Leon Haslam

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Leon Haslam
Leon Haslam in 2010 cropped.JPG
Haslam signing an autograph at Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2010 wearing Alstare Suzuki World Superbike team colours
NationalityEnglish
Born (1983-05-31) 31 May 1983 (age 40)
London Borough of Ealing, England
Current teamROKit Haslam Racing
Bike number91
Website leonhaslam.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Superbike World Championship
Active years 20032004, 2008
Manufacturers Ducati, Honda, Suzuki, BMW, Aprilia, Kawasaki
Championships 0
2023 championship position23rd (2 pts)
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
325545362472
British Superbike Championship
Active years 20032008, 20162018, 2022-
Manufacturers Ducati, Honda, Kawasaki
Championships 1 (2018)
2022 championship position11th (205 pts)
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
2334610834313880

Leon Lloyd Haslam (born 31 May 1983, in the London Borough of Ealing) [1] is a motorcycle road racer based in Derbyshire, England.

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In February 2022, Haslam confirmed he would be racing in British Superbikes for Lee Hardy Racing on a Kawasaki ZX-10RR, [2] whilst the actual sponsor name of the team, VisionTrack (previously a backer of Paul Bird Motorsport), determined later. [3] [4] Haslam competed in a wild card ride at Assen World Superbikes in April 2022, substituting at short notice for Pedercini Racing. [5]

After the 2019 World Superbike season with the factory Kawasaki team, for 2020 and 2021 he was contracted to ride the then-new Honda CBR1000RR-R in the World Superbike Championship, with the team being run for the first time under full HRC control. [6]

Between the 2016 and 2018 seasons, he was contracted to race in the British Superbike Championship aboard a Kawasaki ZX-10R. He won the 2018 British championship at the final event held at Brands Hatch in late October, having previously signed to join the Kawasaki Superbike factory team in World Championship from 2019 as team-mate to Jonathan Rea. [7]

He began racing at an early age and by the time he was in his late teens, he had raced in most of the significant British and international championships. After the 2004 season on a Ducati in World Superbikes with teammate Noriyuki Haga, between 2005 and 2008 he was a regular front-runner in the British Superbike Championship. For 2009 he returned to the Superbike World Championship, riding for Suzuki, BMW, Honda and Aprilia. Haslam is nicknamed 'Pocket Rocket' and is the son of former road-racer 'Rocket Ron' Haslam.

Career

Early career

Haslam was first exposed to motorcycle racing as a baby, often travelling with his parents to his dad, Ron Haslam's, races. He was 1995 and 1996's National Youth Motocross champion, [8] and 1998's MCN Young Rider of the Year after finishing 7th in the British 125cc Championship. He did an assortment of 125cc races in 1999, but quickly advanced into international racing after that. Leon spent the 2000 season with the underprepared Italjet team on their return to the 125cc world championship, then racing a privateer Honda NSR500V in 2001 (scoring five points finishes, as the youngest rider ever to compete in the series), and a 250cc Honda in 2002 (again scoring points five times). At this stage, having never ridden on competitive machinery, he had valuable experience but little in the way of results, leading him to return home. For 2003 Renegade Ducati signed him to ride in the British Supersport championship, but he was promoted to the full blown Superbike after the departure of Sean Emmett, [9] also riding in six World Superbikes races with a best finish of sixth at Assen and Magny Cours.

Superbike World Championship

For 2004 he did the full WSBK season for Renegade alongside Noriyuki Haga. He was 8th overall with a best of 3rd, finishing as the rookie of the year. Haslam also had an impressive victory in a British Superbike race at Brands Hatch on one of the team's 3 ventures into the series. In torrential rain, this was the only Ducati win in the series all year, even though this was the title-winning bike in both 2003 (Shane "Shakey" Byrne) and 2005 (Gregorio Lavilla).

British Superbike Championship

Leon Haslam races at Brands Hatch for Round One, 2008 Leon Haslam 2.jpg
Leon Haslam races at Brands Hatch for Round One, 2008

With Renegade switching to Honda machinery and cutting to one rider [10] Haslam moved to BSB with the reformed GSE Racing Squad, now known as Airwaves Ducati. Haslam finished 4th overall behind only teammate Lavilla and the two HM Plant Hondas of Ryuichi Kiyonari and Michael Rutter.

2006 saw Leon once again on the Airwaves sponsored GSE Ducati 999, partnering Lavilla. In the first 12 races of the 2006 season he finished 2nd no less than 8 times, without winning a race but taking 3 poles and lying 2nd overall. The wins came later; he was particularly proud of a win in the wet at Croft.

He managed to push for the title all the way to the last race of the season at a rain soaked Brands Hatch where Leon, Lavilla and Kiyonari all had a chance to win. Leon was running second to Kiyo in the first race when it was stopped after Byrne crashed heavily, and despite storming to victory in the second race, he ended the season in second place and Lavilla (who crashed in race one) was third. Leon did however drive off in the £50,000 Audi convertible which was his prize for scoring the most points in the Audi pole position competition.

While Lavilla won the first four races and lead the championship after eight, Haslam struggled to match these results. However, two-second places at Oulton Park in round four moved him up to fourth overall. He ultimately finished 3rd, behind Kiyonari and Jonathan Rea's Hondas but ahead of a fading Lavilla.

Haslam was released by Airwaves Ducati for 2008, when they initially withdrew from the series over questions about the legality of the Ducati 1098 under the new BSB tuning rules. [11] He joined Airwaves' rivals HM Plant Honda, but the Ducati proved to be the faster bike, with Shakey Byrne dominating the championship. Haslam struggled early in the season [12] and was generally outpaced by younger teammate Cal Crutchlow, and was excluded from race 2 at Oulton Park after a racing incident with Tom Sykes. [13] Despite several podium finishes his first win did not come until round 8 at Knockhill, when race leader Byrne crashed heavily. [14] He then took a double win at Cadwell Park, despite not starting on the front row [15]

Haslam also made two wild card appearance in the World Superbike Championship at Donington Park and Portimão. A competitive showing at Donington ended with disappointing results. In race one he ran with the leaders after a red flag, but eased off after seeing a white flag with a red cross, which means the surface is slippery in WSBK, while in British Superbike, that indicates a safety vehicle is on course (typically a full-course caution period to neutralise the race with the deployment of the safety car). The time he lost here proved costly, as he was taken out a lap later. In race two he crashed out of fourth place with just three laps to go. At Portimão he finished third in race two, with a German flag above him on the podium, implying that the officials expected Max Neukirchner to overhaul him.

Return to Superbike

WSBK remained his target for 2009, [16] and he joined the Stiggy Honda team for their first World Superbike campaign, [17] starting the year strongly with a third-place finish at the first round at Phillip Island in race two. The Dutch Grand Prix at Assen was also a very successful weekend as Haslam finished on the podium in both races with a third place in race one and a second place in race two. He finished the season 6th overall, comfortably the top privateer.

Haslam finished the 2010 season as runner-up to Max Biaggi Leon Haslam 2010 SBK Silverstone 2.jpg
Haslam finished the 2010 season as runner-up to Max Biaggi

Haslam's results for Stiggy led to Alstare Suzuki signing him to partner Sylvain Guintoli for the 2010 season. [18] He took his first WSBK pole in the 2010 season opener at Phillip Island. [19] He then went on to win his first World Superbike race in race one, narrowly beating Michel Fabrizio by 0.004 seconds at the line in the closest finish ever recorded in a World Superbike race. Haslam was also in control of race two until 3 turns from the end he was overtaken by the eventual winner Carlos Checa. He took two-second places at round 2 in Portugal. [20] These strong results continued in the early part of the season, before a run of four successive wins for Max Biaggi's Aprilia. This led Haslam to publicly ask Suzuki Japan for more resources, to prevent their title challenge from faltering. [21] Haslam beat Biaggi in both Silverstone races, to trim Biaggi's championship lead to 60 points. [22] The championship went down to the penultimate round at Imola

Haslam on the BMW S1000RR at the Donington round of the 2012 Superbike World Championship season Leon Haslam 2012 SBK Donington.jpg
Haslam on the BMW S1000RR at the Donington round of the 2012 Superbike World Championship season

with Haslam needing to win, in race one both Haslam and Biaggi made mistakes, Biaggi ran straight on at turns 3 and 4 the Villeneuve esses cutting across the track right in front of the competitors and was lucky not to be hit or fall off, he recovered to finish 11th while Haslam was 2nd going into the final lap, coming into rivazza one Haslam tried to go underneath race leader Carlos Checa, Haslam however could not stop the bike and ended up in the gravel and could only manage a 5th place, [23] in race 2 Biaggi made a much better start and was right at the front from the start, with Haslam. Haslam made a mistake on lap 7 which dropped him back to 5th place, trying to make his way back up the field going through the Villeneuve esses his engine blew up, this was the Suzuki's first mechanical failure of the year. [24] This handed the title to Max Biaggi who came home 5th, with wild celebrations on the slow down lap. [25]

On 27 September Haslam was released from his two-year contract with Alstare Suzuki by mutual consent, team manager Francis Batta citing the lack of response to the call for help from the Suzuki factory. [26]

On 28 September 2010, Haslam signed a two-year contract with the BMW team to ride in the 2011 Superbike World Championship season, [27] and for the 2013 season he joined Ten Kate Honda Fireblade WSB [28] operating as Team Pata Honda, with Ulsterman Jonny Rea as teammate. [29]

Haslam aboard the Honda CBR1000RR-R at Phillip Island in 2020 Leon Haslam 2020. Phillip Island. Image Russell Colvin.jpg
Haslam aboard the Honda CBR1000RR-R at Phillip Island in 2020

In July 2013 Haslam won the prestigious Coke Zero Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race in Japan, partnered-up for the race with Team Pata World Supersport rider Michael van der Mark – debuting at Suzuka – and 2010 winner Takumi Takahashi in the MuSashi HARC Pro Honda team. [30] The trio repeated victory for the 2014 Coke Zero Suzuka 8 Hours.

After a disappointing 2014 season on the Ten Kate Pata Honda with injuries and average results, Haslam signed to race Aprilia for Red Devils Roma Team in 2015, [31] together with Spanish teammate Jordi Torres. [32]

Personal life

Leon has two sisters, Emma and Zoe. [33] In 2010, he married his long term partner, former glamour model turned TV presenter Olivia Stringer in Sweden, [34] who gave birth to their daughter Ava May in December 2011 [35] and Max Peter on 11 August 2013.

Haslam owns the snooker cue that Peter Ebdon used to win the 2002 World Snooker Championship, and has it framed on his wall. He also enjoys playing poker, pool and golf, and supports Manchester United football club. His training partners included his wife, and the Formula Renault driver Riki Christodoulou. At Mallory Park he also made his debut in the British Rallycross Championship in a Suzuki Swift, [36] for which he then stated he had plans to run in the series part-time in 2010.

Career statistics

Career summary

SeasonSeriesMotorcycleTeamRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcd
1998 125cc Honda RS125R Honda Britain100000NC
1999 125cc Honda RS125R Honda Britain100000NC
2000 125cc Italjet F125 Italjet Moto 150000627th
2001 500cc Honda NSR500/Honda NSR500V Shell Advance Honda 1500001319th
2002 250cc Honda NSR250 Cibertel Honda BQR 1600001918th
2003 Superbike Ducati 998 RS Renegade Ducati600003521st
British Superbike Ducati 998 RS Renegade Ducati1200009813th
British Supersport Ducati 748 Renegade Ducati601006011th
2004 Superbike Ducati 999 RS Renegade Ducati2201001698th
British Superbike Ducati 999 RS Renegade Ducati411004319th
2005 British Superbike Ducati 999 F04 Airwaves Ducati26311313504th
2006 British Superbike Ducati 999 F06 Airwaves Ducati24320564582nd
2007 British Superbike Ducati 999 F06 Airwaves Ducati26411123873rd
2008 Superbike Honda CBR1000RR HM Plant Honda401003322nd
British Superbike Honda CBR1000RR HM Plant Honda24511143572nd
2009 Superbike Honda CBR1000RR Stiggy Racing Team 2804012416th
2010 Superbike Suzuki GSX-R1000 Team Suzuki Alstare 26314123762nd
2011 Superbike BMW S1000RR BMW Motorrad Motorsport 2603002245th
2012 Superbike BMW S1000RR BMW Motorrad Motorsport 2705012008th
2013 Superbike Honda CBR1000RR Pata Honda World Superbike 2000009113th
2014 Superbike Honda CBR1000RR Pata Honda World Superbike 2401001877th
2015 Superbike Aprilia RSV4 RF Aprilia Racing Team - Red Devils2629223324th
2016 Superbike Kawasaki ZX-10R Pedercini Racing 200001620th
British Superbike Kawasaki ZX-10R JG Speedfit Kawasaki26915436402nd
2017 Superbike Kawasaki ZX-10RR Kawasaki Puccetti Racing201002023rd
British Superbike Kawasaki ZX-10RR JG Speedfit Kawasaki24612136313rd
2018 Superbike Kawasaki ZX-10RR Kawasaki Puccetti Racing400001420th
British Superbike Kawasaki ZX-10RR JG Speedfit Kawasaki2615211106991st
2019 Superbike Kawasaki ZX-10RR Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK 3706002817th
2020 Superbike Honda CBR1000RR-R Team HRC 24000011310th
2021 Superbike Honda CBR1000RR-R Team HRC 35000013413th
2022 Superbike Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR TPR Team Pedercini Racing 900004424th

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Races by year

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

YearClassBike12345678910111213141516PosPts
1998 125cc Honda JPN MAL SPA ITA FRA MAD NED GBR
17
GER CZE IMO CAT AUS ARG NC0
1999 125cc Honda MAL JPN SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GBR
19
GER CZE IMO VAL AUS RSA BRA ARG NC0
2000 125cc Italjet RSA
22
MAL
19
JPN
Ret
SPA
17
FRA
DNQ
ITA
22
CAT
10
NED
18
GBR
19
GER
Ret
CZE
17
POR
Ret
VAL
22
BRA
Ret
PAC
Ret
AUS
17
27th6
2001 500cc Honda JPN
13
RSA
17
SPA
16
FRA
DNS
ITA CAT
WD
NED
13
GBR
17
GER
Ret
CZE
Ret
POR
Ret
VAL
16
PAC
15
AUS
19
MAL
15
BRA
11
19th13
2002 250cc Honda JPN
Ret
RSA
15
ESP
19
FRA
Ret
ITA
18
CAT
18
NED
Ret
GBR
17
GER
13
CZE
17
POR
7
BRA
10
PAC
Ret
MAL
17
AUS
18
VAL
17
18th19

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

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

YearBike1234567891011121314PosPts
R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2
2003 Ducati SPA SPA AUS AUS JPN JPN ITA ITA GER GER GBR GBR SMR SMR USA USA GBR
Ret
GBR
10
NED
6
NED
7
ITA ITA FRA
Ret
FRA
6
21st35
2004 Ducati SPA
5
SPA
9
AUS
Ret
AUS
10
SMR
11
SMR
5
ITA
5
ITA
4
GER
7
GER
3
GBR
5
GBR
4
USA
9
USA
Ret
EUR
Ret
EUR
Ret
NED
6
NED
6
ITA
10
ITA
12
FRA
7
FRA
6
8th169
2008 Honda QAT QAT AUS AUS SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA USA USA GER GER SMR SMR CZE CZE GBR GBR EUR
8
EUR
Ret
ITA ITA FRA FRA POR
7
POR
3
22nd33
2009 Honda AUS
6
AUS
3
QAT
11
QAT
11
SPA
5
SPA
5
NED
3
NED
2
ITA
Ret
ITA
7
RSA
Ret
RSA
4
USA
10
USA
Ret
SMR
12
SMR
8
GBR
4
GBR
2
CZE
7
CZE
12
GER
6
GER
5
ITA
6
ITA
8
FRA
5
FRA
5
POR
Ret
POR
Ret
6th241
2010 Suzuki AUS
1
AUS
2
POR
2
POR
2
SPA
1
SPA
4
NED
11
NED
2
ITA
4
ITA
2
RSA
3
RSA
1
USA
2
USA
Ret
SMR
8
SMR
2
CZE
8
CZE
10
GBR
3
GBR
4
GER
6
GER
3
ITA
5
ITA
Ret
FRA
2
FRA
10
2nd376
2011 BMW AUS
3
AUS
5
EUR
4
EUR
4
NED
12
NED
5
ITA
3
ITA
Ret
USA
8
USA
13
SMR
Ret
SMR
5
SPA
9
SPA
9
CZE
8
CZE
7
GBR
4
GBR
8
GER
5
GER
9
ITA
Ret
ITA
5
FRA
3
FRA
4
POR
9
POR
15
5th224
2012 BMW AUS
12
AUS
5
ITA
3
ITA
3
NED
Ret
NED
5
ITA
C
ITA
2
EUR
2
EUR
15
USA
10
USA
8
SMR
12
SMR
3
SPA
7
SPA
6
CZE
7
CZE
7
GBR
6
GBR
17
RUS
6
RUS
Ret
GER
7
GER
Ret
POR
19
POR
Ret
FRA
5
FRA
Ret
8th200
2013 Honda AUS
7
AUS
10
SPA
9
SPA
9
NED
DNS
NED
DNS
ITA ITA GBR
DNS
GBR
DNS
POR
Ret
POR
DNS
ITA
10
ITA
9
RUS
Ret
RUS
C
GBR
7
GBR
Ret
GER
7
GER
13
TUR
9
TUR
8
USA
Ret
USA
11
FRA
8
FRA
Ret
SPA
Ret
SPA
Ret
13th91
2014 Honda AUS
Ret
AUS
6
SPA
9
SPA
8
NED
8
NED
5
ITA
10
ITA
8
GBR
8
GBR
7
MAL
7
MAL
11
SMR
10
SMR
12
POR
11
POR
5
USA
7
USA
7
SPA
7
SPA
8
FRA
6
FRA
3
QAT
11
QAT
10
7th187
2015 Aprilia AUS
2
AUS
1
THA
2
THA
2
SPA
4
SPA
3
NED
4
NED
4
ITA
4
ITA
Ret
GBR
4
GBR
4
POR
12
POR
3
SMR
5
SMR
3
USA
13
USA
5
MAL
7
MAL
6
SPA
5
SPA
3
FRA
16
FRA
5
QAT
6
QAT
1
4th332
2016 Kawasaki AUS AUS THA THA SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA MAL MAL GBR GBR ITA ITA USA USA GER GER FRA FRA SPA SPA QAT
11
QAT
5
20th16
2017 Kawasaki AUS AUS THA THA SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR
2
GBR
Ret
ITA ITA USA USA GER GER POR POR FRA FRA SPA SPA QAT QAT 23rd20
2018 Kawasaki AUS AUS THA THA SPA SPA NED NED ITA
9
ITA
16
GBR
9
GBR
Ret
CZE CZE USA USA ITA ITA POR POR FRA FRA ARG ARG QAT QAT 20th14
YearBike12345678910111213PosPts
R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2
2019 Kawasaki AUS
15
AUS
3
AUS
3
THA
5
THA
5
THA
5
SPA
9
SPA
7
SPA
4
NED
5
NED
C
NED
8
ITA
5
ITA
6
ITA
C
SPA
9
SPA
6
SPA
5
ITA
Ret
ITA
3
ITA
3
GBR
3
GBR
3
GBR
5
USA
Ret
USA
5
USA
6
POR
5
POR
5
POR
5
FRA
Ret
FRA
9
FRA
7
ARG
6
ARG
8
ARG
10
QAT
5
QAT
4
QAT
9
7th281
2020 Honda AUS
5
AUS
8
AUS
12
SPA
10
SPA
9
SPA
12
POR
12
POR
9
POR
13
SPA
10
SPA
10
SPA
7
SPA
7
SPA
8
SPA
4
SPA
10
SPA
Ret
SPA
9
FRA
Ret
FRA
11
FRA
13
POR
5
POR
8
POR
7
10th113
2021 Honda SPA
8
SPA
10
SPA
Ret
POR
12
POR
16
POR
12
ITA
14
ITA
11
ITA
Ret
GBR
6
GBR
4
GBR
9
NED
8
NED
12
NED
10
CZE
8
CZE
13
CZE
11
SPA
13
SPA
14
SPA
Ret
FRA
10
FRA
9
FRA
Ret
SPA
7
SPA
7
SPA
11
SPA
11
SPA
C
SPA
12
POR
5
POR
Ret
POR
8
ARG
10
ARG
10
ARG
11
INA
DNS
INA
C
INA
DNS
13th134
2022 Kawasaki SPA SPA SPA NED
16
NED
17
NED
13
POR POR POR ITA ITA ITA GBR
15
GBR
13
GBR
Ret
CZE CZE CZE FRA FRA FRA SPA SPA SPA POR
Ret
POR
19
POR
Ret
ARG ARG ARG INA INA INA AUS AUS AUS 26th4
2023 BMW AUS
AUS
AUS
INA
INA
INA
NED
NED
NED
SPA
SPA
SPA
EMI
EMI
EMI
GBR
14
GBR
15
GBR
Ret
ITA
ITA
ITA
CZE
CZE
CZE
FRA
FRA
FRA
SPA
SPA
SPA
POR
POR
POR
JER
JER
JER
23rd2

British Superbike Championship

Races by year

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

YearBike12345678910111213PosPtsRef
R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2
2005 Ducati BHI
Ret
BHI
4
THR
4
THR
7
MAL
3
MAL
5
OUL
4
OUL
1
MOP
Ret
MOP
2
CRO
6
CRO
Ret
KNO
5
KNO
5
SNE
2
SNE
Ret
SIL
2
SIL
3
CAD
6
CAD
1
OUL
4
OUL
4
DON
3
DON
2
BHGP
2
BHGP
1
4th350 [37]
2006 Ducati BHI
Ret
BHI
2
DON
3
DON
2
THR
2
THR
2
OUL
3
OUL
7
MOP
C
MOP
C
MAL
2
MAL
2
SNE
2
SNE
2
KNO
3
KNO
3
OUL
2
OUL
3
CRO
4
CRO
1
CAD
2
CAD
1
SIL
Ret
SIL
3
BHGP
2
BHGP
1
2nd458 [38]
2007 Ducati BHGP
6
BHGP
4
THR
6
THR
6
SIL
6
SIL
5
OUL
2
OUL
2
SNE
3
SNE
5
MOP
1
MOP
4
KNO
3
KNO
2
OUL
4
OUL
4
MAL
3
MAL
2
CRO
5
CRO
6
CAD
1
CAD
Ret
DON
1
DON
1
BHI
4
BHI
5
3rd387 [39]
2008 Honda THR
4
THR
Ret
OUL
2
OUL
Ret
BHGP
4
BHGP
6
DON
2
DON
2
SNE
5
SNE
5
MAL
2
MAL
6
OUL
4
OUL
4
KNO
Ret
KNO
1
CAD
1
CAD
1
CRO
2
CRO
1
SIL
11
SIL
1
BHI
4
BHI
2
2nd357 [40]
YearBike123456789101112PosPtsRef
R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R3R1R2R1R2R1R2R3
2016 Kawasaki SIL
Ret
SIL
5
OUL
1
OUL
3
BHI
1
BHI
3
KNO
1
KNO
6
SNE
5
SNE
4
THR
13
THR
5
BHGP
2
BHGP
2
CAD
2
CAD
1
OUL
1
OUL
1
OUL
1
DON
2
DON
Ret
ASS
1
ASS
1
BHGP
Ret
BHGP
5
BHGP
4
2nd640 [41]
2017 Kawasaki DON
1
DON
1
BHI
2
BHI
3
OUL
1
OUL
Ret
KNO
DNS
KNO
DNS
SNE
4
SNE
8
BHGP
3
BHGP
5
THR
7
THR
3
CAD
1
CAD
Ret
SIL
Ret
SIL
Ret
SIL
Ret
OUL
1
OUL
2
ASS
1
ASS
3
BHGP
4
BHGP
10
BHGP
Ret
3rd631
2018 Kawasaki DON
9
DON
2
BHI
4
BHI
1
OUL
1
OUL
1
SNE
1
SNE
1
KNO
2
KNO
1
BHGP
3
BHGP
3
THR
1
THR
4
CAD
1
CAD
1
SIL
1
SIL
1
SIL
1
OUL
3
OUL
2
ASS
1
ASS
1
BHGP
6
BHGP
1
BHGP
6
1st699
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2022 Kawasaki SIL
Ret
SIL
15
SIL
13
OUL
13
OUL
3
OUL
5
DON
Ret
DON
5
DON
Ret
KNO
11
KNO
Ret
KNO
11
BRH
8
BRH
5
BRH
6
THR
8
THR
9
THR
6
CAD
8
CAD
4
CAD
4
SNE
5
SNE
17
SNE
6
OUL
3
OUL
6
OUL
14
DON
9
DON
Ret
DON
10
BRH
Ret
BRH
Ret
BRH
DNS
11th205
2023 BMW SIL
6
SIL
6
SIL
6
OUL
2
OUL
3
OUL
2
DON DON DON KNO KNO KNO SNE SNE SNE BRH BRH BRH THR THR THR CAD CAD CAD OUL OUL OUL DON DON DON BRH BRH BRH 4th*76*

* Season still in progress.

Suzuka 8 Hours Results

YearTeamCo-RidersBikePos
2008 Flag of Japan.svg Team SAKURAI Honda 10 Flag of Japan.svg Chojun Kameya Honda CBR1000RR 9th
2013 Flag of Japan.svg MuSASHi RT HARC-PRO. Flag of Japan.svg Takumi Takahashi
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van der Mark
Honda CBR1000RR 1st
2014 Flag of Japan.svg MuSASHi RT HARC-PRO. Flag of Japan.svg Takumi Takahashi
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van der Mark
Honda CBR1000RR 1st
2016 Flag of Japan.svg Team Green Kawasaki Flag of Japan.svg Akira Yanagawa
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuma Watanabe
Kawasaki ZX-10R 2nd
2017 Flag of Japan.svg Team Green Kawasaki Flag of Japan.svg Kazuma Watanabe
Flag of Malaysia.svg Azlan Shah Kamaruzaman
Kawasaki ZX-10RR 2nd
2018 Flag of Japan.svg Team Green Kawasaki Flag of Japan.svg Kazuma Watanabe
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Rea
Kawasaki ZX-10RR 3rd
2019 Flag of Japan.svg Kawasaki Racing Team Suzuka 8H Flag of Turkey.svg Toprak Razgatlıoğlu
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Rea
Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1st

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