May

Year: 2015

Month: May

Taz Taylor hunting for Silverstone sponsorship

28 May 2015 by Simon Patterson

British Motostar championship leader Taz Taylor is currently in the hunt for a wildcard sponsor for the British round of the Moto3 championship later this season at Silverstone. The seventeen year old...

Linfoot back on track after injury absence

28 May 2015 by Simon Patterson

Honda Racing’s Dan Linfoot has returned to track in the MCE British Superbike championship after his five-week enforced absence as he recovered from a broken wrist. The Yorkshireman broke the wrist on...

Brookes blitzes lap record at Snetterton

27 May 2015 by Simon Patterson

Josh Brookes has blitzed another MCE British Superbike lap record in testing, with the Milwaukee Yamaha rider becoming the only rider ever to lap the new configuration at Snetterton faster than 1:47...

Brookes tops opening day of Snett test

27 May 2015 by Simon Patterson

Milwaukee Yamaha rider Josh Brookes has topped the opening day of the two-day MCE British Superbike test at Snetterton, going under the lap record at the Norfolk circuit as the first major upgrade...

Ellison looking forward to Snetterton outing

22 May 2015 by Simon Patterson

MCE British Superbike championship leader James Ellison says he’s looking forward to the chance to test next week at Snetterton, ahead of the next round of the series. The JG Speedfit Kawasaki rider...

Confidence high for O’Halloran after Oulton success

17 May 2015 by Simon Patterson

Honda Racing rider Jason O’Halloran says his confidence is sky-high going into the CME British Superbike summer break, after a pair of impressive performances at Oulton Park last time out left him...

Parkes rues ‘massive disaster’ at Oulton

15 May 2015 by Simon Patterson

The third round of the MCE British Superbike championship was a ‘massive disaster’ for Milwaukee Yamaha rider Broc Parkes, after a combination of injury and weather left him struggling to find a...

Free admission for Snetterton BSB test

15 May 2015 by Simon Patterson

Snetterton circuit will open its doors for free next week for an official MCE British Superbike test, with the stars of the series taking to the Norfolk circuit the 26th and 27th May for the two-day...

Laverty: We can fight for wins at Snetterton

14 May 2015 by Simon Patterson

Tyco BMW rider Michael Laverty says that despite a slow start to the season on the German manufacturer’s new S1000RR machine, he fully expects to be able to challenge for wins at the next round of the...

Easton keen to build on Oulton success

12 May 2015 by Simon Patterson

PBM Kawasaki rider Stuart Easton says he needs to build on his progress from last weekend at Oulton Park, where he took his first MCE British Superbike race win in five years. “I saw him go to make...

Brookes pleased with R1 development after double podium

07 May 2015 by Simon Patterson

Milwaukee Yamaha rider Josh Brookes says he’s pleased with the progress of the new R1 package after he took a double podium finish at last weekend’s Oulton Park round of the MCE British Superbike...

Update on Jordy De Jonge and James Puttrell

07 May 2015 by Simon Patterson

The families of injured National Superstock 600 riders Jordy De Jonge and james Puttrell have released a futher update on their condition, as the pair continue to recover from horrific injuries...

Byrne: I didn’t realise I was taken out

06 May 2015 by Simon Patterson

Reigning MCE British Superbike champion Shane Byrne says he didn’t realise that Ryuichi Kiyonari’s Buildbase BMW had taken him out during the second race of the day at Oulton Park on Monday until he...

Easton takes race two after Shakey and Kiyo collide

04 May 2015 by Simon Patterson

PBM Kawasaki rider Stuart Easton has taken his first MCE British Superbike race win in five years, after coming off the better of a collision between championship rivals Shane Byrne and Ryuichi...

Bridewell commands race one at Oulton Park

04 May 2015 by Simon Patterson

Tyco BMW rider Tommy Bridewell has ridden to the performance of his career to take a commanding win ahead of Josh Brookes in the opening MCE British Superbike race at Oulton Park. Leading from his...

Brookes takes new R1 to first BSB pole

03 May 2015 by Simon Patterson

Josh Brookes has taken the new Yamaha R1 to it’s first MCE British Superbike pole position, topping the time sheets at Oulton Park ahead of a surprise front row of Tommy Bridewell and Stuart...

Byrne and Brookes fastest in dry and wet

02 May 2015 by Simon Patterson

Shane Byrne and Josh Brookes have topped the timesheets on the opening day of the MCE British Superbike championship’s first visit of the year to Oulton Park, after wet weather hit the afternoon...

‘No change in target’ for Iddon at Oulton

01 May 2015 by Simon Patterson

Bennetts Suzuki rider Christian Iddon says that there’s no changes in his targets for this weekend’s MCE British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park despite still riding with the broken leg he...