2016 British Superbike Championship

The 2016 British Superbike Championship season is the 29th British Superbike Championship season. It begins at Silverstone on 8 April and will end at the Brands Hatch GP circuit on 16 October. Josh Brookes, and his team Milwaukee Yamaha, were the previous champion but neither will defend their titles and will instead compete in World Superbikes^[1].

Race calendar and results

2016 Calendar
Main Season
Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Rider	Winning Team
1	R1	Silverstone Arena GP	10 April
1	R2	Silverstone Arena GP	10 April
2	R1	Oulton Park	2 May
2	R2	Oulton Park	2 May
3	R1	Brands Hatch Indy	22 May
3	R2	Brands Hatch Indy	22 May
4	R1	Knockhill	26 June
4	R2	Knockhill	26 June
5	R1	Snetterton 300	10 July
5	R2	Snetterton 300	10 July
6	R1	Thruxton	24 July
6	R2	Thruxton	24 July
7	R1	Brands Hatch GP	7 August
7	R2	Brands Hatch GP	7 August
8	R1	Cadwell Park	29 August
8	R2	Cadwell Park	29 August
9	R1	Oulton Park	10 September
	R2		11 September
	R3		11 September
The Showdown
10	R1	Donington Park	18 September
10	R2	Donington Park	18 September
11	R1	TT Circuit Assen	2 October
11	R2	TT Circuit Assen	2 October
12	R1	Brands Hatch GP	15 October
	R2		16 October
	R3		16 October

Championship standings

Riders' championship

Pos	Rider	Bike	SIL		OUL		BRH		KNO		SNE		THR		BRH		CAD		OUL			DON		ASS		BRH			Pts
Pos	Rider	Bike	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	Pts
The Championship Showdown
1	Glenn Irwin	Ducati
2	Billy McConnell	Yamaha
3	Dan Linfoot	Honda
4	Stuart Easton	Yamaha
5	Michael Laverty	BMW
6	Shaun Winfield	Yamaha
BSB Riders Cup
7	James East	Kawasaki
8	Luke Mossey	Kawasaki
9	Lee Jackson	BMW
10	Jenny Tinmouth	Honda
11	John Hopkins	Yamaha
12	Jason O'Halloran	Honda
13	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Suzuki
14	Christian Iddon	BMW
15	Robin Harms	Kawasaki
16	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Kawasaki
17	Martin Jessop	BMW
18	Howie Mainwaring-Smart	BMW
19	Jack Kennedy	Kawasaki
20	Tommy Bridewell	Suzuki
21	Peter Hickman	Kawasaki
22	Shane Byrne	Ducati
23	James Rispoli	Yamaha
24	James Ellison	Kawasaki
25	Danny Buchan	Ducati
26	Leon Haslam	Kawasaki
27	Sam Hornsey	Kawasaki
28	Jakub Smrz	BMW
29	Filip Backlund	Kawasaki
Pos	Rider	Bike	SIL		OUL		BRH		KNO		SNE		THR		BRH		CAD		OUL			DON		ASS		BRH			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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	SIL		OUL		BRH		KNO		SNE		THR		BRH		CAD		OUL			DON		ASS		BRH			Pts
Pos	Manufacturer	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	Pts
1	BMW
2	Ducati
3	Honda
4	Kawasaki
5	Suzuki
6	Yamaha
Pos	Manufacturer	SIL		OUL		BRH		KNO		SNE		THR		BRH		CAD		OUL			DON		ASS		BRH			Pts

External links

Official website

^ http://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/2015/Milwaukee+BMW+joins+WorldSBK+with+Brookes+and+Abraham+0

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