2013 British Superbike Championship

2013 British Superbike season

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2013 champion, Alex Lowes

The 2013 British Superbike season was the 26th British Superbike Championship season. Shane Byrne stayed in the championship to defend his title from the previous season on the Paul Bird Kawasaki; Ryuichi Kiyonari returned to the championship on board the Samsung Honda to challenge for his fourth British Superbike Championship, with new teammate Alex Lowes looking to win his first championship after showing his pace at the end of the previous season. Josh Brookes stayed on board the Tyco Suzuki and James Ellison returned to try to win the illusive British title riding the Milwaukee Yamaha in what was billed to be the biggest title fight for years.

Race calendar and results

The 2013 MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship calendar was announced on 10 October 2012 by MSVR. ^[1]

2013 Calendar
Main Season
Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Rider	Winning Team
1	R1	Brands Hatch Indy	5–7 April	Shane Byrne	James Ellison	Shane Byrne	Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki
	R2				James Ellison	James Ellison	Milwaukee Yamaha
2	R1	Thruxton	12–14 April	Alex Lowes	Shane Byrne	Shane Byrne	Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki
	R2				James Ellison	Shane Byrne	Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki
3	R1	Oulton Park	4–6 May	Alex Lowes	Alex Lowes	Alex Lowes	Samsung Honda
	R2				Alex Lowes	Shane Byrne	Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki
4	R1	Knockhill	14–16 June	Shane Byrne	Alex Lowes	Shane Byrne	Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki
	R2				Josh Brookes	Shane Byrne	Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki
5	R1	Snetterton 300	5–7 July	Alex Lowes	Alex Lowes	Alex Lowes	Samsung Honda
	R2				Shane Byrne	Shane Byrne	Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki
6	R1	Brands Hatch GP	19–21 July	Shane Byrne	James Ellison	Josh Brookes	Tyco Suzuki
	R2				Alex Lowes	Shane Byrne	Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki
7	R1	Oulton Park	9–11 August	Alex Lowes	Shane Byrne	James Ellison	Milwaukee Yamaha
	R2				Shane Byrne	Shane Byrne	Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki
	R3				Alex Lowes	Josh Brookes	Tyco Suzuki
8	R1	Cadwell Park	24–26 August	Alex Lowes	Alex Lowes	Alex Lowes	Samsung Honda
	R2				Josh Brookes	Alex Lowes	Samsung Honda
9	R1	Donington Park	6–8 September	James Westmoreland	James Westmoreland	Alex Lowes	Samsung Honda
	R2				James Westmoreland	Alex Lowes	Samsung Honda
The Showdown
10	R1	TT Circuit Assen	20–22 September	Alex Lowes	Alex Lowes	Alex Lowes	Samsung Honda
	R2				James Ellison	James Ellison	Milwaukee Yamaha
11	R1	Silverstone Arena GP	4–6 October	Alex Lowes	Shane Byrne	Alex Lowes	Samsung Honda
	R2				Shane Byrne	Shane Byrne	Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki
12	R1	Brands Hatch GP	18–20 October	Josh Brookes	Alex Lowes	Josh Brookes	Tyco Suzuki
	R2				Josh Brookes	Josh Brookes	Tyco Suzuki
	R3				Alex Lowes	Josh Brookes	Tyco Suzuki

Entry list

2013 Entry List
Team	Constructor	Bike	No.	Riders	Rounds
Tyco Suzuki [2]	Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	2	Josh Brookes [2]	All
			99	P. J. Jacobsen [2]	All
Tsingtao WK Bikes [3]	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10R	3	David Johnson	10
			43	Howie Mainwaring [3]	7–12
Lloyds British GBmoto Honda [4]	Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	4	Dan Linfoot [5]	1, 4–12
			33	Tristan Palmer	3
			60	Peter Hickman [4]	All
Quattro Plant Kawasaki [6]	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10R	7	Barry Burrell [7]	7–12
			9	Chris Walker [6]	All
			83	Danny Buchan [6]	1–6
Buildbase BMW [8]	BMW	BMW S1000RR	10	Jon Kirkham [8]	All
			27	James Westmoreland [8]	All
Bathams Honda [9]	Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	11	Michael Rutter [9]	1–9, 11–12
			44	Danny de Boer [10]	10–12
			46	Tommy Bridewell [9]	1–5
MH Kawasaki [11]	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10R	14	Michael Howarth	3–6
			43	Howie Mainwaring [11]	1–6
			51	Luke Quigley [11]	1–2
Rapido Sport Racing Ducati [12]	Ducati	Ducati 1199 Panigale	15	Matteo Baiocco [12]	All
Motodex Spearmint Rhino BMW [13]	BMW	BMW S1000RR	16	Stefan Cappella [13]	11
			37	David Linortner [14]	12
Two Wheel Racing Honda [15]	Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	20	Jenny Tinmouth [15]	All
Milwaukee Yamaha [16]	Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1	21	Josh Waters [16]	1–9
			46	Tommy Bridewell [17]	10–12
			77	James Ellison [16]	All
Halsall Racing [18]	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10R	21	Josh Waters [19]	11–12
			39	Lee Costello [18]	All
			46	Tommy Bridewell	7–9
Samsung Honda [20]	Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	22	Alex Lowes [20]	All
			23	Ryuichi Kiyonari [20]	1–10
			78	Freddy Foray [21]	11–12
Riders Motorcycles BMW [22]	BMW	BMW S1000RR	40	Martin Jessop [22]	All
Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki [23]	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10R	41	Noriyuki Haga [24]	10–12
			67	Shane Byrne [23]	All
			303	Keith Farmer [23]	1–9
Quelch BSD Motorsport [25]	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10R	51	Jamie Poole	7–9, 11–12
STEL Suzuki [26]	Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	64	Aaron Zanotti [26]	All
PR Racing Kawasaki [27]	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10R	68	Karl Harris [27]	1–4, 5–9, 11–12
Padgett's Racing [28]	Honda	Honda CBR1000RR
			96	Jakub Smrž [28]	All
Doodson Motorsport Honda [29]	Honda	Honda CBR1000RR
			127	Robbin Harms [29]	1–5, 10

Championship standings

Riders' Championship

Pos Rider Bike BRH THR OUL KNO SNE BRH OUL CAD DON ASS SIL BRH Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 The Championship Showdown 1 Alex Lowes Honda 2 2 3 2 1 3 Ret 4 1 2 2 3 3 Ret 3 1 1 1 1 1 DSQ 1 2 2 Ret 2 643 2 Shane Byrne Kawasaki 1 3 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 3 1 Ret 1 2 1 2 2 4 2 2 2 Ret 2 1 3 Ret 3 636 3 Josh Brookes Suzuki 3 5 2 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 1 4 4 2 1 3 Ret 4 5 4 Ret Ret 5 1 1 1 621 4 James Ellison Yamaha 16 1 6 3 2 Ret 7 Ret 4 9 Ret 2 1 Ret 4 Ret 3 3 6 Ret 1 5 4 Ret 3 5 589 5 James Westmoreland BMW Ret 9 4 9 7 Ret 6 6 6 5 4 6 22 9 6 10 9 5 4 8 5 8 9 8 4 7 564 6 Ryuichi Kiyonari Honda 8 4 17 Ret 14 12 3 3 5 4 3 5 6 3 10 7 5 13 11 14 3 522 BSB Riders Cup 7 Jon Kirkham BMW 4 6 5 8 4 4 Ret 8 11 Ret 6 7 8 5 9 13 10 6 7 9 4 6 7 14 8 6 213 8 Tommy Bridewell Honda 5 Ret Ret Ret 5 5 11 Ret Ret 12 197 Kawasaki 5 4 5 4 2 Ret 3 Yamaha 3 Ret 3 3 6 Ret 4 9 P. J. Jacobsen Suzuki 9 12 9 11 8 Ret 9 7 Ret 11 5 8 7 6 Ret 5 Ret 9 9 7 2 4 6 5 6 Ret 188 10 Chris Walker Kawasaki 7 8 Ret 7 9 6 5 5 Ret 6 Ret Ret 9 Ret 12 6 6 7 8 NC 6 13 11 7 5 9 168 11 Peter Hickman Honda 12 13 11 10 6 Ret 10 9 13 13 13 13 12 12 13 8 7 11 13 12 7 7 Ret 15 Ret 12 113 12 Dan Linfoot Honda Ret DNS 8 12 12 8 7 9 10 7 11 11 11 15 14 Ret 9 Ret 13 12 7 10 102 13 Josh Waters Yamaha 10 14 Ret 16 13 10 19 Ret 9 7 14 12 14 11 15 12 8 12 12 96 Kawasaki 12 12 4 Ret 8 14 Keith Farmer Kawasaki 6 10 Ret 6 Ret 8 4 13 DNS DNS 8 10 11 8 7 9 DNS DNS DNS 93 15 Jakub Smrž Honda 13 18 10 12 12 13 13 Ret 8 Ret 11 Ret 16 17 14 15 19 8 10 6 Ret 15 10 16 9 11 82 16 Howie Mainwaring Kawasaki 15 16 12 13 11 7 15 10 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 10 8 Ret Ret Ret 16 DNS DNS Ret DNS Ret 11 Ret 55 17 Matteo Baiocco Ducati 14 15 Ret Ret 17 14 14 11 10 10 Ret 14 15 13 16 18 15 19 17 13 Ret 9 8 17 13 15 53 18 Michael Rutter Honda Ret Ret 8 5 Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret DNS 10 11 13 18 Ret Ret 13 14 15 16 18 10 Ret Ret 49 19 Lee Costello Kawasaki 19 Ret Ret Ret 18 Ret 17 14 Ret 14 12 Ret 19 14 Ret 17 16 16 18 15 11 14 17 9 2 13 48 20 Barry Burrell Kawasaki 18 16 Ret 14 14 10 Ret 10 10 10 16 Ret Ret Ret 28 21 Karl Harris Kawasaki Ret 7 7 Ret 16 Ret DNS DNS 15 Ret Ret Ret 17 16 12 Ret Ret 18 DNS Ret Ret Ret 23 22 Robbin Harms Honda 11 11 15 14 Ret DNS 16 Ret 7 Ret 17 Ret 22 23 Noriyuki Haga Kawasaki 5 Ret Ret 14 11 Ret Ret 18 24 Freddy Foray Honda 11 15 13 10 14 17 25 Danny de Boer Honda 11 8 17 Ret 18 14 17 15 26 Tristan Palmer Honda 10 9 13 27 Martin Jessopp BMW 17 19 14 15 15 11 DNS DNS Ret DNS 16 15 17 15 18 Ret 17 Ret 19 16 Ret Ret 20 20 15 18 12 28 Aaron Zanotti Suzuki Ret 20 18 17 Ret 15 Ret 15 DNS DNS 17 16 20 Ret 19 19 18 17 20 18 12 19 19 19 12 16 10 29 Danny Buchan Kawasaki Ret Ret 13 Ret DNS DNS DNS DNS 14 Ret Ret DNS 5 30 Michael Howarth Kawasaki Ret Ret Ret 16 15 DNS Ret Ret 1 31 Jenny Tinmouth Honda DNS DNS 19 18 19 Ret 18 Ret Ret 15 18 17 21 19 20 DNS DNS Ret Ret 19 Ret 20 21 Ret Ret 19 1 Luke Quigley Kawasaki 18 17 16 Ret 0 Jamie Poole Kawasaki DNS Ret 21 Ret Ret 18 Ret 21 22 DNS Ret Ret 0 David Linortner BMW Ret Ret Ret 0 David Johnson Kawasaki DNS DNS 0 Stefan Cappella BMW DNS DNS 0 Pos Rider Bike BRH THR OUL KNO SNE BRH OUL CAD DON ASS SIL BRH Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

References

1. "2013 MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship calendar announced". British Superbike Championship . MotorSport Vision. 10 October 2012. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
2. "Jacobsen joins Brookes at Tyco Suzuki". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
3. "Tsingtao WK Suzuki eyeing imminent BSB switch". August 2013.
4. "Peter Hickman joins GBmoto Honda for 2013". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
5. "Linfoot joins Hickman at GBmoto Honda". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 11 December 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
6. "Walker, Buchan join forces at Bournemouth Kawasaki". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
7. "Burrell signs for Quattro Plant Kawasaki | Bikesport News | News". Archived from the original on 11 August 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
8. "Westmoreland, Kirkham to Buildbase BMW". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
9. "Bridewell, Rutter to ride Bathams Honda". 17 February 2013.
10. "2013 MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship in association with Pirelli". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
11. "MH Kawasaki to make BSB debut in 2013". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 13 February 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
12. "Baiocco gets Moto Rapido Ducati BSB seat". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
13. "2013 MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship in association with Pirelli". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
14. "Linortner to ride Motodex Spearmint Rhino BMW at Brands Hatch". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
15. "Jenny Tinmouth confirms 2013 plans". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
16. "SMR Yamaha unveils new look, new riders". Crash Media Group. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
17. "Tommy Bridewell joins Milwaukee Yamaha!". 17 September 2013.
18. "Halsall Racing steps up to BSB for 2013". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
19. "Waters completes swap with Bridewell at Halsall Kawasaki".
20. "Kiyonari returns, Lowes joins Samsung Honda". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
21. "Foray replaces injured Kiyonari at Samsung Honda".
22. "Jessopp returns to BSB, switches to BMW". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
23. "Shane Byrne to stay in BSB". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 30 November 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
24. "Noriyuki Haga returns to BSB". 16 September 2013.
25. "2013 MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship in association with Pirelli". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
26. "Early BSB deal boosts Zanotti". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
27. "Karl Harris commits to PR Kawasaki for 2013". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 27 October 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
28. "Jakub SMRZ gets Padgetts chance". 14 March 2013.
29. "Dane Harms signs for Doodson Honda".

External links

• The official website of the British Superbike Championship