| 2012 British Superbike season | |
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The 2012 British Superbike season will be the 25th British Superbike Championship season. For the 2012 season MSVR has announced a number of changes to the technical regulations to enhance the spectacle of the British Superbike Championship. The championship will be limited to 32 entries, 16 two bike teams. This is said to a way to reward the teams that have raced BSB year in, year out. Teams within the current BSB are invited to enter there two bike teams initially, with a teams who wish to graduate to the BSB class having to buy an entry.[1]
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The whole of the British Superbike grid will move towards the evo class throughout creating a one class championship. All bikes will run a standard ECU (Electronics control unit), this stock ECU will mean that electronics such as traction control and launch control will be banned.[2] 2012 spec bikes were run during the end of the 2011 season, with MSS Colchester Kawasaki's Gary Mason[3] and Team WFR's James Westmoreland[4] running the bikes for 3 and 2 rounds respectively.
| 2012 Calendar[5] | |||
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| Main Season | |||
| Round | Circuit | Date | |
| 1 | R1 | Brands Hatch Indy | 9 April |
| R2 | |||
| 2 | R1 | Thruxton | 15 April |
| R2 | |||
| 3 | R1 | Oulton Park | 7 May |
| R2 | |||
| 4 | R1 | Snetterton 300 | 27 May |
| R2 | |||
| 5 | R1 | Knockhill | 24 June |
| R2 | |||
| 6 | R1 | Oulton Park | 8 July |
| R2 | |||
| 7 | R1 | Brands Hatch GP | 21 July |
| R2 | 22 July | ||
| R3 | |||
| 8 | R1 | Cadwell Park | 27 August |
| R2 | |||
| 9 | R1 | Donington Park | 9 September |
| R2 | |||
| The Showdown | |||
| 10 | R1 | TT Circuit Assen | 23 September |
| R2 | |||
| 11 | R1 | Silverstone Arena GP | 30 September |
| R2 | |||
| 12 | R1 | Brands Hatch GP | 13 October |
| R2 | 14 October | ||
| R3 | |||
| 2012 Entry List | ||||
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| Team | Constructor | Bike | No. | Riders |
| Swan Yamaha[6] | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 1 | Tommy Hill[6] |
| 5 | Ian Hutchinson[6] | |||
| Tyco Suzuki[7] | Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 2 | Josh Brookes[7] |
| 34 | Alastair Seeley[8] | |||
| Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki[9] | Kawasaki[10] | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 3 | Stuart Easton[10] |
| 67 | Shane Byrne[10] | |||
| Buildbase BMW[11] | BMW | BMW S1000RR | 6 | Dan Linfoot[11] |
| 77 | Barry Burrell[11] | |||
| Honda UK[12] | Honda | Honda CBR1000RR | 7 | Michael Laverty[12] |
| 10 | Jon Kirkham[12] | |||
| PR Kawasaki[13] | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 17 | Simon Andrews[13] |
| 101 | Gary Mason[13] | |||
| Team WFR[14] | Honda[14] | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | Alex Lowes[14] |
| 27 | James Westmoreland[14] | |||
| 81 | Graeme Gowland[14] | |||
| GBmoto[15] | Honda[15] | Honda CBR1000RR | 33 | Tristan Palmer[15] |
| TBA | TBA | |||
| Pr1mo Bournemouth Racing[16] | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 37 | James Hillier[16] |
| 53 | Joe Burns[16] | |||
| MSS Kawasaki[17] | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-10R | TBA | TBA |
| TBA | TBA | |||
| Splitlath-Redmond Racing[18] | Aprilia[19] | Aprilia RSV4 1000 | TBA | TBA |
| TBA | TBA | |||
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