2007 British Superbike Championship

2007 British Superbike season

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Support series:
British Supersport Championship
Superstock 1000
Superstock 600
British 125 Championship

2007 champion, Ryuichi Kiyonari

The Bennetts 2007 British Superbike Championship season started on 7 April and ended on 14 October. ^[1] Defending Champion Ryuichi Kiyonari repeated as the 2007 BSB Champion on a HM Plant Racing HRC Honda CBR1000RR.

Calendar

2007 Calendar
Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team
1	R1	Brands Hatch GP	9 April	Jonathan Rea	Gregorio Lavilla	Gregorio Lavilla	Airwaves Ducati
	R2				Jonathan Rea	Gregorio Lavilla	Airwaves Ducati
2	R1	Thruxton	15 April	Tommy Hill	Gregorio Lavilla	Gregorio Lavilla	Airwaves Ducati
	R2				Shane Byrne	Gregorio Lavilla	Airwaves Ducati
3	R1	Silverstone	29 April	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Gregorio Lavilla	Ryuichi Kiyonari	HM Plant Honda
	R2				Gregorio Lavilla	Ryuichi Kiyonari	HM Plant Honda
4	R1	Oulton Park	7 May	Gregorio Lavilla	Shane Byrne	Gregorio Lavilla	Airwaves Ducati
	R2				Jonathan Rea	Ryuichi Kiyonari	HM Plant Honda
5	R1	Snetterton	20 May	Shane Byrne	Gregorio Lavilla	Ryuichi Kiyonari	HM Plant Honda
	R2				Ryuichi Kiyonari	Ryuichi Kiyonari	HM Plant Honda
6	R1	Mondello Park	17 June	Jonathan Rea	Shane Byrne	Leon Haslam	Airwaves Ducati
	R2				Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	HM Plant Honda
7	R1	Knockhill	1 July	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	HM Plant Honda
	R2				Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	HM Plant Honda
8	R1	England Oulton Park	15 July	Jonathan Rea	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Ryuichi Kiyonari	HM Plant Honda
	R2				Ryuichi Kiyonari	Jonathan Rea	HM Plant Honda
9	R1	Mallory Park	22 July	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Shane Byrne	Stobart Vent-Axia Honda
	R2				Ryuichi Kiyonari	Ryuichi Kiyonari	HM Plant Honda
10	R1	Croft	12 August	Cal Crutchlow	Leon Haslam	Ryuichi Kiyonari	HM Plant Honda
	R2				Ryuichi Kiyonari	Ryuichi Kiyonari	HM Plant Honda
11	R1	Cadwell Park	27 August	Leon Haslam	Leon Camier	Leon Haslam	Airwaves Ducati
	R2				Leon Haslam	Jonathan Rea	HM Plant Honda
12	R1	Donington Park	23 September	Tom Sykes	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Leon Haslam	Airwaves Ducati
	R2				Ryuichi Kiyonari	Leon Haslam	Airwaves Ducati
13	R1	Brands Hatch Indy	14 October	Gregorio Lavilla	Gregorio Lavilla	Gregorio Lavilla	Airwaves Ducati
	R2				Gregorio Lavilla	Gregorio Lavilla	Airwaves Ducati

Entry list

2007 Entry List [2] Team Bike No Riders Class Rounds HM Plant Racing Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1 Ryuichi Kiyonari [3] 1–13 4 Jonathan Rea [3] 1–13 Bike Animal Honda Honda CBR1000RR 2 Leon Camier [4] 1–11 Ian Hutchinson [5] 12–13 MSS Discovery Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 3 Michael Rutter [6] 1–5, 7–13 Stuart Easton [7] 6 Hydrex Honda Honda CBR1000RR 5 Karl Harris [8] 1–13 15 Guy Martin [9] 1–11 64 Aaron Zanotti [10] 12–13 Virgin Mobile Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 6 James Haydon [11] 1–3 Hudson Kennaugh [12] 4–12 8 Tommy Hill [13] 1–13 77 Marty Nutt 13 Rizla Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 K7 9 Chris Walker [14] 1–13 35 Cal Crutchlow [14] 1–13 Samsung Superbike Team Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 12 Dean Thomas [15] 1–6, 8–13 Sean Emmett [16] 7 Jentin Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 12 Simon Andrews [17] 1–11, 13 Jon Kirkham [18] 12 Team NB Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 18 Tommy Bridewell 46 Ollie Bridewell [19] 1–8* Hardinge-Ice Valley Honda CBR1000RR 21 Tom Tunstall C Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 22 Steve Plater [20] 1–4, 5–8, 11–13 Red Viper Racing Honda CBR1000RR 26 Chris Martin 1–13 PBM Racing Ireland Yamaha YZF-R1 27 Paul Barron C Airwaves Ducati Ducati 999 F06 36 Gregorio Lavilla [21] 1–13 91 Leon Haslam [22] 1–13 Quay Garage Honda CBR1000RR 56 James Buckingham C Hawk Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 60 Peter Hickman SMT Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 64 Aaron Zanotti C Stobart Vent-Axia Honda Honda CBR1000RR 66 Tom Sykes [23] 1–13 67 Shane Byrne [24] 1–13 PR Branson-Honda Honda CBR1000RR 68 Sean Emmett [25] Nutt Travel Yamaha YZF-R1 77 Marty Nutt C 1–12 T.H.R Honda Honda CBR1000RR 94 Michael Howarth C MAR Kawasaki ZX-10R 111 Malcolm Ashley C

Icon Class C Privateers Cup Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider * Rider died mid-season

Final championship standings (top 10)

Points system
Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Race	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos	Rider	Bike	BHGP		THR		SIL		OUL		SNE		MOP		KNO		OUL		MAL		CRO		CAD		DON		BHI		Pts
			R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3
1	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Honda	8	11	3	2	1	1	3	1	1	1	5	5	2	3	1	Ret	Ret	1	1	1	2	2	Ret	3	3	4	433
2	Jonathan Rea	Honda	3	2	Ret	4	2	3	4	5	2	2	4	1	1	1	Ret	1	2	Ret	2	2	Ret	1	5	7	2	2	407
3	Leon Haslam	Ducati	6	4	6	6	6	5	2	2	3	5	1	4	3	2	4	4	3	2	5	6	1	Ret	1	1	4	5	387
4	Gregorio Lavilla	Ducati	1	1	1	1	5	2	1	4	6	Ret	3	3	7	Ret	Ret	10	5	7	6	4	7	3	4	5	1	1	368
5	Shane Byrne	Honda	4	13	4	3	Ret	Ret	6	3	Ret	3	2	2	4	5	2	3	1	3	9	7	4	Ret	3	6	6	Ret	293
6	Tom Sykes	Honda	7	5	5	7	7	6	5	6	4	4	Ret	7	6	4	Ret	6	6	4	3	3	3	5	2	2	Ret	7	279
7	Chris Walker	Suzuki	5	8	9	Ret	3	4	Ret	9	9	9	9	Ret	5	6	3	8	4	6	8	10	8	6	6	4	7	6	225
8	Leon Camier	Honda	2	3	2	5	4	Ret	8	8	5	6	7	6	Ret	7	6	5	8	11	7	5	Ret	DNS					199
9	Cal Crutchlow	Suzuki	13	18	7	Ret	11	7	7	Ret	8	Ret	8	Ret	11	Ret	5	Ret	9	5	4	13	5	4	Ret	Ret	5	3	152
10	Tommy Hill	Yamaha	9	Ret	8	10	8	8	10	7	7	7	10	9	13	Ret	8	Ret	7	9	10	Ret	6	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	138

Superbike cup final standings (top 10)

Pos	Rider	Bike	Pts
1	Tristan Palmer	Honda	426
2	James Buckingham	Honda	373
3	Tom Tunstall	Honda	332
4	Malcolm Ashley	Kawasaki	322
5	Marty Nutt	Yamaha	261
6	Paul Barron	Yamaha	147
7	Neil Faulkner	Yamaha	90
8	Lee Jackson	Yamaha	40
9	Brian McCormack	Honda	37
10	Ryan Farquhar	Honda	21

Final Constructors Standings

1	Honda	591
2	Ducati	507
3	Suzuki	263
4	Yamaha	180
5	Kawasaki	169

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External links

• BSB Website