August

Year: 2015

Month: August

Brookes slams lack of safety car in opening race

05 September 2015 by Simon Patterson

Milwaukee Yamaha’s Josh Brookes has slammed the decision not to deploy a safety car during the opening MCE British Superbike race of the triple-header at Oulton Park, accusing race organisers of...

Byrne controls for the win, Brookes last to fourth

05 September 2015 by Simon Patterson

Shane Byrne has broken his MCE British Superbike win drought at Oulton Park, taking his 67th career win from pole position. The reigning champion led from start to finish, controlling his pace in...

Byrne on pole as Brookes blows

05 September 2015 by Simon Patterson

Shane Byrne has taken pole position ahead of this afternoon’s opening race of the MCE British Superbike triple-header weekend at Oulton Park form Tommy Bridewell and James Ellison, blitzing the lap...

Hopkins upsets Showdown rivals with Oulton pace

04 September 2015 by Simon Patterson

John Hopkins has topped the opening day of MCE British Superbike action at Oulton Park today, holding off the momentum of six-in-a-row winner Josh Brookes by only 0.054 as both of them dipped close to...

Walker to make three hundredth BSB start at Oulton

04 September 2015 by Simon Patterson

MCE British Superbike legend Chris Walker will make his three hundredth BSB start this weekend at Oulton Park in the opening race of the triple-header weekend. Stalker, who took his last win at the...

Honda Racing confirm Da Costa for Oulton Park

26 August 2015 by Simon Patterson

Honda Racing have confirmed that Julien Da Costa will replace the injured Jason O’Halloran for the next round of the 2015 MCE British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park in ten days time. Coming in...

Brookes takes third consecutive double at Cadwell

24 August 2015 by Simon Patterson

Milwaukee Yamaha’s Josh Brookes delivered an impressive second victory at Cadwell Park edging out his MCE British Superbike Championship title rivals to extend his points advantage in the overall...

Five in a row for Brookes

23 August 2015 by Steve English

Josh Brookes won the opening race of the day at Cadwell Park with the Milwaukee Yamaha rider easing away from the field in the second half of the race after a safety car in the early stages. The...

Shakey: We've made steps in the right direction

22 August 2015 by Steve English

Shane Byrne missed out on the top ten shootout in qualifying at Cadwell Park but the reining British Superbikes champion is feeling more confident about his potential in tomorrow’s races. The Paul...

Brookes smashes Cadwell lap record

22 August 2015 by Steve English

In final qualifying Josh Brookes drew first blood by cracking the lap record at Cadwell Park. The Australian was almost half a second quicker than Danny Buchan at that point but with the duo having...

Brookes and Byrne the bookies' favourite for Cadwell

21 August 2015

Ladbrokes promotion Round eight of the MCE British Superbike Championship is upon us and we’re off to Cadwell Park. Briggs Equipment BMW rider Peter Hickman is set to line up at his local track...

Cooper to join Buildbase BMW for remainder of 2015

18 August 2015 by Simon Patterson

Richard Cooper will join the Buildbase BMW squad for the remainder of the 2015 MCE British Superbike season, after parting ways with the Anvil hire TAG Kawasaki team after the last round at...

Cooper splits with Anvil Hire TAG Kawasaki

11 August 2015 by Simon Patterson

Richard Cooper has split with the Anvil Hire TAG Kawasaki team, with the announcement coming as a major surprise half way through the best season to date for both rider and team. Taking an impressive...

Laverty makes good progress in Cadwell test

07 August 2015 by Simon Patterson

Michael Laverty says the Tyco BMW team have made good progress with the S1000RR, after a much-need one-day test at Cadwell Park on Wednesday. Struggling to get enough testing time on the new model all...

BSB investigating touring rule changes

05 August 2015 by Simon Patterson

The MCE British Superbike organisers MSVR are investigating new rules designed to limit the effect of touring riders during practice and qualifying sessions after a number of high profile crashes and...