2005 British Superbike Championship

The 2005 British Superbike season started on 26 March and ended on 9 October.[1] It included 55 riders on 25 teams from 8 countries.# Riders used machines from 5 different constructors, including Honda, Ducati, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha.

Calendar edit

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Rider Winning Team
1 R1   Brands Hatch Indy 28 March   Leon Haslam   Ryuichi Kiyonari   Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda
R2   Gregorio Lavilla   Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda
2 R1   Thruxton 10 April   Michael Rutter   Gregorio Lavilla   Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda
R2   Gregorio Lavilla   Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda
3 R1   Mallory Park 24 April   Ryuichi Kiyonari   Michael Rutter   Michael Rutter HM Plant Honda
R2   Gregorio Lavilla   Michael Rutter HM Plant Honda
4 R1   Oulton Park 2 May   Michael Rutter   Michael Rutter   Michael Rutter HM Plant Honda
R2   Dean Thomas   Leon Haslam Airwaves Ducati
5 R1   Mondello Park 15 May   Jonathan Rea   Glen Richards   Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda
R2   Gregorio Lavilla   Gregorio Lavilla Airwaves Ducati
6 R1   Croft 5 June   Michael Rutter   Ryuichi Kiyonari   Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda
R2   Gregorio Lavilla   Gregorio Lavilla Airwaves Ducati
7 R1   Knockhill 26 June   Ryuichi Kiyonari   Ryuichi Kiyonari   Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda
R2   Michael Rutter   Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda
8 R1   Snetterton 10 July   Leon Haslam   Ryuichi Kiyonari   Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda
R2   Michael Laverty   Gregorio Lavilla Airwaves Ducati
9 R1   Silverstone 21 August   Ryuichi Kiyonari   Ryuichi Kiyonari   Gregorio Lavilla Airwaves Ducati
R2   Gregorio Lavilla   Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda
10 R1   Cadwell Park 29 August   Leon Haslam   Ryuichi Kiyonari   Tommy Hill Virgin Mobile Samsung
R2   Gregorio Lavilla   Leon Haslam Airwaves Ducati
11 R1   Oulton Park 11 September   Gregorio Lavilla   Gregorio Lavilla   Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda
R2   John Reynolds   Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda
12 R1   Donington Park 25 September   Gregorio Lavilla   Gregorio Lavilla   Gregorio Lavilla Airwaves Ducati
R2   Gregorio Lavilla   Gregorio Lavilla Airwaves Ducati
13 R1   Brands Hatch GP 9 October   James Haydon   Leon Haslam   Gregorio Lavilla Airwaves Ducati
R2   Gregorio Lavilla   Leon Haslam Airwaves Ducati

Entry List edit

2005 Entry List
Team Bike No Riders Class Rounds
Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000 1   John Reynolds[1] 1–2, 6-12
88   Scott Smart[2] 1-6
11   James Haydon[3] 7-13
56   James Buckingham[4] 13
HM Plant Honda CBR1000RR 2   Michael Rutter[5] 1-13
6   Ryuichi Kiyonari[6] 1-13
Stobart Honda CBR1000RR 3   Gary Mason[7] 1-13
33   Michael Laverty[8] 1-13
99   Jeremy McWilliams[9] 1-13
Sendo Superbike Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 4   Steve Plater[10] 1-6
10   Jon Kirkham 1-6
Virgin Mobile Samsung Yamaha YZF-R1 5   Sean Emmett 1–5, 9-13
  Daniel Stauffer[11] 7
8   Tommy Hill 1–3, 5-13
18   James Haydon[12] 6
24   Richard Wren[2] 1, 4–9, 11-13
Honda-racing.co.uk Honda CBR1000RR 9   Karl Harris[13] 1-13
Dienza Performance* Kawasaki ZX-10R 10   Jon Kirkham 9-10
  David Johnson[14] 11, 13
  Julien da Costa[15] 12
Vivaldi Racing Kawasaki ZX-10R 11   Ben Wilson[16] 1-13
17   Tristan Palmer[16] 1-13
88   Scott Smart[17] 7-13
Hawk Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 12   Dean Thomas[18] 1-13
75   Glen Richards[19] 1–7, 9-13
  Lee Jackson[20] 8
Vitrans Racing Honda CBR1000RR 14   John Laverty[2] 1-8
  John McGuinness[21] 9,13
Jentin Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 15   Dean Ellison[22] 1-4
  Luke Quigley[23] 6-13
16   Gareth Glynn C 1-4
  Richard Norris C 6-13
MAR Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 21   Malcolm Ashley C 1, 4-10, 11-13
MP Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 22   Michael Pensavalle C 1–2, 4–8, 10-12
Team Nvidia Yamaha YZF-R1 25   Dennis Hobbs[24] 1–3, 7-13
  John Crockford[25] 5
32   Sheridan Morais[23] 6, 11
Carmasters Ltd Suzuki GSX-R1000 26   Chris Martin C 1-13
AIM Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 35   Chris Burns 8-10
  Les Shand 11
  Matt Llewellyn 12
44   John McGuinness 1–5, 7
Kawasaki ZX-10R   Marshall Neill 6
Airwaves Ducati Ducati 999 F04 36   James Haydon[26] 0
  Gregorio Lavilla[26] 1-13
91   Leon Haslam[27] 1-13
Team JJL Racing Honda CBR1000RR 36   Danny Beaumont C 1-13
Medd Racing Kawasaki ZX-10R 48   Nick Medd
Quay Garage Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 56   James Buckingham C 1-13
Red Bull Honda Honda CBR1000RR 65   Jonathan Rea 1-13
PR Branson Honda Honda CBR1000RR 68   Steve Brogan C 1-12
Hydrex Honda Honda CBR1000RR 74   Kieran Clarke 1-13
4   Steve Plater 8-13
Nutt Travel/Johns Motors Honda CBR1000RR 77   Marty Nutt C 1-13
MSS Discovery Racing Kawasaki ZX-10R 86   Julien Da Costa[28] 1-4
Icon Class
C Privateers Cup
Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

Final championship standings (top 10) edit

Pos Rider Bike BHI
 
THR
 
MAL
 
OUL
 
MOP
 
CRO
 
KNO
 
SNE
 
SIL
 
CAD
 
OUL
 
DON
 
BHGP
 
Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1   Gregorio Lavilla Ducati 2 3 3 2 Ret 3 2 Ret 3 1 3 1 6 3 Ret 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 461
2   Ryuichi Kiyonari Honda 1 1 1 1 Ret DNS 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 Ret 8 1 5 3 1 1 2 3 4 4 429
3   Michael Rutter Honda 4 2 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 5 2 2 2 2 5 3 15 4 8 Ret 10 Ret 6 4 6 8 371
4   Leon Haslam Ducati Ret 4 4 7 3 5 4 1 Ret 2 6 Ret 5 5 2 Ret 2 3 6 1 4 4 3 2 2 1 350
5   Glen Richards Kawasaki 3 7 9 5 2 2 5 6 Ret 6 5 4 4 7 Ret Ret 5 5 3 15 5 8 4 Ret Ret 6 241
6   Dean Thomas Kawasaki 8 11 8 6 6 4 6 15 15 13 10 6 10 10 11 9 6 6 9 7 11 7 9 6 5 5 198
7   Karl Harris Honda 6 6 6 8 Ret 6 3 3 4 7 Ret Ret 8 11 6 Ret 4 9 4 5 8 5 Ret 9 Ret Ret 195
8   Gary Mason Honda Ret 10 12 13 8 7 7 Ret 8 9 9 5 9 13 8 8 7 7 11 10 9 9 10 7 7 7 174
9   John Reynolds Suzuki 9 9 14 Ret Inj Inj Inj Inj Inj Inj Ret 12 7 6 3 4 3 Ret 12 8 3 3 5 Ret Inj Inj 139
10   Michael Laverty Honda 15 15 15 7 9 13 10 6 4 4 10 3 4 Ret 2 10 11 11 129
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

Final Constructors Standings edit

1 Honda 558
2 Ducati 533
3 Kawasaki 295
4 Suzuki 254
5 Yamaha 187

Final Supersport championship standings (top 10) edit

Pos Rider Team Pts Ref
1   Leon Camier Padgetts Honda 202 [29]
2   Craig Jones Northpoint Honda 189 [1]
3   Stuart Easton JHP Ducati 161
4   Cal Crutchlow Northpoint Honda 161
5   Pere Riba MSS Discovery Kawasaki 155
6   Tom Sykes TAS Suzuki 119
7   Jamie Robinson JR Motosport Honda 112
8   Jay Vincent Padgetts Honda 91
9   Eugene Laverty Red Bull Honda 84
10   Simon Andrews TAS Suzuki 67

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