2005 British Superbike Championship Explained

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

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

2005 Entry List Team Bike No Riders Class Rounds Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000 1 John Reynolds 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 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 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 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 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 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

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

Final championship standings (top 10)

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 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

Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest Lap

Final Constructors Standings

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

Final Supersport championship standings (top 10)

Pos	Rider	Team	Pts	Ref
1	Leon Camier	Padgetts Honda	202	^[29]
2	Craig Jones	Northpoint Honda	189
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

External links

• BSB Website

Notes and References

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