Full BSB FP1 results at Brands Hatch

Joe Francis has used his last lap in drying conditions to be a ꩵsurprise topper of the opening practice session at the B🦂ennetts British Superbike championship finale at Brands Hatch.

The PR Racing Lloyd & Jones✱ BMW rider has often impressed in w꧋et and mixed conditions this year and with rain threatening throughout FP1 following heavy thunderstorms overnight Francis duly produced a 1m 35.483s on a slippery surface to top the session.

That lap saw Francis be♈at Peter Hickman’s own final lap effort by just under two-tenths of the second to push the Smiths Racing BMW rider into second place as he looks to end his BSB campaign on a high des♉pite being mathematically ruled out of the title showdown.

With Quattro Plant JG Speedfit Kawasaki’s💞 Ben Curries surging up to third place late on, Josh Brookes led the BSB title contenders with fourth place on the Be Wiser Ducati.

Needing to overturn a 28-point deficit to team-mate Scott Redding to win the title, Brookes saw 💟Honda’s Andrew Irwin and Mc♊AMS Yamaha’s Jason O’Halloran split him to the ex-MotoGP rider who claimed seventh place on the FP1 times.

Fellow BSB Showdown memꩲber Tarran Mackenzie, who is also out of title contention, 🌃claimed eighth place for McAMS Yamaha ahead of Racedays Yamaha’s Matt Truelove and CDH Racing Kawasaki’s Josh Owens.

That left final BSB title fighter Tommy Bridewell in 11^th place in FP1 for Oxford Racing Ducati.

The opening practice session was briefly suspended by a red flag after🌳 Dan Linfoot suffered a suspected engine issue wi⭕th his Santander Salt TAG Yamaha.