Swan Yamaha has to feel pretty confident about their chances in the British Superbike Championship in 2012. Defending champion Tommy Hill will be racing for the Swan Yamaha outfit, as well as TT record-breaker Ian Hutchinson. “At the end of last season after winning the title I was speaking to different teams and looking at [...]
Tommy Hill is back in business. The Swan Yamaha rider signalled his return to fitness with a sensational winning double at Knockhill to put his MCE Insurance British Superbike title bid firmly back on track. It was major triumph for Hill who had powered to his second pole start of the season in the difficult wet [...]
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 [...]
An unfortunate accident during last year’s round at Oulton Park took Tommy Hill out of the title chase. But Hill washed the slate clean today by setting the lap record and claiming the pole position. Hill will be joined by Michael Laverty, John Hopkins, and Loriz Baz on the front row. Hill currently leads the [...]
Tommy Hill worked consistently across free practice ahead of the Bank Holiday Monday second round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship to set the pace, moving to the top of the leaderboard ahead of his Swan Yamaha team-mate Michael Laverty. Hill, who took the early lead in the title stakes with a second place [...]
After a long winter break, the racing season is back in full swing. The British Superbike riders just finished up the first race of the 2011 BSB season, and will return to the track this weekend at Oulton Park. Tommy Hill leads the series, but only by four points ahead of former BSB champion Shane [...]
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, [...]
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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