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Lowes heads off Farmer in Thruxton free practice one - Malcolm - 12-04-2013 Samsung Honda's Alex Lowes headed off his MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship rivals in the opening free practice session as he topped the times at Thruxton this morning. Lowes had set the pace early in the session, before he was displaced by Padgetts Honda's Jakub Smrz who had an impressive start to his first outing at the Hampshire circuit. He ended the session third fastest as he was nudged to third in the final minutes by Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki's Keith Farmer whilst his team-mate Shane 'Shakey' Byrne was fifth. Tyco Suzuki's Josh Brookes was fourth with James Westmoreland on the Buildbase BMW clocking the sixth fastest time. The lone Lloyds British GBmoto Honda of Peter Hickman was seventh ahead of the Milwaukee Yamaha pairing of James Ellison and Josh Waters. Bathams Honda's Michael Rutter completed the top ten. MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship, Thruxton, free practice one: Alex Lowes (Samsung Honda) 1m:21.626s Keith Farmer (Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki) +0.685s Jakub Smrz (Padgetts Honda) +1.006 Josh Brookes (Tyco Suzuki) +1.090s Shane Byrne (Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki) +1.167s James Westmoreland (Buildbase BMW) +1.571s Peter Hickman (Lloyds British GBmoto Honda) +1.898s James Ellison (Milwaukee Yamaha) +1.993s Josh Waters (Milwaukee Yamaha) +2.143s Michael Rutter (Bathams Honda) +2.465s .