BSB Thruxton Race 3 Results | Jason O'Halloran supreme for Thruxton treble

Jason O’Halloran strengthened his status as the rider to beat in the 2021 British Superbike Championship by completing his second clean sweep of wins of the season, this time at Thruxton.

The Australian kept his cool in murky damp conditions at the Hampshire circuit to recover lost ground early on before resisting the attentions of Danny Buchan for a third win of the weekend.

His seventh victory of the year, it is his second hat-trick over a single weekend after starting the season with a trio of wins at Oulton Park.

After races one and two were held in the dry, damp conditions greeted the riders for the final race of the weekend, leading to a blend of tyre choices from a full rain set-up to those persevering with an intermediate-style ‘wet’ Pirelli.

Among those to go for full tread was Peter Hickman and Tarran Mackenzie, the pair making it clear from the lights as they sprung into an early lead over O’Halloran.

However, while rain would return part way through the race to make the Campbell-Cobb section particularly tricky, a dry line around the fastest Village and Church sections would see the pendulum swing back towards those on the more conservative rubber.

As such, Hickman and Mackenzie would slip back into the clutches of O’Halloran, who coolly grabbed the lead on lap nine, pulling with him an inspired Danny Buchan, who had sprung up the order from ninth on the grid.

Though Buchan briefly nosed into the lead on lap ten, O’Halloran punched back on lap 11 and pushed on to the chequered flag to complete another comprehensive victory for the McAMS Yamaha team.

Buchan held onto second place for his fourth podium of the year, resisting the late attentions of Danny Kent, the BSB rookie putting in his and Buildbase Suzuki’s strongest performance of the year to secure his first rostrum.

Ryan Vickers bounced back from his race two disappointment to complete another strong result in fourth place, ahead of the Irwin brothers, Andrew leading Glenn.

Full rain-shod Mackenzie and Hickman benefitted from the sporadic downpours to finish seventh and eighth, while Christian Iddon - bruised from his accident in race two - could only manage ninth. Bradley Ray completed the top ten.

2021 British Superbike Championship (BSB) RACE 3 RESULTS | Thruxton