Alex Lowes fired the Samsung Honda to the top of the times in the second official MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship test session at Donington Park this afternoon; toppling the two champions, Shane 'Shakey' Byrne and Ryuichi Kiyonari in the final two minutes.

Lowes had been running inside the top three for the majority of the session but in the final minutes moved 0.349 seconds ahead of Byrne who had been fastest after snatching the top spot from Kiyonari in the final 20 minutes.

The second Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki of Keith Farmer was fourth fastest as he maintained his position ahead of the leading Buildbase BMW of James Westmoreland, with Jakub Smrz inside the top ten on the Padgetts Honda.

Bathams Honda's Tommy Bridewell entered the top ten this afternoon as he pushed Robbin Harms to eighth with Chris Walker and James Ellison rounding out the top ten. Dan Linfoot and Jon Kirkham both had their sessions ended early with crashes, however both were unhurt.


MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship, Donington Park, official test:

Alex Lowes (Samsung Honda) 1m:31.283s
Shane Byrne (Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki) +0.349s
Ryuichi Kiyonari (Samsung Honda) +0.593s
Keith Farmer (Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki) +1.471s
James Westmoreland (Buildbase BMW) +1.647s
Jakub Smrz (Padgetts Honda) +2.164s
Tommy Bridewell (Bathams Honda) +2.296s
Robbin Harms (Doodson Motorsport Honda) +2.385s
Chris Walker (Quattro Plant Bournemouth Kawasaki) +2.580s
James Ellison (Milwaukee Yamaha) +2.881s

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