Dan Linfoot

Dan Linfoot
Dan Linfoot
	Linfoot in 2009
Nationality	English
Born	8 July 1988 (age 36); Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England
Bike number	4
Motorcycle racing career statistics
British Superbike Championship
Active years	7
Manufacturers	2

Last updated December 19, 2024

Daniel Craig Linfoot (born 8 July 1988^{[ citation needed ]} in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire) is a motorcycle road racer who, for 2022, competed at the start of the season in the British Superbike Championship,^[1] then in July, halfway through the season, switched to the Superstock category,^[2] a support class within the Superbike racing events. He was part of an Endurance race team,^[3] and also raced in Superstock at the end of 2021.

Career

Starting Out

Linfoot started out in 2001–02 in the National Minibike Championships, later moving up the 125cc category in 2004. In 2005 Linfoot came 4th in the championship.^[7]

MotoGP, 125cc, 250cc

In 2005, Linfoot make his 125cc Grand Prix debut alongside his compatriot Chris Elkin with wildcard facility at Donington. Linfoot finish the race respectable, 9th place after starting from 39th grid in wet race.

Linfoot then went on to ride in the World 250cc championship in 2007 with Team Sicilia aboard Aprilia RSV 250 replacing Anthony West. In same conditions, Linfoot repeated his best result at Donington who finished the race in 9th again after starting from 21st on the grid.

However, Linfoot failed to score the 6 remaining race. Linfoot was replaced by Federico Sandi onwards.

European Superstock Championship

Linfoot compete European superstock championship in 2008.

British Supersport & Superbikes 2009-Present

For the 2009 season Linfoot moved back to England to race in the British Supersport Championship, Linfoot started well gaining a 3rd position at the first meeting at Brands Hatch. Linfoot was later injured due to a big crash during qualifying at Snetterton breaking his metatarsals.^[8] Linfoot returned 3 meetings later at Brands Hatch, gaining 7th and 5th places before been called up to the British Superbike Championship to replace the injured Jon Kirkham.^[9] Just a week after making his BSB debut Linfoot was given a wildcard entry to the World Supersport Championship at Magny-Cours.^[10]

For the 2010 season Linfoot was signed by Rob Mac to ride the Motorpoint/Henderson Yamaha in the British Superbike Championship.^[11]

Career statistics

Stats correct as of 9 July 2012

All Time

Total		112	2	14	4	5	4	1	0
Series	Years Active	Races	Poles	Podiums	Wins	2nd place	3rd place	Fast Laps	Titles
British 125cc	^2004-06	31	2	7	2	4	1	0	0
125cc	²⁰⁰⁵	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
250cc	^2006-07	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
European Superstock 600 (SS600)	²⁰⁰⁸	9	0	3	2	0	1	1	0
British Supersport (BSS)	²⁰⁰⁹	6	0	3	0	1	2	0	0
British Superbike (BSB)	^2009-12	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

By championship

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos	Pts
2005	125cc	Honda	ESP	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR 9	GER	CZE	JPN	MAL	QAT	AUS	TUR	VAL		27th	7
2006	250cc	Honda	ESP	QAT	TUR	CHN	FRA DNS	ITA 17	CAT Ret	NED	GBR Ret	GER 19	CZE Ret	MAL	AUS	JPN	POR Ret	VAL		NC	0
2007	250cc	Aprilia	QAT	ESP	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR 9	NED Ret	GER Ret	CZE 20	SMR Ret	POR Ret	JPN Ret	AUS	MAL	VAL	24th	7

British 125cc Championship

Year	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos	Pts	Ref
2004	Honda	SIL 15	BHI	SNE 23	OUL 13	MON 18	THR 20	BHGP 16	KNO 18	MAL 20	CRO 9	CAD 18	OUL 10	DON 23	24th	17	^[12]
2005		BHI 7	THR Ret	MAL 2	OUL 2	MON 2	CRO 2	KNO Ret	SNE Ret	SIL 8	CAD 6	OUL 5	DON Ret	BHGP 3	4th	134	^[13]
2006		BHI 1	DON Ret	THR Ret	OUL 1	MON C	MAL	SNE	KNO	OUL	CRO	CAD	SIL	BHGP	13th	50	^[13]

Superstock 600

Yr	Class	Bike	ESP	NED	ITA	GER	SMR	CZE	GBR	EUR	FRA	POR	Pts	Pos	Ref
2008	STK 600	Yamaha	3	1	DNS	6	6	4	Ret	4	1	11	5th	117	^[14]

British Supersport Championship

Yr	Class	Bike	BHI	OUL	DON	THR	SNE	KNO	MAL	BHGP	CAD	CRO	SIL	OUL	Pos	Pts
2009	BSS	Yamaha	3	Ret	2	3	DNS	Inj	Inj	Ret	5	7			7th	72

British Superbike Championship

Year	Bike	1		2		3			4		5		6			7			8			9		10		11		12			Pos	Pts	Ref
Year	Bike	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	Pos	Pts	Ref
2009	Yamaha	BHI	BHI	OUL	OUL	DON	DON		THR	THR	SNE	SNE	KNO	KNO		MAL	MAL		BHGP	BHGP	BHGP	CAD	CAD	CRO	CRO	SIL 18	SIL Ret	OUL 19	OUL 17	OUL 15	36th	1	^[15]
2010	Yamaha	BHI 9	BHI Ret	THR Ret	THR 12	OUL 9	OUL 14		CAD 10	CAD Ret	MAL Ret	MAL 14	KNO Ret	KNO C		SNE 13	SNE Ret	SNE 12	BHGP 13	BHGP 9	BHGP Ret	CAD 9	CAD 13	CRO 5	CRO 9	SIL 10	SIL 6	OUL 11	OUL Ret	OUL 10	14th	101	^[16]
2011	Honda	BHI 8	BHI 8	OUL 10	OUL 15	CRO 17	CRO Ret		THR 5	THR 6	KNO Ret	KNO 15	SNE 18	SNE 12		OUL	OUL		BHGP	BHGP	BHGP	CAD	CAD	DON	DON	SIL 15	SIL 10	BHGP NC	BHGP 9	BHGP Ret	19th	63	^[17]
2012	BMW	BHI Ret	BHI C	THR 12	THR 11	OUL 15	OUL 9	OUL 12	SNE 11	SNE 11	KNO WD	KNO WD	OUL	OUL	OUL	BHGP	BHGP		CAD	CAD		DON	DON	ASS	ASS	SIL	SIL	BHGP	BHGP	BHGP	20th	31	^[18]

Year	Bike	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			Pos	Pts
Year	Bike	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	Pos	Pts
2022	BMW	SIL Ret	SIL 12	SIL 14	OUL 20	OUL 20	OUL 15	DON 20	DON 18	DON Ret	KNO Ret	KNO 18	KNO Ret	BRH Ret	BRH DNS	BRH DNS	THR	THR	THR	CAD	CAD	CAD	SNE	SNE	SNE	OUL	OUL	OUL	DON	DON	DON	BRH	BRH	BRH	26th	7

FIM Endurance World Championship

By team

Year	Team	Bike	Rider	TC
2024	Yoshimura SERT Motul	Suzuki GSX-R1000R	Gregg Blaxk Dan Linfoot Etienne Masson	1st

Suzuka 8 Hours results

Year	Team	Riders	Bike	Pos
2024	Yoshimura SERT Motul	Cocoro Atsumi Albert Arenas	Suzuki GSX-R 1000	3rd

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References

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↑ Linfoot switches to Superstock for remainder of 2022 bikesportnews.com, 11 August 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022
↑ 2022 Bol d’Or: Yamaha wins race as Honda claims title 20 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022
↑ Honda racing riders Retrieved 5 January 2017
↑ Honda Racing retains Linfoot, O’Halloran for 2018 crash.net 8 November 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017
↑ BSB: Linfoot moves to TAG Racing for 2019 campaign Motorcycle News , 24 November 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018
↑ Error Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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↑ Linfoot lined up for BSB debut | BSB News | Sep 2009 | Crash.Net
↑ "LINFOOT TO WILDCARD AT MAGNY-COURS WORLD SUPERSPORT > BikeSport News". Archived from the original on 29 September 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
↑ Error Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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[1] BSB: PR Racing BMW unveil three-man 2022 Superbike team Motorcycle News , 2 February 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022

[2] Linfoot switches to Superstock for remainder of 2022 bikesportnews.com, 11 August 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022

[3] 2022 Bol d’Or: Yamaha wins race as Honda claims title 20 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022

[4] Honda racing riders Retrieved 5 January 2017

[5] Honda Racing retains Linfoot, O’Halloran for 2018 crash.net 8 November 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017

[MCN_TAG-6] BSB: Linfoot moves to TAG Racing for 2019 campaign Motorcycle News , 24 November 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018

[7] Error Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[8] ttp://www.bikesportnews.com/articles/article.html?id=NW200_YAMAHAS_LINFOOT_TO_UNDERGO_SURGERY_TOMORROW_1%5B‍%5D

[9] Linfoot lined up for BSB debut | BSB News | Sep 2009 | Crash.Net

[10] "LINFOOT TO WILDCARD AT MAGNY-COURS WORLD SUPERSPORT > BikeSport News". Archived from the original on 29 September 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2009.

[11] Error Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[12] 2003 Archived 2 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[superbike-racing.co.uk-13] 1 2 2005 Archived 2 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[14] The Superbike World Championship Official Site Archived 6 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[15] 2011 MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship in association with Pirelli Archived 9 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine

[16] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[17] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2012standings-18] "Round 7 - Standings" (PDF). MotorSportVision Racing. 8 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

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