OMG GRILLA Yamaha’s Kyle Ryde repeated his Saturday success at Donington Park, taking an emphatic victory in the third Bennetts British Superbike Championship race of the weekend on Sunday.
Kyle Ryde secured a double race victory at Donington Park, as he flew to victory in the final race of the weekend.
With the Craner Curves bank filled with Yellow, the local hero aimed high for Sunday’s two races, in which he’d start second for the 12 lap sprint.
Following a promising start to the day in morning warm-up, the Jacksdale rider made an electric start, settling himself in the front pack from the off. Aware of the Yamaha riders’ pace, it was clear the chasing pack were keen to get ahead, and a tasty battle broke out. Falling behind Tommy Bridewell, Glenn Irwin and his Yamaha counterpart Danny Kent, Ryde kept his cool and used his advantage in the second half of the lap to his advantage, picking off his rivals into the Melbourne Loop lap-by-lap.
Taking the lead at the start of Lap 11, a pass from Ducati’s Irwin demoted him to second before Bridewell took advantage. Unable to find a way back through, the 27-year-old crossed the line in third.
Starting the final race of the weekend from sixth, it was another bold and brave start to position himself in the front four as the field steamed down Craner Curves. Clear that his team had made a step with his R1 in the opening half of the lap, Ryde looked to use that to his advantage, hitting the front on Lap 5, after a magnitude of ‘trademark Kyle Ryde’ Melbourne Loop moves.
Leading the pack, and breaking away from the field, it quickly became a two-horse race, with Danny Kent sitting behind the Yamaha rider. Pushing on till the very end, a red flag for an incident at the Loop brought the race to an early conclusion, rewarding Ryde with 25 Championship points which sees him return to the top of the standings.
Kyle Ryde
OMG GRILLA Yamaha
Race 1: 1st | Race 2: 3rd | Race 3: 1st
Championship: 1st (398 points)
“It wasn’t quite the perfect weekend, but I was certainly close to having one. I’m a bit disappointed with coming third in the sprint race, but you can never really grumble with two wins and a third at the home circuit in front of all the fans. We’re heading to Brands on top of the standings and taking some more pots back up the road to Jacksdale. Thanks to all the team, sponsors and fans for their support, it’s been mega all weekend from start to finish.”
OMG GRILLA Yamaha’s Kyle Ryde repeated his Saturday success at Donington Park, taking an emphatic victory in the third Bennetts British Superbike Championship race of the weekend on Sunday. Kyle Ryde secured a double race
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