After securing a fifth British Supersport title in 2024, Jack Kennedy says he is anticipatingꦬ stronger competition at the front of the field in 2025.

The British Supersport Championship welcomes rooki🌸es such as National Sportbike runner-up Edoardo Colombi on a Ducati Panigale V2 run by TAS Racing, and former British Talent Cup rider Carter Brown on a JDM Racing Yamaha, in 2025.

But it was a rider familiar with the Supersport class who perhaps made the biggest impression at the recent Oulton Park BSB test, as Rh൲ys Irwin was fastest in🍒-class on a Suzuki GSX-R750.

Kennedy, though, was only 0.065 seconds adrift of his compatriot’s time, although also behind 2024 riva✃l Luke Stapleford.

“I think there’s a lot more people in it this year, and I’d like to think there will be a five- or six-rider battle at the front instead of two or three like last year,” Honda Racing UK’s Kennedy said when speaking to mahbx.com at the Oulton Park 🌟test.

“Ther𒉰e’s a lot more entries in it, th♔ere’s even more manufacturers in the class again, so I think the class is stacked and hopefully it provides great racing.”

The Dublin rider was positive about his test, even tho🍌ugh with the Supersport and Superstock classes on-track at the same time during both tests there was not a lot of free air to be found.

“Really g🅺ood,” Kennedy summarised. “A lot better [at Oulton Park] 🔯than Donington, obviously, with the weather, some consistent dry days and no spitting rain, so that’s been good.

“The track was very🎶 busy with riders, so it was hard to get a clear lap, but I feel like we worked through a lot of stuff, we got back up to speed with this track, familiarising ourselves with the track and🉐 the new [asphalt] on one of the corners as well.”

Expanding on the new surface, Kennedy said that Island Bend had been resurfaced to eliminate the bump on the exit whe💫re there was previously a joi𝓡n.

“Island Ben𒊎d has been resurfaced, so there’s no join in the [asphalt] on the exit which makes it better for the exit, but at the apex there’s more of a bump now than there used to be,” he said.

“So, that’s not ideal, so we have to hang a bit wide t🔯o avoid the bump. So, although there were some improvements wꩲith it there’s still some issues at Island Bend.”

In general, though, Kennedy wꦇas able to draw positive conclusions about the final test before th♓e first round.

“I feel like it’s been a successful test, even though we’re P3 overall and not P1 it’s not the end of the world, it’s only testing, and we’re only 0.065 seconds off pole, so there’s literally nothing in it betwe💯en the three of us,” he said.

“So, looking ꦑforward to the race weeke♉nd here and I know we will find more time when it comes down to race weekend you push that extra bit.”