British Supersport Championship

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British Supersport Championship
SportMotorcycle sport
No. of teamsSix manufacturers (Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Triumph, Yamaha, MV)
Most recent
champion(s)		Jack Kennedy (Kawasaki)

British Supersport Championship is a support series to the British Superbike Championship (BSB) for engine capacities smaller than Superbike. British Supersport runs one or two rounds per weekend at each BSB event. The BSS championship is seen as a stepping stone for the younger talent to progress to the British Superbike Championship or to World level classes. Riders such as: Tom Sykes, Cal Crutchlow and Leon Camier all started off in this championship.

From 2018, a new British GP2 class was introduced to be run within existing Supersport races. Devised by MSVR, it is based on Moto2 machines.[1]

Race weekend[]

Friday

  • Practice 1 (40 Mins)
  • Practice 2 (40 Mins)

Saturday

  • Qualifying (30 minutes)
  • Sprint race (reduced laps)

Sunday

  • Warm Up (10 Mins)
  • Full race

Scoring system[]

Current Points System
Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Current machines used[]

Supersport[]

* For the 2021 season, oversize engines were allowed as a 'pilot' scheme prior to full implementation in 2022[2][3]

British GP2[]

  • Various chassis makes, as seen in Moto2; when previously competed in Moto2, using only Honda 600 cc engines
  • Any other chassis (or modified stock chassis)
  • Four cylinder engines over 400 cc to 600 cc
  • Three cylinder engines over 500 cc to 675 cc[1]

British Supersport Champions[]

Season Class Rider Motorcycle Notes Ref
Supersport 600 England Paul Brookes Yamaha [4]
Supersport 600 England John Reynolds Kawasaki [5]
Supersport 600 Scotland Ian Simpson Yamaha [6]
Supersport 600 England Honda [7]
Supersport 600 Scotland Jim Moodie Honda [8]
Supersport 600 Scotland Ian Simpson Honda [9]
Supersport 600 England Mike Edwards Honda [10]
Supercup Thunderbike England Dave Heal Honda [11]
Supersport 600 England Honda [12]
Supersport 600 Scotland Suzuki [13]
Supersport 600 Scotland Suzuki [14]
Supersport Scotland Jim Moodie Yamaha
Supersport England Karl Harris Suzuki
Supersport Scotland Stuart Easton Ducati [15]
Supersport England Karl Harris Honda [16]
Supersport England Karl Harris Honda Harris Finished on 232 points with 6 wins and 2 DNFs from 13 races [17]
Supersport England Leon Camier Honda Camier finished with 202 points including 4 wins and 2 DNFs in 13 races [18]
Supersport England Cal Crutchlow Honda Crutchlow won the title easily with 242 Points 6 wins and 2 DNFs from 13 races [19]
Supersport Northern Ireland Michael Laverty Suzuki [20]
Supersport Australia Glen Richards Triumph Richards collected a total of 240 points with 4 wins and 0 DNFs from 12 races [21]
2009 Supersport England Steve Plater Honda 215 Points with 4 wins
2010 Supersport England Sam Lowes Honda
2011 Supersport Northern Ireland Alastair Seeley Suzuki
2012 Supersport Australia Glen Richards Triumph
2013 Supersport Scotland Stuart Easton Yamaha
2014 Supersport Australia Billy McConnell Triumph
2015 Supersport England Triumph
Supersport Scotland Tarran Mackenzie Kawasaki
Supersport Northern Ireland Yamaha
Supersport Republic of Ireland Jack Kennedy Yamaha
Supersport Republic of Ireland Jack Kennedy Yamaha
Supersport Scotland Rory Skinner Yamaha Youngest ever champion at 19 years and seven days [22]
Supersport Republic of Ireland Jack Kennedy Kawasaki [23]

British GP2 Champions[]

Season Class Rider Motorcycle Notes Ref
2018 GP2 United Kingdom Kalex
2019 GP2 United Kingdom Kyle Ryde Kalex [24]
2020 GP2 United Kingdom Mason Law Spirit [25]
2021 GP2 United Kingdom Charlie Nesbitt Kalex 470 points, 95 points ahead of 2nd placed Mason Law [26]

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ BSB: Series bosses commit to Supersport and GP2 future Motorcycle News, 25 October 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2021
  3. ^ Triumph to enter factory BritishSSP ‘pilot’ 765 entry, eyes international return visordown.com, 24 November 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2021
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