Tommy Bridewell will start from the third row of the grid for today’s opening race at Cadwell Park, setting the seventh fastest time on his Bennetts Suzuki in qualifying for round eight of the MCE British Superbike Championship.

After a solid start to the weekend, Bridewell ended the final free practice session fourth fastest, and was confident going into the opening qualifying session. Progressing from Q1 in second place, Bridewell set the third fastest time in the second qualifying session to advance to Q3.

The final session saw the pace increase, and with lap times between the nine riders fighting for pole incredibly tight, Bridewell managed to post the seventh fastest time to qualify on the third row.

Tommy Bridewell:

“It’s been a good day today. It’s a bit of a shame being seventh, but we’ve been improving all the time and we’re bang on the pace. Yesterday I hit a bit of a wall with lap times, so we made some changes for FP3 and, despite hitting traffic at the wrong moment, I felt better and went faster, so I knew we could be stronger in qualifying.