Ryuichi Kiyonari bettered the Donington Park lap record to take put his Buildbase BMW on to pole start for the Easter Monday opening round of the MCE British Superbike Championship . The Japanese rider powered in a scorching time of one minute 29.455 seconds . In doing so , he headed off the close attentions of James Ellison on the JG Speedfit Kawasaki by just 0.029secs . Ryuichi Kiyonari bettered the Donington Park lap record to take put his Buildbase BMW on to pole start . Defending champion Shane Byrne , despite hand and ankle injuries he suffered last month during testing Spain , completed the front row of the grid aboard the PBM Kawasaki . The British rider finished less than a quarter of a second down . The Japanese rider powered in a scorching time of one minute 29.455 seconds ahead of James Ellison .
Ryuichi Kiyonari bettered the Donington Park lap record on Sunday . Japanese rider powered in a scorching time of one minute 29.455 seconds . Shane Bryne finished less than a quarter of a second less than a quarter .