British Supersport Championship

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British Supersport Championship
Current season or competition:
2012 British Supersport Championship season
Sport Motorcycle sport
No. of teams 5 manufacturers (Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Triumph, Yamaha)
Most recent champion(s) Northern Ireland Alastair Seeley (Rider)
Suzuki

British Supersport Championship is a support series to the British Superbike Championship (BSB), British Supersport runs one round a weekend at each BSB event. The BSS championship is seen as a stepping stone for the younger talent to go up to the British Superbike Championship. Riders such as: Tom Sykes, Cal Crutchlow and Leon Camier all started off in this championship.

Contents

[edit] Race weekend

Friday

  • Practice 1 (40 Mins)
  • Practice 2 (40 Mins)

Saturday

  • Qualifying (2 Sessions)
    • Session 1 (40 Mins)
    • Session 2 (40 Mins)

Times combined from 2 sessions to make up final grid

Sunday

  • Warm Up (10 Mins)
  • Race 1

[edit] Scoring system

Current Points 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

[edit] Current Bikes Models

[edit] British Supersport Champions

Season Class Rider Motorcycle Notes Ref
1989 Supersport 600 New Zealand Rodney Knapp Yamaha [1]
1990 Supersport 600 England John Reynolds Kawasaki [2]
1991 Supersport 600 Scotland Ian Simpson Yamaha [3]
1992 Supersport 600 England Phil Borley Honda [4]
1993 Supersport 600 England Jim Moodie Honda [5]
1994 Supersport 600 Scotland Ian Simpson Honda [6]
1995 Supersport 600 England Mike Edwards Honda [7]
1996 Supercup Thunderbike England Dave Heal Honda [8]
1997 Supersport 600 England Paul Brown Honda [9]
1998 Supersport 600 England John Crawford Suzuki [10]
1999 Supersport 600 England John Crawford Suzuki [11]
2000 Supersport England Jim Moodie Yamaha
2001 Supersport England Karl Harris Suzuki
2002 Supersport Scotland Stuart Easton Ducati [12]
2003 Supersport England Karl Harris Honda [13]
2004 Supersport England Karl Harris Honda Harris Finshed on 232 points with 6 wins and 2 DNFs from 13 rides [14]
2005 Supersport England Leon Camier Honda Camier finished with 202 points including 4 wins and 2 DNFs in 13 racers [15]
2006 Supersport England Cal Crutchlow Honda Crutchlow won the title easily with 242 Points 6 wins and 2 DNFs from 13 races [16]
2007 Supersport Northern Ireland Michael Laverty Suzuki [17]
2008 Supersport Australia Glen Richards Triumph Richards collected a total of 240 points with 4 wins and 0 DNFs from 12 races [18]
2009 Supersport England Steve Plater Honda 215 Points with 4 wins
2010 Supersport England Sam Lowes Honda
2011 Supersport Northern Ireland Alastair Seeley Suzuki
2012 Supersport Australia Glen Richards Triumph

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.superbike-racing.co.uk/VitalStatistics/Statistics/1989.htm
  2. ^ http://www.superbike-racing.co.uk/VitalStatistics/Statistics/1990.htm
  3. ^ http://www.superbike-racing.co.uk/VitalStatistics/Statistics/1991.htm
  4. ^ http://www.superbike-racing.co.uk/VitalStatistics/Statistics/1992.htm
  5. ^ http://www.superbike-racing.co.uk/VitalStatistics/Statistics/1993.htm
  6. ^ http://www.superbike-racing.co.uk/VitalStatistics/Statistics/1994.htm
  7. ^ http://www.superbike-racing.co.uk/VitalStatistics/Statistics/1995.htm
  8. ^ http://www.superbike-racing.co.uk/VitalStatistics/Statistics/1996.htm
  9. ^ http://www.superbike-racing.co.uk/VitalStatistics/Statistics/1997.htm
  10. ^ http://www.superbike-racing.co.uk/VitalStatistics/Statistics/1998.htm
  11. ^ http://www.superbike-racing.co.uk/VitalStatistics/Statistics/1999.htm
  12. ^ http://www.ducati.com/racing/home_news_popup_racing.jhtml?newsId=9438
  13. ^ http://www.britishsuperbike.com/teams/hm-plant-honda.aspx
  14. ^ http://www.superbike.co.uk/racing/bsb/karl_harris_snags_hm_plant_honda_ride_in_bsb_championship_for_2006_news_69590.html
  15. ^ http://www.crash.net/british+superbikes/news/4440/1/camier_scoops_supersport_title.html
  16. ^ http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news--racing-news/bsb-haslam-and-crutchlow-sign-for-hm-plant-honda/1765.html
  17. ^ http://londonbikers.com/news/4165/relentless-suzuki-2007-british-supersport-champions
  18. ^ http://www.glenrichards.co.uk/2008/09/28/news-glens-wins-champ08/

[edit] External links

British Supersport Championship seasons
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