Billy McConnell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() McConnell racing at Brands Hatch in the National Superstock Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 24 December 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | C&L Fairburn Properties /Look Forward Racing Honda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bike number | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Billy McConnell (born 24 December 1986) is an Australian motorcycle racer. He competes in the 2025 British Superbike Championship for Look Forward Racing. He also competed for OMG Racing team in the British National Superstock 1000 Championship riding their BMW S1000RR, completing the team with Superbike riders Luke Mossey and Héctor Barberá. McConnell missed races at the start of the 2019 season due to illness. [1]
He won the 2014 British Supersport Champion aboard a Triumph Daytona 675 for Smiths Racing before stepping up with the Smiths Racing team to the British Superbike Championship aboard a BMW S1000RR. During 2017 he rode a Kawasaki ZX-10R in the British Superbike Championship, but was injured at the Thruxton round in August and was unable to compete in any further races. His place was taken for the last three races of the season in October at the Brands Hatch round by Kyle Ryde, who had parted company with his Pucetti Kawasaki Racing team in World Supersport due to poor performances. [2] [3]
In 2004 McConnell was invited by Yamaha to compete in the British Superstock Cup, after a third-place finish in the Australian Superstock Championship despite missing the last 3 rounds.
In 2005 he competed in the Virgin Mobile Cup, winning the title and subsequently progressed to the full Virgin Mobile Superbike team. McConnell also won the Australian Young Sports Personality of the Year.
In 2006 McConnell rode at Virgin mobile Yamaha alongside Tommy Hill and Kieran Clarke. [4] He had a decent season winning the rookie of the year award. In 2007 he moved down a class to the British Supersport Championship. In 2008 he moved back to the British Superbike Championship with MSS Discovery Kawasaki, [5] finishing 12th overall in the championship with 91 points. In 2009 he moved once again back to the British Supersport Championship, on the MAP Raceways Yamaha. [6]
Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||||
2006 | Yamaha | BHI 17 | BHI Ret | DON 14 | DON | THR 12 | THR Ret | OUL 18 | OUL Ret | MON C | MON C | MAL Ret | MAL 12 | SNE 9 | SNE Ret | KNO 18 | KNO 15 | OUL 9 | OUL Ret | CRO Ret | CRO Ret | CAD Ret | CAD 10 | SIL Ret | SIL 13 | BHGP 12 | BHGP 7 | 17th | 47 | |
2008 | Kawasaki | BHGP C | BHGP C | THR 14 | THR 10 | OUL Ret | OUL 10 | BHGP 8 | BHGP 9 | DON Ret | DON Ret | SNE 11 | SNE 11 | MAL 6 | MAL 16 | OUL 8 | OUL 10 | KNO Ret | KNO 9 | CAD 12 | CAD 24 | CRO 17 | CRO Ret | SIL 10 | SIL 9 | BHI 12 | BHI Ret | 12th | 91 | [7] |
Year | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Pts | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||
2015 | BMW | DON Ret | DON 9 | BHI 9 | BHI 9 | OUL 14 | OUL 8 | SNE 17 | SNE 14 | KNO 12 | KNO 21 | BHGP 10 | BHGP 6 | THR 8 | THR 15 | CAD 3 | CAD 6 | OUL Ret | OUL Ret | OUL 15 | ASS 11 | ASS Ret | SIL 13 | SIL Ret | BHGP 15 | BHGP Ret | BHGP Ret | 15th | 98 | |||
2016 | Kawasaki | SIL 16 | SIL Ret | OUL 10 | OUL Ret | BHI Ret | BHI 16 | KNO Ret | KNO Ret | SNE 4 | SNE 14 | THR 22 | THR 19 | BHGP 12 | BHGP 16 | CAD 13 | CAD 13 | OUL Ret | OUL 17 | OUL 12 | DON Ret | DON 9 | ASS 13 | ASS 17 | BHGP 12 | BHGP Ret | BHGP 14 | 15th | 51 | |||
2017 | Kawasaki | DON Ret | DON Ret | BHI 18 | BHI 17 | OUL 12 | OUL 10 | KNO Ret | KNO 10 | SNE 11 | SNE 16 | BHGP 17 | BHGP 16 | THR Ret | THR DNS | CAD | CAD | SIL | SIL | SIL | OUL | OUL | ASS | ASS | BHGP | BHGP | BHGP | 22nd | 21 |
Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Pts | |||||||||||||||
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | ||||
2019 | Suzuki | SIL | SIL | OUL | OUL | DON | DON | DON | BRH | BRH | KNO | KNO | SNE | SNE | THR | THR | CAD 18 | CAD 10 | OUL DNS | OUL DNS | OUL DNS | ASS | ASS | DON 18 | DON Ret | BHGP 21 | BHGP 22 | BHGP 18 | 28th | 6 |
Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||
2025 | Honda | OUL 17 | OUL 17 | OUL C | DON 11 | DON 14 | DON Ret | SNE 13 | SNE 17 | SNE 15 | KNO Ret | KNO 18 | KNO WD | BRH 16 | BRH 15 | BRH 13 | THR | THR | THR | CAD | CAD | CAD | DON | DON | DON | ASS | ASS | ASS | OUL | OUL | OUL | BRH | BRH | BRH | 13th* | 66* |
* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Pts | Ref |
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2009 | Yamaha | BHI 1 | OUL 10 | DON 3 | THR 1 | SNE Ret | KNO 4 | MAL 4 | BHGP 2 | CAD 1 | CRO 2 | SIL 3 | OUL 19 | 2nd | 137 | [8] |
2010 | BHI 3 | THR 4 | OUL Ret | CAD 1 | MAL 1 | KNO 12 | SNE 8 | BHGP 8 | CAD Ret | CRO Ret | SIL 11 | OUL 4 | 5th | 115 | [9] |
Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||
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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 | Triumph | BRH 13 | BRH 15 | OUL 9 | OUL 5 | CRO 4 | CRO 3 | THR 1 | THR 5 | KNO 9 | KNO 13 | SNE 5 | SNE 13 | OUL 1 | OUL C | BRH 5 | BRH DNS | CAD 3 | CAD 3 | DON 7 | DON 5 | SIL 6 | SIL 6 | BRH 3 | BRH 7 | BRH 7 | 3rd | 253 | [10] |
2012 | Triumph | BHI 9 | BHI 3 1 | THR Ret | THR 1 | OUL 5 | OUL 7 | SNE 5 | SNE 2 | KNO 4 | KNO 1 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | BHGP Ret | BHGP 3 | CAD 1 | CAD 4 | DON 2 | DON 4 | ASS 12 | ASS 10 | SIL 4 | SIL 10 | BHGP 1 | BHGP 1 | 3rd | 340 | [11] |
Notes:
Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos | Pts |
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2008 | Kawasaki | QAT | AUS | SPA | NED | ITA | GER | SMR | CZE | GBR Ret | EUR | ITA | FRA | POR | NC | 0 |
2010 | Yamaha | AUS | POR | SPA | NED | ITA | RSA | USA | SMR | CZE | GBR 13 | GER | ITA | FRA | 31st | 3 |
2012 | Triumph | AUS | ITA | NED | ITA | EUR 9 | SMR | SPA | CZE | GBR | RUS | GER | POR | FRA | 31st | 7 |
2013 | Triumph | AUS | SPA | NED | ITA | GBR 19 | POR | ITA | RUS | GBR 22 | GER | TUR | FRA | SPA | NC | 0 |
2014 | Triumph | AUS Ret | SPA | NED | ITA | GBR | MAL | SMR | POR | SPA | FRA | QAT | NC | 0 |
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