Tommy Bridewell

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Tommy Bridewell
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Bridewell wearing Milwaukee Yamaha colours acknowledging spectators' plaudits for his overall Championship third-place at Brands Hatch Showdown podium, end of BSB 2014 season
NationalityBritish
Born (1988-08-09) 9 August 1988 (age 33)
Etchilhampton, Wiltshire, England, UK
Current teamOxford Racing Ducati
Bike number46
Bridewell at a 2009 BSB race at Snetterton

Tommy Bridewell (Thomas George Bridewell, born 8 August 1988 in Etchilhampton, Wiltshire) is an English motorcycle racer in the British Superbike Championship aboard a Ducati Panigale V4 R.

During the 2018 season, while competing on a Suzuki GSX-R1000R, his contract was terminated abruptly by his team during practice for the Snetterton Circuit round in June.[1] However in July, after missing two rounds, Bridewell was able to step into the vacant Ducati Panigale seat at Moto Rapido Racing, caused by Taylor Mackenzie leaving earlier by mutual agreement.[2]

For the remainder of 2018 Bridewell returned the team's best results in the Superbike class, scoring four podium finishes, narrowly missing out on a Showdown place and achieving the Riders' Cup at the season finale. Bridewell has been retained for 2019 with the same team under a new sponsor name.[3][4]

His best championship standing to date came when he finished third in the British Superbike 2014 season, behind Ryuichi Kiyonari and winner Shane Byrne. He was a runner-up in the Yamaha R6 Cup of 2005.[5]

Tommy is the younger brother of Ollie Bridewell, who was a prominent up-and-coming motorcycle racer when he died in 2007 during the Mallory Park round of the Superbike Championship.

Biography[]

Ollie's death[]

For the 2007 season, Tommy and his older brother Ollie joined forces for the British Superbike Championship in team NB Suzuki. Ollie died after crashing during a practice session at the Mallory Park round in 2007. He was pronounced dead at the scene.[6] Bridewell left the Championship at that round.

European Superstock 600[]

Bridewell restarted his racing career in Italy during 2008, moving on to the European Superstock 600 class in 2009, riding the Lorenzini Yamaha.[7] Bridewell started off with a 13th place in the first round at Valencia but would fail to score any more points finishes, and left the team mid-season.

Return to British Superbike Championship[]

2009[]

After departing the European scene, Bridewell returned to the British Superbike Championship during the 2009 season, competing in the Privateers' Cup on a Team NB Suzuki, winning the Cup class in 7 of the 26 races. Following this success, he was signed by Quay Garage Honda to compete in the main British Superbike Championship for the 2010 season.[8]

2010[]

Bridewell had a mixed start to the season, crashing twice in the first round at Brands Hatch Indy circuit, then failing to start the next round at Thruxton. He recovered from this to score a career best fourth-place finish during the fourth round at Cadwell Park.[9] Bridewell finished the season in 11th place on 105 points, his best finish in the Championship.

2011[]

For 2011 Bridewell remained with the Quay Garage team, rebranded under the Tyco Racing banner. His season started strongly with a podium in the first race at Brands Hatch Indy. However, he crashed heavily in practice at Thruxton, leading to the amputation of his little finger.[10] He took a fourth place in race 2 at Cadwell Park,[11] having injured himself in practice for the second round at Oulton Park, and never showed in the top 10 again. On the Wednesday before the Snetterton round, Bridewell and Tyco Honda parted company.[12] Bridewell was signed up to replace James Westmoreland at Motorpoint Yamaha for the last four rounds of the 2011 championship season.[13]

British Superbikes[]

Bridewell rode with Shaun Muir Racing as a temporary replacement rider for part of 2013, followed by a full season in 2014. For 2015 he joined Tyco BMW.

Endurance racing[]

Bridewell participated in the 2018 Suzuka 8 Hours solo motorcycle endurance race riding a Suzuki GSX-R1000R for Japanese team S-Pulse Dream Racing IAI. With two other riders, the team finished fourth.[14]

World Superbikes[]

Bridewell was drafted in to replace injured rider Eugene Laverty on the Go Eleven Ducati in May 2019 for the races at Imola, Italy, on a similar bike to his BSB machine. He finished 12th in Race 1, scoring 4 World Championship points, and 11th in the sprint-distance Superpole Race, just outside of the points. Race 2 was cancelled due to heavy rain.[15] In late May, it was confirmed Bridewell would again replace Laverty, at the Jerez, Spain event in June,[16] when he again finished in the points from both full-length races.

Career statistics[]

Stats correct as of 12 September 2021

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)

By championship[]

British Superbike Championship[]

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts Ref
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
2010 Honda BHI
Ret
BHI
Ret
THR
DNS
THR
DNS
OUL
10
OUL
7
CAD
4
CAD
6
MAL
11
MAL
9
KNO
Ret
KNO
C
SNE
10
SNE
6
SNE
Ret
BHGP
12
BHGP
Ret
BHGP
12
CAD
DSQ
CAD
8
CRO
Ret
CRO
7
SIL
Ret
SIL
12
OUL
6
OUL
DNS
OUL
DNS
11th 105
2011 Honda BHI
3
BHI
Ret
OUL
WD
OUL
WD
CRO
10
CRO
10
THR
Ret
THR
17
KNO
11
KNO
Ret
SNE SNE OUL OUL BHGP BHGP BHGP 17th 76 [17]
Yamaha CAD
DNS
CAD
Ret
CAD
11
DON
14
DON
11
SIL
10
SIL
9
BHGP
11
BHGP
7
BHGP
12
2012 BMW BHI
6
BHI
C
THR
6
THR
16
OUL
5
OUL
7
OUL
5
SNE
6
SNE
Ret
KNO
5
KNO
6
OUL
6
OUL
7
OUL
8
BHGP
5
BHGP
7
CAD
9
CAD
5
DON
9
DON
4
ASS
6
ASS
5
SIL
6
SIL
4
BHGP
7
BHGP
5
BHGP
4
6th 577 [18]
2013 Honda BHI
5
BHI
Ret
THR
Ret
THR
Ret
OUL
5
OUL
5
KNO
11
KNO
DNS
SNE
Ret
SNE
12
BHGP
BHGP
8th 197 [19]
Kawasaki OUL
5
OUL
4
OUL
5
CAD
4
CAD
2
DON
Ret
DON
3
Yamaha ASS
3
ASS
Ret
SIL
3
SIL
3
BHGP
6
BHGP
Ret
BHGP
4
2014 Yamaha BHI
7
BHI
9
OUL
4
OUL
5
SNE
4
SNE
3
KNO
6
KNO
7
BHGP
Ret
BHGP
4
THR
5
THR
Ret
OUL
4
OUL
7
OUL
8
CAD
1
CAD
3
DON
3
DON
Ret
ASS
9
ASS
3
SIL
10
SIL
4
BHGP
5
BHGP
6
BHGP
3
3rd 587 [20]
2015 BMW DON
6
DON
8
BHI
Ret
BHI
6
OUL
1
OUL
Ret
SNE
4
SNE
5
KNO
7
KNO
Ret
BHGP
4
BHGP
Ret
THR
Ret
THR
4
CAD
4
CAD
3
OUL
Ret
OUL
Ret
OUL
3
ASS
8
ASS
Ret
SIL
9
SIL
7
BHGP
11
BHGP
11
BHGP
12
6th 545 [21]
2016 Suzuki SIL
10
SIL
16
OUL
15
OUL
14
BHI
3
BHI
4
KNO
12
KNO
8
SNE
8
SNE
10
THR
4
THR
8
BHGP
Ret
BHGP
Ret
CAD
4
CAD
5
OUL
Ret
OUL
6
OUL
3
DON
Ret
DON
6
ASS
17
ASS
16
BHGP
5
BHGP
8
BHGP
8
11th 172 [22]
2017 Kawasaki DON
12
DON
11
BHI
11
BHI
12
OUL
11
OUL
8
KNO
11
KNO
15
SNE
14
SNE
14
BHGP
14
BHGP
12
THR
16
THR
14
CAD
9
CAD
6
SIL
Ret
SIL
11
SIL
Ret
OUL
Ret
OUL
Ret
ASS
15
ASS
18
BHGP
11
BHGP
11
BHGP
15
17th 83 [23]
2018 Suzuki DON
Ret
DON
14
BHI
9
BHI
8
OUL
8
OUL
10
SNE SNE KNO KNO 7th 178 [24]
Ducati BHGP
12
BHGP
7
THR
11
THR
7
CAD
5
CAD
Ret
SIL
10
SIL
6
SIL
9
OUL
2
OUL
3
ASS
6
ASS
Ret
BHGP
Ret
BHGP
2
BHGP
2
2019 Ducati SIL
5
SIL
4
OUL
2
OUL
2
DON
4
DON
3
DON
3
BHGP
3
BHGP
2
KNO
5
KNO
3
SNE
Ret
SNE
3
THR
8
THR
5
CAD
3
CAD
2
OUL
Ret
OUL
3
OUL
1
ASS
Ret
ASS
2
DON
2
DON
3
BHGP
2
BHGP
3
BHGP
2
3rd 636 [25]
2020 Ducati DON
5
DON
9
DON
1
SNE
3
SNE
3
SNE
2
SIL
10
SIL
6
SIL
5
OUL
14
OUL
11
OUL
11
DON
15
DON
5
DON
Ret
BHGP
9
BHGP
10
BHGP
7
7th 168 [26]
2021 Ducati OUL
3
OUL
Ret
OUL
3
KNO
8
KNO
11
KNO
9
BHGP
2
BHGP
2
BHGP
Ret
THR
10
THR
12
THR
Ret
DON
5
DON
5
DON
1
CAD
3
CAD
3
CAD
3
SNE
2
SNE
3
SNE
2
SIL
3
SIL
5
SIL
5
OUL
OUL
OUL
DON
DON
DON
BHGP
BHGP
BHGP
4th* 1024*

 * Season still in progress (with points & position shown in preparation for the 3 round 'Showdown' season conclusion).


Superbike World Championship[]

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos. Pts
R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2
2019 Ducati AUS
AUS
AUS
THA
THA
THA
SPA
SPA
SPA
NED
NED
NED
ITA
12
ITA
11
ITA
C
SPA
14
SPA
12
SPA
10
ITA
ITA
ITA
GBR
GBR
GBR
USA
USA
USA
POR
POR
POR
FRA
FRA
FRA
ARG
ARG
ARG
QAT
QAT
QAT
22nd 12

References[]

  1. ^ BSB: Bridewell dropped by Halsall Racing Motorcycle News, 16 June 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018
  2. ^ BSB: Mackenzie and MotoRapido Ducati announce split Motorcycle News, 7 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018
  3. ^ BSB: Bridewell back with MotoRapido Ducati Motorcycle News, 7 July 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019
  4. ^ Tommy Bridewell and Moto Rapido Ducati team up again in 2019 as Oxford Racing Ducati Ducatiracinguk.com, 14 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018
  5. ^ "Tommy Bridewell will ride at Donington". Visordown. Magicalia Ltd. 11 September 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  6. ^ "Bridewell to pay tribute to brother Ollie". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  7. ^ Pryde, Kenny (19 December 2008). "Tommy Bridewell for Lorenzo in Euro Superstock". Superbike. IPC Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 15 January 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  8. ^ "Tommy Bridewell Signs For Quay Garage Honda For 2010". British Superbike News. Buzzin' Fly Limited. 15 December 2009. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  9. ^ BSB Cadwell: Best ever fourth place for Bridewell at Cadwell | Bikeracenews.com Archived 11 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Tasker, Nigel (17 April 2010). "BSB Thruxton: Tommy Bridewell to miss round two through injury". bikeracenews.com. Bike Race News. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  11. ^ "Bridewell secures best BSB finish at Cadwell". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
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  13. ^ Bridewell in at Motorpoint, Westmoreland out | BSB News | Aug 2011 | Crash.Net
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  15. ^ World Superbike 2019 Imola results motorsport.com Retrieved 18 May 2019
  16. ^ Bridewell to stand in again for Laverty at Jerez WorldSBK Bikesportnews, 29 May 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019
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