James Ellison
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Motorcycle Live! WSB World Champ Jonathan Rea confirmed to be at the show on opening day
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Motorcycle Live! WSB World Champ Jonathan Rea confirmed to be at the show on opening day. Recently-crowned double World Superbike Champion Jonathan Rea (above, the bigger fella in the picture) will be one of many racing stars to appear at the UK’s biggest bike show, Motorcycle Live, which opens at The NEC, Birmingham on 19…
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BSB: Byrne romps to another BSB title
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By Philip Wain The curtain came down on the 2016 British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch at the weekend and whilst it wasn’t quite the cliffhanger we’d hoped for, it was certainly dramatic! As perhaps we could have expected, the British weather played its part with only one of the three races going the full…
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BSB: It’s Assen time again – Dutch for the lads this weekend
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By Philip Wain This weekend sees the MCE British Superbike Championship make its annual visit overseas with the penultimate round of the series taking place at Assen in Holland. The Circuit van Drenthe, or ‘Cathedral of motorcycling’, as it is also known, has hosted a BSB round since 2012 and this year will again see…
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BSB preview: Showdown at Donington Park
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In a rapid turnaround for all of the teams, round ten of the 2016 MCE British Superbike Championship takes place at Donington Park this weekend and it also marks the beginning of the ‘Showdown’, the seven race, three round section of the series that will ultimately decide who gets crowned champion come Brands Hatch in…
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BSB Showdown contenders confirmed at Oulton Park
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After nine rounds of frantic action, the six British Superbike Championship Showdown contenders were finally confirmed at Oulton Park at the weekend and, as expected, it went right down to the final race. Indeed, the outcome was in doubt right up until the closing laps but in the end it was Luke Mossey who…
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BSB: Cadwell Park review
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By Philip Wain The three class acts of the 2016 MCE British Superbike Championship – Shane Byrne, Leon Haslam and Jason O’Halloran – all excelled at the recent round eight at Cadwell Park and it’s hard to look past one of these three to be the eventual champion. Byrne and Haslam have now secured their…
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BSB: Cadwell Park preview
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By Philip Wain The scenic Cadwell Park circuit in Lincolnshire is the next stop on the British Superbike Championship calendar and the ‘Party in the Park’ should certainly live up to its billing this Bank Holiday weekend. With its origins dating back to 1934, the circuit’s layout has remained almost untouched since 1962, the only…
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Shakey rules the BSB roost at Brands Hatch
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By Philip Wain Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne’s grip on the 2016 MCE British Superbike Championship tightened ever so slightly at Brands Hatch over the weekend with the Be Wiser Ducati rider taking yet another double to move onto 74 career BSB wins. As per previous rounds though, he certainly didn’t have it easy and, on…
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BSB Preview: Brands Hatch this weekend!
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BSB Preview: Brands Hatch this weekend! By Philip Wain This weekend sees round seven of the 2016 MCE British Superbike Championship take place on the Brands Hatch GP circuit, also marking the start of the second half of the season. And whilst the top of the Championship table has a ring of familiarity about it,…
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BSB: Shakey shows ’em at Thruxton
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BSB: Shakey shows ’em at Thruxton. By Philip Wain The sixth round of the MCE British Superbike Championship at Thruxton last weekend saw some of the most topsy-turvy races ever seen in the domestic series with the Hampshire circuit’s unique surface throwing up all manner of tyre dilemmas. Extremely abrasive in nature, talk from…
