HM Plant Honda rider Josh Brookes won a shortened second superbike race at Cadwell Park after James Edmeades high-sided on the exit of Mansfield on lap 14 of 18. Brookes spent the majority of the race in third place behind...
Worx Suzuki rider Tommy Hill took victory in the first superbike race at Cadwell Park ahead of Australian Josh Brookes. Brookes and Hill pulled away from the rest of the pack at the start of the race, with Brookes setting...
Tommy Hill secured pole position for tomorrow’s Bank Holiday Monday ninth round of the British Superbike Championship at Cadwell Park after heading off fierce challenges from his title rivals Josh Brookes and Ryuichi Kiyonari. The Worx Suzuki rider is currently...
Josh Brookes set the pace in opening free practice for the Holiday Monday ninth round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship at the Lincolnshire circuit. The HM Plant Honda-mounted Aussie, refreshed from a break back home with his family,...
The Cadwell Park bank holiday weekend's racing will see the return of Richard Cooper alongside fellow Jentin Racing-BMW Motorrad riders Steve Brogan and Tristan Palmer. Palmer, who has been standing in for Cooper, is staying on with the team for...
BSB at Brands Hatch was yet again an awesome weekend. I'd like to submit this photo I managed to get of Steve Brogan stuffing it up the inside of Gary Johnson as he went through Hawthorns bend.
While there has been a swirling change of opinion among some BSB team bosses regarding next year’s BSB regulations, one man who has a fixed view on the future is Worx Suzuki team manager Jack Valentine. He gave MCN his...
Josh Brookes has to be one of the favourites for the BSB title but what about next year? MCN asked him about his plans…… What’s the scoop on your plans for next year then?My manager says he’s had calls from...
Quay Garage, the team running Tommy Bridewell in BSB this year are alreadythinking about the 2011 season. The team recently picked up backing from Tyco as a one-off sponsorship deal for the Silverstone WSB round but also ran the branding...
Alvaro Bautista, John Reynolds, James Haydon, Tommy Hill and MotoGP boss Paul Denning all did laps on the GSV-R while Len Haslam and Sylvain Guintoli rode their WSB Alastare Suzuki GSX-R1000s. Suzuki even got to celebrate a BSB race win...
It's a good job Rizla Suzuki have been allowed extra engines in this year's MotoGP the way Tommy Hill was screaming it round Brands Hatch at the end of the day on Sunday! Looked like he was enjoying it far...
After arriving at Brands Hatch this morning I bumped into Chris Walker. I am one very happy lady! A good day was had, many photos taken, but this picture made my day!!!
WSB factory Kawasaki rider Tom Sykes took his second victory of this weekend’s BSB triple-header at Brands Hatch, fending off a determined Ryuichi Kiyonari. Sykes took the lead on the fifth lap at Paddock Hill from Kiyo and, despite several...
Kawasaki WSB rider Tom Sykes won his first BSB race since Knockhill 2008 when he took the second race of the triple-header Brands Hatch weekend. The factory Kawasaki rider crossed the line ahead of Michael Rutter and Ryuichi Kiyonari and...
Relentless Suzuki rider Alastair Seeley won the first race of his BSB career when he took Saturday’s race of this weekend’s triple-header at Brands Hatch. The first attempt to run the race was brought to an premature end by persistent...
After a difficult one-off WSB foray at Silverstone last weekend, HM Plant Honda duo Josh Brookes and Riyuichi Kiyonari bounced back to their expected form at Brands Hatch in preparation for this weekend’s triple header BSB round. Brookes set the...
Warr's Harley-Davidson rider Jeremy McWilliams is fully determined to shine at Brands Hatch this weekend (6/7/8 August). The British rider aims to dig the gap between him and its main championship rival Mike Edwards (Harley-Davidson Leeds). McWilliams declared ”Brands is...
World Superbike Championship stars Leon Haslam and Sylvain Guintoli will make a special guest appearance at Brands Hatch during the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship round on August 7-8. Haslam and Guintoli will join the Rizla Suzuki MotoGP team to...
Former European Superstock and three times British Supersport Champion, Karl Harris has signed with the Oxford Tag Triumph team to ride the Daytona 675 in the British Supersport Championship for the remainder of the 2010 season. The 30-year-old from Sheffield...
HM Plant Honda rider Ryuichi Kiyonari secured victory in the third race at Snetterton after team-mate Josh Brookes was forced to retire. Worx Suzuki rider Tommy Hill finished second ahead of Relentless bt TAS Suzuki rider Michael Laverty. James Ellison got the...
HM Plant Honda rider Josh Brookes has taken his second victory of the weekend at Snetterton after winning the first race yesterday. Ducati rider Michael Rutter took the lead fro the start, and led for the majority of the race...
Josh Brookes extended his lead in the MCE British Superbike Championship to 13 points over Tommy Hill with a stunning win in today’s (Saturday) 18-lap race. Brookes made a bad start and had to work his way from ninth on...
Josh Brookes will start Sunday’s first BSB race at Snetterton from pole position – his second successive pole position. The HM Plant Honda rider set the pace in the first two elements of qualifying and then clocked a best lap...
Josh Brookes topped both of Friday’s free practice sessions at Snetterton in preparation for the weekend’s triple-header, seventh round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship at Snetterton. The HM Plant Honda rider showed no sign of lacking confidence after...
South African Hudson Kennaugh has joined the Splitlath Aprilia BSB Evo team, partnering Newcastle rider Chris Burns on board a second Aprilia RSV4 machine, starting this weekend at Snetterton. Kennaugh currently leads the Evo series and his move to the...
Kawasaki WSB factory rider Tom Sykes will return to his former battle ground when he joins the BSB grid onboard the factory WSB Kawasaki at the eighth round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch on August...
I think that the superbike category provides relatively poor value for money compared to superstock. The difference in lap times does not justify the difference in cost. The on-track spectacle is virtually the same. If BSB became superstock based with...
BSB has to consider change because motorcycle sales are plummeting, particularly the Japanese big four, who have seen a massive 45.5% decline in sales since 2006. And they’ve been hit by the falling value of the yen, which has led...
A selection of photos from a wet and windy knockhill. Hats off to the marshalls they really had there hands full with accidents and keeping the track safe, well done guys and girls and il see you all at snetterton when...
Well it was certainly a long sunday at knockhill, the weather did its best to wreck the whole meeting! Thankfully we got four races that where action packed. the photo is of the restart of the second race and about...
HM Plant Honda's Josh Brookes has crashed today (Thursday) during testing at Darley Moor but has sustained no serious injury and vows to fight on at Snetterton next weekend (16/17/18 July). Brookes high-sided whilst testing at the circuit alongside John...
The BSB series organisers have issued this statement: Following the postponement of various British and National Championship races at Oulton Park and Knockhill, the following revisions and rescheduled races are confirmed. MCE INSURANCE BRITISH SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP in association with PIRELLI...
Jentin BMW rider Steve Brogan is spending time in the lead up to Snetterton inside a hyperbaric oxygen chamber on the Isle of Man. Brogan raced at Knockhill, despite discovering that he had broken his back after a crash in...
Álvaro Bautista will be giving some high-speed demonstration laps aboard his Rizla Suzuki GSV-R800 on the Brands Hatch Grand Prix during the eighth round of the MCE British Superbike round on August 7/8. The astounding Rizla Suzuki MotoGP GSV-R800 four-stroke...
Australian Bryan Staring is to make a one-off appearance on injured Steve Plater’s HM Plant Honda superstock bike in the next round at Snetterton on July 18. Staring, 23 years old from Melbourne (though he’s originally from Perth), won the...
The second British Superbike race at Knockhill has been abandoned today due to adverse weather conditions. The race was started but red flagged after MSS Colchester Kawasaki rider Simon Andrews came off and caused a pile-up involving David Johnson, Aaron...
Ridersmotorcycles.com Ducati rider Michael Rutter claimed victory in the first race at today's Knockhill British Superbike clash. The race was delayed by two red flags - the first due to the heavy rain, the second when Dan Linfoot (Motorpoint Yamaha) crashed...
Josh Brookes grabbed pole position in today’s final qualifying session at Knockhill going into Sunday’s sixth round of the MCE British Superbike championship. Brookes suffered an engine failure in Saturday morning’s free practice but with a fresh engine in place...
HM Plant Honda rider Josh Brookes claimed pole today in the roll for pole session ahead of tomorrow's Knockhill BSB clash. Brookes' team mate Ryuichi Kiyonari finished second on the time sheets, leaving Worx Suzuki rider Tommy Hill in third. Michael Rutter...
Michael Laverty topped Friday afternoon’s free practice at Knokchill today in preparation for the sixth round of the MCE British Superbike Champiomnship at Knockhill on Sunday. The Relentless Suzuki rider, who scored his first-ever BSB podium finish at the Fife...
Just goes to show how much effort James Ellison put into the race at Mallory Park i took this picture on the slow doen lap and well they picture tells it all really :)
Cameron Donald, fresh from his Isle of Man TT Superbike podium on the Relentless by TAS Suzuki in June, will make a welcome return to the British Superbike paddock this weekend riding in the National Superstock class at Knockhill. Donald...
Luke Jones ended a day of testing at Oulton Park in Cheshire in a positive mood today (Wednesday), as he prepares to return to the MCE Insurance backed BSB Championship at Knockhill this weekend. After five weeks of convalescing from...
Martin Jessopp is due to have an operation today on the right tibia and fibula he broke in a crash at Mallory on Sunday. Jessopp crashed the Riders Ducati on the third lap of the opening race, colliding with Motorpoint...
HM Plant Honda rider Ryuichi Kiyonari has dominated the Mallory Park BSB round to take two wins. Kiyonari's HM Plant Honda team-mate Josh Brookes finished second ahead of Relentless by TAS Suzuki's Michael Laverty. Championship leader Tommy Hill finished eighth to conclude...
HM Plant Honda rider Ryuichi Kiyonari took the win in the first BSB race at Mallory Park today, ahead of team-mate Josh Brookes in second. Relentless by TAS Suzuki rider Michael Laverty took the final step on the podium in...
In a desperate bid to try and retrieve some positive results from a terrible season so far, Andrew Pitt, the two times World Supersport Champion, had been drafted into the Motopoint Yamaha team at the expense of Ian Lowry –...
HM Plant Honda rider Josh Brookes claimed victory in race 2 at today's Cadwell British Superbike round. Worx Crescent Suzuki rider Tommy Hill finished in second place, followed by Michael Laverty for the Relentless Suzuki by TAS team. Ridersmotorcycles.com rider...
HM Plant Honda rider Ryuichi Kiyonari claimed victory in the first British Superbike race at Cadwell Park today. Michael Laverty finished second for the Relentless Suzuki by TAS team, followed by Ridersmotorcycles.com rider Michael Rutter in third. Quay Garage Honda...
Worx Crescent Suzuki rider Tommy Hill is on pole for tomorrow's BSB clash at Cadwell Park. Second on the grid is HM Plant Honda rider Josh Brookes, followed by Ridersmotorcycles.com Ducati rider Michael Rutter. Ryuichi Kiyonari will start from foruth for the...
Yukio Kagayama will be forced to sit out this weekend’s Cadwell BSB round after his unfortunate first race crash during the third BSB round of the at Oulton Park last month. After the incident, doctors diagnosed a fracture to his...
James Ellison has been ruled out of this weekend’s Cadwell Park BSB round after failing to pass a medical at the circuit. Ellison put himself though an intensive rehabilitation programme since breaking his femur at Thruxton on April 16 but...
Relentless Suzuki rider Michael Laverty took the win in the second British Superbike race at Oulton Park today. Ridersmotorcycles.com Ducati rider Michael Rutter placed second, followed by Tommy Hill in third for Worx Crescent Suzuki. HM Plant Honda rider Ryuichi...
Swan Honda rider Stuart Easton claimed victory in race 1 at this weekend's British Superbike clash at Oulton Park. Worx Crescent Suzuki rider Tommy Hill started from pole position but finished in second place behind Easton. Third goes to John...
Tommy Hill left it until the final seconds to claim his second pole position of the season on the Worx Suzuki today (Sunday) at Oulton Park in qualifying for tomorrow’s BSB third round. Hill’s sensational 1:35.21 lap meant he edged...
Swan Honda’s Stuart Easton set pace at Oulton Park today, leading both free practice sessions in preparation for Bank Holiday Monday’s the third round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship. Easton is now back to full fitness after his...
It’s going to be any interesting weekend watching how Chris Walker goes on the MSS Kawasaki at Oulton Park as he stands in for the injured Simon Andrews. Walker has been racing a privateer Suzuki GSX-R1000, prepared by Ray Stringer,...
Chris Walker has been drafted into the MSS Kawasaki for this Bank Holiday Monday’s BSB round at Oulton Park. He’ll replace Simon Andrews who is still recovering form the foot injuries he sustained in the WSB round at Valencia on...
Ian Lowry has today (Friday) been confirmed to ride the second Motorpoint Yamaha for the remainder of the season alongside Dan Linfoot. Lowry replaces Neil Hodgson who announced his retirement from the sport yesterday (Thursday). Lowry tested the bike a...
It’s been a bruising start to the BSB season. Among the injured riders are James Ellison, sidelined for at least two rounds with a broken femur after a high-speed Thruxton crash, and Simon Andrews, out for who knows how long...
The first of XSVpro's British Superbike Championship films. We captured tons of material at the recent BSB round at Brands Hatch, edited in black and white. Shot in high speed at 300 frames per second, we give you the opportunity...
Neil Hodgson has today announced his retirement from racing. The former World Superbike and British Superbike champion has been forced to quit the sport after aggravating the shoulder injury he sustained last year. Hodgson required extensive surgery to rebuild his...
Here's a series of photos I took at Thruxton BSB of Richard Cooper in the superstock 1000 practice. Rider number 90 crashes into the back of him, but both riders were ok.
Here are some pics of a few incidents from the Thruxton BSB weekend, including Michael Laverty's big off at the chicane on Saturday. All riders were ok. The same can't be said for the bikes!
HM Plant Honda rider Josh Brookes denied Tommy Hill a second victory at Thruxton. Stuart Easton took third place with Ryuichi Kiyonari taking forth. 1 Josh BROOKES AUS Honda - HM Plant Honda2 Tommy HILL GBR Suzuki - Worx Crescent...
British rider Tommy Hill followed up on his earlier good form to take first place in race 1 at Thruxton today. 1 Tommy HILL GBR Suzuki - Worx Crescent Suzuki 2 Josh BROOKES AUS Honda - HM Plant Honda3 Yukio KAGAYAMA...
Tommy Hill put the Worx Suzuki on pole for tomorrow’s BSB round at Thruxton with the fastest-ever lap on a motorcycle seen at the 2.356-mile Hampshire circuit. Hill shook off the after-effects of a massive 110mph crash in the morning,...
James Ellison is out of this weekend’s Thruxton BSB round. He suffered a high-speed crash at Goodwood corner in this mornings practice and sustained a broken right femur. After being stabilised at the circuit medical centre, he was taken to...
Chris Walker will be back on the BSB grid at Thruxton this weekend on the Ray Stringer-prepared Suzuki GSX-R1000 he raced at Brands Hatch. Walker is still battered and bruised following his second race crash, which also involved Motorpoint Yamaha’s...
Ian Lowry starts his Spanish Moto2 campaign this weekend but could make a dramatic return to BSB at Oulton Park on May 3 if Neil Hodgson is still recuperating from the shoulder injury he sustained in the first BSB round...
Swan Honda aim to maintain their race-winning form at Thruxton this weekend in the second BSB round of the season. James Ellison battled his way to victory in the second race of the opening round at Brands Hatch and is...
MSS Kawasaki superstock rider Howie Mainwaring has been drafted in to replace injured the team’s Simon Andrews in BSB at Thruxton this weekend. Mainwaring (22) finished second in the opening Brands Suerstock round and gets his chance to shine after...
