Tarran Mackenzie

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Tarran Mackenzie
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Mackenzie at Oulton Park in October 2013 during practice for Motostar class
Born (1995-10-29) 29 October 1995 (age 28)
Stirling, Scotland
Current teamPetronas MIE – Racing Honda WSBK
Bike number95
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years 2017
Manufacturers Suter
2017 championship position37th (1 pt)
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
1300001
Superbike World Championship
Active years 2022
Manufacturers Yamaha
2022 championship position28th (3 pts)
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
300003
Supersport World Championship
Active years 2023
Manufacturers Honda
2023 championship position18th (42 pts)
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
24110042
British Superbike Championship
Active years2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
ManufacturersYamaha
Championships 1 (2021)
2021 championship position1st (1202pts)
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
1131540001202

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 will continue with the same team in World Superbikes. [5]

Contents

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]

Nationality

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]

Racing background

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]

British Superbikes

Mackenzie has been active in BSB since the 2018 British Superbike Championship season, winning the series in 2021.

World Superbikes

2022

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]

2024

For 2024, Mackenzie will continue with the same team as in 2023, stepping-up from Supersport to World Superbikes with teammate Adam Norrodin. [5]

Career Statistics

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

Races by year

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

Year123456789101112131415PosPts
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		23rd11
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		20th24

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcd
2017 Moto2 Suter Kiefer Racing130000137th
Total100001

Races by year

(key)

YearClassBike123456789101112131415161718Pos.Pts
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		37th1

British Superbike Championship

Races by Year

YearMake123456789101112PosPts
R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3
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		10th163
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		5th566
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		5th215
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		1st1202
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 7th1031

Superbike World Championship

By season

SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamNumberRaceWinPodium Pole FLap PtsPlcd
2022 SBK Yamaha YZF-R1 McAMS Yamaha9530000328th
Total300003

Races by year

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

YearBike123456789101112PosPts
R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2
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
28th3

* Season still in progress.

Supersport World Championship

By season

SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamNumberRaceWinPodium Pole FLap PtsPlcd
2023 WSSP Honda CBR600RR Petronas MIE – MS Racing Honda Team952411004218th
Total24110042

Races by year

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

YearBike123456789101112131415161718192021222324PosPts
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		18th42

* Season still in progress.


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References

  1. 1 2 Tarran Mackenzie McCams race team. Retrieved 15 August 2021
  2. 1 2 Speed runs in the family for Stirling Superbike stars Daily Record , 28 April 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2021
  3. ↑ 'Fantastic opportunity' - Tarran Mackenzie lands spot on World Supersport grid for 2023 as Honda return Eurosport , 14 December 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023
  4. ↑ Magical Mackenzie stuns with slick tyre gamble to give Honda’s first WorldSSP victory since 2016 www.worldsbk.com 30 July 2023. Rerieved 30 October 2023
  5. 1 2 WSB: Tarran Mackenzie set for 2024 Superbike promotion with Petronas MIE Racing Motorcycle News , 2 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023
  6. ↑ British Superbikes: Tarran Mackenzie seals championship with triple race win on final weekend BBC Sport , 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021
  7. ↑ Tarran Mackenzie Returns at Donington lexelle.com. Retrieved 25 May 2022
  8. ↑ O'Halloran denied win by 0.038 seconds in Donington thriller mcamsyamaha.com, 21 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022
  9. ↑ 2022 British Superbike Donington Park: O’Halloran doubles up on Sunday crash.net, 22 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022
  10. ↑ BSB: Tarran Mackenzie ruled out of action with broken femur Motorcycle News , 26 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022
  11. 1 2 Getting to know: Tarran Mackenzie motogp.com, 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2021
  12. ↑ A Monster weekend for Stirling's Tarran Stirling Observer , 28 July 2021, via pressreader.com Retrieved 15 August 2021
  13. ↑ Tarran in Race for Title The Ashbean, Spring 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2023
  14. ↑ Oulton BSB: Mackenzie steals Motostar victory bikesportnews, 11 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2021
  15. ↑ Holmfirth racer Joe Irving bags first win of the season at Brands Hatch Examiner Live , 25 July 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2021
  16. ↑ BSB: Tarran Mackenzie undergoes successful ankle surgery after training incident Motorcycle News , 24 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022
  17. ↑ "TARRAN MACKENZIE CONFIRMS THREE 2022 WORLDSBK WILD-CARDS, EYES FULL 2023 RIDE". visordown.com. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  18. ↑ British Superbike champion Mackenzie's WSBK debut thwarted by injury motorsport.com, 13 April 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022
  19. ↑ Mackenzie ‘in discussion’ about WorldSBK ride in 2023, "great experience" as a wildcard worldsbk.com, 22 July, 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022
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