The 2012 British Superbike season is only 136 days away. (They have a countdown clock on their site.) The BSB has just released the 2012 calendar, which will take the British Superbike Riders around Britain for 26 races during 12 rounds. 32 riders will be filling out 16 teams from 6 different manufacturers during the [...]
Michael Laverty and Jon Kirkham will be racing for the HM Plant Honda team during the 2012 British Superbike season. Laverty, who was a title fighter during the showdown last year, took three winds and five podiums in 2011. Laverty will be racing the Honda Fireblade and hopes to fight for the title again in [...]
The Swan Yamaha team prepare for their home round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship at Croft this weekend as Tommy Hill bids for a return following a crash at the previous event, whilst Michael Laverty is determined to secure his first podium finish of the season. Hill had set the pace in qualifying [...]
Shane Byrne has the advantage in the early season title stakes but the former two times winner of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship needs to conquer the Croft circuit in North Yorkshire where so far he has not enjoyed a podium finish if he is to head off his challengers for the crown. The [...]
Ryuichi Kiyonari claimed his first win of the 2011 British Superbike season today, riding his HM Plant Honda to victory by more than 4 seconds ahead of John Hopkins, who became the first American to podium in the BSB. “I am very happy, especially as it had been very difficult here to find a good [...]
Shane Byrne and Tommy Hill went at it again during the second race at Brands Hatch, but this time Hill got the advantage. Hill won the second race at Brands Hatch today, beating out Ryuichi Kiyonari and Byrne. Shakey led for the majority of the race, but was overtaken by Hill on the 14th lap. [...]
Shane “Shakey” Byrne’s return tot he British Superbike series started off in the best possible way as Shakey won the first race of the 2011 British Superbike season. Byrne ended up winning the first race at Brands Hatch by more than a second, as many of his contenders suffered crashes throughout the race. James Westmoreland, [...]
April 24, 2011. British racer Jenny Tinmouth’s historic debut in the MCE Insurance British Superbike (BSB) Championship has been put on hold after a parts issue at Brands Hatch on Friday, sponsor Splitlath Motorsport announced on April 23. The Easter weekend race was supposed to mark Tinmouth’s entry as the first-ever female on the BSB [...]
At the end of the second day of practice, Tommy Hill was closing in on the Brands Hatch lap record. Hill set a blisteringly fast 45.499 second lap during the second free practice session at Brands Hatch, but he was closely tailed by his teammate Michael Laverty, who finished just .008 seconds behind. “The Swan [...]
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