British Superbikes
Brands Hatch British Superbikes: HM Plant confirm new year testing in Spain
10 October 2008 by
HM Plant Honda team manager Havier Beltram has confirmed that the team will be heading to Spain for testing in the new year. Speaking to MCN, Beltram said “We’ll be heading out to do three days...
Brands Hatch British Superbikes: Leon Haslam leads the way in Free Practice 1
10 October 2008 by
HM Plant Honda’s Leon Haslam topped the first free practice session at Brands Hatch this morning, clocking a best time of 46.274. Setting the pace with only two minutes left in the session, Haslam’s...
Brands Hatch British Superbikes: Rossi, Agostini and Fogarty donate to CJ riders fund.
10 October 2008 by
Newly crowned MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi has donated signed memorabilia to the Chris Jones auction that is taking place at Hailwoods restaurant tomorrow night. Also on offer at the auction is a...
Brands Hatch British Superbikes: HM Plant hoping for successful weekend
10 October 2008 by
With both riders already signed to ride elsewhere next season, HM Plant Honda’s Leon Haslam and Cal Crutchlow are hoping to sign off in style for the team. As Leon Haslam sets his sights on World...
Brands Hatch British Superbikes: Injury could rule out Dave Johnson
10 October 2008 by
Team Maxxis’ Dave Johnson faces a tough weekend following a mountain bike incident which left him with a broken bone in his right hand. It’s an all too familiar situation for the Australian, who came...
Brands Hatch British Superbikes: Rizla Suzuki team boss thanks Atsushi Watanabe
09 October 2008 by
Jack Valentine has paid publicly thanked Atsushi Watanabe for his services in 2008 after it was revealed earlier this week that the Japanese rider would be moving to the Relentless Suzuki camp for...
Brands Hatch British Superbikes: Shane Byrne wants to sign off with win
09 October 2008 by
The 2008 British Superbike Champion, Shane Byrne, has said he’s looking to get back on to the top step of the podium for the first time in the second half of the season before departing for WSB. The...
Brookes to Ride for HM Plant at Brands
08 October 2008 by
Australian Rider Josh Brookes will compete at this weekends British Superbike Finale at Brands Hatch aboard a HM Plant CBR600RR. Brookes who currently lies in third in the World Supersport...
Atsushi Watanabe signs for Relentless in BSB
07 October 2008 by
2007 Japanese Superbike Champion Atsushi Watanabe will continue his BSB career with Relentless Suzuki by TAS Racing in 2009. Watanabe, who was runner up at the 2008 Suzuka 8 Hour with Suzuki will join...
Cal Crutchlow and Tom Sykes
03 October 2008 by
I would like to say a great big thank you to Cal Crutchlow. He gave me and my son his bottle of champagne after coming off the podium at silverstone. We have it in a display cabinet in our living...
BSB & MCN in Barbados
01 October 2008 by
We couldn’t do without MCN whilst in Barbados, so Joseph and Laurence made sure we stashed a copy in the suitcase. We were delighted to discover that we were able to log onto the MCN website using...
Sylvain Guintoli to sign for Rizla Suzuki
01 October 2008 by
French MotoGP rider Sylvain Guintoli will race in BSB next season with Rizla Suzuki. The French man, who has recently been ditched by his Alice Ducati team in MotoGP, will take two years of MotoGP...
Tom Sykes is off our christmas card list
01 October 2008 by
On Saturday at BSB Silverstone my step son bought a picture of Tom Sykes and waited at the Rizla Suzuki stand as he was due to do a signing at 5pm. We arrived at 4.45 to be first in the queue. At 5.10 he hadn’t arrived and someone made a call and we were told he had got the time wrong, thought it was 5.30 but was on his way. To cut a long story short he eventually sauntered up at 6pm – the...
Meeting Shakey
30 September 2008 by
I took this on saturday, the other half was well chuffed to meet shakey. I have to say well done shakey on clinching the title, sorry you are leaving the british championship, but going to to wsb is...
Silverstone BSB: Leon Haslam takes race two victory
28 September 2008 by
Leon Haslam has taken his fifth victory in seven races in the second race at Silverstone after crashing out of race one. Leon stretched out a big lead from the beginning with Karl Harris and Cal...
Silverstone British Supersport: Kennaugh wins, Richards takes championship
28 September 2008 by
South African Hudson Kennaugh has taken the British Supersport win at Silverstone, but it was not enough as Glen Richards finished fourth to take the championship. Richards’ team-mate Paul Young got...
Silverstone BSB: Tom Sykes disqualified from race one results
28 September 2008 by
Rizla Suzuki rider Tom Sykes has been excluded from the race one results at Silverstone after he collided with Leon Haslam. Sykes was lying in third plae on lap three when he tried to pass Haslam who...
Silverstone BSB: Camier wins race one, Byrne crowned champion
28 September 2008 by
Leon Camier has taken his third BSB win at Silverstone while team-mate Shane Byrne finished third to become BSB champion, without passing a single rider! Byrne and Camier didn’t get a good start and...
Silverstone British Superbike: Cal Crutchlow scores pole number four
27 September 2008 by
Cal Crutchlow has added to his two poles at Oulton Park and last time out at Croft this weekend to start tomorrow’s BSB races from the front. Crutchlow set the fastest time of the weekend with under...
Silverstone British Supersport: MAP Embassy Triumph ’09 future in doubt
27 September 2008 by
British Supersport Championship leaders MAP Embassy Triumph has announced today that they have had their funding for the 2009 season withdrawn. The majority funding from EFS Group that finances both...
Silverstone British Superbikes: Leon Haslam half second faster
27 September 2008 by
Leon Haslam has put an emphatic touch on the final Free Practice session of the weekend at Silverstone by setting a time over half a second faster than his rivals. Haslam set a 1.25.963, the only...
Silverstone British Superbikes: HM Plant double top in FP2
26 September 2008 by
Leon Haslam and Cal Crutchlow completed this afternoon’s second free practice session at the top of the time sheets in a shortened session. Haslam set the fastest lap of the weekend so far, a...
Silverstone British Superbikes: Minimum weight lowered for Ducati’s
26 September 2008 by
The MCRCB has revised the minimum weight ruling for V-twin machinery to 172kg from 175. Way back in May at Donington Park the race organizers announced the minimum weights for the twins would be upped...
Silverstone British Superbikes: Strong start for Leon Camier
26 September 2008 by
Leon Camier has topped the opening Free Practice session of the penultimate BSB weekend at Silverstone this morning. Camier, who won in race one at Croft a fortnight ago, continued his resurgence in...
Silverstone British Superbikes: Steve Brogan focuses on Superstock title
26 September 2008 by
Steve Brogan will concentrate fully on taking the British Superstock crown this weekend by withdrawing from competing in this weekend’s Supersport race. Brogan broke two bones in his right foot a...
Tom Sykes headlines Race of the Year
26 September 2008 by
Tom Sykes’ final competitive performance for the Rizla Suzuki team will come at the Race of the Year at Mallory Park before he heads off to begin his WSB assault. 23-year old Sykes will race in the...
Win a ride with Guy Martin at Brands Hatch
24 September 2008 by
British Superbikes draws to a close at Brands Hatch on October 12 and you can see the season out with a bang by having a flying lap on the back of British Superbike rider and road racing legend Guy...
Silverstone British Superbikes: Rizla Suzuki to make most of top speed
24 September 2008 by
Rizla Suzuki Team Manager Jack Valentine has said the Rizla Suzuki squad will want to make the most of their untouchable top speed at the very fast Silverstone circuit this weekend. The acceleration...
Silverstone British Superbikes: Shane Byrne reserved
24 September 2008 by
Shane Byrne has admitted he might not be riding totally on the edge this weekend as he goes in search of his second BSB crown. Shakey just needs seven points this weekend, a ninth place finish, to tie...
British Superbikes: Guy Martin signs for Rob Mac Yamaha
22 September 2008 by
Guy Martin will ride in Rob Mac colours in 2009 with the 26-year old parting company with Hydrex Bike Animal Honda. Martin, who has had a troubled short circuit season partnering James Ellison in...
GSE Racing to switch to Yamaha for 2009
17 September 2008 by
GSE Racing have announced today that they have signed a deal with Yamaha Motor UK to run the new YZF-R1 in the British Superbike Championship in 2009. Colin Wright, Team Manager, had this to say: ‘We...
Croft British Superbikes: Michael Laverty not finding side grip
15 September 2008 by
Talented Relentless Suzuki superbike representative Michael Laverty couldn’t quite solve a gearing problem he’d had all weekend with his GSX-R1000 at Croft, and a lack of side grip only worsened the...
Croft British Superbikes: Michael Rutter struggles with illness
15 September 2008 by
Michael Rutter looked like death warmed up over the full course of the tenth round of the British Superbike Championship, riding with severe migraines all weekend. Rutter did well to hide it on...
Croft British Superbikes: Tom Sykes: ‘I’m not going to give up’
15 September 2008 by
Tom Sykes offered a stern warning to Shane Byrne after the Croft weekend that he wasn’t going to make it easy for the Airwaves man to reclaim his second British Superbike title. Sykes along with Leon...
Croft British Superbikes: Karl Harris miffed by poor performance
15 September 2008 by
Rob Mac Racing Yamaha front man Karl Harris admitted even he couldn’t put his finger on why he struggled at Croft this weekend for the tenth round of the BSB Championship. Harris scored a brace of...
Croft British Superbikes: Frustrating weekend for Airwaves despite win
15 September 2008 by
Both GSE Racing representatives, Shane Byrne and Leon Camier, said they were frustrated by the weekends events at Croft even though the latter scored just his second BSB career victory. Byrne headed...