2021 British Superbike Championship

2021 British Superbike season

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The 2021 British Superbike Championship season was the 34th British Superbike Championship season. Josh Brookes started the season as the reigning champion. The playoff system was reinstituted. Tarran Mackenzie on a McAMS Yamaha R1 took the 2021 BSB Championship Title over Tommy Bridewell.

Playoff Changes

The playoff will now consist of eight riders instead of six.

Teams and riders

2021 Entry List [1] Team Constructor No. Rider Rounds VisionTrack Ducati Ducati 1 Josh Brookes All 21 Christian Iddon All Honda Racing Honda 2 Glenn Irwin All 13 Takumi Takahashi [2] All 88 Ryo Mizuno [3] All TAG Racing Honda Honda 4 Dan Linfoot 1–9 12 Luke Mossey 11 Silicone Engineering Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki 5 Dean Harrison 1, 3–11 FHO Racing BMW [4] BMW 6 Xavi Forés 1, 3–8 40 Joe Francis 10–11 60 Peter Hickman All RAF Regular and Reserves Kawasaki VisionTrack Kawasaki Kawasaki 7 Ryan Vickers All Rapid CDH Racing Kawasaki 10 Joe Sheldon-Shaw 5–6 65 Josh Owens 1, 7, 9–11 Roadhouse Macau by FHO Racing BMW 11 Brian McCormack All FS-3 Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki 14 Lee Jackson All 69 Rory Skinner [5] All Black Onyx Security Honda Honda 16 Luke Hopkins 1–8, 10–11 SYNETIQ BMW Motorrad BMW 18 Andrew Irwin [6] All 83 Danny Buchan 1–5, 7–11 PR Racing BMW [7] BMW 20 Brad Jones 1–3 10 Joe Sheldon-Shaw 9–11 33 Keith Farmer 8 40 Joe Francis 1–7 McAMS Yamaha Yamaha 22 Jason O'Halloran All 95 Tarran Mackenzie All Powerslide/Catfoss Racing Suzuki 27 Bjorn Estment All Rich Energy OMG Racing BMW 28 Bradley Ray All 77 Kyle Ryde 1–5, 7–11 77 James Hillier 6 NP Motorcycles BMW 31 Sam Cox 8 71 Jesse Trayler 10–11 74 Joey Thompson 1–3, 5–6 Buildbase Suzuki Suzuki 6 Michael Dunlop 9 44 Gino Rea All 52 Danny Kent 1–5 54 Tim Neave 6 55 Leon Jeacock 11 81 Luke Stapleford 7–8 94 Naomichi Uramoto 10 Oxford Products Racing Ducati 46 Tommy Bridewell All GR Motorsport Kawasaki 79 Storm Stacey All

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Race calendar and results

2021 calendar [8]
Main Season
Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team
1	R1	Oulton Park	26 June	Tommy Bridewell	Jason O'Halloran	Jason O'Halloran	McAMS Yamaha
	R2		27 June		Peter Hickman	Jason O'Halloran	McAMS Yamaha
	R3				Tarran Mackenzie	Jason O'Halloran	McAMS Yamaha
2	R1	Knockhill	10 July	Jason O'Halloran	Danny Buchan	Christian Iddon	VisionTrack Ducati
	R2		11 July		Rory Skinner	Danny Buchan	SYNETIQ BMW Motorrad
	R3				Bradley Ray	Danny Buchan	SYNETIQ BMW Motorrad
3	R1	Brands Hatch GP	24 July	Tarran Mackenzie	Danny Buchan	Tarran Mackenzie	McAMS Yamaha
	R2		25 July		Jason O'Halloran	Jason O'Halloran	McAMS Yamaha
	R3				Jason O'Halloran	Christian Iddon	VisionTrack Ducati
4	R1	Thruxton	31 July	Jason O'Halloran	Lee Jackson	Jason O'Halloran	McAMS Yamaha
	R2		1 August		Jason O'Halloran	Jason O'Halloran	McAMS Yamaha
	R3				Danny Buchan	Jason O'Halloran	McAMS Yamaha
5	R1	Donington Park National	14 August	Jason O'Halloran	Jason O'Halloran	Jason O'Halloran	McAMS Yamaha
	R2		15 August		Peter Hickman	Tarran Mackenzie	McAMS Yamaha
	R3				Christian Iddon	Tommy Bridewell	Oxford Products Racing
6	R1	Cadwell Park	21 August	Glenn Irwin	Peter Hickman	Peter Hickman	FHO Racing BMW
	R2		22 August		Tommy Bridewell	Peter Hickman	FHO Racing BMW
	R3				Lee Jackson	Jason O'Halloran	McAMS Yamaha
7	R1	Snetterton 300	4 September	Glenn Irwin	Tommy Bridewell	Tarran Mackenzie	McAMS Yamaha
	R2		5 September		Tarran Mackenzie	Jason O'Halloran	McAMS Yamaha
	R3				Josh Brookes	Tarran Mackenzie	McAMS Yamaha
8	R1	Silverstone National	11 September	Jason O'Halloran	Gino Rea	Glenn Irwin	Honda Racing
	R2		12 September		Tarran Mackenzie	Tarran Mackenzie	McAMS Yamaha
	R3				Tarran Mackenzie	Jason O'Halloran	McAMS Yamaha
The Showdown
9	R1	Oulton Park	25 September	Josh Brookes	Jason O'Halloran	Tarran Mackenzie	McAMS Yamaha
	R2		26 September		Tommy Bridewell	Tommy Bridewell	Oxford Products Racing
	R3				Tommy Bridewell	Tommy Bridewell	Oxford Products Racing
10	R1	Donington Park GP	2 October	Gino Rea	Gino Rea	Gino Rea	Buildbase Suzuki
	R2		3 October		Tarran Mackenzie	Tarran Mackenzie	McAMS Yamaha
	R3				Gino Rea	Gino Rea	Buildbase Suzuki
11	R1	Brands Hatch GP	16 October	Luke Mossey	Tommy Bridewell	Tarran Mackenzie	McAMS Yamaha
	R2		17 October		Tommy Bridewell	Tarran Mackenzie	McAMS Yamaha
	R3				Tarran Mackenzie	Tarran Mackenzie	McAMS Yamaha

Championship standings

Riders' championship

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

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

Pos Rider Bike OUL KNO BRH THR DON CAD SNE SIL OUL DON BRH Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 The Championship Showdown 1 Tarran Mackenzie Yamaha 5 6 4 6 3 3 1 3 2 9 2 7 3 1 7 Ret DNS DNS 1 2 1 Ret 1 2 1 3 5 7 1 Ret 1 1 1 1202 2 Tommy Bridewell Ducati 3 Ret 3 8 5 7 2 2 Ret 10 12 18 5 5 1 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 5 5 6 1 1 Ret 7 4 2 2 2 1166 3 Jason O’Halloran Yamaha 1 1 1 2 Ret 6 5 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 12 2 2 1 3 1 3 Ret 2 1 Ret 2 Ret 5 9 8 4 3 3 1162 4 Christian Iddon Ducati 2 2 2 1 4 4 3 5 1 2 Ret 9 4 Ret Ret 5 Ret 7 Ret 11 5 2 7 6 3 4 11 3 3 2 3 4 Ret 1141 5 Peter Hickman BMW 4 3 5 Ret 7 8 Ret 9 7 3 5 8 9 4 14 1 1 2 7 10 7 Ret 10 12 5 5 4 Ret Ret 7 5 5 5 1092 6 Josh Brookes Ducati 10 7 6 10 12 13 9 18 5 17 16 14 18 10 4 10 5 5 4 4 6 4 3 3 2 Ret 2 Ret 11 Ret 7 6 4 1079 7 Danny Buchan BMW 12 4 8 3 1 1 4 4 4 13 7 2 13 Ret DNS 10 13 DNS Ret 12 4 7 8 6 Ret 2 Ret 11 7 Ret 1075 8 Glenn Irwin Honda 6 9 10 12 11 Ret 11 8 6 Ret 3 6 2 Ret 2 4 6 6 Ret 14 11 1 13 9 8 Ret 7 Ret 10 10 9 9 Ret 1055 BSB Riders Cup 9 Lee Jackson Kawasaki 8 8 7 9 8 10 6 7 8 5 Ret 12 8 Ret 15 6 4 4 5 6 DNS Ret 11 8 4 6 Ret 4 5 3 8 Ret 6 248 10 Bradley Ray BMW Ret 5 Ret 4 9 5 7 12 13 7 4 10 10 2 16 13 8 8 9 12 9 5 4 7 9 7 3 9 12 14 10 12 8 245 11 Gino Rea Suzuki 11 13 11 13 10 11 Ret 10 DNS 8 10 11 15 Ret 10 Ret Ret 11 Ret 5 4 6 6 Ret Ret 10 9 1 4 1 12 8 10 202 12 Ryan Vickers Kawasaki 9 11 9 7 6 9 15 15 15 4 Ret 4 6 7 Ret 8 9 10 6 7 13 Ret 8 10 Ret 13 12 8 15 6 18 16 12 180 13 Rory Skinner Kawasaki 13 12 13 5 2 2 8 6 9 14 11 Ret 17 14 11 9 Ret 12 8 9 15 7 9 16 11 11 10 10 Ret 12 Ret Ret 7 178 14 Andrew Irwin BMW Ret 15 Ret 15 14 15 12 14 Ret 11 8 5 7 9 3 7 7 9 Ret 8 12 11 Ret 11 17 9 8 12 8 5 6 Ret 9 169 15 Kyle Ryde BMW 7 10 12 11 15 17 16 13 16 Ret 6 16 11 6 Ret 19 15 10 8 15 17 13 Ret 15 2 6 15 13 10 11 118 16 Dan Linfoot Honda 18 18 15 14 13 12 14 16 12 16 14 13 12 11 9 12 13 14 11 Ret 8 13 17 13 12 DNS DNS 69 17 Xavi Forés BMW DNS DNS DNS 13 11 11 12 13 Ret 14 8 Ret 14 12 13 12 16 DNS 9 18 14 52 18 Danny Kent Suzuki Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 14 10 Ret 10 6 9 3 16 Ret DNS 49 19 Storm Stacey Kawasaki 16 Ret Ret 17 16 16 Ret 17 DNS 15 18 15 23 12 6 11 10 Ret 13 18 DNS 15 19 18 10 Ret 14 Ret Ret 11 16 14 13 49 20 Joe Francis BMW Ret Ret Ret 16 17 Ret 18 Ret 17 Ret 21 19 Ret Ret 5 DNS DNS DNS 15 Ret Ret 6 Ret 9 14 11 Ret 36 21 Dean Harrison Kawasaki 14 17 Ret 17 19 14 18 17 17 20 13 8 Ret 14 16 18 17 16 16 20 21 14 12 13 Ret Ret 19 Ret Ret 14 28 22 Ryo Mizuno Honda 19 Ret DNS 20 18 19 DNS DNS DNS 21 19 22 19 15 13 19 Ret DNS 16 Ret DNS 12 16 15 18 Ret 16 Ret 14 21 Ret 20 20 11 23 Luke Stapleford Suzuki 17 19 14 10 14 DNS 10 24 Bjorn Estment Suzuki 15 19 Ret 21 Ret Ret 19 20 18 19 Ret 20 Ret Ret 17 17 Ret DNS 20 20 18 14 21 19 15 Ret Ret 11 16 17 Ret Ret 15 10 25 Tim Neave Suzuki 15 11 15 7 26 Takumi Takahashi Honda Ret Ret 17 22 Ret 21 Ret Ret 19 20 15 21 21 Ret Ret 16 16 Ret 14 21 17 Ret 22 DNS 20 17 19 13 18 20 17 15 17 7 27 Naomichi Uramoto Suzuki Ret 13 13 6 28 Luke Mossey Honda 15 13 16 4 29 Josh Owens Kawasaki Ret 16 Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ 16 15 18 14 Ret 16 Ret DNS DNS 3 30 Luke Hopkins Honda 17 20 14 19 Ret 20 20 21 21 22 20 Ret 22 Ret Ret DNS DNS DNS DNQ DNQ DNQ 17 23 20 Ret 19 22 21 19 21 2 31 Michael Dunlop Suzuki 19 14 17 2 32 Brian McCormack BMW 20 21 18 Ret 20 Ret 21 Ret 20 23 22 Ret Ret Ret Ret 20 Ret 19 21 22 DNS 18 Ret DNS Ret 18 20 15 20 Ret 22 Ret 22 1 33 Joe Sheldon-Shaw Kawasaki Ret Ret Ret 18 15 17 1 BMW Ret 16 Ret DNS 17 18 19 17 18 Brad Jones BMW Ret Ret 16 18 19 18 Ret DNS DNS 0 James Hillier BMW 21 17 18 0 Leon Jeacock Suzuki 20 18 19 0 Jesse Trayler BMW Ret 21 Ret 23 21 Ret 0 Joey Thompson BMW 21 22 Ret DNS DNS DNS 22 Ret 22 Ret DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 0 Sam Cox BMW Ret Ret Ret 0 Keith Farmer BMW Ret DNS DNS 0 Pos Rider Bike OUL KNO BRH THR DON CAD SNE SIL OUL DON 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 position Italics – Fastest lap

References

1. "2021 Superbike Riders". britishsuperbike.com. MotorSport Vision. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
2. "Takumi Takahashi joins Honda Racing UK for 2021 BSB championship". Robert Jones. crash.net. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
3. "BSB: Ryo Mizuno joins Glenn Irwin at Honda Racing UK". Josh Close. motorcyclenews.com. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
4. "Hickman, Fores head up new Macau-backed FHO Racing team for 2021 BSB". Ollie Barstow. crash.net. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
5. "Perth's Rory Skinner steps up to British Superbikes for 2021". Graham Brown. thecourier.co.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
6. "Andrew Irwin joins forces with TAS Racing for 2021 BSB". BBC Sport. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
7. "BSB: Brad Jones joins Joe Francis at PR Racing for the team's 20th anniversary season". Josh Close. motorcyclenews.com. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
8. "2021 British Superbike Championship Calendar Updated". Press Release. cyclenews.com. Retrieved 6 April 2021.