BSB News

Citroen World Rally driver Colin McRae paid a visit to the Rizla Suzuki pits during Sunday's British Superbike races. McRae visited the Knockhill round of the championship with his two children Johnny and Hollie.

Karl Harris has won the fifth round of the British Supersport Championship at Knockhill.

Full race results from the second race of the day at Scotland's Knockhill circuit in the British Superbike championship.

British Superbike race results from the first race of the day at the Scottish circuit of Knockhill.

So far, 2003 has presented Jack Valentine's racing management company ValMoto with a hectic schedule of testing, development work and racing. This week will also offer little respite for the well-respected Lancastrian and his highly skilled team of engineers and technicians.

Simon Andrews and the Red Piranha Racing team travel to Scotland for the fifth round of the British Supersport Championship at Knockhill this weekend with high hopes of another podium position after their best result yet at the last round at Oulton Park.

The fortunes of the ACU Academy's road race stars was as mixed as the weather at round four of the British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park on Bank Holiday Monday.

In blustery but dry conditions at Oulton Park yesterday, Honda Racing's Steve Plater finished in a fine fourth in the first British Superbike race, but fell after a collision with Yukio Kagayama in race two.

After starting from his first National 125GP pole position, Daniel Coutts narrowly missed out on his first win when he missed a gear on his Padgett's Honda in the final drag to the finish line at Thruxton on Sunday.

Honda Racing has announced that Mark Heckles' temporary ride for its British Superbike team has been extended until the end of the 2003 season.

MonsterMob Ducati's Shane Byrne stormed to his first ever double victory in the British Superbike Championship at Thruxton yesterday to take a firm grip on the title chase.

Rizla Suzuki rider John Reynolds dug deep into his reserves of determination to finish sixth in final qualifying today on his GSX-R1000 despite riding with a broken left collarbone.

Monster Mob rider Stuart Easton blew away the Supersport competition today at Thruxton, as he put his Ducati 748 over 0.4secs clear of factory Honda rider Karl Harris.

British Superbikes arrives at the ultra-fast Thruxton circuit in Hampshire this weekend, venue for rounds five and six of the 2003 championship, with Renegade Ducati eager to eat into Shane Bryne's early season points lead.

Team Renegade Ducati riders, Michael Rutter and Sean Emmett, both enjoyed trips to the podium during this weekend's Snetterton round of the British Superbike Championship; Rutter after winning race one and Emmett after finishing second in race two.

Padgett's British Supersport rider Adrian Coates picked up a useful 13 championship points with fourth place this weekend while team-mate John Crockford's run of bad luck at Snetterton continued when a broken chain on the fifth lap robbed him of a top six finish.

MonsterMob Ducati Supersport rider Stuart Easton suffered a disastrous result at Snetterton yesterday, when he had to retire at half race distance with an electrical problem aboard the 748RS.

Full race results from the first race of the day at Snetterton for round two of the British Superbike championship.

Rizla Suzuki's Yukio Kagayama was on a hot lap during the Dunlop Super 12 final qualifying session today at Snetterton when he fell hard at the end of the 190mph Revett straight.

Honda Racing's Mark Heckles qualified an excellent eighth on his British Superbike debut today at Snetterton, round two of the British Superbike Championship.

27-year-old former World Superbike rider Mark Heckles has signed for Honda to partner Steve Plater for the next two rounds of the 2003 British Superbike Championship.

British Motorsport Promoters Limited [BMP] today confirmed the launch of the 2003 British Superbike Privateers' Cup, with the first race due to take place at the first Oulton Park round [3-5 May].

The ACU have joined much of British two-wheeled motorsport by offering their sincere condolences to the friends and family of rising star Guy Farbrother, who died in a road accident on Monday.

It is with great sadness that we have to announce the death of Guy Farbrother, who was tragically killed in a road accident close to his home in Hampshire yesterday evening (Monday).