British Superbike Rider News

The British Superbike Championship season begins in a few weeks - over the Easter weekend - and many teams have been in Spain testing. If you have been reading the reports you will know that just about every rider in the series was at the Gaudix circuit over this past weekend. This past week had the BSB riders rounding the turns at Brands Hatch in yet another preseason test. Well, there are still stories coming in from the test, so I will post some of them here for you to read at your leisure...

Neil Hodgson survives a terrible crash in California - just about a year ago - to come back to race again. Hodgson is an incredible competitor and will not back down from a challenge. Well, this year's challenge is the BSB season: http://tinyurl.com/yfslbcj

Brands Hatch was useful for Quay Garage's Tommy Bridewell: http://tinyurl.com/ygprvof

Michael Rutter and Riders Ducati: http://tinyurl.com/yzlvyfk

MV Agusta Target of a Berlusconi? & BSB Test at Brands Hatch

MV Agusta, as you surely know by now, is up for sale from current owners Harley-Davidson - the marque having some of the worst financial issues in the industry currently - and a group of Italian investors is interested in taking ownership. It turns out that one of those investors in the brother of the Italian Prime Minister; his name is Paolo Berlusconi. Burlusconi already owns one Italian marque, Garelli...

http://tinyurl.com/yg9or3r

The British Superbike Championship will begin in just a few weeks time during the Easter weekend. For now, though, the teams were out at Brands Hatch doing some testing this week. There is not a great deal of detail available as of yet, so take the link below to get an introduction. If I do find more BSB testing information, I will post it here.

http://tinyurl.com/ylso5az

PR from GNS Racing (Supersport): http://tinyurl.com/yfamlmg

PR from Quay Garage (Superbike): http://tinyurl.com/yf23wpt

Metzeler Racetec Interact Tires Prove Themselves & Suzuki Canada's New Deal

The new for 2010 Metzeler Racetec Interact tires already have a claim to fame - and the BSB Superstock season has yet to even begin! Steve Plater was riding his HM Plant Honda Fireblade (CBR1000RR) at Brands Hatch recently testing the tires in race conditions. During that test, he managed to break the short-circuit record at the track by more than a full half-second - 47.2 seconds versus the old record of 47.83. Very impressive indeed!

http://tinyurl.com/yzlwf5f

Well, it is not as useful as the New Deal once pushed ahead in this nation, but it is important to Canadian racers. Suzuki Canada has announced that they will have a reduced role in the Canadian Superbike Championship series in 2010. They will be paying a small homologation fee to keep their two popular GSX-R models in the series, but they will be providing no factory support to the teams who use them. For all the gory details, please take the link.

http://tinyurl.com/ygrvdtm

More Morning Moto News - BSB Tickets & Neil Hodgson

You could win tickets to the opening round of the British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch, which takes place over Easter weekend, 2 - 5 April 2010. For your chance to see the race action yourself - for free - take the link and answer the question on the page. If you get it right and are selected, you will get two tickets to see the event!

http://tinyurl.com/yztdmlr

Neil Hodgson is starting to like the way his race machine feels - this after some seven days of testing in Spain at two different locations. Motorpoint Yamaha has been working hard to give him the mount he needs to be competitive. His teammate Dan Linfoot is also expected to do very well this year. But, if Hodgson does come to terms with the sweet R1 he is racing, everyone else must take care and keep their eyes open - Hodgson is heading for the win!

http://tinyurl.com/yk8actj

Britain's Thundersport GB Releases 2010 Provisional Calendar

For the 2010, the Thudersport GB series will have 10 race weekends and 2 pre-season tests and licensing courses. The entry forms are also available for downloading and submittal. So, this is the third year of the series - and the second year was quite successful - and there will be participants from at least 8 nations. The series is a true up-and-coming championship, so try to catch at least one of the events...

http://tinyurl.com/yjhbven

Brands Hatch Will Host British Superbike Championship Opening in 2010 - Full Schedule Posted

The first event for 2010 will occur at Brands Hatch on 5 April 2010. It will also host another race on 8 August 2010, which will be run on the longer Grand Prix circuit at the track.

http://tinyurl.com/ykx8d8m

http://tinyurl.com/ylaezua

Full Schedule: http://tinyurl.com/yhwme7r

Results from British Thundersport Brands Hatch Bank Holiday Races

I hope you are familiar with the British Thundersport series; it is a club racing series held within the U.K.. This past weekend saw the Brands Hatch 'Bank Holiday' races...the various championships are shaping up to be tight races, which usually promotes good racing.

http://tinyurl.com/nqn4zt

More Ago: Matt Kelly Meets Agostini at Brands Hatch / MCN Was There Too...

Brief account from the Mirror's (UK) Matt Kelly while he was at Brands Hatch last weekend.

http://tinyurl.com/o8uoy6

MCN (UK) was at the Brands Hatch weekend as well and had this about the classic machines and champions present:

http://tinyurl.com/qwr7yw

More BSB Race Results from the Brands Hatch Round

Here are some more of the results from today's race at Brands Hatch. It looks like Camier is on a path to a championship if he keeps himself healthy and competitive...

Supersport Results: http://tinyurl.com/njm3yp
Superbike Results - Race 1 & 2: http://tinyurl.com/mszhhn

BSB - Camier Increases His Points Lead in Race 1 at Brands Hatch

Here are the results of race 1 at this weekend's British Superbike Championship round at Brands Hatch.

http://tinyurl.com/klxs2m

More on this here: http://tinyurl.com/n2g2rn

First Ninja Ever to Ride at Brands Hatch

The GPZ900R was a world-famous machine shortly after it launched. It became synonymous with speed and power - a brute for the street. The name 'Ninja' was applied to the machine thanks to an employee of the US Kawasaki office some 25 years ago and it took off from there. Now, even cagers know what a Ninja is!

An additional piece of history for the British Superbike Championship round at Brands Hatch this weekend.

http://tinyurl.com/kut2by

Ago's Presence Causing Pressure on One Team...Brands Hatch Race

The British Superbike round this weekend at Brands Hatch has one team under some very important eyes. Giacomo Agostini will be in attendance and has a special connection with one team: STP-JHS MV Agusta.

Plus, one little blurb here about the soon-t0-be-unveiled MV Agusta F5...

http://tinyurl.com/naag9p

Kawasaki World Superbike Team has New Rider and New Sponsor

Paul Bird Motorsport, now one of the two Factory Kawasaki representatives in World Superbike, will field a South African rider to replace the injured Makoto Tamada. Sheridan Morais, who also subbed for Tamada at the Kyalami round, will be riding in the Brands Hatch Bristish Superbike Championship round this coming weekend on Tamada's machine.

Additionally, a new sponsor has signed on to support the team. Henley's, one of the UK's most innovative fashion brands, will be sponsoring the team through the rest of the 2009 season..and, possibly, beyond.

Read it all here: http://tinyurl.com/

British Superbike News - Michael Rutter is Back

Apparently, the MSS Colchester Kawasaki team was in need of a replacement rider for the injured Simon Andrews. The disappointed Andrews must sit out the Brands Hatch due to injuries sustained in a crash at Mallory Park. His pain is Michael Rutter's pleasure...

http://tinyurl.com/mpckak

Ago to be at Brands Hatch BSB Race 7-9 August 2009

Giacomo Agostini will attend the Britsh Superbike Championship round at Brands Hatch this weekend. He will be reunited with his MV Agusta 500-3 and OW31 TZ750 Yamaha in order to take some laps of the track for the crowd. Phil Read will join him on the track.

This race is also notable since the BSB will run three races over the weekend instead of the usual double-header.

Check it out: http://tinyurl.com/nvztmz