2016 British Superbike Championship

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The 2016 British Superbike Championship season was the 29th British Superbike Championship season. It began at Silverstone on 8 April and ended at the Brands Hatch GP circuit on 16 October. Josh Brookes, and his team Milwaukee Yamaha, were the previous champions but neither defended their titles and instead competed in World Superbikes.[1]

Teams and riders[]

Team Constructor No. Rider Rounds
Be Wiser Ducati Ducati 2 Northern Ireland All
67 England Shane Byrne All
FS-3 Racing Kawasaki 3 Australia Billy McConnell All
Honda Racing Honda 4 England Dan Linfoot All
20 England Jenny Tinmouth All
22 Australia Jason O'Halloran All
ePayMe Yamaha Yamaha 5 Scotland Stuart Easton 1–6
15 United States John Hopkins 1–4, 7–12
32 Australia Broc Parkes 5, 7, 9, 11–12
43 England 8
Lloyd's British Moto Rapido Ducati 5 Scotland Stuart Easton 8–10
53 Italy Alessandro Polita 11–12
83 England 1–7
Buildbase BMW BMW 6 Northern Ireland Michael Dunlop 1–2
14 England All
47 England All
Tyco BMW BMW 7 Northern Ireland Michael Laverty All
11 England Ian Hutchinson 11
24 England Christian Iddon All
Anvil Hire TAG Racing Yamaha 8 England All
43 England 12
71 United States James Rispoli All
Quattro Plant Kawasaki Kawasaki 12 England Luke Mossey All
99 Sweden Filip Backlund 2–12
Team WD-40 Kawasaki 16 Australia Josh Hook 4–12
44 Republic of Ireland 1–3, 5–9
94 England 1
Bennetts Suzuki Suzuki 23 Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari 1–7
46 England Tommy Bridewell All
Smiths Racing BMW BMW 23 Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari 9–12
43 England 1–6
81 England 6
96 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž All
Lloyd & Jones PR Racing BMW 25 Czech Republic 2–3
26 England 4–12
Royal Air Force Regular & Reserves BMW 27 England Jake Dixon 4–12
34 Northern Ireland Alastair Seeley All
Gearlink Kawasaki Kawasaki 31 Italy Vittorio Iannuzzo All
Riders Motorcycles BMW BMW 40 England 1–2, 4–9, 11–12
JG Speedfit Kawasaki Kawasaki 60 England Peter Hickman All
91 England Leon Haslam All
77 England James Ellison All
Platform Hire Yamaha Yamaha 64 England All
Tsingtao MSS Performance Kawasaki Kawasaki 83 England 8–9
Motodex Performance First BMW 95 England 2, 5

Race calendar and results[]

2016 calendar
Main Season
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team
1 R1 England Silverstone Arena GP 10 April England Leon Haslam England Dan Linfoot Northern Ireland Michael Laverty Tyco BMW
R2 England Peter Hickman England Peter Hickman JG Speedfit Kawasaki
2 R1 England Oulton Park 2 May England Leon Haslam Northern Ireland Michael Laverty England Leon Haslam JG Speedfit Kawasaki
R2 England James Ellison England Buildbase BMW Motorrad
3 R1 England Brands Hatch Indy 22 May England Luke Mossey England Luke Mossey England Leon Haslam JG Speedfit Kawasaki
R2 England Shane Byrne England Shane Byrne Be Wiser Ducati
4 R1 Scotland Knockhill 26 June England Shane Byrne England Dan Linfoot England Leon Haslam JG Speedfit Kawasaki
R2 England James Ellison England Shane Byrne Be Wiser Ducati
5 R1 England Snetterton 300 10 July England Shane Byrne England Shane Byrne Australia Jason O'Halloran Honda Racing
R2 England Dan Linfoot England Shane Byrne Be Wiser Ducati
6 R1 England Thruxton 24 July England Shane Byrne England Shane Byrne England Shane Byrne Be Wiser Ducati
R2 England Dan Linfoot Northern Ireland Michael Laverty Tyco BMW
7 R1 England Brands Hatch GP 7 August England Luke Mossey England Luke Mossey England Shane Byrne Be Wiser Ducati
R2 England Shane Byrne England Shane Byrne Be Wiser Ducati
8 R1 England Cadwell Park 29 August England Leon Haslam England Leon Haslam England Shane Byrne Be Wiser Ducati
R2 England Leon Haslam England Leon Haslam JG Speedfit Kawasaki
9 R1 England Oulton Park 10 September England Shane Byrne England Leon Haslam England Leon Haslam JG Speedfit Kawasaki
R2 11 September Australia Jason O'Halloran England Leon Haslam JG Speedfit Kawasaki
R3 England Christian Iddon England Leon Haslam JG Speedfit Kawasaki
The Showdown
10 R1 England Donington Park 18 September England Leon Haslam England Shane Byrne England Shane Byrne Be Wiser Ducati
R2 England Shane Byrne England Shane Byrne Be Wiser Ducati
11 R1 Netherlands TT Circuit Assen 2 October England Shane Byrne Australia Jason O'Halloran England Leon Haslam JG Speedfit Kawasaki
R2 England Shane Byrne England Leon Haslam JG Speedfit Kawasaki
12 R1 England Brands Hatch GP 15 October England Tommy Bridewell England Christian Iddon England Peter Hickman JG Speedfit Kawasaki
R2 16 October England James Ellison England James Ellison JG Speedfit Kawasaki
R3 England Shane Byrne England James Ellison JG Speedfit Kawasaki

Championship standings[]

Riders' championship[]

Pos Rider Bike SIL
England
OUL
England
BRH
England
KNO
Scotland
SNE
England
THR
England
BRH
England
CAD
England
OUL
England
DON
England
ASS
Netherlands
BRH
England
Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3
The Championship Showdown
1 England Shane Byrne Ducati 2 2 8 6 9 1 Ret 1 3 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 3 9 Ret 5 1 1 2 2 6 6 3 669
2 England Leon Haslam Kawasaki Ret 5 1 3 1 3 1 6 5 4 13 5 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 Ret 1 1 Ret 5 4 640
3 England James Ellison Kawasaki 13 8 3 4 2 Ret 7 2 Ret Ret 5 7 10 9 6 8 2 2 Ret 4 7 3 7 Ret 1 1 610
4 England Dan Linfoot Honda 5 9 Ret Ret 10 5 2 3 2 2 Ret 9 7 8 Ret 6 5 3 Ret 7 2 4 4 4 4 6 602
5 Australia Jason O'Halloran Honda 6 4 4 8 8 6 9 5 1 5 6 2 4 3 3 2 4 4 Ret 3 Ret 5 3 Ret 9 11 568
6 England Luke Mossey Kawasaki 4 10 16 Ret 5 10 3 12 7 13 3 4 3 7 12 9 7 5 2 Ret 8 7 5 13 10 9 550
BSB Riders Cup
7 England Peter Hickman Kawasaki Ret 1 12 12 7 8 5 4 Ret 8 12 6 11 11 7 4 3 7 7 5 4 16 14 1 3 12 233
8 Northern Ireland Michael Laverty BMW 1 6 6 5 6 Ret 8 21 Ret 3 2 1 14 Ret 10 12 8 Ret 4 10 13 6 6 11 16 16 202
9 England Christian Iddon BMW 3 3 2 2 11 7 14 10 19 6 21 13 9 10 Ret Ret Ret 11 9 8 3 12 8 2 Ret 5 199
10 England BMW 12 11 9 1 4 2 6 7 Ret 11 8 Ret 8 5 8 Ret 6 12 6 6 5 8 10 Ret Ret 15 193
11 England Tommy Bridewell Suzuki 10 16 15 14 3 4 12 8 8 10 4 8 Ret Ret 4 5 Ret 6 3 Ret 6 17 16 5 8 8 172
12 Northern Ireland Ducati 14 13 13 7 13 Ret 11 Ret Ret 7 11 3 Ret 4 5 7 Ret 9 11 13 10 11 12 3 7 17 143
13 England BMW 8 7 14 13 15 12 13 15 10 15 Ret 10 5 6 Ret 11 10 Ret 8 12 11 15 13 8 13 Ret 108
14 United States John Hopkins Yamaha 9 Ret 11 Ret 12 11 4 Ret 15 Ret 14 15 12 Ret Ret 9 Ret 10 15 7 2 2 105
15 Australia Billy McConnell Kawasaki 16 Ret 10 Ret Ret 16 Ret Ret 4 14 22 19 12 16 13 13 Ret 17 12 Ret 9 13 17 12 Ret 14 51
16 England Jake Dixon BMW Ret 13 6 12 17 16 13 12 9 10 11 8 Ret 50
17 England Ducati 7 Ret DNS DNS Ret 15 10 11 12 9 Ret Ret Ret 15 48
Kawasaki 11 14 13 13 14
18 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž BMW 15 15 18 15 DNS DNS 16 Ret 11 Ret 9 12 Ret 14 16 18 18 18 19 11 12 14 11 10 11 Ret 48
19 Australia Broc Parkes Yamaha Ret Ret 6 13 14 14 10 9 9 DNS 14 10 45
20 Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari Suzuki 11 12 Ret Ret DNS DNS Ret 19 Ret 20 7 11 19 22 42
BMW 16 10 15 DNS DNS 18 18 14 15 7
21 Northern Ireland Alastair Seeley BMW Ret 14 5 Ret 17 14 15 18 14 Ret Ret 22 16 18 15 16 Ret 15 13 Ret DNS 21 Ret 9 12 13 37
22 Scotland Stuart Easton Yamaha Ret Ret 17 10 14 9 17 14 9 16 Ret DNS 27
Ducati 21 20 15 16 16 Ret 14
23 Republic of Ireland Kawasaki Ret Ret 7 9 DNS DNS Ret 17 Ret Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret Ret Ret DNS 16
24 England BMW 18 17 Ret 11 16 13 20 9 16 Ret Ret Ret 15
Yamaha 22 Ret DNS DNS DNS
25 England BMW 17 18 21 Ret 21 Ret 17 22 10 15 17 19 DNS DNS Ret DNS DNS Ret 21 Ret Ret 19 7
26 Australia Josh Hook Kawasaki 18 16 Ret Ret 16 14 20 20 20 19 Ret Ret 18 14 Ret 19 23 Ret 19 18 4
27 United States James Rispoli Yamaha Ret DNS 19 16 Ret DNS 23 17 13 19 Ret 21 18 17 17 17 17 Ret 17 Ret DNS Ret 22 DNS 17 DNS 3
28 Italy Vittorio Iannuzzo Kawasaki 21 20 Ret 18 Ret 20 Ret Ret 21 Ret 23 23 23 21 26 Ret Ret 22 21 15 15 20 20 15 Ret 21 3
29 England BMW 14 17 2
30 Sweden Filip Backlund Kawasaki 20 17 18 17 19 Ret 15 18 15 18 Ret DNS 18 Ret 19 19 20 Ret Ret 23 25 DNS DNS DNS 2
England Yamaha Ret 21 Ret Ret 20 18 Ret Ret 22 24 20 25 24 24 23 21 20 20 Ret 18 16 Ret 29 16 20 20 0
England Yamaha 22 22 23 Ret 19 Ret 22 Ret 18 21 18 20 21 23 24 23 21 21 22 16 17 24 27 Ret Ret 22 0
England BMW Ret 22 20 23 19 24 22 Ret 25 22 Ret 24 23 17 18 26 28 Ret 21 23 0
Italy Alessandro Polita Ducati 22 19 Ret 18 Ret 0
England Jenny Tinmouth Honda 20 23 22 19 Ret Ret 24 20 Ret Ret Ret DNS DNS DNS 27 24 22 23 24 Ret 19 27 26 DNS DNS DNS 0
England Kawasaki 19 19 0
Czech Republic BMW DNS DNS 21 19 0
England Ian Hutchinson BMW 25 24 0
Northern Ireland Michael Dunlop BMW Ret Ret Ret DNS 0
Pos Rider Bike SIL
England
OUL
England
BRH
England
KNO
Scotland
SNE
England
THR
England
BRH
England
CAD
England
OUL
England
DON
England
ASS
Netherlands
BRH
England
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' championship[]

Pos Manufacturer SIL
England
OUL
England
BRH
England
KNO
Scotland
SNE
England
THR
England
BRH
England
CAD
England
OUL
England
DON
England
ASS
Netherlands
BRH
England
Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3
1 Japan Kawasaki 4 1 1 3 1 3 1 2 4 4 3 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 538
2 Italy Ducati 2 2 8 6 9 1 10 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 9 9 5 1 1 2 2 3 6 3 451
3 Japan Honda 5 4 4 8 8 5 2 3 1 2 6 2 4 3 3 2 4 3 24 3 2 4 3 4 4 6 370
4 Germany BMW 1 3 2 1 4 2 6 7 6 3 2 1 5 5 8 10 6 8 4 6 3 6 6 2 11 5 361
5 Japan Suzuki 10 12 14 15 3 4 12 8 8 10 4 8 Ret Ret 4 5 Ret 6 3 Ret 6 17 16 5 8 8 176
6 Japan Yamaha 9 21 11 10 12 9 4 14 9 16 18 20 6 13 14 15 12 14 10 9 16 9 9 7 2 2 153
Pos Manufacturer SIL
England
OUL
England
BRH
England
KNO
Scotland
SNE
England
THR
England
BRH
England
CAD
England
OUL
England
DON
England
ASS
Netherlands
BRH
England
Pts

References[]

  1. ^ "Abraham and Brookes join WorldSBK with BMW".

External links[]

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