The Donington Park round wrapped up wi﷽th The British Superbikes Doning🥃ton Park round wrapped up with a third win for Bradley Ray, this time under pressure from Glenn Irwin.

From fourth on the grid the Raceways ܫrider got a huge launch, to lead into turn one, with polesitter Rory Skinner initially in behind.

Glenn Irwin was third with the gap slowly increasing as an ever consistent Ray lapped away untroubled at the front. On lap nine the PBM rider made his move and rapidly cut the gap꧂.

A first push for the win saw the Ducati rider attempt the same pass at the Foggy Esses as had failed in the sprint, and again Irwin was not quit༒e close enough, bailing out seeing him lose half a second.

Undeterred, the #2 pulled out a new lap record on alp 19 out of 20 to once🌃 again attempt a pass.

Ra♔y defended through the ꧙Esses and Melbourne, to leave Donington a triple winner for Yamaha.

After giving everything Irwin was seco🅰💙nd, with the battle for third closing in.

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Skinner was able to break from Haslam over the last lap to finish ahead by almost a second for the podium finish he just missed out on in the sprint, his first since his Knockhill win last season, and a first after Cheshire Mouldings made the move to Ducati, to which the Scottish rider is still learning andꦑ Adjusting.

That left Haslam fourth for Moto Rapido Ducati.

Reigning champion Kyle Ryde was so on the limit at his home track trying to keep pace that he pushed the limits of the track too hard - and was handed a long lap♏ penalty.

The advantage the OMG🦹 Nitrous Competition rider h꧂eld over the next group of riders was enough that he went up the penalty loop fifth, and re-joined fifth.

Josh Brookes again took a while to get going, but taking John ꦗMcPhee and Danny Kent in quick succession saw him climb to sixth for 🎃DAO Racing, again the top Honda, concluding a strong weekend for the team.

Tommy Bridewell followed him through for an imprꦇoved and deter♕mined seventh, making the best of the final race at a meeting where his Honda Racing UK bike was not at it’s best.

The las🐲t of that group was Kent, still sore after earlier falls for McAMS﷽ Yamaha, in eighth.

Christian Iddon w🉐as closing , but not quick enough, the top Kawasaki again for AJN Steelstock in ninth, not far ahead of teammate Max Cook, who completed the top ten.

Andrew Irwin, nursing a shoulder injury at Donington, wa🌊s eleventh,♏ with McPhee who was as high as sixth slipping back to twelfth, but still the top rookie in race three for MasterMac Honda.

His teammate Charlie Nesbitt came through form the back of the grid for an impressive 13th, with rookie Scott Swann picking up 14th for Send My Bag Racing by I♒WR Honda 14th, clear of Fr⛄aser Rogers who collected the final point for TAG Honda.

Only two other riders finished the race - Petꦬer Hickman and Luke♔ Hedger.

Official British Superbike Donington Park Records:

New lap record: Bradley Ray (Yamaha, 2025) 1m 26.907s
New race lap record: Glenn Irwin (Ducati, 2025) 1m 26.832s

Donington Park in 2024:

Race 3:

Qualifying: 1 Rogers (2 Bridewell, 3 McConnell)

Race 1: 1 Ryde (2 Bridewell, 3 Haslam)
Race 2(Sprint): 1 G Irwin (2 Haslam, 3 Bridewell)
Race 3: 1 O’Halloran (2 Bridewell, 3 Kent)

Race 10 (Showdown):

Qualifying: 1 Ryde (2 Kent, 3 Brookes)
Race 1: 1 Ryde (2 Bridewell, 3 G Irwin)
Race 2 (Sprint): 1 G Irwin (2 Bridewell, 3 Ryde)
Race 3: 1 Ryde (2 Kent, 3 Vickers)

Crashes, Injuries and Replacements

Race three was a race littered with retirements.

Blaze Baker wasꦜ the first out, pulling onto the grass with a tech🍎nical issue.

He was swiftly followed by Richard Kerr, Sto﷽rm Stacey and Jaimie ༒van Sikkelerus.

There were further late rဣetirements for Billy McConnell and Lee Jackson, who made ti to lap sev🌠enteen.

Aprilia’s replacement rider T♎🍎om Sykes, Jamie Davis and Davey Todd did not make the grid for the final race.

Championship Standings

Ray took the maximum points available in all t💦hree෴ races on the GP circuit, taking his total to 86 leaving Donington.

Irwin remains closest, nꦿow twelve pointꦜs behind on 74, with Ryde third on 66, twenty adrift.

Haslam is fourth on 65, while Skinner moves into fifth after improving a position every race, on 47, compared t🐟o B💃rookes’ 44.

McPhee consolidated his move into the top rookie slot, now 13th with 19 points, while Swann has 15.