Ryuichi Kiyonari took his first win of the season today during the opening race of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship at Cadwell Park.Kiyonari took off from the second row of the grid, but his quick start put him in immediate contention for the race win. Stuart Easton took a crash out of fourth place position, and then season leader Tommy Hill took a fall while pursuing behind Kiyonari.
With Easton and Hill down, Kiyonari set his sights on Michael Rutter and Micahel Laverty. Kiyonari and Laverty switched the lead twice on the final lap, but Kiyonari turned on the speed on the straight away, and claimed his first BSBK win of the season.
"I am so happy to win at this track for HM Plant Honda as it was my goal as I have never won here before. It was a good race and I was consistent with my lap times but with three laps to go I went wide at the Mountain and was on the grass and almost high-sided, but then I came back as I didn't want to finish second!" said Kiyonari. "I want to thank the team for their hard work and we will see if we can do it again in race two."
British Superbike - Cadwell Park - Race Results
1. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN HM Plant Honda 27m 35.356s
2. Michael Laverty GBR Relentless by TAS Suzuki +0.497s
3. Michael Rutter GBR Ridersmotorcycles.com Ducati +1.877s
4. Tommy Bridewell GBR Quay Garage Honda +2.528s
5. Josh Brookes AUS HM Plant Honda +5.168s
6. John Laverty GBR Buildbase Kawasaki +7.754s
7. Chris Walker GBR MSS Colchester Kawasaki +10.072s
8. Martin Jessopp GBR Ridersmotorcycles.com Ducati +11.042s
9. Alastair Seeley GBR Relentless by TAS Suzuki +11.953s
10. Dan Linfoot GBR Motorpoint Yamaha +13.178s
11. Ian Lowry GBR Motorpoint Yamaha +13.935s
12. Adam Jenkinson GBR Buildbase Kawasaki +20.051s
13. Peter Hickman GBR Ultimate Racing Yamaha +20.290s
14. Steve Brogan GBR Jentin Racing BMW +26.573s
15. Tom Tunstall GBR Doodson Motorsport Honda +28.520s
16. Hudson Kennaugh RSA MAR Kawasaki +31.446s
17. Chris Burns GBR Splitlath Aprilia +34.887s
18. David Johnson AUS Magic Bullet Two Wheel Suzuki +38.572s
19. Pauli Pekkanen FIN 777 RR Motorsport Suzuki +38.878s
20. Peter Ward GBR Astro-Chase SST Kawasaki +54.681s
21. Aaron Zanotti GBR Red Viper Spike Suzuki +1m 00.438s
22. Michael O'Brien GBR Motomob/O'Brien Hifi +1m 01.016s
23. Steve Heneghan IRL Quattro Plant Honda +1m 04.331s
Did not finish:
24. David Anthony AUS MIST Suzuki Racing 13 laps completed
25. Christian Iddon GBR Sorrymate.com SMT Honda 8 laps completed
26. Tommy Hill GBR Worx Crescent Suzuki 3 laps completed
27. Stuart Easton GBR Swan Honda 1 lap completed
