2017 British Superbike Championship

2017 British Superbike season

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The 2017 British Superbike Championship season was the 30th British Superbike Championship season. It began at Donington on 31 March and ended at the Brands Hatch GP circuit on 15 October. Shane Byrne started the season as the defending Champion, having secured his fifth overall title in the British Superbike Championship.

Teams and riders

Team	Constructor	No.	Rider	Rounds
Be Wiser Ducati Racing Team	Ducati	2	Glenn Irwin	1–4, 6–12
		67	Shane Byrne	All
Quattro Plant FS-3 Racing Kawasaki	Kawasaki	3	Billy McConnell	1–7
		81	Luke Stapleford	9
		83	Danny Buchan	11
		97	Kyle Ryde	12
Honda Racing	Honda	4	Dan Linfoot	All
		22	Jason O'Halloran	All
Gearlink Kawasaki	Kawasaki	5	James Westmoreland	All
Bennetts Suzuki	Suzuki	6	Taylor Mackenzie	1–9, 11
		47	Richard Cooper	11
		47	Richard Cooper	12
		50	Sylvain Guintoli	All
McAMS Yamaha	Yamaha	7	Michael Laverty	All
		77	James Ellison	All
Anvil Hire TAG Racing	Yamaha	8	Shaun Winfield	All
		25	Josh Brookes	All
Silicone Engineering Racing	Kawasaki	9	Dean Harrison	9–12
Tyco BMW Motorrad	BMW	10	Josh Elliott	5, 11
		18	Andy Reid	5–9
		24	Christian Iddon	1–4, 6–12
		34	Davide Giugliano	1–2
		34	Alastair Seeley	3
Bathams SMT	BMW	11	Michael Rutter	1, 7, 12
JG Speedfit Kawasaki	Kawasaki	12	Luke Mossey	1–7, 9–12
		91	Leon Haslam	All
Smiths Racing	BMW	14	Lee Jackson	All
		60	Peter Hickman	All
Moto Rapido	Ducati	21	John Hopkins	All
RAF Regular & Reserve Kawasaki	Kawasaki	27	Jake Dixon	All
Buildbase Suzuki	Suzuki	28	Bradley Ray	All
		33	Michael Dunlop	1, 3, 7
RidersMotorcycles.com BMW	BMW	40	Martin Jessopp	1, 3, 5–12
Team WD-40	Kawasaki	46	Tommy Bridewell	All
Platform Hire Yamaha	Yamaha	64	Aaron Zanotti	All
Lloyd & Jones PR Racing BMW	BMW	96	Jakub Smrž	All

Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

• All entries used Pirelli tyres.

Race calendar and results

2017 calendar
Main Season
Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team
1	R1	Donington Park GP	2 April	Leon Haslam	Josh Brookes	Leon Haslam	JG Speedfit Kawasaki
	R2				Leon Haslam	Leon Haslam	JG Speedfit Kawasaki
2	R1	Brands Hatch Indy	17 April	James Ellison	James Ellison	Luke Mossey	JG Speedfit Kawasaki
	R2				Shane Byrne	Luke Mossey	JG Speedfit Kawasaki
3	R1	Oulton Park	1 May	Shane Byrne	Leon Haslam	Leon Haslam	JG Speedfit Kawasaki
	R2				Leon Haslam	Shane Byrne	Be Wiser Ducati Racing Team
4	R1	Knockhill	18 June	Luke Mossey	Luke Mossey	Jake Dixon	RAF Regular & Reserve Kawasaki
	R2				Luke Mossey	Jake Dixon	RAF Regular & Reserve Kawasaki
5	R1	Snetterton 300	2 July	Shane Byrne	Shane Byrne	Shane Byrne	Be Wiser Ducati Racing Team
	R2				Shane Byrne	Shane Byrne	Be Wiser Ducati Racing Team
6	R1	Brands Hatch GP	23 July	Josh Brookes	Dan Linfoot	Shane Byrne	Be Wiser Ducati Racing Team
	R2				Josh Brookes	Shane Byrne	Be Wiser Ducati Racing Team
7	R1	Thruxton	6 August	Jake Dixon	Peter Hickman	Josh Brookes	Anvil Hire Tag Yamaha
	R2				Shane Byrne	Peter Hickman	Smiths Racing BMW
8	R1	Cadwell Park	20 August	Shane Byrne	Lee Jackson	Leon Haslam	JG Speedfit Kawasaki
	R2				Lee Jackson	James Ellison	McAMS Yamaha
9	R1	Silverstone GP	9 September	Jason O'Halloran	Shane Byrne	Glenn Irwin	Be Wiser Ducati Racing Team
	R2		10 September		James Ellison	Josh Brookes	Anvil Hire Tag Yamaha
	R3				Christian Iddon	Dan Linfoot	Honda Racing
The Showdown
10	R1	Oulton Park	16 September	Jake Dixon	Jake Dixon	Leon Haslam	JG Speedfit Kawasaki
	R2		17 September		Bradley Ray	Dan Linfoot	Honda Racing
11	R1	TT Circuit Assen	1 October	James Ellison	Shane Byrne	Leon Haslam	JG Speedfit Kawasaki
	R2				Shane Byrne	Sylvain Guintoli	Bennetts Suzuki
12	R1	Brands Hatch GP	14 October	Shane Byrne	Josh Brookes	Shane Byrne	Be Wiser Ducati Racing Team
	R2		15 October		James Ellison	Shane Byrne	Be Wiser Ducati Racing Team
	R3				Jason O'Halloran	Josh Brookes	Anvil Hire Tag Yamaha

Championship standings

Riders' championship

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos Rider Bike DON BRH OUL KNO SNE BRH THR CAD SIL OUL ASS BRH 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 Shane Byrne Ducati DNS DNS 4 Ret 2 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 4 Ret 3 Ret Ret 3 Ret 9 7 2 5 1 1 8 637 2 Josh Brookes Yamaha 7 2 10 4 7 6 Ret 5 2 2 5 Ret 1 Ret 12 7 2 1 Ret 3 5 5 2 3 4 1 634 3 Leon Haslam Kawasaki 1 1 2 3 1 Ret DNS DNS 4 8 3 5 7 3 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 2 1 3 4 10 Ret 631 4 Peter Hickman BMW 4 8 9 7 5 7 6 9 7 6 4 4 2 1 4 3 9 8 Ret 8 4 7 6 7 6 6 578 5 Jason O'Halloran Honda 10 10 7 5 4 3 4 7 3 3 7 7 6 5 5 4 11 5 Ret 10 8 10 13 6 5 2 567 6 Jake Dixon Kawasaki 9 Ret Ret 13 10 Ret 1 1 6 4 11 10 3 2 2 Ret 4 9 3 4 6 8 7 DNS Ret 12 562 BSB Riders Cup 7 Christian Iddon BMW 3 4 3 2 8 4 DNS DNS 8 3 5 4 8 5 6 7 Ret Ret 9 Ret 8 2 2 5 238 8 James Ellison Yamaha 5 6 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret 6 2 19 9 10 1 Ret 2 Ret 5 10 3 4 5 3 3 228 9 Luke Mossey Kawasaki 2 5 1 1 3 5 2 4 Ret 10 12 6 DNS DNS 5 12 Ret Ret DNS 12 Ret 12 14 17 186 10 Dan Linfoot Honda 11 12 5 6 16 16 Ret 6 5 7 2 Ret 15 12 Ret DNS 16 Ret 1 Ret 1 11 9 DNS 9 7 163 11 Bradley Ray Suzuki Ret 14 12 8 Ret Ret Ret 12 9 11 10 8 8 Ret 14 11 10 6 6 7 3 6 10 9 Ret 9 140 12 Glenn Irwin Ducati 6 3 6 Ret 9 2 DNS DNS 16 14 20 11 11 9 1 Ret Ret 11 12 14 14 Ret 7 13 132 13 Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki Ret 7 Ret 10 Ret 11 8 14 10 9 Ret 17 10 8 18 10 13 4 Ret Ret 11 4 1 DNS 12 11 131 14 Michael Laverty Yamaha 8 Ret 8 11 Ret Ret 10 8 12 15 13 9 21 13 7 8 17 15 2 6 14 Ret 15 Ret 8 4 125 15 John Hopkins Ducati Ret 13 13 9 14 9 7 17 8 5 9 11 9 Ret DNS DNS 3 10 Ret 2 Ret 9 12 DNS DNS DNS 122 16 Lee Jackson BMW DNS DNS 16 16 15 13 9 13 13 13 15 13 14 7 6 2 12 Ret 7 12 15 16 17 8 13 14 96 17 Tommy Bridewell Kawasaki 12 11 11 12 11 8 11 15 14 14 14 12 16 14 9 6 Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret 15 18 11 11 15 83 18 Jakub Smrž BMW 14 15 14 15 13 12 12 16 Ret 12 DNS DNS 12 10 17 14 8 13 5 13 13 18 Ret 13 15 16 65 19 Taylor Mackenzie Suzuki Ret Ret 15 14 18 15 5 11 Ret Ret Ret 15 13 DNS 15 15 7 Ret DNS DNS DNS 35 20 James Westmoreland Kawasaki DNS 16 17 Ret 20 17 13 18 16 17 18 Ret 18 15 19 16 14 14 4 14 Ret 20 Ret 14 18 21 25 21 Martin Jessopp BMW Ret DNS 23 14 Ret Ret 20 19 11 6 16 12 15 Ret Ret Ret 16 17 16 DNS 16 19 22 22 Billy McConnell Kawasaki Ret Ret 18 17 12 10 Ret 10 11 16 17 16 Ret DNS 21 23 Richard Cooper Suzuki 13 11 10 Ret 10 20 24 Davide Giugliano BMW 13 9 DNS DNS 10 25 Andy Reid BMW 17 18 19 18 17 16 13 13 Ret Ret DNS 6 26 Aaron Zanotti Yamaha Ret Ret 19 Ret 22 19 14 19 18 19 Ret 20 Ret Ret Ret 18 18 17 Ret 17 Ret 21 Ret Ret 19 22 2 27 Shaun Winfield Yamaha 15 18 Ret 18 21 18 Ret 20 19 20 Ret DNS 22 17 20 17 20 Ret Ret 15 Ret 22 Ret 17 20 24 2 28 Kyle Ryde Kawasaki 15 17 18 1 29 Josh Elliott BMW 15 Ret 19 19 1 Dean Harrison Kawasaki Ret 16 Ret 16 17 23 Ret 16 Ret 23 0 Michael Dunlop Suzuki 16 17 19 Ret Ret DNS 0 Alastair Seeley BMW 17 Ret 0 Luke Stapleford Kawasaki 19 DNS DNS 0 Michael Rutter BMW DNS DNS Ret Ret DNS Ret 20 0 Danny Buchan Kawasaki Ret DNS 0 Pos Rider Bike DON BRH OUL KNO SNE BRH THR CAD SIL OUL ASS BRH 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 position Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' championship

Pos	Manufacturer	DON		BRH		OUL		KNO		SNE		BRH		THR		CAD		SIL			OUL		ASS		BRH			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	Kawasaki	1	1	1	1	1	5	1	1	4	4	3	5	3	2	1	6	4	9	3	1	2	1	3	4	10	12	455
2	Ducati	6	3	4	9	2	1	3	3	1	1	1	1	4	11	3	9	1	3	Ret	2	7	2	5	1	1	8	423
3	Yamaha	5	2	8	4	6	6	10	2	2	2	5	2	1	9	7	1	2	1	2	3	5	3	2	3	3	1	420
4	BMW	3	4	3	2	5	4	6	9	7	6	4	3	2	1	4	2	6	7	5	8	4	7	6	2	2	5	353
5	Honda	10	10	5	5	4	3	4	6	3	3	2	7	6	5	5	4	11	5	1	10	1	10	9	6	5	2	318
6	Suzuki	16	7	12	8	18	11	5	11	9	9	10	8	8	8	14	10	7	4	6	7	3	4	1	9	12	9	207
Pos	Manufacturer	DON		BRH		OUL		KNO		SNE		BRH		THR		CAD		SIL			OUL		ASS		BRH			Pts

External links

• Official website