Tarran Mackenzie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Stirling, Scotland | 29 October 1995||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Petronas MIE – Racing Honda WSBK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bike number | 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tarran Mackenzie (born 29 October 1995, [1] often known as Taz) [2] is a professional road racer of solo motorcycles, based in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England. During 2023 he contested the World Supersport Championship for Japan-based MIE Honda run by Midori Moriwaki, [3] winning his first world championship supersport race after continuing to ride on a wet track with dry tyres, when competitors were losing time pitting for wheel-changes. [4] For 2024, he continued with the same team in World Superbikes. [5]
Mackenzie won the 2021 British Superbike Championship at the final round in October 2021. [6] With an ambition to eventually compete at world superbike level, no full-season opportunities were available for 2022.
Mackenzie's British Superbike 2022 racing season started at the third event at Donington Park in mid-May, after missing the Silverstone and Oulton Park rounds with injury. Riding only partially recovered at Donington, he rode conservatively for points, finishing the races in tenth, sixth and eleventh, further hindered by arm pump for the first time in his career, due to excessive arm use when steering, to compensate for his inability to switch-direction using leg pressure on the footrests. [7] [8] [9]
Mackenzie's 2022 BSB season ended on 25 September with a crash at Oulton Park, when he fell at the chicane and slid across the track under an oncoming motorcycle, breaking his left femur. [10]
Together with his brother, Taylor Mackenzie, also a motorcycle road racer until retiring in late 2021, they are the sons of Niall Mackenzie, a former motorcycle road racer. All three were born in the Stirling area of Scotland. [2] Writing in 2017, Steve Day's feature was headed "MotoGP™ commentator Steve Day looks at the Scotsman ahead of his Moto2™ debut", [11] and, as of 2021, the local newspaper was still referring to "...Stirling's Tarran". [12]
Mackenzie started racing in the Aprilia Superteen Rookies Cup. During 2011, he competed in the British 125 cc Championship. For 2012, he was chosen for the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup race series, held across various European countries. [13]
Mackenzie competed in the Monster Energy Motostar Championship during 2013, and was the 2016 British Supersport 600 Champion. He entered the Moto2 world championship in 2017 as a replacement for Danny Kent, scoring one championship point from a best finish of 15th, achieving 37th overall. [11] [1] [14] [15]
Mackenzie has been active in BSB since the 2018 British Superbike Championship season, winning the series in 2021.
During 2022, Mackenzie continued in British Superbikes, but received an offer of a factory world superbike Yamaha machine for potentially three wildcard events, at Assen, Donington Park, and a third unconfirmed circuit, [16] during 2022. [17] He sustained a leg injury in BSB early-season practice and could not participate in the scheduled wildcard entry at Assen. [18]
After missing Assen, Netherlands in April, at the Donington Park event with three wildcard races in July 2022, Mackenzie placed 14th, and then 15th in the last race after crashing into Xavi Vierge in the sprint race in between, resulting in a DNF. Mackenzie received a five-place grid penalty for the third race-start. [19]
For 2024, Mackenzie will continue with the same team as in 2023, stepping-up from Supersport to World Superbikes with teammate Adam Norrodin. [5]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Pos | Pts |
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2012 | SPA1 | SPA2 | POR1 | POR2 | GBR1 19 | GBR2 20 | NED1 20 | NED2 16 | GER1 Ret | GER2 15 | CZE1 21 | CZE2 15 | RSM 15 | ARA1 10 | ARA2 14 | 23rd | 11 |
2013 | AME1 Ret | AME2 11 | JER1 Ret | JER2 Ret | ASS1 14 | ASS2 19 | SAC1 15 | SAC2 15 | BRN 15 | SIL1 9 | SIL2 17 | MIS 19 | ARA1 16 | ARA2 9 | 20th | 24 |
Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
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2017 | Moto2 | Suter | Kiefer Racing | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37th |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos. | Pts |
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2017 | Moto2 | Suter | QAT | ARG | AME | SPA | FRA Ret | ITA 27 | CAT Ret | NED 25 | GER 23 | CZE 26 | AUT 20 | GBR 30 | RSM Ret | ARA 27 | JPN 15 | AUS 22 | MAL WD | VAL 24 | 37th | 1 |
Year | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 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 | R1 | R2 | R3 | ||||
2018 | Yamaha | DON 18 | DON DNS | BHI 11 | BHI 9 | OUL 9 | OUL Ret | SNE 6 | SNE Ret | KNO 14 | KNO 11 | BHGP Ret | BHGP 5 | THR 9 | THR 5 | CAD 8 | CAD Ret | SIL 3 | SIL Ret | SIL 2 | OUL 7 | OUL 4 | ASS 3 | ASS Ret | BHGP 3 | BHGP DNS | BHGP DNS | 10th | 163 | ||||||||||
2019 | SIL 2 | SIL 1 | OUL 8 | OUL 5 | DON 2 | DON 5 | DON 4 | BHGP DNS | BHGP DNS | KNO Ret | KNO 2 | SNE 3 | SNE Ret | THR DNS | THR DNS | CAD 13 | CAD 12 | OUL 8 | OUL 9 | OUL 7 | ASS 7 | ASS 13 | DON 12 | DON 9 | BHGP 11 | BHGP 4 | BHGP 6 | 5th | 566 | ||||||||||
2020 | DON 7 | DON 7 | DON 6 | SNE 7 | SNE 7 | SNE 6 | SIL 1 | SIL Ret | SIL 2 | OUL 9 | OUL 6 | OUL 9 | DON 4 | DON 3 | DON 1 | BHGP 3 | BHGP Ret | BHGP 2 | 5th | 215 | |||||||||||||||||||
2021 | OUL 5 | OUL 6 | OUL 4 | KNO 6 | KNO 3 | KNO 3 | BHGP 1 | BHGP 3 | BHGP 2 | THR 9 | THR 2 | THR 7 | DON 3 | DON 1 | DON 7 | CAD Ret | CAD DNS | CAD DNS | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | SNE 1 | SIL Ret | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | OUL 1 | OUL 3 | OUL 5 | DON 7 | DON 1 | DON Ret | BHGP 1 | BHGP 1 | BHGP 1 | 1st | 1202 | ||||
2022 | SIL | SIL | SIL | OUL | OUL | OUL | DON 10 | DON 6 | DON 11 | KNO DNS | KNO 10 | KNO 8 | BRH 2 | BRH 1 | BRH 1 | THR 2 | THR 2 | THR 1 | CAD 11 | CAD 11 | CAD 10 | SNE 2 | SNE 2 | SNE 3 | OUL Ret | OUL DNS | OUL DNS | DON | DON | DON | BRH | BRH | BRH | 7th | 1031 | ||||
Season | Motorcycle | Team | Number | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
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2022 | Yamaha YZF-R1 | McAMS Yamaha | 95 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28th |
2024 | Honda CBR1000RR-R | Petronas MIE Racing Honda Team | 95 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 23rd |
Total | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
(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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | ||||
2022 | Yamaha | SPA | SPA | SPA | NED | NED | NED | POR | POR | POR | ITA | ITA | ITA | GBR 14 | GBR Ret | GBR 15 | CZE | CZE | CZE | FRA | FRA | FRA | SPA | SPA | SPA | POR | POR | POR | ARG | ARG | ARG | INA | INA | INA | AUS | AUS | AUS | 28th | 3 |
2024 | Honda | AUS 19 | AUS Ret | AUS 18 | SPA 16 | SPA 20 | SPA 17 | NED 14 | NED 17 | NED 11 | ITA Ret | ITA 18 | ITA 19 | GBR Ret | GBR DNS | GBR DNS | CZE | CZE | CZE | POR | POR | POR | FRA Ret | FRA 18 | FRA 18 | ITA Ret | ITA 23 | ITA Ret | SPA 18 | SPA 19 | SPA 18 | POR 18 | POR 19 | POR Ret | SPA 24 | SPA 21 | SPA Ret | 23rd | 7 |
* Season still in progress.
Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Number | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
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2023 | WSSP | Honda CBR600RR | Petronas MIE – MS Racing Honda Team | 95 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 18th |
Total | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
(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 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Pos | Pts |
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2023 | Honda | AUS 5 | AUS 16 | INA 14 | INA 14 | NED 20 | NED 20 | SPA 27 | SPA 23 | EMI Ret | EMI Ret | GBR Ret | GBR 23 | ITA 21 | ITA Ret | CZE 17 | CZE 1 | FRA 24 | FRA 20 | SPA 26 | SPA 22 | POR 22 | POR 20 | ARG 19 | ARG 14 | 18th | 42 |
* Season still in progress.
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