2007

Thruxton Photos

Thruxton Photos

Ron Haslam and Michael Rutter have seen my son has an ice cream. MEanwhile, Chris Walker has a word with his mechanics after the second race at Thruxton.  And I do not care if you are leading the...

Fantastic day at Brands

Fantastic day at Brands

Here are a couple of shots from the BSB round at Thruxton. There is one of Chris Walker and another of Shane Byrne. What a fantastic day’s racing.

Thruxton picture gallery

Thruxton picture gallery

Here are some pictures I took at Thruxton last weekend at the British Superbikes. They include Cal Crutchlow, Scott Smart and Gregorio Lavilla.

I now like racing

I now like racing

I don’t know much about motorcycles, and wasn’t particularly interested in it in the past. But then my boyfriend took me to the Bennetts British Superbikes at Brands Hatch. To be honest I found it...

BSB pictures from Brands Hatch

BSB pictures from Brands Hatch

Here are some pictures I managed to get standing at Hawthorn’s at Brands Hatch. The first is the two Leons – Camier going past Haslam – in the second BSB race The second picture is Steve Plater on...

Chilled out Gregorio

Chilled out Gregorio

Gregorio still had time to let me have my photo taken with him. This is as well as winning both races at Brands Hatch. What a top bloke, cheers, Mark

Grant and Lowry come together at Thruxton

Grant and Lowry come together at Thruxton

Thruxton Supersport Race Tom Grant and Ian Lowry came together and this was the result. This is one picture from a great sequence where Lowry runs over Grant’s neck. Fortunately both riders seemed...

BSB Racing Sunday, April 9

BSB Racing Sunday, April 9

Here are some of my photo’s that I took at the BSB event on Sunday, April 9 at Brands Hatch. I hope that you enjoy the photo’s.

Lavilla survives Honda onslaught in race two

Lavilla survives Honda onslaught in race two

Gregorio Lavilla took his second double victory from two rounds of the British Superbike championship, despite a last lap onslaught from four Hondas. The race was red-flagged around lap 11, with...

Lavilla wins first race at Thruxton

Lavilla wins first race at Thruxton

Race one at Thruxton saw Gregorio Lavilla come throught the field to take his third win in three races, after getting away from the line in fifth place. He took the win by a comfortable margin from...

Hill takes first BSB pole at Thruxton

Hill takes first BSB pole at Thruxton

Tommy Hill scored his first ever BSB pole and the first pole for Pirelli in the series with the fastest ever lap around the 2.356 mile Thruxton circuit in this afternoon’s qualifying session for...

Camier quickest in Saturday BSB practice

Camier quickest in Saturday BSB practice

Leon Camier set the pace in this morning’s BSB free practice at Thruxton for tomorrow’s second round of the Bennett British Superbike Championship. The Bike Animal Honda rider was the only one to...

Brands BSB photos

Brands BSB photos

Here are some photos from the Brands BSB meeting. I was lucky enough to get a pit-pass, so I managed to get some close-up’s of the riders. Also, I got a photo of Shakey and Leon having their...

Lavilla heads Thruxton second practice

Lavilla heads Thruxton second practice

Gregorio Lavilla continues the form he showed at Brand Hatch last weekend by setting the pace in this afternoon in free practice for Sunday second round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship...

Holly thrilled to meet James

Holly thrilled to meet James

This is a picture of my daughter, Holly Walton, at Brands Hatch at the British Superbikes last week. She met James Toseland, which made her day and mine!

Chris on fire!

Chris on fire!

This is one of the best Sunday pics I took at Brands Hatch at BSB. It was on a hot lap in qualifying and taken at Druids corner.

Shots from Brands Hatch BSB

Shots from Brands Hatch BSB

Here are some pictures I took at Westfield in the Monday morning warmup, including Stalker letting the sparks fly.

Flaming Steve Plater, Brands Hatch April 7

Flaming Steve Plater, Brands Hatch April 7

I took this shot at Druids Bend in the Saturday free practice at Brands Hatch. Steve must have known about the “fuelling issue”, as there were about 20 people taking this same shot…..

British Superbikes at Brands Hatch

British Superbikes at Brands Hatch

More action from Easter Monday’s BSB round at Brands Hatch.

BSB Brands hatch action

BSB Brands hatch action

Action from the first weekend at Brands Hatch as Plater gets it hot!

Camier's dream start

Camier's dream start

Rookie Leon Camier had a dream start to life in the British Superbike championship with two podiums from his second and third places in the first two races. The 20-year-old was in the top four...

Lavilla makes it a double

Lavilla makes it a double

Gregorio Lavilla secured a winning double as he stormed to victory in race two of the British Superbike championship at Brands Hatch. The Spaniard took an early lead in the race and now also takes an...

Lavilla wins season opener

Lavilla wins season opener

The opening British Superbike championship lived up to expectation as an enthralling race saw rookie Leon Camier give the more experienced BSB riders a scare. Local rider Camier, who originates form...

Drama for Supersport

Drama for Supersport

The British Supersport Championship race was full of incident with two red flags, riders taken to the medical centre, a safety car, a ride through penalty and a disqualification. Dennis Hobs took an...

Stars gather for pit walkabout

Stars gather for pit walkabout

Hundreds of fans took the chance to meet their heroes at the first pit lane walkabout of the new season. Most of the top BSB riders and some supersport riders signed autographs and had their photos...

Lavilla fastest in warm-up

Lavilla fastest in warm-up

Gregorio Lavilla topped the timesheets in warm up at Brands Hatch this morning just hours before the start of the new season. The Airwaves Ducati rider recorded a best time of 1:26.205 ahead of...

Rea on pole at Brands BSB

Rea on pole at Brands BSB

Jonathan Rea is on pole position for tomorrow’s opening round of the Bennett’s British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch. The HM Plant Honda rider was only fifth in the morning’s free practice...

Rea still setting the pace

Rea still setting the pace

Jonathan Rea continues to be the fastest man on track in free practice at Brands Hatch despite not going any faster in this afternoon’s session than he had this morning. Rea’s best time on the HM...

Rea continues lead in Brands first practice

Rea continues lead in Brands first practice

Jonathan Rea set the pace throughout pre-season testing and was fastest in the first free practice session of the new BSB season at Brands Hatch this morning. Rea clocked a 1:26.28, 0.45s quicker than...

BSB showcased in London

BSB showcased in London

More than 250 people crammed into the Audi Forum near Piccadilly, London for the launch of the 2007 Bennetts British Superbike championship this morning (Wednesday, April 4, 2007). The championship...

Hill on record pace

Hill on record pace

The Virgin Media Yamaha team sneaked in one final day of testing at Cadwell Park on Friday (March 30, 2007) in preparation for Easter Monday’s BSB season opener at Brands Hatch. Although a cold...

Shakey ready to race

Shakey ready to race

Shane Byrne says he can’t wait for the first BSB round of 2007 at Brands Hatch on April 9, 2007 after yet another successful test at Knockhill this week. Shakey had one minor slip-off in the two day...

McConnell fastest on R6

McConnell fastest on R6

Billy McConnell was the fastest rider in Supersport on the new Virgin Media Yamaha R6 in the latest round of testing.  Still recovering from badly dislocating his right wrist sustained in a racing...

Hill on pace with R1

Hill on pace with R1

Tommy Hill showed just how good the all-new Virgin Media Yamaha R1 is by setting fourth best time in the Snetterton test. Late-arriving parts meant the team could only test at Mallory and Croft but...

Samsung superbike team

Samsung superbike team

The new-look Samsung Superbike team lines up in BSB for 2007 with a Suzuki GSX-R1000 for Dean Thomas. The bike is the ex-Kirkham K5 but with one of last year’s Rizla Suzuki engines. Thomas was...

Rea dominates BSB test

Rea dominates BSB test

Jonathan Rea continues to dominate pre-season testing on the HM Plant Honda. When the sun final broke through to Snetterton on Sunday after two days of miserable cold, wet conditions, the HM Plant...