The 2024 British Superbike Championship is the 37th season of the motorcycle championship. Tommy Bridewell is the defending champion, having won the 2023 season by half a point over then-teammate Glenn Irwin. [1]
Incorporated into the 2024 season is a lesser-class of machine, entitled 'Pathway', to be run concurrently within the same scheduled events. The aim is to allow new participants to enter at a reduced cost with a machine closer in specification to Superstock 1000. Trials were held within some races during the 2023 season. [2]
Two support classes were not carried on into 2024. The National Junior Superstock Championship because there are only two manufacturers available with no future options and no ability for a balance of performance formula, and the British Junior Supersport Championship because there was only one viable manufacturer making it a defacto one make series so was replaced with a properly budgeted and technically controlled one make series with the new Kawasaki British Superteen Championship using Kawasaki Ninja ZX-4RR machines. [3]
Riders with a superscript P are part of the Pathway class.
Team | Constructor | No. | Rider | Rounds |
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IN Competition SENCAT Aprilia | Aprilia | 8 | Lewis Rollo P | 1-3 |
Cheshire Mouldings BMW Motorrad | BMW | 11 | Rory Skinner | 1-3 |
FHO Racing BMW Motorrad | 25 | Josh Brookes | 1-3 | |
60 | Peter Hickman | 1-3 | ||
Rokit BMW Motorrad | 91 | Leon Haslam | 1-3 | |
Hager PBM Ducati | Ducati | 2 | Glenn Irwin | 1-3 |
Oxford Racing Products Ducati | 21 | Christian Iddon | 1-3 | |
Honda Racing UK | Honda | 1 | Tommy Bridewell | 1-3 |
18 | Andrew Irwin | 1-3 | ||
5 | Dean Harrison | 1-3 | ||
C&L Fairburn Jackson Racing | 3 | Billy McConnell | 1-3 | |
MasterMac Honda | 14 | Lee Jackson | 1-3 | |
86 | Charlie Nesbitt | 1-3 | ||
Rapid Honda | 54 | Franco Bourne | 1-3 | |
TAG Racing Honda | 74 | Jaimie van Sikkelerus P | 1-3 | |
Cumins by Team IWR | 75 | Alex Olsen P | 1, 3 | |
TAG Racing | 89 | Fraser Rogers | 1-3 | |
STAUFF Fluid Power Kawasaki | Kawasaki | 68 | Tom Neave | 1 |
Eemeli Lahti [4] | 2 | |||
Luke Mossey [5] | 3 | |||
CDH Racing Kawasaki | 23 | Luke Hedger | 1-3 | |
Completely Motorbikes FS-3 | 22 | Jason O'Halloran | 1-3 | |
30 | Max Cook | 1-3 | ||
DAO Racing | 51 | Brayden Elliott | 1-3 | |
83 | Danny Buchan | 1-3 | ||
NP Racing Kawasaki | 55 | Louis Valleley | 1-3 | |
LKQ Euro Car Parts Kawasaki | 79 | Storm Stacey | 1-3 | |
OMG Racing Yamaha | Yamaha | 7 | Ryan Vickers | 1-3 |
77 | Kyle Ryde | 1-3 | ||
McAMS Racing | 52 | Danny Kent | 1-3 |
Main Season | |||||||
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Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning rider | Winning team | |
1 | R1 | Circuito de Navarra | 21 April | Danny Kent | Kyle Ryde | Ryan Vickers | OMG Racing Yamaha |
R2 | Kyle Ryde | Tommy Bridewell | Ryan Vickers | OMG Racing Yamaha | |||
2 | R1 | Oulton Park | 5 May | Kyle Ryde | Glenn Irwin | Glenn Irwin | Hager PBM Ducati |
R2 | 6 May | Glenn Irwin | Christian Iddon | Glenn Irwin | Hager PBM Ducati | ||
R3 | Christian Iddon | Christian Iddon | Glenn Irwin | Hager PBM Ducati | |||
3 | R1 | Donington Park GP | 18 May | Ryan Vickers | Christian Iddon | Kyle Ryde | OMG Racing Yamaha |
R2 | 19 May | Christian Iddon | Danny Kent | Glenn Irwin | Hager PBM Ducati | ||
R3 | Danny Kent | Tommy Bridewell | Jason O'Halloran | Completely Motorbikes Kawasaki | |||
4 | R1 | Knockhill | 15 June | ||||
R2 | 16 June | ||||||
R3 | |||||||
5 | R1 | Snetterton 300 | 6 July | ||||
R2 | 7 July | ||||||
R3 | |||||||
6 | R1 | Brands Hatch GP | 20 July | ||||
R2 | 21 July | ||||||
R3 | |||||||
7 | R1 | Thruxton | 10 August | ||||
R2 | 11 August | ||||||
R3 | |||||||
8 | R1 | Cadwell Park | 25 August | ||||
R2 | 26 August | ||||||
R3 | |||||||
The Showdown | |||||||
9 | R1 | Oulton Park International | 16 September | ||||
R2 | 17 September | ||||||
R3 | |||||||
10 | R1 | Donington Park GP | 30 September | ||||
R2 | 1 October | ||||||
R3 | |||||||
11 | R1 | Brands Hatch GP | 14 October | ||||
R2 | 15 October | ||||||
R3 |
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Points | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Points | 25 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Points | 35 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
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