BSB News

Ryuichi Kiyonari fell in the first race of the third round of the British Superbike championship causing the red flags to be called into action.

Honda Racing UK's Karl Harris will race in the second outing of the British Superbike championship at Mallory Park.

HM Plant Honda's Michael Rutter will start his home race from second on the grid in Sunday's two British Superbike races.

The Airwaves Ducati team today confirmed that Gregorio Lavilla would replace team rider James Haydon for the remainder of the 2005 Bennetts British Superbike season.

The M.P.Racing Team, competing in the Bennetts British Superbike Cup, has made vital changes to their team structure that they hope will enable them to make places within the championhsip.

It was Team rider, 25 year old Michael Pensavalle's first visit to the Thruxton Racing Circuit last weekend, in his first season contesting the Bennetts British Superbike Cup Championship.

It was a successful weekend for the Northpoint Honda Squad consisting of 20-year-old Craig Jones and 19-year-old Cal Crutchlow at the second round of the British Supersport Championship at Thruxton Race Circuit.

The two Vivaldi Racing Bennetts British Superbike contenders Ben Wilson and Tristan Palmer suffered mixed fortunes in the set of two races at Thruxton on Sunday with Ben securing a 17th place finish to the first race and scoring a points finish with 15th in the second leg.

Before the BSB season started, there was a large amount of press dedicated to illustrating that Ducati machinery would struggle to keep up with the influx of four-cylinder machinery in top class Superbike racing this season.

HM Plant Honda's Ryuichi Kiyonari won both races at the second round of British Superbikes from Thruxton Sunday to make it four consecutive wins for the Japanese youngster.

Hard work and sheer determination paid off in points for the Hawk Kawasaki duo of Glen Richards and Dean Thomas at the second round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship held at Thruxton Sunday.

2004 R6 Cup winner Richard Wren is out of the Thruxton round of the British Superbike championship after falling from his Virgin Yamaha during the practice day.

Rizla Suzuki rider Scott Smart admitted h didn't ride aggressively enough on the first two laps of the second race at the Bennetts British Superbike opener. A fall in the first race was not the start Smart, nor his Rizla team, wanted at the Brands Hatch circuit.

Gregorio Lavilla, a great surprise performer for the Airwaves Ducati team, came away from the first round of the British Superbike championship second in the riders standings.

Virgin Yamaha rider Sean Emmett isn't doing a great job of keeping his 'Big-Bang' R1 rubber side down during the first round of the Bennetts British Superbike championship at Brands Hatch.

Wrigley's Airwaves Ducati team manager Colin Wright has told Crash.net Radio today at the first round of the 2005 Bennetts British Superbike championship at Brands Hatch that team rider James Haydon's hand was smashed in a preseason accident last week.

2003 R6 Cup winner Tommy Hill was given a ride in 2004 with the Virgin Yamaha British Superbike team as part of the prize for winning the one make championship.

By Adam Arnold

UK mobile phone content provider TottyMob.com have announced that they will sponsor the Hawk Kawasaki British Superbike team during the 2005 season.

GSE Ducati, making their racing return to British Superbikes this season using last year factory Ducati's of James Toseland and Regis Laconi, will be able to breathe easy after the recent announcement of their main sponsor for the season.

At the second official test of the British Superbike series at Brands Hatch, Virgin Yamaha have unveiled their 'Big-Bang' four-cylinder R1, which they plan to race this season.

The Virgin Yamaha British Superbike team today unveiled the first ever 'Big-Bang' R1 Superbike at the second preseason official test at Brands Hatch.

New Hawk Kawasaki rider Dean Thomas has only had one test on his green machine over winter, despite this he set the seventh fastest time over the course of the day at the first official British Superbike test at Donington Park Sunday.

At the first official test of the British Superbike championship from Donington Park Sunday, Crash.net reader Sylvia Beaumont from Scotland wanted our intrepid reporter Adam Arnold to ask Rizla Suzuki's Scott Smart as to whether he would keep #88 if he won the championship.