BSB News

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Have you got a question for a British Superbike rider? Not had the chance to ask them what you have always been dying to know?

Crash.net can exclusively reveal that ex-factory Suzuki rider Gregorio Lavilla will replace British Superbike champion John Reynolds for the Rizla Suzuki team at the second official test at Brands Hatch on Tuesday March 15th.

By Louise Cain Bouncing back from big bike smashes is, unfortunately, part and parcel of being a bike racer. They've all been there, done that and got the scars. But every once in a while there is a crash that makes us all think - 'he was lucky to get away with that'.

John McGuinness and his AIM British Superbike team have flown over to America to take part in the first round of the AMA Superbike championship at Daytona Raceway in Florida.

The factory supported Coventry Ducati Supersport team conducted its second test of the year at Knockhill in Scotland recently.

The Vivaldi Racing British Superbike team have recently returned from a further spell of winter testing in Spain where the team concentrated on further set-up of their Kawasaki machinery and tyre testing.

Hawk Kawasaki fans will be pleased to hear Yorkshire based TV programme providers Two Twenty Films will be following the team for the 2005 season offering a unique insight into the team.

The Ekerold Honda British Supersport team have recently announced their full team line-up for the coming 2005 season.

Team Nvidia had their first shake-down test of the season yesterday, with the only woman in the British championship line-up Lisa Thorn at the controls of her new Yamaha TZ125 at a very cold Mallory Park.

In its 50th anniversary year, Yamaha has made it no secret they want to win every major motorcycle championship of the world in 2005, and they have a very cunning plan that may enable them to do this.

Rizla Suzuki's British Superbike Champion John Reynolds broke his right leg during his first day at the teams first test this year at the Valencia circuit in Spain.

Top British motorcycle racer Phil Giles is putting himself up for sale on e-bay in a unique move to fund his 2005 British Superbike campaign and raise money for development charity Riders for Health.

Rizla Suzuki recently confirmed to Crash.net that its British Superbike racing machines will continue to be sky blue for 2005, despite strong rumours suggesting otherwise.

The Sendo Superbikes Team has officially launched its 2005 BSB campaign, which will see the team field Steve Plater and Jon Kirkham on Kawasaki ZX-10s run by Dienza Performance Racing.

The full 2005 British Supersport championship entry list has now been announced. It shows that MSS Kawasaki have two grid slots, but have only announced one rider so far.

National Superstock Cup champion Peter Hickman recently attended the ACU awards ceremony where he was presented with the ACU Academy Road Racer of the Year trophy after heading a shortlist if young talent which included MRO GP125 champion Chris Jones and Aprilia Superteen champion Kev Coglan.

Paul Bird Motorsport has officially announced that, as reported earlier on Crash.net , Ulsterman Jeremy McWilliams will ride for the Stobart Honda team in the 2005 British Superbike Championship.