2023 British Superbike Championship

2023 British Superbike season

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Support series:
British Supersport Championship
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British Talent Cup
BMW Motorrad UK Cup

2023 champion, Tommy Bridewell

The 2023 British Superbike Championship season is the 36th season of the motorcycle championship. Bradley Ray was the reigning champion, but chose to compete in the 2023 Superbike World Championship. The championship was won by Tommy Bridewell, winning the closest-ever BSB season, defeating teammate Glenn Irwin by just half a point.

Teams and riders

2023 Entry List [1]
Team	Constructor	No.	Rider	Rounds
IN Competition	Aprilia	89	Fraser Rogers	11
Tactix by Lloyd and Jones BMW	BMW	12	Luke Mossey [2]	All
FHO Racing BMW		25	Josh Brookes [3]	All
		60	Peter Hickman [4]	All
SYNETIQ BMW Motorrad		83	Danny Buchan [5]	1, 3–8
		74	Davey Todd	9
ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team		91	Leon Haslam	All
Roadhouse Macau Racing/FHO BMW		11	Brian McCormack	2
Milwaukee BMW Motorrad		74	Davey Todd	10–11
BeerMonster Ducati	Ducati	2	Glenn Irwin [6]	All
		46	Tommy Bridewell [7]	All
Oxford Products Racing		21	Christian Iddon [8]	All
TAG Racing Honda	Honda	4	Shaun Winfield	11
		8	Héctor Barberá [9]	1–5, 7–10
		15	Tom Booth-Amos	11
		34	Liam Delves	6
		59	Matt Truelove	7
Honda Racing UK [10]		18	Andrew Irwin	1–3, 10–11
		54	Franco Bourne	5–9
		68	Tom Neave	All
Lovell Kent Racing Honda		52	Danny Kent [11]	1–7
Crendon Honda by Hawk Racing		65	Josh Owens [12]	1–7
		6	Michael Dunlop	9–10
MasterMac by Hawk Racing Honda		86	Charlie Nesbitt [13]	All
Milenco by Padgett's Motorcycles Honda		74	Davey Todd [14]	1–3
Hawk Racing		6	Michael Dunlop	2
Marvel HCL Motorsport		54	Franco Bourne	10–11
Cumins by Team IWR Honda		75	Alex Olsen	10–11
DAO Racing Kawasaki	Kawasaki	5	Dean Harrison [15]	1–7
		51	Brayden Elliott	9–11
		81	Luke Stapleford	8
Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki		14	Lee Jackson [16]	All
		30	Max Cook [17]	All
NP Motorcycles Kawasaki		16	Luke Hopkins [18]	1
Starline Racing Kawasaki		79	Storm Stacey [19]	All
Lee Hardy Racing Kawasaki		97	Bradley Perie [20]	All
Rapid CDH Racing Kawasaki		34	Liam Delves [21]	1–5
		55	Jack Scott [22]	All
		56	Louis Valleley	7–11
LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha [23]	Yamaha	7	Ryan Vickers	1, 3–11
		7	Luke Stapleford	2
		77	Kyle Ryde [24]	1–11
McAMS Yamaha		22	Jason O'Halloran [25]	All
		53	Tito Rabat	5–7
		54	Tim Neave [26]	1–3
		59	Niccolò Canepa	10–11
		81	Luke Stapleford	9
Mar-Train Racing Yamaha		4	Jack Kennedy [27]	All

Race calendar and results

2023 calendar [28]
Main Season
Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team
1	R1	Silverstone National	8 April	Tommy Bridewell	Kyle Ryde	Kyle Ryde	LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha
	R2		9 April		Jason O'Halloran	Josh Brookes	FHO Racing BMW Motorrad
	R3				Glenn Irwin	Glenn Irwin	BeerMonster Ducati
2	R1	Oulton Park	30 April	Josh Brookes	Tommy Bridewell	Josh Brookes	FHO Racing BMW Motorrad
	R2		1 May		Leon Haslam	Tommy Bridewell	BeerMonster Ducati
	R3				Tommy Bridewell	Glenn Irwin	BeerMonster Ducati
3	R1	Donington Park GP	20 May	Kyle Ryde	Leon Haslam	Kyle Ryde	LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha
	R2		21 May		Tommy Bridewell	Jason O'Halloran	McAMS Yamaha
	R3				Glenn Irwin	Kyle Ryde	LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha
4	R1	Knockhill	17 June	Glenn Irwin	Jason O'Halloran	Glenn Irwin	BeerMonster Ducati
	R2		18 June		Christian Iddon	Kyle Ryde	LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha
	R3				Glenn Irwin	Glenn Irwin	BeerMonster Ducati
5	R1	Snetterton 300	8 July	Jason O'Halloran	Tommy Bridewell	Tommy Bridewell	BeerMonster Ducati
	R2		9 July		Tommy Bridewell	Tommy Bridewell	BeerMonster Ducati
	R3				Tommy Bridewell Ryan Vickers	Tommy Bridewell	BeerMonster Ducati
6	R1	Brands Hatch GP	22 July	Tommy Bridewell	Christian Iddon	Ryan Vickers	LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha
	R2		23 July		Tommy Bridewell	Tommy Bridewell	BeerMonster Ducati
	R3				Ryan Vickers	Tommy Bridewell	BeerMonster Ducati
7	R1	Thruxton	12 August	Jason O'Halloran	Charlie Nesbitt	Jason O'Halloran	McAMS Yamaha
	R2		13 August		Ryan Vickers	Jason O'Halloran	McAMS Yamaha
	R3				Charlie Nesbitt	Jason O'Halloran	McAMS Yamaha
8	R1	Cadwell Park	27 August	Ryan Vickers	Leon Haslam	Glenn Irwin	BeerMonster Ducati
	R2		28 August		Leon Haslam	Glenn Irwin	BeerMonster Ducati
	R3				Tommy Bridewell	Tommy Bridewell	BeerMonster Ducati
The Showdown
9	R1	Oulton Park	16 September	Tommy Bridewell	Tommy Bridewell	Glenn Irwin	BeerMonster Ducati
	R2		17 September		Tommy Bridewell	Glenn Irwin	BeerMonster Ducati
	R3				Tommy Bridewell	Tommy Bridewell	BeerMonster Ducati
10	R1	Donington Park National	30 September	Jason O'Halloran	Leon Haslam	Ryan Vickers	LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha
	R2		1 October		Tommy Bridewell	Kyle Ryde	LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha
	R3				Jason O'Halloran	Jason O'Halloran	McAMS Yamaha
11	R1	Brands Hatch GP	14 October	Jason O'Halloran	Jason O'Halloran	Kyle Ryde	LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha
	R2		15 October		Tommy Bridewell	Glenn Irwin	BeerMonster Ducati
	R3				Tommy Bridewell	Glenn Irwin	BeerMonster Ducati

Championship standings

Riders' championship

Scoring system in the Main season ^[29]

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	18	16	14	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Scoring system in the first two rounds in the showdown ^[30]

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	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Scoring system in the season finale ^[31]

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	35	30	27	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2

Pos	Rider	Bike	SIL			OUL			DON			KNO			SNE			BRH			THR			CAD			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
1	Tommy Bridewell	Ducati	2	2	3	5	1	4	2	Ret	2	4	2	2	1	1	1	6	1	1	14	14	15	5	5	1	4	6	1	24	Ret	9	3	2	2	455
2	Glenn Irwin	Ducati	5	3	1	3	2	1	5	Ret	3	1	Ret	1	4	4	2	9	4	2	9	13	13	1	1	2	1	1	2	23	Ret	Ret	4	1	1	454.5
3	Kyle Ryde	Yamaha	1	4	7	7	5	3	1	Ret	1	2	1	4	13	11	8	14	7	Ret	8	6	7	2	2	4	6	3	6	12	1	12	1	3	3	422
4	Lee Jackson	Kawasaki	14	10	9	10	8	8	4	5	6	10	6	5	7	7	7	13	8	7	5	2	2	6	6	5	2	2	3	5	4	8	9	5	8	376.5
5	Leon Haslam	BMW	6	6	6	2	3	2	3	4	8	6	10	6	Ret	3	3	Ret	Ret	8	6	7	6	Ret	4	3	3	4	4	2	2	Ret	Ret	6	5	369
6	Jason O'Halloran	Yamaha	4	5	4	Ret	Ret	10	14	1	7	3	3	Ret	3	5	6	5	6	6	1	1	1	4	3	6	8	8	9	17	5	1	2	Ret	7	365.5
7	Josh Brookes	BMW	3	1	2	1	6	5	6	3	13	9	9	8	2	2	Ret	12	9	Ret	15	17	22	8	8	8	5	5	5	7	8	3	7	8	9	340
8	Ryan Vickers	Yamaha	13	12	10				7	2	4	7	4	3	Ret	9	4	1	5	3	3	4	5	3	Ret	WD	DSQ	9	8	1	6	Ret	10	4	4	306
9	Christian Iddon	Ducati	25	Ret	11	8	7	7	Ret	9	5	5	5	9	5	8	5	3	2	4	13	9	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	16	3	2	5	Ret	6	306
10	Jack Kennedy	Yamaha	7	7	8	12	9	13	Ret	10	12	11	13	13	8	10	12	4	10	13	11	5	Ret	10	Ret	WD	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	11	5	8	14	Ret	175
11	Charlie Nesbitt	Honda	12	Ret	17	11	Ret	14	10	6	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	12	11	11	11	9	2	3	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	12	12	20	7	4	Ret	11	10	174.5
12	Peter Hickman	BMW	11	Ret	12	4	Ret	6	13	7	11	16	Ret	12	20	DNS	Ret	8	12	Ret	10	8	9	9	Ret	10	9	10	11	9	10	7	6	9	Ret	173
13	Storm Stacey	Kawasaki	18	19	21	9	Ret	11	9	11	Ret	8	7	Ret	16	16	Ret	7	13	11	16	11	8	Ret	9	9	Ret	Ret	10	8	Ret	6	11	10	12	140.5
14	Danny Kent	Honda	9	8	5	15	11	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	DNS	6	6	9	2	3	5	7	10	Ret													115
15	Max Cook	Kawasaki	20	21	20	20	14	17	11	12	Ret	18	Ret	14	11	14	13	10	14	10	4	Ret	4	WD	WD	WD	11	13	13	13	9	18	13	7	11	114
16	Tom Neave	Honda	Ret	11	14	14	12	Ret	Ret	8	14	15	8	7	12	DNS	15	23	Ret	14	18	15	16	11	10	Ret	14	Ret	DNS	11	13	15	14	12	13	89
17	Luke Mossey	BMW	21	14	Ret	13	13	19	19	Ret	Ret	14	14	11	14	19	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	12	16	12	15	13	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	3	Ret	11	12	15	Ret	67
18	Andrew Irwin	Honda	8	9	Ret	6	4	9	Ret	Ret	Ret																			Ret	Ret	Ret	16	13	17	50
19	Bradley Perie	Kawasaki	19	17	18	22	17	16	17	15	17	Ret	DNS	DNS	Ret	17	Ret	19	15	19	17	12	11	12	11	11	13	11	14	15	Ret	19	15	17	14	42
20	Franco Bourne	Honda													19	Ret	Ret	20	Ret	16	19	18	14	13	12	12	15	Ret	Ret	6	DNS	14	Ret	18	Ret	30
21	Dean Harrison	Kawasaki	15	20	19	17	10	12	Ret	DNS	DNS	12	12	10	15	Ret	16	16	Ret	17	22	Ret	20													26
22	Danny Buchan	BMW	10	Ret	DNS				12	Ret	10	DNS	11	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS	Ret	12	Ret	21	19	WD	WD	WD										25
23	Tito Rabat	Yamaha													10	13	10	21	Ret	15	Ret	19	Ret													16
24	Davey Todd	Honda and BMW	22	16	22	24	15	15	20	DNS	DNS																12	16	15	18	14	10	19	Ret	16	15
25	Jack Scott	Kawasaki	23	Ret	DNS	23	21	22	18	Ret	18	19	15	Ret	17	18	Ret	17	Ret	18	20	20	18	14	14	13	16	17	17	14	16	16	18	Ret	18	10
26	Josh Owens	Honda	24	15	16	16	Ret	DNS	Ret	14	DSQ	13	Ret	Ret	18	15	14	15	Ret	Ret	WD	WD	WD													9.5
27	Niccolò Canepa	Yamaha																												Ret	12	13	Ret	16	15	9
28	Héctor Barberá	Honda	Ret	18	15	21	20	21	15	13	15	Ret	16	15	21	Ret	17				23	22	17	17	15	15	17	18	18	WD	WD	WD				9
29	Louis Valleley	Kawasaki																			21	23	21	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	20	Ret	10	Ret	20	Ret	Ret	23	6
30	Tim Neave	Yamaha	16	13	13	18	19	18	16	Ret	16																									6
31	Luke Stapleford	Yamaha and Kawasaki				19	16	20																16	Ret	14	Ret	14	16							4
32	Alex Olsen	Honda																												22	15	Ret	Ret	19	20	1
	Liam Delves	Kawasaki and Honda	17	Ret	DNS	Ret	18	Ret	21	16	19	20	Ret	Ret	22	DNS	Ret	22	16	20																0
	Brayden Elliott	Kawasaki																									18	19	Ret	19	17	17	21	20	21	0
	Fraser Rogers	Aprilia																															17	Ret	19	0
	Michael Dunlop	Honda				Ret	Ret	DNS																			19	Ret	Ret	21	Ret	Ret				0
	Tom Booth-Amos	Honda																															20	Ret	22	0
	Shaun Winfield	Honda																															22	Ret	Ret	0
	Brian McCormack	BMW				25	Ret	DNS																												0
	Luke Hopkins	Kawasaki	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ																															0
	Matt Truelove	Honda																			DNP	DNP	DNP													0
Pos	Rider	Bike	SIL			OUL			DON			KNO			SNE			BRH			THR			CAD			OUL			DON			BRH			Pts

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