Overview

• Kent led Friday’s sessions for McAMS Racing Yamaha with a 1m 15.700s lap in Free Practice One and improved to 1m 14.907s in FP2
• Storm Stacey delivered a strong showing on his Bathams AJN Racing BMW to sit 0.256 seconds behind Kent in the combined times
• Tommy Bridewell and Kyle Ryde locked out third and fourth overall for Honda Racing UK and Nitrous Competitions OMG Racing respectively
• Rory Skinner climbed from 16th in FP1 to fifth on his Cheshire Mouldings Ducati, while championship leader Bradley Ray ended the day eighth
• Qualifying is next on Saturday to set the grid for the opening races around Thruxton, the fastest circuit on the BSB calendar