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2015 British Superbike Championship

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The 2015 British Superbike Championship season was the 28th British Superbike Championship season. It began at Donington Park on 6 April and ended at the Brands Hatch GP circuit on 18 October. Shane Byrne is the defending champion.

Race calendar and results

2015 Calendar
Main Season
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Rider Winning Team
1 R1 England Donington Park 6 April Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari England Shane Byrne England James Ellison JG Speedfit Kawasaki
R2 England Shane Byrne England Shane Byrne England Shane Byrne PBM Kawasaki
2 R1 England Brands Hatch Indy 19 April England James Ellison England James Ellison England James Ellison JG Speedfit Kawasaki
R2 England James Ellison England James Ellison England James Ellison JG Speedfit Kawasaki
3 R1 England Oulton Park 4 May Australia Josh Brookes Australia Josh Brookes England Tommy Bridewell Tyco BMW Motorrad Racing
R2 Australia Josh Brookes England Shane Byrne Scotland Stuart Easton PBM Kawasaki
4 R1 England Snetterton 300 21 June England Shane Byrne England Shane Byrne England Shane Byrne PBM Kawasaki
R2 England Shane Byrne England Shane Byrne England Shane Byrne PBM Kawasaki
5 R1 Scotland Knockhill 5 July England Shane Byrne England James Ellison England Shane Byrne PBM Kawasaki
R2 England James Ellison England Shane Byrne England Shane Byrne PBM Kawasaki
6 R1 England Brands Hatch GP 19 July England Shane Byrne England Shane Byrne Australia Josh Brookes Milwaukee Yamaha
R2 England Shane Byrne Australia Josh Brookes Australia Josh Brookes Milwaukee Yamaha
7 R1 England Thruxton 2 August Australia Josh Brookes England Dan Linfoot Australia Josh Brookes Milwaukee Yamaha
R2 England Dan Linfoot Australia Josh Brookes Australia Josh Brookes Milwaukee Yamaha
8 R1 England Cadwell Park 23 August Australia Josh Brookes Australia Josh Brookes Australia Josh Brookes Milwaukee Yamaha
R2 Australia Josh Brookes Australia Josh Brookes Australia Josh Brookes Milwaukee Yamaha
9 R1 England Oulton Park 5 September England Shane Byrne England Shane Byrne England Shane Byrne PBM Kawasaki
R2 6 September England Shane Byrne Australia Josh Brookes Australia Josh Brookes Milwaukee Yamaha
R3 Australia Josh Brookes Australia Josh Brookes England Shane Byrne PBM Kawasaki
The Showdown
10 R1 Netherlands TT Circuit Assen 20 September Australia Josh Brookes Australia Josh Brookes Australia Josh Brookes Milwaukee Yamaha
R2 Australia Josh Brookes Australia Josh Brookes Australia Josh Brookes Milwaukee Yamaha
11 R1 England Silverstone Arena GP 4 October Australia Josh Brookes England Shane Byrne Australia Josh Brookes Milwaukee Yamaha
R2 England Shane Byrne England James Ellison Australia Josh Brookes Milwaukee Yamaha
12 R1 England Brands Hatch GP 17 October Australia Josh Brookes Australia Josh Brookes Australia Josh Brookes Milwaukee Yamaha
R2 18 October Australia Josh Brookes Australia Josh Brookes Australia Josh Brookes Milwaukee Yamaha
R3 Australia Josh Brookes England Howie Mainwaring Northern Ireland Michael Laverty Tyco BMW Motorrad Racing

Championship standings

Riders' championship[1]

Pos Rider Bike DON
England
BRH
England
OUL
England
SNE
England
KNO
Scotland
BRH
England
THR
England
CAD
England
OUL
England
ASS
Netherlands
SIL
England
BRH
England
Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3
The Championship Showdown
1 Australia Josh Brookes Yamaha 3 6 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 703
2 England Shane Byrne Kawasaki 2 1 2 2 3 Ret 1 1 1 1 Ret 2 4 2 6 4 1 Ret 1 4 5 2 5 2 2 3 662
3 England James Ellison Kawasaki 1 12 1 1 6 2 Ret 7 Ret Ret 3 4 DNS DNS 2 5 5 2 2 5 17 6 5 2 614
4 Northern Ireland Michael Laverty BMW 9 7 13 19 8 4 Ret 4 4 6 5 5 9 6 5 Ret 9 7 12 3 9 6 2 9 3 1 601
5 England Dan Linfoot Honda 4 2 5 10 Ret 12 8 Ret 2 5 10 10 5 3 6 14 22 7 3 13 10 4 556
6 England Tommy Bridewell BMW 6 8 Ret 6 1 Ret 4 5 7 DNS 4 Ret Ret 4 4 3 Ret Ret 3 8 Ret 9 7 11 11 12 545
BSB Riders Cup
7 England Luke Mossey Kawasaki 15 19 12 24 Ret 13 9 13 8 Ret 7 7 6 3 7 6 6 4 11 Ret 3 Ret 10 7 7 6 168
8 England Richard Cooper Kawasaki 10 17 11 15 10 7 10 12 Ret 13 2 3 DNS Ret 156
BMW 8 7 7 8 7 6 4 12 6 DNS DNS DNS
9 England Peter Hickman BMW 5 4 Ret 14 DNS DNS 12 15 10 9 Ret 13 Ret Ret 2 2 10 6 Ret 9 13 3 8 12 12 11 150
10 England Christian Iddon Suzuki 7 5 Ret 12 17 15 16 9 Ret 10 13 8 Ret 20 9 13 Ret 9 8 7 6 8 4 4 8 5 146
11 Scotland Stuart Easton Kawasaki 11 3 6 5 4 1 7 6 2 2 Ret DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 139
12 England Danny Buchan Kawasaki Ret Ret 14 8 Ret 17 13 17 6 7 Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret 8 3 2 4 10 12 Ret 14 8 9 7 125
13 Australia Jason O'Halloran Honda 19 11 5 10 7 5 3 3 5 5 Ret 9 DNS DNS 103
14 England Lee Jackson BMW 13 13 18 23 15 10 Ret 19 11 11 12 11 DNS 9 12 11 8 11 13 12 17 11 9 5 6 Ret 101
15 Australia Billy McConnell BMW Ret 9 9 9 14 8 17 14 12 21 10 6 8 15 3 6 Ret Ret 15 11 Ret 13 Ret 15 Ret Ret 98
16 England Howie Mainwaring Kawasaki Ret 14 7 7 9 6 8 Ret Ret DNS Ret 17 5 7 15 Ret Ret 17 10 Ret 16 14 11 14 13 10 90
17 United States John Hopkins Ducati 6 Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 11 4 Ret 3 4 8 76
18 England Chris Walker Kawasaki 8 10 10 13 11 9 6 Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret 15 12 Ret 15 11 13 16 17 8 67
19 England James Westmoreland Kawasaki Ret Ret 17 17 13 11 Ret Ret 9 8 9 14 3 Ret 13 9 Ret 10 14 Ret 18 18 66
20 Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari BMW 14 Ret 4 4 5 Ret 21 Ret Ret 4 16 18 17 17 14 Ret 15 12 9 Ret 16 66
21 Australia Broc Parkes Yamaha 16 Ret 8 11 Ret 22 11 11 14 14 11 10 DNS DNS 38
22 Republic of Ireland Jack Kennedy Kawasaki Ret 23 Ret 18 Ret 18 15 Ret Ret 17 14 12 7 Ret 11 14 Ret Ret DNS 13 7 DNS DNS Ret Ret DNS 35
23 England Martin Jessopp BMW 23 22 16 20 16 14 18 16 Ret 15 10 8 19 12 12 14 17 Ret 15 Ret 24 16 15 13 32
24 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Ducati Ret 24 Ret 21 20 19 30
Yamaha 16 10 10 13 10 14 9
25 Australia Josh Waters Suzuki 18 15 15 16 12 12 14 18 Ret 15 17 19 14 10 17 17 14 15 19 15 14 15 18 19 16 Ret 28
26 Sweden Filip Backlund Kawasaki 17 Ret Ret 22 Ret 16 Ret 8 Ret DNS 15 16 11 14 18 16 13 16 18 18 20 18 19 20 17 17 19
27 England Ian Hutchinson Kawasaki 20 18 22 25 23 24 13 11 8
28 England Adam Jenkinson Yamaha 12 13 7
29 United Kingdom Luke Stapleford Kawasaki 16 12 17 Ret 14 6
30 Denmark Robbin Harms BMW 12 16 Ret Ret 19 21 5
Kawasaki Ret DNS 18 Ret 15
31 England Michael Rutter Kawasaki Ret 27 22 Ret 13 18 Ret Ret 3
32 Australia Jed Metcher Kawasaki 21 20 15 16 18 Ret DNS DNS Ret DNS 17 19 21 Ret 18 20 20 1
33 France Julien Da Costa Honda 16 20 20 17 15 1
Scotland Taylor Mackenzie Kawasaki Ret Ret Ret 28 18 20 Ret Ret 16 19 Ret 20 16 16 22 18 22 19 19 Ret 22 Ret 19 16 0
England Shaun Winfield Kawasaki 21 25 21 29 24 Ret 25 Ret 17 20 20 21 Ret 18 20 18 18 21 Ret 20 21 21 23 22 Ret Ret 0
England Aaron Zanotti Yamaha Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 24 23 19 23 21 23 17 19 21 Ret 21 24 24 22 Ret 22 21 25 21 20 0
England Jenny Tinmouth Honda Ret DNS 23 30 25 26 22 Ret 18 22 19 22 Ret 22 22 20 20 22 25 21 Ret 23 25 23 20 19 0
England Barry Burrell Kawasaki 18 21 0
England Victor Cox Kawasaki Ret 21 19 26 21 23 DNS 22 0
England John Ingram Kawasaki Ret 19 19 23 23 19 Ret 21 Ret Ret 0
England Daniel Johnson Kawasaki 22 20 20 Ret 0
England Joe Burns Kawasaki DNS DNS 20 Ret Ret DNS Ret DNS 0
England Lee Costello Kawasaki 23 21 DNS DNS Ret Ret DNS DNS 0
Brazil Rhalf Lo Turco Kawasaki Ret DNS Ret 31 DNS DNS Ret 24 Ret 24 23 21 23 25 Ret 24 Ret 24 22 Ret 0
Australia David Johnson BMW 24 26 0
England James Rose Kawasaki Ret 24 Ret DNS 0
South Africa David McFadden Kawasaki Ret 25 0
Italy Vittorio Iannuzzo MV Agusta Ret Ret Ret DNS 0
Pos Rider Bike BRH
England
DON
England
OUL
England
SNE
England
KNO
Scotland
BRH
England
THR
England
CAD
England
OUL
England
ASS
Netherlands
SIL
England
BRH
England
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Manufacturers' championship

Pos Manufacturer DON
England
BRH
England
OUL
England
SNE
England
KNO
Scotland
BRH
England
THR
England
CAD
England
OUL
England
ASS
Netherlands
SIL
England
BRH
England
Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3
1 Japan Kawasaki 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 6 4 1 2 1 2 2 2 5 2 2 2 541
2 Japan Yamaha 3 6 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 531
3 Germany BMW 5 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 8 4 2 2 7 6 7 3 4 3 2 5 3 1 377
4 Japan Honda 4 2 5 10 7 5 3 3 5 5 19 9 2 5 10 10 5 3 6 14 22 3 7 10 4 4 268
5 Japan Suzuki 7 5 15 12 12 12 14 9 Ret 10 13 8 14 10 9 13 14 9 8 7 6 8 4 4 8 5 166
6 Italy Ducati Ret 24 Ret 21 20 19 6 Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 11 4 Ret 3 4 8 76
Italy MV Agusta Ret Ret Ret DNS 0
Pos Manufacturer BRH
England
DON
England
OUL
England
SNE
England
KNO
Scotland
BRH
England
THR
England
CAD
England
OUL
England
ASS
Netherlands
SIL
England
BRH
England
Pts