Michael Laverty

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Laverty at Round 12 of the 2007 British SuperBike/SuperSport Championship at Brands Hatch.

Michael Laverty (born 17 June 1981) is a motorcycle racer from Toomebridge, Northern Ireland. He is the 2007 British Supersport Champion, and is spending 2008 in British Superbikes, on a Relentless Racing by TAS Suzuki.

He raced in Supersport from 2001 to 2004, finishing in the championship top 5 in all but his rookie season, and done assorted World Supersport races [1]

In 2005 and 2006 he raced for Stobart Motorsport team in the British Superbike Championship. In 2005 he was 10th overall with podiums at Knockhill and Snetterton, his achievements earning him the title of 'Irish Motorcyclist of the Year' from Irish Racer magazine. [2].In 2006 he was team-mate to Michael Rutter. Helped by a pair of 5th places at Knockhill in round 7 he come 7th overall, ahead of the more experienced Rutter.

For 2007, Michael moved back to the British Supersport Championship, with the successful Relentless Racing by TAS Suzuki team. He beat team-mate Ian Lowry to the title, and moved back up to BSB with the team for 2008.