Overview

• Ryde set a 1:25.497 in FP2, a time quicker than the circuit’s race lap record but short of the existing Superpole benchmark.
• Ray led FP1 with a 1:25.881 and finished the day second overall on 1:25.504 for Raceways Yamaha.
• Direct Q2 spots went to Ryde, Ray, Tommy Bridewell in third, Charlie Nesbitt fourth, Scott Redding fifth, Leon Haslam sixth, and Danny Kent seventh, with Storm Stacey, Christian Iddon, Andrew Irwin, Rory Skinner, and Glenn Irwin completing the 12.
• Ryde credited set-up tweaks and a run on used tyres before a new-tyre push for his pace, calling the changes really positive.
• FP1 was red-flagged after Blaze Baker’s fall at Mansfield with medical checks following, Max Cook had a late spill, and Sencat Aprilia did not run as Lewis Rollo remains unfit.