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Hornsey completes Team WD-40 line-up

03 November 2015 by Simon Patterson

Hornsey completes Team WD-40 line-up

Sam Hornsey, one of the stand-out performers of the 205 British Supersport season, will graduate to the MCE British Superbike season for 2016 after penning a deal to join Team WD-40 alongside Irishman...

BSB keen for return to Ireland

29 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

BSB keen for return to Ireland

The MCE British Superbike championship has extended its first tentative steps towards a return to Ireland, with series director Stuart Higgs meeting with the bosses of Northern Irish circuit...

GBmoto get full-factory support for BSB and roads

28 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

GBmoto get full-factory support for BSB and roads

MCE British Superbike front-runners GBmoto will have full factory support for the next three seasons, after penning a deal with Kawasaki to become an official Team Green squad. With the launch of a...

Exclusive: Byrne’s first reaction to Ducati Panigale

21 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Exclusive: Byrne’s first reaction to Ducati Panigale

MCN have spoken exclusively to Shane Byrne this morning, only minutes after the four-time MCE British Superbike champion completed his first laps on the new Ducati Panigale R he’ll ride in next year’s...

Byrne makes Ducati debut ahead of first official test

21 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Byrne makes Ducati debut ahead of first official test

Shane Byrne has already made his debut on the Ducati Panigale he will ride for PBM in next year’s MCE British Superbike championship – taking to the roads around his home on a loaned machine from the...

Easton joins Hopkins at Tommy Hill Yamaha

21 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Easton joins Hopkins at Tommy Hill Yamaha

Stuart Easton will join John Hopkins at his former teammate Tommy Hill’s new Yamaha team for the 2016 MCE British Superbike championship. Easton had one of his best ever starts to a BSB season capped...

Ignominious end to 2015 for champion Brookes

20 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Ignominious end to 2015 for champion Brookes

Josh Brookes’ 2015 season came to something of an ignominious end during the third and final race of the MCE British Superbike weekend at Brands Hatch, when he crashed out at Graham Hill Bend on the...

Hopkins to join Tommy Hill’s Yamaha squad for 2016

18 October 2015

Hopkins to join Tommy Hill’s Yamaha squad for 2016

Former British Superbike runner-up John Hopkins will join the man who beat him to the title in 2011, lining up next season for Tommy Hill’s new Yamaha team. The former MotoGP racer returned to BSB in...

Laverty signs off 2015 with dramatic win

18 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Laverty signs off 2015 with dramatic win

The final race of the 2015 British Superbike Championship managed to provide some of the most drama and closest racing of the season. Championship winner Josh Brookes got a poor start from pole...

Champion Brookes extends Showdown streak

18 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Champion Brookes extends Showdown streak

New MCE British Superbike champion Josh Brookes has extended his quest to become the first ever rider to win every race of the Showdown, by taking yet another dominant win in the second race of the...

Lee Jackson to remain with Buildbase BMW

18 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Lee Jackson to remain with Buildbase BMW

Fresh from his best ever MCE British Superbike result ever, finishing yesterday’s opening race in an impressive fifth place, Lee Jackson will remain with the Buildbase BMW for the 2016 season. Lincoln...

Josh Brookes wins the 2015 MCE British Superbike championship

17 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Josh Brookes wins the 2015 MCE British Superbike championship

Milwaukee Yamaha’s Josh Brookes has finally completed his seven-year task to win the MCE British Superbike championship, taking the brand new R1 to the championship win despite the best efforts of...

Brookes closes in on title with Brands pole position

17 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Brookes closes in on title with Brands pole position

Josh Brookes has closed in even closer to his debut MCE British Superbike championship after taking pole position at Brands Hatch in damp conditions. Taking advantage of the incoming rain, the...

Irwin: By the end of the season, I can beat Shakey

16 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Irwin: By the end of the season, I can beat Shakey

Be Wiser PBM Ducati newcomer Glenn Irwin says that he’s confident that he’ll be able to run at the front of the MCE British Superbike championship next year in his debut year – and says that beating...

Byrne welcoming return to the Ducati family

16 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Byrne welcoming return to the Ducati family

Four-time MCE British Superbike champion Shane Byrne says he ‘can’t wait’ to return to Ducati for 2016, after his PBM team finally confirmed that they would be making the switch from Kawasaki for next...

Byrne to make Ducati switch for 2016 as Irwin joins PBM

16 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Byrne to make Ducati switch for 2016 as Irwin joins PBM

Four time MCE British Superbike champion Shane Byrne and the Paul Bird Motorsport team will make a dramatic switch from Kawasaki to Ducati machinery for the 2016 BSB season, with the team retaining...

Win James Ellison’s Motorcycle Live Shoei Helmet

16 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Win James Ellison’s Motorcycle Live Shoei Helmet

JG Speedfit Kawasaki’s rider James Ellison showed his support of Motorcycle Live at the British Superbike Championship round at Oulton Park in September by sporting a special Shoei Helmet design...

Stalker confirms Honda talks and 2016 return

16 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Stalker confirms Honda talks and 2016 return

MCE British Superbike veteran Chris Walker has publically confirmed rumours that he was in talks to Honda Racing, BSB’s only factory team, to make a return to the series for the final round of the...

Byrne out for wins at Brands Hatch

14 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Byrne out for wins at Brands Hatch

With his chances at lifting a record-breaking fifth MCE British Superbike title looking all but out of his reach now, PBM Kawasaki’s Shane Byrne says that his goal for the final round of the season at...

Business as usual for Brookes

14 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Business as usual for Brookes

Despite being on the cusp of completing a seven-year project to win the MCE British Superbike title, Milwaukee Yamaha’s Josh Brookes says that he’s keen to make sure that he approaches the final...

BSB title contenders to visit Nissan Innovation Station at the O2

13 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

BSB title contenders to visit Nissan Innovation Station at the O2

MCE British Superbike title contenders Shane Byrne and Josh Brookes, alongside series front-runners James Ellison, Michael Laverty, Dan Linfoot, Christian Iddon and Peter Hickman, will visit Nissan’s...

Brookes puts one hand on the trophy with race two win

04 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Brookes puts one hand on the trophy with race two win

Josh Brookes has put one hand on the 2015 MCE British Superbike title after taking a second dominant win of the day in the second race at Silverstone to extend his lead over Shane Byrne to 47...

Brookes takes race one after hard fought battle

04 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Brookes takes race one after hard fought battle

Josh Brookes has taken the win in the first of the day’s MCE British Superbike races at Silverstone – but the win didn’t come as easily as expected for the Milwaukee Yamaha rider despite his...

BSB launch new Honda Moto3 class

04 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

BSB launch new Honda Moto3 class

2015 will see the addition of a new class of racing to the MCE British Superbike paddock, with the Honda Moto3 Standard class running as a race-within-a-race alongside the Motostar championship. Using...

Shakey stays with PBM for 2016

04 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Shakey stays with PBM for 2016

Defending MCE British Superbike champion Shane Byrne will remain with the Paul Bird Motorsport squad for the 2016 season, after signing a deal yesterday evening with the Cumbrian chicken...

Brookes becomes fastest ever rider around Silverstone en route to pole

03 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Brookes becomes fastest ever rider around Silverstone en route to pole

Josh Brookes has obliterated the all-time superbike lap record at Silverstone en route to taking pole position for tomorrow’s MCE British Superbike races at the Northamptonshire circuit, dipping into...

Laverty tops times with lap record pace at Silverstone

02 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Laverty tops times with lap record pace at Silverstone

Michael Laverty was a surprise fastest man at the end of the opening day of MCE British Superbike action at Silverstone, totally demolishing the lap record en route to holding off championship leader...