out the remainder of day two after a crash.

Combined two-day Valencia test times

1 4 OGDEN,Scott British Talent Cup Honda GBR 01:45,403 6 27 135,43
2 23 HORSMAN,Cameron British Talent Cup Honda GBR 01:45,416 10 37 00:00,013 00:00,013 134,45
3 22 SEABRIGHT,Fenton 01:45,762 7 30 00:00,125 00:00,092 133,42
4 18 DAVIS,Jamie British Talent Cup Honda GBR 01:45,897 8 27 00:00,494 00:00,481 135,57
5 10 HART,Jack British Talent Cup Honda GBR 01:45,910 8 38 00:00,507 00:00,013 134,39
6 9 HART,Brian 01:45,924 6 54 00:00,287 00:00,162 131,55
7 19 FARRER,Charlie 01:46,096 11 57 00:00,459 00:00,172 129,16
8 15 IRWIN,Rhys 01:46,177 8 23 00:00,632 00:00,258 135,2
9 2 NIXON,Jack 01:46,451 5 21 00:00,906 00:00,081 134,11
10 7 ATKINS,Charlie British Talent Cup Honda GBR 01:46,652 7 34 00:01,249 00:00,288 133,45
11 12 COLLINS,Torin British Talent Cup Honda GBR 01:46,951 6 37 00:01,548 00:00,214 132,29
12 3 PINSON,Elliot British Talent Cup Honda GBR 01:47,228 9 37 00:01,825 00:00,031 134,12
13 20 SWANN,Scott British Talent Cup Honda GBR 01:47,299 7 37 00:01,896 00:00,071 132,18
14 6 LYONS,Jamie 01:47,852 9 52 00:02,215 00:00,068 128,28
15 8 O'SHEA,Edward 01:48,001 9 38 00:02,364 00:00,149 128,19
16 13 CLARIDGE,Harvey 01:48,227 11 39 00:02,590 00:00,226 128,91
17 21 MAGUIRE,Ross British Talent Cup Honda GBR 01:48,288 6 34 00:02,885 00:00,989 131,33
18 11 LATHROPE,William British Talent Cup Honda GBR 01:48,517 8 34 00:03,114 00:00,093 131,05
19 14 TINKER,Corey British Talent Cup Honda GBR 01:48,589 6 34 00:03,186 00:00,072 130,86
20 5 JONES,Osian British Talent Cup Honda GBR 01:48,613 6 31 00:03,210 00:00,024 130,76
21 17 SHELTON,Zak 01:48,632 10 49 00:02,995 00:00,405 125,4
22 16 LEIGH,Harry British Talent Cup Honda GBR 01:49,009 10 38 00:03,606 00:00,275 130,1
23 24 HOOPER,George British Talent Cup Honda GBR 01:50,172 7 34 00:04,769 00:01,138 129,93