2026 BSB Donington Park Test Results: Day 1 Lap Times

Lap times from the third session of the opening day of running at the 2026 BSB Donington Park test on 3 April.

Kyle Ryde topped the final session of the opening day of the Donington BSB test with the fastest time of the day to be 0.067 seconds ahead of Max Cook. Bradley Ray completed the top-three.

Christian Iddon was fourth, then Leon Haslam rounded out the top-five and Andrew Irwin the top-six.

Ryan Vickers crashed in the closing minutes and ended up seventh-fastest ahead of Josh Brookes, Danny Kent, and Joe Talbot in the top-10.

Full BSB results from the first session at the Donington Park test are below.

Session 2

Bradley Ray took the top spot in the second session at the Donington test, becoming the first rider to lap in the 1m27s.

Max Cook continued his strong form on the Bimota from the first session, going second-fastest, albeit almost 0.3 seconds behind Ray.

Kyle Ryde rounded out the top-three on his Panigale V4 R, ahead of Danny Kent and Ryan Vickers in the top-five.

Charlie Nesbitt, Rory Skinner, Joe Talbot, Josh Brookes, and Leon Haslam rounded out the top-10.

There was a brief red flag in session two for a crash at turn four for Connor Thomson who was reported as okay.

Full BSB results from the first session at the Donington Park test are below.

Session 1

Max Cook topped the opening session of the test in his first official outing on the Bimota KB998, which is new to BSB this year after its debut World Superbike campaign last year.

Josh Brookes was second-fastest on the DAO Racing Honda, only a few days on from the team's announcement that it would be returning to road racing this year.

Ryan Vickers completed the top-three in his first official appearance for the official Honda UK team, while Danny Kent was the leading Yamaha rider in fourth and 2025 runner-up Bradley Ray completed the top-five.

Kyle Ryde was sixth on his own Ducati Panigale V4 R while the Nitrous Competitions team continues preparing its race bikes. Leon Haslam, Charlie Nesbitt, Storm Stacey, and Christian Iddon completed the top-10.

Full BSB results from the first session at the Donington Park test are below.