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Oulton Park BSB: Hill takes race one win

Liam Marsden, 17 July 2011 14:22

Swan Yamaha rider Tommy Hill took his first Oulton Park victory of the season in the first race after Samsung Crescent Suzuki rider John Hopkins crashed out at Lodge corner on lap five. Hopkin's crash brought out the safety car and the riders - with HIll at the front - bunched up ready for the restart. When the safety car ...

Ellison at SMT. Linfoot off to Spain

Laura Stevens, 04 July 2011 16:46

James Ellison will make a sensational return to the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship from Oulton Park as he joins forces with Sorrymate.com Honda after Dan Linfoot resigned earlier today to chase a Spanish Moto2 ride. Ellison - a former BSB title contender - will return to the grid in two weeks' time at Oulton Park. Ellison looked set to ...

Hopkins shakes up championship with double podium at Snetterton

Austin Lindberg, 04 July 2011 08:54

John Hopkins was the name of the day Sunday at Snetterton for the sixth round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike series. After becoming the first American to take a British Superbike pole Saturday, Samsung Crescent Suzuki’s Hopkins won a hard-fought battle with Swan Yamaha’s Tommy Hill for the race one victory. Hopkins had opened up a 1.3 second lead ...

BSB Snetterton 300: Hopkins takes first pole position

Tom Cambio, 02 July 2011 16:24

John Hopkins (Samsung Crescent Racing Suzuki) took his first BSB pole with the fastest ever lap of the Snetterton 300 in the last three minutes of the final qualifying session. Swan Yamaha rider Tommy Hill couldn't better Hopkins' time, finishing the session to qualify in second ahead of Jon Kirkham (Samsung Crescent Racing Suzuki) and Josh Brookes (Relentless Suzuki) who ...

Thruxton BSB: Byrne dominates race two to secure victory

Tom Cambio, 30 May 2011 16:20

Shane Byrne (HM Plant Honda) dominated the second race at Thruxton. Starting from pole, the championship leader set the fastest lap of the day and created a 10 second lead over the following pack. Peter Hickman (Tyco Honda) and Michael Rutter (Rapid Solicitors-Bathams Ducati) respectively moved into second and third in the second lap of the race, ahead of Samsung ...

Faulty front tyre hampers Brookes’ qualifying

Austin Lindberg, 25 April 2011 13:01

Josh Brookes rebounded from a forgettable qualifying session to score the second fastest time of morning warm up with a 45.586. Brookes missed out on the final knockout session of qualifying yesterday and will start Race 1 on his Relentless Suzuki by TAS from the fourth row, in 13th place. Brookes said the team had found a good base setting ...

Tom Sykes fastest at Brands Hatch BSB test

Gary Pinchin, 13 April 2011 14:32

WSB star Tom Sykes was the quickest rider during the Brands BSB test yesterday (Tuesday). The Kawasaki factory rider was having a run-out to try some different settings ahead of this weekend’s Assen World round and set a best time of 45.6 – just 0.1 slower than Ryuichi Kiyonari’s pole time of last year and only 0.2s off the outright ...

MCN’s BSB pre-season testing blog: Viva Espana - the final day

Gary Pinchin, 10 March 2011 10:35

There’s no such thing as downtime for the technical staff in a professional race team. Even on a disgusting wet, cold day in the middle of nowheresville Spain, when the track’s too slippery for the rider to even contemplate going on track, you’ll see the staff togged up with double jackets, beanies and gloves, beavering away on bike preparation.It never ...

MCN BSB blog: Cartagena and Calafat times

Gary Pinchin, 07 March 2011 09:39

Tommy Hill wound up fastest in the four-day test here with a 1:32.9 on the Swan Yamaha but Josh Brookes second and Michael Laverty – each just one tenth of a second further back and Shane Byrne just six tenths off Hill. What began the week as methodical testing turned into a typically frenzied last-ditch dash to post the best ...

MCN BSB testing blog: Hill and Laverty on fire

Gary Pinchin, 05 March 2011 10:30

There wasn’t exactly fear on the faces of the BSB teams in the Cartagena pit lane but there was genuine surprise at how fast Michael Laverty and Tommy Hill were today on the Swan Yamahas. Everyone keeps harping on about times not being important at this stage of testing and they are so right, but they certainly took a second ...