| Alastair Seeley | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Northern Irish |
| Born | 4 October 1979 Carrickfergus, [1] County Antrim Northern Ireland |
| Current team | Synetiq BMW |
Alastair Seeley (born 4 October 1979) is a motorcycle road racer from Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland. At the close of the North West 200 2023, Seeley had won a record 29 races in the event. [2] He competes in the Superstock 1000 class for Northern Ireland based Synetiq BMW. [3]
In 2021, he competed in Northern Ireland, winning the Ulster Superbike and Supersport Championships. [4] [5]
During 2017, he competed in the inaugural British GP2 category within the British Supersport National Championship riding a Spirit motorcycle having a Triumph 675 engine. [6]
He competed in the 2016 British Superbike Championship aboard a BMW S1000R, having switched from Tyco BMW in the Superstock class. [7] He was the 2009 British Superstock champion and the 2011 British Supersport champion, and also has a strong record in road racing.
He began circuit racing in 2000 in club events in Northern Ireland. In 2002 he racked up 20 wins, including his first national 125cc win and several 600 and Open class wins. His main 2003 focus was the Regal Championship, in which he regularly finished in the top ten, while he also won the Wirral Club Wales 600 and Powerbike Championship.[ citation needed ]
Seeley first came to wider attention by taking two wins in the 600cc class of the British Superbike Championship's Mondello Park round in 2004. That year he also made his first appearance at the North West 200, and won a 6-hour Pembury endurance race for Team Twilight. In 2005 he won the Irish Superbike Championship and contested in various other races. He successfully defended this in 2006, also winning the Irish Supersport title and taking 2 top-five finishes in the 600cc class at the North West 200. He also did some racing in America. [8]
For 2007 he moved to England finishing tenth overall in the British Superstock Championship on a Yamaha. He improved to fourth in 2008, also taking his first North West 200 victory in the Superstock class and winning the Monarch of Mondello title for the biggest payday of his career. [9] In 2009 he dominated the championship for the Relentless TAS Suzuki team, winning the first nine rounds and sealing the title with three rounds to spare, [10] regularly setting what would be competitive lap times on a Superbike. [11] He finished the season with two outings on an Evo Class Suzuki GSX-R1000, doing enough to earn a full-time ride for them in the main class.
Seeley made a flying start to his 2010 campaign, qualifying third and finishing third and fourth in the opening meeting at the Brands Hatch Indy circuit. [12] He scored consistent points in the early part of the season, although his second podium did not come until round 13 at Snetterton. He took his first win at the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit, in a rain-affected race, [13] before failing to finish in the two Sunday races. [14]
For 2011 Seeley chose to stay with Relentless TAS Suzuki which meant that he was demoted to the supersport class. [15]
Stats correct as of 9 July 2012
| Series | Years Active | Races | Poles | Podiums | Wins | 2nd place | 3rd place | Fast Laps | Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superstock 1000 | 2009 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | |
| British Superbike (BSB) | 2009–10, 2012– | 43 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| British Supersport (BSS) | 2011 | 24 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |
| Total | 88 | 17 | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 2 | ||
| Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Formula Xtreme | Yamaha | DAY Ret | BAR 26 | FON | INF | RAM 9 | MIL | LAG | OHI 14 | VIR 12 | RAT | OHI | 21st | 63 |
| Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Supersport | Yamaha | DAY 9 | BAR 16 | FON | INF C | RAM 16 | MIL | LAG | OHI 12 | VIR 12 | RAT | OHI | 17th | 90 |
| Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Pts | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | |||||
| 2008 | SuperBike | Suzuki | DAY | BAR | BAR | FON | FON | INF | INF | MIL | MIL | RAM 10 | RAM 9 | LAG | OHI | OHI | VIR | VIR | RAT | RAT | LAG | 23rd | 43 |
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Pts | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Yamaha | THR 7 | OUL 4 | BHGP 4 | DON 4 | SNE 3 | OUL Ret | OUL 6 | KNO 9 | CAD DNS | CRO 5 | SIL 16 | BHI 3 | 4th | 108 | [16] |
| 2009 | Yamaha | BHI 1 | 1st | 241 | [17] | |||||||||||
| Suzuki | OUL 1 | DON 1 | THR 1 | SNE 1 | KNO 1 | KNO 1 | BHGP 1 | CAD 1 | CRO 3 | SIL | OUL |
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||||
| 2009 | Suzuki | BHI | BHI | OUL | OUL | DON | DON | THR | THR | SNE | SNE | KNO | KNO | MAL | MAL | BHGP | BHGP | BHGP | CAD | CAD | CRO | CRO | SIL Ret | SIL 10 | OUL Ret | OUL 13 | OUL DNS | 32nd | 9 | [18] | |||
| 2010 | BHI 4 | BHI 3 | THR 12 | THR 9 | OUL 4 | OUL 6 | CAD 9 | CAD 7 | MAL 10 | MAL 11 | KNO 5 | KNO C | SNE 5 | SNE 3 | SNE Ret | BHGP 1 | BHGP Ret | BHGP Ret | CAD 8 | CAD 9 | CRO Ret | CRO 15 | SIL 6 | SIL 4 | OUL 15 | OUL 5 | OUL 7 | 6th 1 | 550 | [19] | |||
| 2012 | BHI 2 | BHI C | THR 15 | THR 21 | OUL 4 | OUL 6 | OUL 11 | SNE 16 | SNE 16 | KNO 7 | KNO 7 | OUL Ret | OUL 8 | OUL 13 | BHGP 9 | BHGP 11 | CAD 14 | CAD 13 | DON DNS | DON Ret | ASS 19 | ASS 20 | SIL 17 | SIL 18 | BHGP 19 | BHGP Ret | BHGP 19 | 13th | 95 | [20] | |||
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||||
| 2011 | Suzuki | BRH Ret | BRH 1 | OUL 2 | OUL 2 | CRO 5 | CRO 4 | THR 2 | THR Ret | KNO 2 | KNO 2 | SNE 1 | SNE 1 | OUL 3 | OUL C | BRH 1 | BRH 1 | CAD 2 | CAD 2 | DON 1 | DON 1 | SIL 1 | SIL 1 | BRH Ret | BRH 2 | BRH 1 | 1st | 450 | [21] |
| Year | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Pts | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | ||||
| 2016 | BMW | SIL Ret | SIL 14 | OUL 5 | OUL Ret | BHI 17 | BHI 14 | KNO 15 | KNO 18 | SNE 14 | SNE Ret | THR Ret | THR 22 | BHGP 16 | BHGP 18 | CAD 15 | CAD 16 | OUL Ret | OUL 15 | OUL 13 | DON Ret | DON DNS | ASS 21 | ASS Ret | BHGP 9 | BHGP 12 | BHGP 13 | 21st | 37 | |||
| 2017 | BMW | DON | DON | BHI | BHI | OUL 17 | OUL Ret | KNO | KNO | SNE | SNE | BHGP | BHGP | THR | THR | CAD | CAD | SIL | SIL | SIL | OUL | OUL | ASS | ASS | BHGP | BHGP | BHGP | NC | 0 | |||
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