2008 British Superbike season

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The 2008 British Superbike Championship season was scheduled to begin on April 6, 2008, however snow at Brands Hatch forced the abandonment of the day's races, which were later rescheduled. The series will now start on April 20 and will end on October 12, 2008. Starting with this season the championship will have a single tyre supplier. Pirelli beat Dunlop to sign a 3 year deal.^[1] For the 2008 season the engine configuration regulations have been changed in parallel with those of the World Superbike Championship, to permit the racing of 1200 cc V-twins against 1000 cc four-cylinder machines.^[2]

Contents 1 Calendar 2 Season Standings 2.1 Riders Standings 3 Official 2008 Entry List 4 References

Calendar

Round	Date	Circuit	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner
	April 06	Brands Hatch GP	Abandoned took place May 11.
1	April 20	Thruxton	Shane Byrne	Cal Crutchlow
2	May 05	Oulton Park	Shane Byrne	Shane Byrne
3	May 11	Brands Hatch GP	Shane Byrne	Cal Crutchlow
4	May 26	Donington Park	Shane Byrne	Shane Byrne
5	June 15	Snetterton	Leon Camier	Shane Byrne
6	June 29	Mallory Park	Shane Byrne	Michael Rutter
7	July 20	Oulton Park	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes
8	August 10	Knockhill	Tom Sykes	Leon Haslam
9	August 25	Cadwell Park	Leon Haslam	Leon Haslam
10	September 14	Croft	Leon Camier	Leon Haslam
11	September 28	Silverstone International	Leon Camier	Leon Haslam
12	October 12	Brands Hatch Indy	Shane Byrne	Shane Byrne

Season Standings

Riders Standings

Pos Rider Bike THR OUL BHGP DON SNE MAL OUL KNO CAD CRO SIL BHI 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 1 Byrne Ducati 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 2 Ret 3 3 5 4 3 2 424 2 Haslam Honda 4 Ret 2 Ret 4 6 2 2 5 5 2 6 4 4 Ret 1 1 1 2 1 11 1 324 3 Sykes Suzuki 6 8 5 Ret 2 Ret 3 6 3 7 4 4 1 1 1 4 2 2 3 2 DSQ 3 306 4 Crutchlow Honda 2 1 6 Ret 3 1 6 3 4 3 3 3 6 2 Ret 7 5 13 4 3 2 Ret 285 5 Camier Ducati 5 4 3 3 5 3 5 4 1 2 Ret 8 Inj Inj 5 8 4 4 1 5 1 4 279 6 Rutter Ducati 3 3 4 6 Ret 5 8 8 9 4 Ret 1 7 11 4 2 6 5 6 6 4 7 237 7 Ellison Honda 7 7 8 2 6 8 4 5 7 10 5 11 2 5 3 5 Inj Inj 9 7 Ret 6 203 8 Andrews Yamaha 8 Ret Ret 7 9 Ret 10 9 10 8 7 7 5 6 8 6 7 6 10 9 5 8 159 9 Laverty Suzuki 10 5 7 4 Ret 4 9 Ret 6 6 11 Ret 9 7 6 21 8 9 7 10 Ret 15 141 10 Harris Yamaha Ret Ret Ret Ret Inj Inj 7 7 8 Ret Ret 5 26 9 7 3 Ret 10 8 8 Ret 5 102 11 Palmer Honda 13 13 9 11 10 11 12 14 13 9 8 9 28 12 9 12 11 12 14 14 6 12 102 12 McConnell Kawasaki 14 10 Ret 10 8 9 Ret Ret 11 11 6 16 8 10 Ret 9 12 24 17 Ret 10 9 87 13 Easton Kawasaki 9 6 10 5 7 7 11 11 Inj Inj Inj Inj Inj Inj Inj Inj Ret 14 15 13 8 11 81 14 Smart Kawasaki 16 12 11 8 11 10 15 12 Ret Ret Ret 10 11 8 Ret 13 13 8 13 Ret Ret Ret 69 15 Watanabe Suzuki 17 14 13 9 12 Ret 17 13 12 20 9 20 13 17 Ret 15 9 7 12 12 9 Ret 65 Pos Rider Bike THR OUL BHGP DON SNE MAL OUL KNO CAD CRO SIL BHI Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Not classified (NC) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate Withdrawn due to injury (INJ) Excluded (EX) Race cancelled (C)

Official 2008 Entry List

2	Leon Camier	Airwaves Ducati	Ducati 1098R
3	Stuart Easton	MSS Discovery Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZXR1000
4	Michael Laverty	Relentless Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000
5	Karl Harris	Rob Mac Racing Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1
6	James Haydon	Hawk Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZXR1000
7	Guy Martin	Bike Animal Honda	Honda CBR1000RR
8	Billy McConnell	MSS Discovery Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZXR1000
11	Adam Jenkinson	SMT Honda	Honda CBR1000RR
14	Atushi Watanabe	Rizla Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000
17	Simon Andrews	British Jentin Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1
21	Tom Tunstall	Hardinge Honda	Honda CBR1000RR
22	Steve Plater	AIM Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1
27	Tristan Palmer	Tena for Men Honda	Honda CBR1000RR
31	Nick Pusey	Holdtight Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1
33	Michael Howarth	Tena for Men Honda	Honda CBR1000RR
35	Cal Crutchlow	HM Plant Honda	Honda CBR1000RR
40	Martin Jessop	Riders Honda	Honda CBR1000RR
44	Steve Mercer	Bike Shop Faversham	Yamaha YZF-R1
51	Luke Quigley	PDM Racing	Suzuki GSX-R1000
53	Chris Burns	MV Agusta	MV F4312
56	James Buckingham	Quay Honda	Honda CBR1000RR
64	Aaron Zanotti	Red Viper Honda	Honda CBR1000RR
66	Tom Sykes	Rizla Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000
67	Shane Byrne	Airwaves Ducati	Ducati 1098R
68	David Johnson	PR Branson Honda	Honda CBR1000RR
77	James Ellison	Bike Animal Honda	Honda CBR1000RR
88	Scott Smart	Hawk Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZXR1000
91	Leon Haslam	HM Plant Honda	Honda CBR1000RR
99	Brian McCormack	TAG Honda MAC Racing	Honda CBR1000RR
111	Malcolm Ashley	MAR ARP Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZXR1000
118	Dean Ellison	Co-ordit Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1
200	Michael Rutter	North West 200 Ducati	Ducati 1098R

Support Races:

• Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport Championship
• Metzeler National Superstock 1000 Championship
• Metzeler Junior Superstock 600 Championship
• Henderson Yamaha R1 Cup
• British 125 GP Championship
• KTM 990 Super Duke Challenge

References

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