BSB News

British championship promoters MSVR has set-up a new prototype category to run alongside the British Supersport championship from 2018.

Richard Cooper returns to the MCE British Superbike championship in 2018 alongside Bradley Ray as the pair form Buildbase Suzuki’s rider line-up, while Billy McConnell will contest the Pirelli National Superstock 100 series for the team.

Reigning Pirelli National Superstock 1000 champion Danny Buchan will return to the MCE British Superbike championship with FS-3 Racing Kawasaki, while Lee Jackson joins the squad in the Superstock class.

The MCE British Superbike championship has reshaped its support classes to encourage a “development structure for upcoming young riders” with 2018 marking the start of the British Talent Cup and the Junior Supersport 300 class.

Honda Racing has re-signed both Dan Linfoot and Jason O’Halloran for the 2018 MCE British Superbike championship as part of its commitment to consistency with the new Fireblade.

Smiths Racing BMW has re-signed Peter Hickman for the 2018 MCE British Superbike championship and the road racing season while also signing Sylvain Barrier for his debut in the British series.

Michael Laverty has returned to the Tyco BMW squad for the 2018 MCE British Superbike championship and will also contest this weekend’s Sunflower Trophy Races in Northern Ireland for the TAS Racing squad.

Leon Haslam says he’s “absolutely gutted” to lose out on the 2017 MCE British Superbike championship title after suffering front brake failure in the deciding race and sustaining a broken ankle, wrist and thumb.

The 2018 MCE British Superbike championship provisional race calendar has been published by organisers MSVR after approval by its governing body the MCRCB.

Richard Cooper will replace the injured Taylor Mackenzie for the final round of the MCE British Superbike championship alongside battling for the Pirelli National Superstock 1000 championship for Bennetts Suzuki.

The Be Wiser Ducati team will remain unchanged for the 2018 MCE British Superbike championship after Shane Byrne took up the second year of his current contract while Glenn Irwin has re-signed on a one-year deal.

Andy Reid will undergo an operation to set a fractured femur after sustaining the nasty injury at Silverstone in race two of the triple-header in the MCE British Superbike championship.

Stuart Higgs has dismissed Shane Byrne’s criticisms about starting the opening Silverstone race in mixed conditions and says he’d make the same call in the future.

2015 British Supersport champion Luke Stapleford will fill in for the injured Billy McConnell at Silverstone for the Quattro Plant FS-3 Racing Kawasaki squad.

When megastars of the music world cross into motorsport it seems only natural they’d gravitate to the premier levels of Formula 1 and MotoGP but DJ Carl Cox likes to keep things ‘grassroots’ – but that hasn’t stopped him from rubbing shoulders with Valentino Rossi.

Shane Byrne says having a family to support as a professional motorcycle racer makes you faster and he now aims to win to make his children proud over any personal accolades.

2017 MCE British Superbike riders’ championship after round 8 of 12. The BSB Showdown comes into play at the end of round 9 with the top six riders moved to 500 points plus their Podium Points tally added on.  

John Hopkins says separate tyre problems in each race at Thruxton denied him the chance to challenge for a maiden podium in the 2017 MCE British Superbike championship.

Pirelli National Superstock 1000 rider Mark Fincham has died following injuries sustained in an accident in a race at Thruxton, in a support race of the MCE British Superbike championship.

Full Thruxton BSB qualifying results 

Despite suffering with an intermittent brake issue for the past two rounds, Luke Mossey says he heads to Thruxton in a co

Leon Haslam has returned to the MCE British Superbike championship podium despite being hampered by set-up issues.

Shane Byrne is proving untouchable at Brands Hatch GP by taking out half a second on the chasing field with the fastest ever lap on two wheels.

Leon Haslam has combined injury recovery with intensive preparations for both the Suzuka 8 Hours and BSB's Brands Hatch GP round.