The series typically races over twelve rounds from April to October, with the series concluding in a three-round Showdown, where the top six riders are awarded points based on their podium finishes from the previous nine rounds and then compete over three rounds and seven races for the title. He was equally adept on both the short circuits and road circuits, taking eight victories at the Isle of Man TTand 29 International road race podiums in total. In world superbikes the YZF750 (along with every other 750cc four) spent its life chasing the dominant Ducatis, but in the UK it was the bike to beat in British superbikes. The outbreak of the Second World War robbed him of, perhaps, his finest year, but he resumed racing in 1947 and promptly won at both the North West and Ulster Grand Prix. He was also a three-time winner at the North West 200 and double podium finisher at the TT but was seriously injured whilst testing a works Honda towards the end of 1964. [1][2], The championship is managed and organised by MotorSport Vision,[3] who also own many of the circuits the series meets at. Terrible leg injuries sustained in a short circuit accident at Silverstone cost him the next three years of his career but he bounced back at the end of 2013 with victory at the Macau Grand Prix and then took a treble at the 2015 TT Races to make it 11 wins and 20 podiums on the island in total. However, hes won 11 Ulster Grand Prix races, 8 Scarborough Gold Cups and three Southern 100 Championships and is also enjoying a flourishing TV career. All external sites will open in a new browser tab/window. Some of his finest moments came in Endurance racing where he was World Champion and winner at both the Bol dOr and Le Mans 24 hour events. Big thanks to Phil Wains Family Archive for the images! YouTube, North House St Edwards Way Romford RM1 3PP. In 1978, he strengthened his position as one of the worlds best privateers with fifth and sixth places in the 250cc and 350cc world championships respectively. Despite there being other Championships, including the officially titled British Solo Championship, it was widely recognised that the MCN Superbike Championship was the premier series that the manufacturers lent their support to and what everyone wanted to win. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. MSVR does not endorse or warrant the content of external sites. Since . A former Senior Newcomers Manx Grand Prix winner, Hutchinson took his first Isle of Man TT win at the Centennial meeting of 2007 and, having taking a double victory in 2009, he created history a year later when he won all five solo races, the only rider ever to have achieved the feat. Like his royal foggness said, the only reason he didnt win a gp was nobody gave him a proper bike. Highlights of Round 4 of the 1990 MCN TT Superbike Challenge race at Donington Park are now available on Duke download: https://bit.ly/3dX1E1j Teams within the current BSB were invited to enter their two bike teams initially, with teams who wish to graduate to the BSB class having to buy an entry. Community Forum Software by IP.Board, This is not recommended for shared computers. [12], For the 2012 season, MSVR announced a number of changes to the technical regulations to enhance the spectacle of the British Superbike Championship. This is a list of racers that took part in one or more Superbike World Championship races, since the championship was established in 1988. Over the past 80 years there have been some phenomenal moments making history including Hutchinsons fantastic returning to the road racing scene three years after nearly losing his legs, Hailwood storming the World Championships year-on-year during the 1960s, and McGuinness proving to everyone he really is King of the TT, and even Foggy winning reality TV show Im a Celeb bringing a whole new audience to the racing world! In 1990, he switched to the Superbike class finishing fifth in the World Championship for Loctite Yamaha. Daniell was famously turned down as a dispatch rider for the army due to his poor eyesight but it didnt stop him being a formidable motorbike racer and he was one of the few riders to win at the Isle of Man TT both before and after the Second World War, winning the 1938 and 1949 Senior races. [17], During the 2006 season ITV1's BSB coverage attracted an average UK adult audience of 962,000 per round with a peak audience of more than 1.5 million for the cliff-hanger final leg at Brands Hatch[18]. Two years later, he was signed by Honda Britain and repaid the faith shown in him by winning the 1986 1300cc British Championship and Senior TT. He also won the Clubmans TT that year and it prompted the factory Norton team to sign him up for the 1950 season where he won the Senior TT, breaking lap and race records, and finishing second in the Junior. Steve Williams - Dennis Trollope Racing Yamaha Season run behind closed doors (global pandemic) and shorter calendar. He won the prestigious Bol dOr on five occasions as well as the Le Mans 24-Hour once. Welcome to the official Bennetts British Superbike Championship channel on Youtube. Riding for Suzuki, Honda and Yamaha, he stood on a BSB podium on 12 occasions but sadly lost his life at the Isle of Man TT in 2014. All stats from [1], Key [12] Using the first nineteen races of Camier's 2009 campaign, Camier would have had 547 points due to his fifteen wins and a second place out of the first nineteen races of the season. He famously won the 80cc British Grand Prix in 1986 and when he returned to the UK towards the end of the decade, he was equally successful being a regular winner in the 125cc, 250cc and Supersport 400cc classes. Superteen 1991 final championship positions: (N) Novices scored the same points per position so their final championship positions were exaggerated. 2018 Haslam finally takes his first BSB titles after taking 15 wins and scoring points in every one of the 26 races held. However, he was never able to fulfill his potential and never won another Grand Prix, his best season coming in 1985 when he finished seventh overall. Several functions may not work. His first win came in the 250cc race of 1999 and hes now taken more podiums, 44, than any other rider. "Daniel Falzon: "I can't wait to be out on track with my idols! He also won at the North West 200 and was both a Norton employee and rider from 1969 onwards, playing a key role in the development of the Norton Commando. Smart started racing in the mid-1960s winning the Stars of Tomorrow race at Mallory Park in 1966 and took his debut podium at the Isle of Man TT in 1967 when he finished second in the 750cc Production race, a result he repeated two years later. He now has a career total of 29 WSB wins and 65 podiums. The championship change has been introduced after Leon Camier clinched the 2009 title with four races to spare, thus introducing a crescendo of competition. Like Scott Redding and Danny Kent, Bradley Smith chose the Spanish Championships to carve out his career and by 2006 he was a full time rider in the 125cc World Championship. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. With 13 race wins at the North West 200 and four at the Isle of Man TT, Rutter is also one of the rare breed of current riders who is equally successful on both the roads and the short circuits. 2000 Neil Hodgson follows in the footsteps of former team-mate Bayliss by winning the title but only after a titanic season-long battle with Chris Walker. The list is accurate up to November 1, 2019. Share your comments below! [12] All riders outside of the Title Fighters continue to race for the BSB Riders' Cup, continuing to add to their points total from the end of the Main Season. Camier started his racing career in grass track, becoming a multiple British Champion, a feat he repeated on the tarmac during the 2000s. Indeed, the British Superbike Championship (BSB), is now not only the leading road racing Superbike Championship in the UK, it is also widely recognised as the premier domestic superbike racing series in the world. Please re-enable javascript to access full functionality. My view after seeing them many times Mike Hailwood a d Marc Marquez, both superb riders and great characters. Required fields are marked *. Second followed a year later before switching to Moto Guzzi and his final year of competition came in 1957 when he won the 250cc World Championship and then retired from the sport. 2002 the series changes allowing 1000cc four-strokes in for the first time as fewer and fewer 750s are being manufactured. Instagram Despite the loss of his brother in a racing accident, Hislop went on to become an Isle of Man TT legend, claiming 11 victories and a further eight podiums between 1985 and 1994. These being: The move to ITV vastly increased the viewing figures by a reported 450% over the figures for 2005. A British Superbike Championship weekend takes place over three days, with practice on day one, qualifying and the first BSB race on day two and two BSB races on day three. 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[19] This was a step down from where the BSB had previously been having an effect on the viewing figures, The total UK BSB TV audience in 2008 was 7 million compared to 11 million in 2007 which averages at 600,000 per round which was basically split 50:50 between Eurosport and Channel 4[20], Privateer Cup Champion: Dave Heal (Kawasaki ZX-7R) (Myco Motorsports), British Superbike Championship Support Series, "Teletext Holidays | Book a 2021/22 holiday today with low deposits", "BSB announces new 'Evolution' class for 2010", "BSB set to intensify in 2010 with new rule changes", "British Superbikes limited to 32 places for 2012", "BSB Showdown Explained All you need to know", "MSVR - MSV Racing - the race organising division of MSV", "Buy Motorcycle Clothing, Motorcycle Parts and Motorcycle Accessories online safely and securely", "Eurosport deal bad news for BSB? For 2010 he moved to the factory Kawasaki team, where hes remained ever since, and after finishing second to Max Biaggi in 2012, missing out on the title by half a point, he won his first World Championship in 2013. Nicknamed The Prince of Speed, Read may have been controversial but is without doubt one of the greatest motorcycle racers ever to come from Great Britain and his tally of 52 wins and 121 podiums are still, respectively, the seventh and sixth highest of all time despite his last GP coming back in 1976. Son of a London motorcycle dealer, Surtees started out in grass track but soon switched to the tarmac and made his first headlines in 1951 when, aged just 17, he gave factory Norton rider Geoff Duke a strong challenge at Thruxton. 2021 Tarran Mackenzie wins the BSB title, 25 years after father Niall claimed the first of his three championships, the duo becoming the first father and son combination to win in the history of the series. Renowned for his aggressive riding, hes since become one of the greatest TT racers of his generation and currently has 11 wins and 20 podiums riding Yamaha, Kawasaki, Honda and BMW machinery. Riding for Aprilia, he finished second overall in 2014 and recorded 13 wins and 32 podiums during his WSB career. Josh Brookes took his second BSB title with victory in the final race of the season whilst Storm Stacey becomes the youngest ever points scorer in BSB history at just 17 years of age. Moderate success was taken in the World Superbike Championship before he took his first race win in 1992 on a privately-entered Ducati, a year that also saw him finish a close second to Steve Hislop in the Senior TT, considered by many to be the greatest TT race of all time. Newtownabbey man Coates, part of a famous racing family, began his career riding 125cc machines, first in Ireland, and then in the British championship, where he won races and competed as a . Roger Bennett - QB Homes Ducati The best rider never to have won the British Superbike Championship, Walker finished second overall for four consecutive seasons from 1997-2000, famously losing the 2000 title with just a few laps of the final race remaining. Hartle began racing in 1952 and by 1955 he had become a member of the works Norton team, riding for them again in 1956. Together with the British Norton, Triumph and BSA machines, a new class was added to the British race programme with weekly newspaper Motor Cycle News adding their support to the series. After three strong years in the British Supersport Championship, finishing second overall in 2006, Sykes spent two strong years in the British Superbike series in 2007 and 2008 and fourth overall in the second year, along with a World Superbike wildcard podium, allowed him to move onto the World stage on a full-time basis with Yamaha in 2009. Stay up to date with the latest offers, competitions and motorcycle news. document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Trustpilot The Northern Irishman was also a multiple winner at the North West 200 and Ulster Grand Prix, being the only man to win five races in a day at both meetings. In the past, however, manufacturers took advantage of loopholes in the rules to create "homologation specials" motorcycles with low production numbers made especially for racing. A talented engineer, Williams introduced alloy wheels to motorbikes and was also an early pioneer of disc brakes. Duke came to prominence at the 1949 Manx Grand Prix, finishing second in the Junior race, after remounting due to a spill, and winning the Senior race with a record lap and race-average speeds. Ray Stringer - Devimead Racing Ducati1995 John Cooper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He also had a strong year in the 1967 350cc and 250cc Championships finishing third and fourth respectively and, in total, won 10 GP races and finished on the podium on 40 occasions. A number of injuries during 2005 led to him announcing his retirement. 2016 Shane Byrne takes his fifth BSB title defeating Leon Haslam by 29 points. World Superbike Championship: 400 up for Ducati. 1990* Trevor Nation ENG: JPS Norton Racing: Norton RCW 588: 1989* Brian Morrison SCO: Honda UK/Murray Intl: Honda RC30: 1989* Steve Spray ENG: JPS Norton Racing: Norton RCW 588: 1989* The British Superbike Championship (BSB), currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Bennetts British Superbike Championship, is the leading road racing superbike championship in the United Kingdom, and is still acknowledged to be the premier domestic superbike racing series in the world. 2015 Josh Brookes becomes the second Australian to win the Championship and dominates the final few rounds, winning six out of seven races in the Showdown. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. YouTube, North House St Edwards Way Romford RM1 3PP. Mortimer was one of the UKs finest Grand Prix riders during the 1970s, enjoying his best year in 1973 when finished second in the 125cc World Championship having finished second the year before. 2017 At 21, Jack Dixon becomes the youngest rider ever to qualify for the Showdown. Five TT wins were taken for the British manufacturer before switching to Moto Guzzi in 1935 for whom he promptly won the Senior race, only the second time a non-English motorbike had won. MSVR stated that "It will be open to anyone in the series from the official manufacturer-backed teams through to independent entries and will allow homologated machines with full Superbike racing rolling chassis to retain the very important visual impression but engines will have to be built to very stringent "Stock" regulations. Haslam started racing as a teenager in the early 1970s but it was when he joined Halifax car dealer Mal Carter that his career really took off and, having finished second in the 750cc British championship in 1975, 76 and 77, he was signed by Honda Britain and rewarded them with the 1979 World F1 Championship following it up a year later with the World F3 crown. Company Number: 02438974. [5] The Showdown format was introduced in 2010 in order to prevent a rider from making a runaway victory in the championship. He was equally adept on both the short circuits and road circuits, taking eight victories at the Isle of Man TT and 29 International road race podiums in total. [14], For the 2021 season, the playoff system was adjusted again. He later rode for Suzuki with his best season coming in 1967 when he won two Grand Prix races and finished the year in third place in both the 50cc and the 125cc world championships. 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic sees the series cut to just six rounds but with three races at each and no Showdown, instead being a straight battle all the way through. 1990 the Superbike class becomes the premier British Championship in the UK. Rymer burst onto the National scene in 1987 when he won races in the MCN Superstock Championship and a year later he switched to the World Superbike Championship ending the year in tenth overall. Three wet races. When his GP career ended, he forged a new career for himself in the British Superbike Championship, winning the title for three successive years between 1996 and 1998. Sykes has raced in the British Superbike Championship in 2022.; Danilo Petrucci will make his full-time . Do you agree with our Top 80 British Riders of all time? Northern Irelands Robb had his first road race in 1957 and he went on to finish third in that years 250cc Ulster Grand Prix. Championship down to the last race at Brands Hatch between Shane Byrne, Leon Haslam and Josh Brookes. With three Isle of Man TT wins, five at the North West 200, nine at the Ulster Grand Prix and over 100 at Olivers Mount, Scarborough, the Dungannon rider has won over 300 races in his illustrious career and is without doubt one of the greatest road racers ever. Second overall was again the outcome in 2014, finishing just six points behind Sylvain Guintoli, with third taken in 2015. Brett Sampson - GT Motorcycles Kawasaki Motorcycle racing in Great Britain had been a confusing sport in the early 1990s: several different championships running similar classes, lack of clarity over which one counted as the 'British Championship', and a TT Superbike class that still had to cater for British-built bikes not technically eligible for FIM competition. By continuing to use this website you give consent for cookies to be used. He went on to ride for the factory Yamaha team, winning the 1970 250cc World Championship and also finishing second in 1971 and third in 1972. 2003 reigning Champion Steve Hislop is tragically killed in a helicopter crash in July. His finest moment, arguably, was in 1972 when he rode an unfancied Ducati to victory in the Imola 200, becoming the first British rider to in the race. He won countless road races and Championships in Ireland and although he never contested the TT, being reluctant to travel, he did win the Southern 100 Championship. However, its Shane Byrne that now has the honour of being the most successful BSB rider ever with 6 titles, 85 wins and 189 podiums. I was shocked that Agostini didnt give Hailwood even a mention Alex Buckingham - White Lightning Yamaha (Michelin?) Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Motorcycling: Whats happened over the last 80 years? Chris 'the Stalker' Walker has finished as runner up 4 times. Dubliner Woods started racing in 1921, making his Isle of Man TT debut a year later when he finished a superb fifth in the Junior race, despite being aged only 17. Like Bill Lomas, Sandford had a reasonably short career but was also a two-time world champion and two-time Isle of Man TT winner. Hes still racing today and won the Supertwins race at the North West 200 in both 2013 and 2015. Jim Moodie - Ducati He set the fastest ever TT Newcomers Lap in 2007 and was the second rider to break the 130mph barrier in 2009 when he won the Senior race whilst he also won the Macau Grand Prix twice. Stuart Rider (N) 119. World Superbike Championship: 400 up for Ducati. Scottish ace Simpson came to prominence in 1988 when, aged just 18, he finished second in the British Production Championship. . The Superbike racing motorcycles that we have all become accustomed to are derived from standard production models with the BSB seeing a variety of machines in use since 1995 including: Ducati: Ducati 916/955, Ducati 996 RS, Ducati 998RS, Ducati 998 F02, Ducati 1098, Ducati 1199, Ducati Panigale V4R (current), Honda: Honda RC30, Honda RC45, Honda SP1, Honda SP2, Honda CBR1000RR (current), Kawasaki: ZXR750, ZX-7RR, Kawasaki ZX-10RR (current), Yamaha: Yamaha FZR750, Yamaha YZF750, Yamaha YZF-R7, Yamaha YZF-R1 (current). Son of Tony, Michael Rutter has competed in more British Superbike races than any other rider and although hes never won the Championship, hes finished second twice and third three times. Then last five years of his career were spent racing in the American Superbike Championship before he retired at the beginning of 2010. Kiyonari fought off the challenge of Ducati powered Leon Haslam and Gregorio Lavilla at the final round in Brands Hatch in front of a capacity crowd and a reported 1.5 million live TV viewers, with Kiyonari and Haslam each winning one race, and Lavilla crashing and having an engine problem in both races. Having initially enjoyed success in motocross, Reynolds switched to the tarmac in 1987 and just five years later won the first of his three British Superbike Championships. He then won the 1988 Formula One British Championship before reverting back to sidecars where he went on to win the 1995 and 1996 World Championships. Championship down to last corner of the last race - won by 2 points overall and 0.006 seconds. Niall Mackenzie was the most successful rider of the 1990s, with three titles. As part of my ongoing project to compile as much World Superbike data as possible, I've recently started collecting information on the brand of tyre used by each rider through the years. Across the Main Season, comprising twenty-four races, points will be awarded to the top 15 on the scale: 18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. Hes since gone on to finish second in the 2013 Moto2 World Championship and has now taken podiums in the 125cc, Moto2 and Moto3 categories. The Kent rider was British 125cc, Supersport and Superbike Champion between 2001 and 2009, winning more Superbike races in a season, 19, than any other rider. With Carl Fogarty, Neil Tuxworth. Devastated but undeterred by his brother's death in a motorcycle racing accident in 1982, Hislop tackled the Isle of Manfor the first time a year later . A tough Glaswegian, Moodie was a multiple British Champion in the 1990s enjoying success in both the British Superbike and Supersport Championships. Chris Walker has finished as runner up 4 times and many riders from the series have gone on to race in MotoGP or the Superbike World Championship. He got his first taste of a factory machine in 1955 when he rode for Norton, defeating reigning World Champion Duke at Brands Hatch, and he subsequently accepted an offer from MV Agusta for the 1956 season. Only one can be the true champion. Switching to the World Supersport Championship in 2000, he enjoyed three strong years in the series with numerous wins and podiums but, having successfully overcome Hodgkins Disease in the mid-90s, glaucoma forced him to retire at the end of 2002 and hes since forged a successful media career. 699 points, 15 wins, 4 doubles, 1 treble and finished every race. His promising career was cut short though by a heavy accident in the 1950 Belgian Grand Prix with many convinced his successes could have been even greater. Rider Rounds BeerMonster Ducati: Ducati: 2 Glenn Irwin: 1-2 46 Tommy Bridewell: 1-2 Mar-Train Racing Yamaha Yamaha: 4 Jack Kennedy: 1-2 DAO Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki: 5 Dean Harrison: 1-2 LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha : They are the new GLADIATORS, battling at 200MPH, riding through torturous conditions and risking life and limb at every race meeting. Steve Hislop - Cyclestop Malaysia Kawasaki (Brands Hatch WSB only)Mark Linscott - GEPA Motos Kawasaki However, there was still more than one championship to be won with the HEAT Supercup and Motor Cycle News Superbike Championships ups for grabs. This led to him being signed by the MV Agusta team for three seasons, finishing second in both the 1958 350cc and 500cc World Championships behind team-mate John Surtees. First non-Playoff format since 2009. However, I was devastated a couple of years ago when the worlds top riders voted who was the greatest rider ever, and all ten riders voted Agostini, those voting included Marc Marquez and Valentino Rossi who prompted Marc to fote for Ago. He was also successful in the 500cc class, finishing fourth in 1971 and seventh in 1972 but was tragically killed in a fire caused by an exploding gas cylinder in a caravan at Rouen, France at the end of that year. His racing career was cut short by arm injuries received in an accident at Oulton Park in 1974. The Suzuki riders hopes disappear in a cloud of smoke in the final race at Donington Park just a few laps from the end.
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