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2023 British Superbike Championship

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The 2023 British Superbike Championship season is the 36th season of the motorcycle championship. Bradley Ray was the reigning champion, but chose to compete in the 2023 Superbike World Championship. The championship was won by Tommy Bridewell, winning the closest-ever BSB season, defeating teammate Glenn Irwin by just half a point.

Teams and riders

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2023 Entry List[1]
Team Constructor No. Rider Rounds
BeerMonster Ducati Ducati 2 Northern Ireland Glenn Irwin[2] All
46 England Tommy Bridewell[3] All
Mar-Train Racing Yamaha Yamaha 4 Republic of Ireland Jack Kennedy[4] All
DAO Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki 5 England Dean Harrison[5] 1–7
51 Australia Brayden Elliott 9–11
81 England Luke Stapleford 8
LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha[6] Yamaha 7 England Ryan Vickers 1, 3–11
7 England Luke Stapleford 2
77 England Kyle Ryde[7] 1–11
TAG Racing Honda Honda 4 England Shaun Winfield 11
8 Spain Héctor Barberá[8] 1–5, 7–10
15 England Tom Booth-Amos 11
34 England Liam Delves 6
59 England Matt Truelove 7
Tactix by Lloyd and Jones BMW BMW 12 England Luke Mossey[9] All
Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki Kawasaki 14 England Lee Jackson[10] All
30 England Max Cook[11] All
NP Motorcycles Kawasaki Kawasaki 16 England Luke Hopkins[12] 1
Honda Racing UK[13] Honda 18 Northern Ireland Andrew Irwin 1–3, 10-11
54 England Franco Bourne 5–9
68 England Tom Neave All
Oxford Products Racing Ducati 21 England Christian Iddon[14] All
McAMS Yamaha Yamaha 22 Australia Jason O'Halloran[15] All
53 Spain Tito Rabat 5–7
54 England Tim Neave[16] 1–3
59 Italy Niccolò Canepa 10-11
81 England Luke Stapleford 9
FHO Racing BMW BMW 25 Australia Josh Brookes[17] All
60 England Peter Hickman[18] All
Rapid CDH Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki 34 England Liam Delves[19] 1–5
55 England Jack Scott[20] All
56 England Louis Valleley 7–11
Lovell Kent Racing Honda Honda 52 England Danny Kent[21] 1–7
Crendon Honda by Hawk Racing Honda 65 England Josh Owens[22] 1–7
6 Northern Ireland Michael Dunlop 9–10
MasterMac by Hawk Racing Honda Honda 86 England Charlie Nesbitt[23] All
Milenco by Padgetts Motorcycles Honda Honda 74 England Davey Todd[24] 1–3
Starline Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki 79 England Storm Stacey[25] All
SYNETIQ BMW Motorrad BMW 83 England Danny Buchan[26] 1, 3–8
74 England Davey Todd 9
Lee Hardy Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki 97 England Bradley Perie[27] All
ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team BMW 91 England Leon Haslam All
Hawk Racing Honda 6 Northern Ireland Michael Dunlop 2
Roadhouse Macau Racing/FHO BMW BMW 11 Republic of Ireland Brian McCormack 2
Marvel HCL Motorsport Honda 54 England Franco Bourne 10-11
Milwaukee BMW Motorrad BMW 74 England Davey Todd 10-11
Cumins by Team IWR Honda Honda 75 England Alex Olsen 10-11
IN Competition Aprilia 89 England Fraser Rogers 11

Race calendar and results

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2023 calendar[28]
Main Season
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team
1 R1 England Silverstone National 8 April Tommy Bridewell Kyle Ryde Kyle Ryde LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha
R2 9 April Jason O'Halloran Josh Brookes FHO Racing BMW Motorrad
R3 Glenn Irwin Glenn Irwin BeerMonster Ducati
2 R1 England Oulton Park 30 April Josh Brookes Tommy Bridewell Josh Brookes FHO Racing BMW Motorrad
R2 1 May Leon Haslam Tommy Bridewell BeerMonster Ducati
R3 Tommy Bridewell Glenn Irwin BeerMonster Ducati
3 R1 England Donington Park GP 20 May Kyle Ryde Leon Haslam Kyle Ryde LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha
R2 21 May Tommy Bridewell Jason O'Halloran McAMS Yamaha
R3 Glenn Irwin Kyle Ryde LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha
4 R1 Scotland Knockhill 17 June Glenn Irwin Jason O'Halloran Glenn Irwin BeerMonster Ducati
R2 18 June Christian Iddon Kyle Ryde LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha
R3 Glenn Irwin Glenn Irwin BeerMonster Ducati
5 R1 England Snetterton 300 8 July Jason O'Halloran Tommy Bridewell Tommy Bridewell BeerMonster Ducati
R2 9 July Tommy Bridewell Tommy Bridewell BeerMonster Ducati
R3 Tommy Bridewell
Ryan Vickers
Tommy Bridewell BeerMonster Ducati
6 R1 England Brands Hatch GP 22 July Tommy Bridewell Christian Iddon Ryan Vickers LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha
R2 23 July Tommy Bridewell Tommy Bridewell BeerMonster Ducati
R3 Ryan Vickers Tommy Bridewell BeerMonster Ducati
7 R1 England Thruxton 12 August Jason O'Halloran Charlie Nesbitt Jason O'Halloran McAMS Yamaha
R2 13 August Ryan Vickers Jason O'Halloran McAMS Yamaha
R3 Charlie Nesbitt Jason O'Halloran McAMS Yamaha
8 R1 England Cadwell Park 27 August Ryan Vickers Leon Haslam Glenn Irwin BeerMonster Ducati
R2 28 August Leon Haslam Glenn Irwin BeerMonster Ducati
R3 Tommy Bridewell Tommy Bridewell BeerMonster Ducati
The Showdown
9 R1 England Oulton Park 16 September Tommy Bridewell Tommy Bridewell Glenn Irwin BeerMonster Ducati
R2 17 September Tommy Bridewell Glenn Irwin BeerMonster Ducati
R3 Tommy Bridewell Tommy Bridewell BeerMonster Ducati
10 R1 England Donington Park National 30 September Jason O'Halloran Leon Haslam Ryan Vickers LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha
R2 1 October Tommy Bridewell Kyle Ryde LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha
R3 Jason O'Halloran Jason O'Halloran McAMS Yamaha
11 R1 England Brands Hatch GP 14 October Jason O'Halloran Jason O'Halloran Kyle Ryde LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha
R2 15 October Tommy Bridewell Glenn Irwin BeerMonster Ducati
R3 Tommy Bridewell Glenn Irwin BeerMonster Ducati

Championship standings

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Riders' championship

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Scoring system in the Main season[29]

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 18 16 14 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Scoring system in the first two rounds in the showdown[30]

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has 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 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Scoring system in the season finale[31]

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 35 30 27 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
Pos Rider Bike SIL
England
OUL
England
DON
England
KNO
Scotland
SNE
England
BRH
England
THR
England
CAD
England
OUL
England
DON
England
BRH
England
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 England Tommy Bridewell Ducati 2 2 3 5 1 4 2 Ret 2 4 2 2 1 1 1 6 1 1 14 14 15 5 5 1 4 6 1 24 Ret 9 3 2 2 455
2 Northern Ireland Glenn Irwin Ducati 5 3 1 3 2 1 5 Ret 3 1 Ret 1 4 4 2 9 4 2 9 13 13 1 1 2 1 1 2 23 Ret Ret 4 1 1 454.5
3 England Kyle Ryde Yamaha 1 4 7 7 5 3 1 Ret 1 2 1 4 13 11 8 14 7 Ret 8 6 7 2 2 4 6 3 6 12 1 12 1 3 3 422
4 England Lee Jackson Kawasaki 14 10 9 10 8 8 4 5 6 10 6 5 7 7 7 13 8 7 5 2 2 6 6 5 2 2 3 5 4 8 9 5 8 376.5
5 England Leon Haslam BMW 6 6 6 2 3 2 3 4 8 6 10 6 Ret 3 3 Ret Ret 8 6 7 6 Ret 4 3 3 4 4 2 2 Ret Ret 6 5 369
6 Australia Jason O'Halloran Yamaha 4 5 4 Ret Ret 10 14 1 7 3 3 Ret 3 5 6 5 6 6 1 1 1 4 3 6 8 8 9 17 5 1 2 Ret 7 365.5
7 Australia Josh Brookes BMW 3 1 2 1 6 5 6 3 13 9 9 8 2 2 Ret 12 9 Ret 15 17 22 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 8 3 7 8 9 340
8 England Ryan Vickers Yamaha 13 12 10 7 2 4 7 4 3 Ret 9 4 1 5 3 3 4 5 3 Ret WD DSQ 9 8 1 6 Ret 10 4 4 306
9 England Christian Iddon Ducati 25 Ret 11 8 7 7 Ret 9 5 5 5 9 5 8 5 3 2 4 13 9 10 7 7 7 7 7 7 16 3 2 5 Ret 6 306
10 Republic of Ireland Jack Kennedy Yamaha 7 7 8 12 9 13 Ret 10 12 11 13 13 8 10 12 4 10 13 11 5 Ret 10 Ret WD Ret Ret Ret 4 11 5 8 14 Ret 175
11 England Charlie Nesbitt Honda 12 Ret 17 11 Ret 14 10 6 9 Ret Ret Ret 9 12 11 11 11 9 2 3 3 Ret Ret Ret 10 12 12 20 7 4 Ret 11 10 174.5
12 England Peter Hickman BMW 11 Ret 12 4 Ret 6 13 7 11 16 Ret 12 20 DNS Ret 8 12 Ret 10 8 9 9 Ret 10 9 10 11 9 10 7 6 9 Ret 173
13 England Storm Stacey Kawasaki 18 19 21 9 Ret 11 9 11 Ret 8 7 Ret 16 16 Ret 7 13 11 16 11 8 Ret 9 9 Ret Ret 10 8 Ret 6 11 10 12 140.5
14 England Danny Kent Honda 9 8 5 15 11 Ret 8 Ret Ret 17 Ret DNS 6 6 9 2 3 5 7 10 Ret 115
15 England Max Cook Kawasaki 20 21 20 20 14 17 11 12 Ret 18 Ret 14 11 14 13 10 14 10 4 Ret 4 WD WD WD 11 13 13 13 9 18 13 7 11 114
16 England Tom Neave Honda Ret 11 14 14 12 Ret Ret 8 14 15 8 7 12 DNS 15 23 Ret 14 18 15 16 11 10 Ret 14 Ret DNS 11 13 15 14 12 13 89
17 England Luke Mossey BMW 21 14 Ret 13 13 19 19 Ret Ret 14 14 11 14 19 Ret 18 Ret Ret 12 16 12 15 13 Ret Ret 15 Ret 3 Ret 11 12 15 Ret 67
18 Northern Ireland Andrew Irwin Honda 8 9 Ret 6 4 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 13 17 50
19 England Bradley Perie Kawasaki 19 17 18 22 17 16 17 15 17 Ret DNS DNS Ret 17 Ret 19 15 19 17 12 11 12 11 11 13 11 14 15 Ret 19 15 17 14 42
20 England Franco Bourne Honda 19 Ret Ret 20 Ret 16 19 18 14 13 12 12 15 Ret Ret 6 DNS 14 Ret 18 Ret 30
21 England Dean Harrison Kawasaki 15 20 19 17 10 12 Ret DNS DNS 12 12 10 15 Ret 16 16 Ret 17 22 Ret 20 26
22 England Danny Buchan BMW 10 Ret DNS 12 Ret 10 DNS 11 Ret Ret DNS DNS DNS Ret 12 Ret 21 19 WD WD WD 25
23 Spain Tito Rabat Yamaha 10 13 10 21 Ret 15 Ret 19 Ret 16
24 England Davey Todd Honda and BMW 22 16 22 24 15 15 20 DNS DNS 12 16 15 18 14 10 19 Ret 16 15
25 England Jack Scott Kawasaki 23 Ret DNS 23 21 22 18 Ret 18 19 15 Ret 17 18 Ret 17 Ret 18 20 20 18 14 14 13 16 17 17 14 16 16 18 Ret 18 10
26 England Josh Owens Honda 24 15 16 16 Ret DNS Ret 14 DSQ 13 Ret Ret 18 15 14 15 Ret Ret WD WD WD 9.5
27 Italy Niccolò Canepa Yamaha Ret 12 13 Ret 16 15 9
28 Spain Héctor Barberá Honda Ret 18 15 21 20 21 15 13 15 Ret 16 15 21 Ret 17 23 22 17 17 15 15 17 18 18 WD WD WD 9
29 England Louis Valleley Kawasaki 21 23 21 18 Ret Ret Ret 20 Ret 10 Ret 20 Ret Ret 23 6
30 England Tim Neave Yamaha 16 13 13 18 19 18 16 Ret 16 6
31 England Luke Stapleford Yamaha and Kawasaki 19 16 20 16 Ret 14 Ret 14 16 4
32 England Alex Olsen Honda 22 15 Ret Ret 19 20 1
England Liam Delves Kawasaki and Honda 17 Ret DNS Ret 18 Ret 21 16 19 20 Ret Ret 22 DNS Ret 22 16 20 0
Australia Brayden Elliott Kawasaki 18 19 Ret 19 17 17 21 20 21 0
England Fraser Rogers Aprilia 17 Ret 19 0
Northern Ireland Michael Dunlop Honda Ret Ret DNS 19 Ret Ret 21 Ret Ret 0
England Tom Booth-Amos Honda 20 Ret 22 0
England Shaun Winfield Honda 22 Ret Ret 0
Republic of Ireland Brian McCormack BMW 25 Ret DNS 0
England Luke Hopkins Kawasaki DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
England Matt Truelove Honda DNP DNP DNP 0
Pos Rider Bike SIL
England
OUL
England
DON
England
KNO
Scotland
SNE
England
BRH
England
THR
England
CAD
England
OUL
England
DON
England
BRH
England
Pts

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