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The British Superbike Championship (BSB ) is the leading road racing superbike championship in the United Kingdom.

The championship is managed and organised by MCRCB-Events. The commercial and television rights have been delegated to MotorSport Vision. ^[1] The Series and Race Director is Stuart Higgs. Event marshals are provided by the Racesafe Marshals Association.

Two annual championships are awarded, one for riders and one for manufacturers. A "Cup" class exists for riders running in privately owned teams; past champions of this include Shane Byrne in 2001, and James Ellison in 2004.

Ducati, Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki and Suzuki all participate in the championship. From 2008, the championship followed the Superbike World Championship in appointing Pirelli as the single control tyre supplier, until 2010. Previously most teams used Dunlop tyres, although the factory Hondas used Michelin and the factory Yamahas used Pirellis.

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Recent History

Niall Mackenzie was the most successful rider of the 1990s, with three titles. Other past champions include Neil Hodgson, Australian Troy Bayliss and Steve Hislop. Chris 'the Stalker' Walker has finished as runner up 4 times. Many riders from the series have gone on to race in the Superbike World Championship or MotoGP.

2005

In 2005, the overall championship was won by Spanish rider Gregorio Lavilla on a Ducati 999 F04 (1000 cc vee-twin), ahead of 1000 cc in-line four Hondas ridden by Japanese rider Ryuichi Kiyonari and Michael Rutter. 2004 champion John Reynolds endured an injury-hit season, after which the veteran (he also won the 1992 and 2001 championships) announced his retirement from racing. The 2003 champion Shane 'Shakey' Byrne returned to the series for 2006 on the Suzuki Reynolds vacated.

2006

The 2006 British Superbike season was won by Kiyonari at the final round in Brands Hatch in front of a capacity crowd and a reported 1.5 million live TV viewers. Second was Leon Haslam with Lavilla third.

2007

In 2007 the championship featured 13 meetings, including a single overseas event at Mondello Park in Ireland, each featuring 2 races. Races were covered live by ITV and Sky Sports. Kiyonari won the rider's championship, with Jonathan Rea in second place and Haslam finishing third. Honda won the manufacturer's championship.

2008

The 2008 championship featured 12 meetings, all taking place within the UK and each featuring 2 races. The series is now live on British Eurosport, with highlights on Channel 4 within the next few days ^[2].

The reigning double-champion Ryuichi Kiyonari left the series to compete in the World Superbike Championship during the 2008 season, as did Lavilla. Rea, Chris Walker and Tommy Hill went to in World Supersport.

From the start of the season, Ducati's Shane Byrne dominating over team-mate Leon Camier and the Hondas of Leon Haslam and Cal Crutchlow. Which was mainly the pattern for the rest of the season, with Byrne comfortably taking the championship at the end of the season. Suzuki's Tom Sykes became more competitive as the year went on.

2009

A much changed rider line-up graced the grids for the 2009 season, after Leon Haslam and Tom Sykes left to join World Superbike Championship and Cal Crutchlow all left to join the World Supersport class. The Airwaves team switched to Yamahas, and no Ducatis entered the series.
2009 also sees a return to the BSB for Chris Walker ^[3]on a Rob Mac Racing Yamaha. Former World Supersport rider Josh Brookes and reigning British Supersport champion Glen Richards joined HM Plant Honda. Sylvain Guintoli moved from Moto GP to join the Crescent Suzuki team, however a crash with Brookes before a race ended his season
2009 saw the first ever 3 race weekend in BSB with 2 meetings (Brands Hatch GP & Oulton Park) hosting 3 races each ^[4] .
The season was mainly dominated by the Yamaha of Leon Camier who set a new record of 14 race wins in a season at event 8 of 12, such was his domination of the championship, beating the previous record of 13 by Niall Mackenzie in the 1997 season. ^[5] Brookes and Richards both missed races, allowing Stuart Easton of the Hydrex Honda team to challenge.

2010

BMW and Aprilia have both been linked to BSB entries for 2010 ^[6] line up on the 2010 superbike grid. ^[7]

Race Weekend

2009

2 Race Weekend

Friday

Practice 1 (50 Mins)
Practice 2 (50 Mins)

Saturday

Practice 3 (50 Mins)
Qualifying (3 Sessions)
*Session 1: All riders
*Session 2: Riders Between 20-10 Knocked Out
*Session 3: Top 10 Shootout

Sunday

Warm Up (20 Mins)
Race 1
Race 2

3 Race Weekend (Brands Hatch GP and Oulton Park)
Friday

Practice 1 (50 Mins)
Practice 2 (50 Mins)

Saturday

Qualifying (3 Sessions)
*Session 1: All riders
*Session 2: Riders Between 20-10 Knocked Out
*Session 3: Top 10 Shootout
Race 1

Sunday

Warm Up (10 Mins)
Race 2
Race 3

Support Classes

2009

Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport Championship & Supersport Cup ^[8]
Relentless British 125GP Championship & ACU Academy Cup ^[8]
Metzeler National Superstock 1000 Championship ^[8]
Metzeler National Superstock 600 Championship ^[8]
Focused Events KTM RC8 Super Cup & Under 25 Cup ^[8]
International Classic Grand Prix UEM Cup (Brands Hatch Only)

Motorcycles Used

Superbike racing motorcycles are derived from standard production models. In the past, however, manufacturers took advantage of loopholes in the rules to create "homologation specials" — motorcycles with low production numbers made especially for racing.

Motorcycles that raced in the British Superbike Championship include:

Honda: RC30, RC45, RC51, CBR1000RR (currently)
Yamaha: FZR750,YZF750, YZF-R7, YZF-R1 (currently)
Kawasaki: ZXR750,ZX-7RR, ZX-10R (currently)
Suzuki: GSX-R750, GSX-R1000 (currently)
MV Agusta: MV Agusta F4 (currently)

Point system

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

British Superbike Champions

Year	Series	Rider	Country	Bike	Team	Notes
1988	750 cc / TT F1	Darren Dixon		Suzuki		Dixon went on to pilot sidecars alongside passenger Andy Hetherington
1989	Superbike	Brian Morrison		Honda
1990	750 cc / TT F1	Terry Rymer		Yamaha		Terry now runs Diablo 666 Endurance racing Team
1991	750 cc / TT F1	Rob McElnea		Yamaha	Team Loctite
1992	750 cc / TT F1	John Reynolds		Kawasaki	Team Green
1993	Superbike	James Whitham		Yamaha	Fast Orange
1994	Superbike	Ian Simpson		Norton rotary F1	Team Crighton
1995	Superbike	Steve Hislop		Ducati 916/955	Devimead	Whitham was suffering from/treated for Hodgkin's Disease, a form of cancer
1996	Superbike	Niall Mackenzie		Yamaha YZF750	Cadbury's Boost
1997	Superbike	Niall Mackenzie		Yamaha YZF750	Cadbury's Boost
1998	Superbike	Niall Mackenzie		Yamaha YZF750	Cadbury's Boost	387 points, 6 wins and 1 pole from 24 races
1999	Superbike	Troy Bayliss		Ducati 996	INS GSE	394 points, 7 wins and 6 poles from 24 races
2000	Superbike	Neil Hodgson		Ducati 996	INS GSE	422 points, 7 wins and 5 poles from 24 races
2001	Superbike	John Reynolds		Ducati 996 RS	Reve Red Bull	536 points
2002	Superbike	Steve Hislop		Ducati 998 RS	Paul Bird MonsterMob	452 points, 8 wins, 5 poles and 17 podiums from 26 races (1 DNF)
2003	Superbike	Shane 'Shakey' Byrne		Ducati 998 F02	Paul Bird MonsterMob	488 points, 12 wins, 5 poles and 21 podiums from 24 races (1 DNF)
2004	Superbike	John Reynolds		Suzuki GSX-R1000	Crescent Q8 Rizla	446 points, from 26 races
2005	Superbike	Gregorio Lavilla		Ducati 999 F04	Airwaves GSE	Reynolds injured in pre-season testing. 461 points from 26 races
2006	Superbike	Ryuichi Kiyonari		Honda CBR1000RR	HM Plant HRC	466 points, 11 wins from 26 races
2007	Superbike	Ryuichi Kiyonari		Honda CBR1000RR	HM Plant HRC	433 points, 8 wins from 26 races
2008	Superbike	Shane 'Shakey' Byrne		Ducati 1098	Airwaves Ducati	474 points, 10 wins from 24 races, 3 double wins (1 DNF)
2009	Superbike