Scott Redding dominates to take Snetterton pole

ByEurosport

Updated 20/07/2019 at 18:18 GMT

Scott Redding (Be Wiser Ducati) dominated qualifying on Saturday to claim pole for the Snetterton round of British Superbikes.

Scott Redding - British Super Bike Championship

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Redding, who set the pace during free practice on Friday, stopped the clock at 1m 47.323s to claim a fourth pole of the season, with McAMS Yamaha’s Tarran Mackenzie (1:47.432) second and Oxford Racing’s Tommy Bridewell (1:47.730) third.

The former MotoGP rider leads the championship from Bridewell by just four points, with Josh Brookes, fourth on the gird, a further 27 points back.

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However, Redding, 26, said prior to the round that his sole focus at Snetterton was picking up podium points, with an eye on the Showdown.

“It’s all about picking up as many Podium Points as possible as that will be very important come the Showdown,” Redding said.

“The plan as always is to challenge for the podium and if the win is possible, then I’ll go for it.”

The 26-year-old had four wins from 11 outings thus far this season with four rounds – and nine races – to go before the top six riders battle it out for the title at the Showdown.

QUALIFYING RESULTS

RIDER	TIMES
1	Scott REDDING Ducati - Be Wiser Ducati	1:48.145 1:47.183 1:47.323
2	Tarran MACKENZIE Yamaha - McAMS Yamaha	1:48.252 1:47.328 1:47.432
3	Tommy BRIDEWELL Ducati - Oxford Racing	1:48.584 1:47.974 1:47.730
4	Josh BROOKES Ducati - Be Wiser Ducati	1:48.203 1:47.645 1:47.835
5	Dan LINFOOT Yamaha - Santander Salt TAG Yamaha	1:49.117 1:48.410 1:48.596
6	Xavi FORÉS Honda - Honda Racing	1:49.409 1:48.546 1:48.752
7	Danny BUCHAN Kawasaki - FS-3 Racing Kawasaki	1:48.721 1:48.558 1:48.828
8	Andrew IRWIN Honda - Honda Racing	1:48.575 1:48.506 1:49.445
9	Peter HICKMAN BMW - Smiths Racing	1:49.098 1:48.163
10	Bradley RAY Suzuki - Buildbase Suzuki	1:49.673 1:48.601
11	Luke STAPLEFORD Suzuki - Buildbase Suzuki	1:49.538 1:48.818
12	Luke MOSSEY Suzuki - OMG Racing Suzuki	1:48.955 1:48.832
13	Michael LAVERTY BMW - Tyco BMW Motorrad	1:49.388 1:48.881
14	Héctor BARBERÁ Kawasaki - Quattro Plant JG Speedfit Kawasaki	1:49.655 1:48.885
15	Christian IDDON BMW - Tyco BMW Motorrad	1:49.175 1:49.173
16	Josh ELLIOTT Suzuki - OMG Racing Suzuki	1:49.378 1:49.249
17	Joe FRANCIS BMW - Lloyd & Jones Bowker Motorrad	1:49.723 1:49.639
18	Ben CURRIE Kawasaki - Quattro Plant JG Speedfit Kawasaki	1:49.428 1:49.739
19	James ELLISON BMW - Smiths Racing	1:49.818
20	Ryan VICKERS Kawasaki - RAF Regular and Reserves Kawasaki	1:49.864
21	Jason O’HALLORAN Yamaha - McAMS Yamaha	1:49.971
22	Claudio CORTI Kawasaki - Team WD-40	1:50.308
23	Matt TRUELOVE Yamaha - Raceways Yamaha	1:50.522
24	David ALLINGHAM Yamaha - EHA Yamaha	1:50.655
25	Dean HARRISON Kawasaki - Silicone Engineering Racing	1:51.130
26	Shaun WINFIELD Yamaha - Santander Salt TAG Yamaha	1:51.223
27	Sam COVENTRY Kawasaki - Team 64 Motorsports	1:52.102
28	Fraser ROGERS Kawasaki - Gearlink Kawasaki	1:52.262
29	Danny KENT MV Agusta - Bike Devil Sweda MV Agusta	1:52.852
30	Dean HIPWELL Kawasaki - CDH Racing	1:53.063