Chris Martin (motorcyclist)

Chris Martin
Nationality	British
Born	(1981-01-24) 24 January 1981 (age 44) Beverley, Humberside, England
Current team	Gearlink Kawasaki
Bike number	26

Chris Martin (born 24 January 1981) is a British superbike rider who is currently competing in the British Superbike Championship for the Gearlink Kawasaki team. Martin is a previous British Superbike Privateers Cup Champion in 2006.

Career

Starting out

Martin started out doing the 125cc Aprilia challenge, spending three years between 1997 and 1999. Martin then spent three years in the British 125cc Championship from 2000 to 2003. ^[1]

British Superbike Championship 2004–07

Martin then moved from the 125cc machines into the Superbike class, Martin rode a Privateer machine throughout his time in BSB, he finished 6th and 2nd in the championship in the first two years, but Martin moved to PR Branson Honda, and became the privateer champion of 2006. ^[2] Martin switched to Red Viper Racing for BSB for 2007 without much success.

British Supersport Championship 2008–09

Martin moved down to the supersport class for 2008 joining the Gearlink Kawasaki team, finishing in 6th on 99 points. Martin continued with the Gearlink Kawasaki team for the 2009 season. The 2009 season was a struggle for Martin only finishing two of the nine races. Despite this Martin claimed his first win in the British Supersport class at Mallory Park, that he completed crashing heavily at Brands Hatch. ^[3]

Career stats

* Correct as of 19 July 2010

British Superbike Championship

Year	Class	Bike	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		Pos	Pts
			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	BSB	Honda	BHI 19	BHI 21	DON Ret	DON 9	THR 19	THR 17	OUL 21	OUL 21	MON C	MON C	MAL 13	MAL 20	SNE 15	SNE 16	KNO 21	KNO 19	OUL 16	OUL 17	CRO 16	CRO 15	CAD	CAD	SIL 15	SIL 20	BHGP 10	BHGP 14	21st	31

British Supersport Championship

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Pts	Ref
2009	Kawasaki	BHI Ret	OUL DNS	DON Ret	THR Ret	SNE Ret	KNO 8	MAL 1	BHGP Ret	CAD	CRO	SIL	OUL	16th	33	[4]
2010	Kawasaki	BHI 21	THR 8	OUL 11	CAD 12	MAL 12	KNO	SNE 14	BHGP	CAD	CRO	SIL	OUL	13th	23

References

1. "2009 ViSK British Superbike Championship in association with Pirelli". Archived from the original on 26 June 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
2. "Gearlink Racing – Rider James Hillier". www.gearlinkracing.com. Archived from the original on 2 July 2007.
3. "BSB Brands Hatch: Chris Martin's epic crash".
4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010.

External links

• Profile Archived 14 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
• BSB Profile