Cycle News Staff | July 28, 2021
Three different riders claimed victories in the third round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch, July 24-25, with wins for Tarran Mackenzie (Yamaha), Jason O’Halloran (Yamaha) and Christian Iddon (Ducati). Mackenzie was also crowned as the Monster Energy King of Brands on account of his 1-3-2 results.
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“I got a get-out-of-jail-free card in the third race with the stop [after Gino Rea’s Suzuki expired] because I was nowhere, 13th or 14th before that, way behind everyone! I was lucky with that. I knew I was starting 12th and slicks was the way forward and whether it was a good or bad thing I had the mentality just to go for it.
“I had a really good first lap and good start and just picked off pretty much one rider a lap then got behind Danny and Christian with a couple laps to go. I couldn’t quite get past Danny but on the last lap I got a really good run onto the back straight and I just didn’t shut off until he did.
“I got it stopped then chased Christian to the last few corners, it’s hard to pass on the last part of the circuit and Christian rode a great last lap so it was always going to be tough to pass him.
“So, to turn it around from almost not even scoring points to a podium and getting the Bennetts Rider of the Weekend Award and the Monster Energy King of Brands—that is really cool. I turned my day around this last race so I’m looking forward to Thruxton now.”
In the championship, Iddon is sitting on 163 points from O’Halloran’s 157 with Mackenzie up to third on 137.
Brandon Paasch had a tough weekend in the British Supersport Championship on the Dynavolt Triumph Daytona 765 with a DNF in race one and ninth in race two in races won by teammate Kyle Smith and Jack Kennedy.
In the opening Pirelli National Superstock race, Luke Mossey returned to the top step of the podium, taking victory by 3.476s. Launching off the line, Luke led over the line at the end of the opening lap and was able to cruise away to take the win. Knockhill winner Fraser Rogers was second, ahead of Taylor Mackenzie in third.
Bennetts British Superbike Championship standings after Brands Hatch:
- Christian Iddon (VisionTrack Ducati) 163
- Jason O’Halloran (McAMS Yamaha) 157
- Tarran Mackenzie (McAMS Yamaha) 137
- Danny Buchan (SYNETIQ BMW Motorrad) 130
- Tommy Bridewell (Oxford Products Racing Ducati) 100
- Rory Skinner (FS-3 Racing Kawasaki) 86
- Peter Hickman (FHO Racing BMW) 73
- Lee Jackson (FS-3 Racing Kawasaki) 73