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The 2016 British Superbike Championship season was the 29th British Superbike Championship season. It began at Silverstone on 8 April and ended at the Brands Hatch GP circuit on 16 October. Josh Brookes, and his team Milwaukee Yamaha, were the previous champions but neither defended their titles and instead competed in World Superbikes. [1]
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| Pos | Manufacturer | SIL  | OUL | BRH | KNO  | SNE | THR | BRH | CAD | OUL | DON | ASS  | BRH | Pts | ||||||||||||||
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| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||
| 1 |  Kawasaki | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 538 |
| 2 |  Ducati | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 451 |
| 3 | Honda | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 370 |
| 4 |  BMW | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 361 |
| 5 | Suzuki | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 3 | Ret | 6 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 176 |
| 6 | Yamaha | 9 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 153 |
| Pos | Manufacturer | SIL | OUL | BRH | KNO | SNE | THR | BRH | CAD | OUL | DON | ASS | BRH | Pts | ||||||||||||||
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