The 2007 Bennetts British Superbike Championship was one of the most hotly contested championships to date. HM Plant Honda's Ryuichi Kiyonari retained the title, which once again went down to the wire.
There was an influx of new young talent set to really mixed things up with Jonathan Rea turning into an awesome force pushing his team-mate Kiyonari all season. Rea was joined by Cal Crutchlow, Leon Camier and Tom Sykes who all made the step up from Supersport.
All the race action kicked off at
Brands Hatch on the full GP circuit with an interesting front row. Rea scored pole position with the fastest ever two wheeled lap of Brands. Camier was third with Airwaves Ducati securing second and fourth positions with Gregorio Lavilla and Leon Haslam respectively.
Lavilla did the double while Rea and Camier shared the podium spoils with a second and third each. The Superbikes moved onto the high speed circuit of
Thruxton. Tommy Hill on the Virgin Media Optoma Loans Yamaha nabbed pole position, unfortunately he only managed eighth and tenth in the races. Lavilla snatched another double with Kiyo joining him on the podium picking up a third and a second. The other two podium places went to Camier, who was second in race one and Byrne took third in race two.
The fan's favourite Chris “Stalker” Walker returned to British shores with the Rizla Suzuki team. His first podium on his return was at
Silverstone during round three, when he finished third behind Kiyonari and Rea. A repeat podium performance looked on the cards for race two, but he had to settle for fourth while Lavilla picked up second and Rea took third.
Kiyonari was on blistering form claiming his first double win of the year. It was also where Haslam's lacklustre start to the year went from bad to worse due to a high speed off during free practice.
