Josh Brookes

Joshua Brookes
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1983-04-28) 28 April 1983 Sydney, New South Wales
Current team	Milwaukee Yamaha
Bike number	25
Motorcycle racing career statistics Superbike World Championship Active years 2006, 2010 Manufacturers Kawasaki, Honda Championships 0 2010 Championship position 24th Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 20 0 0 0 0 9

Joshua Brookes (born 28 April 1983 in Sydney, New South Wales in Australia) is a professional motorcycle road racer. He has experience of Superbike and Supersport racing, both domestically and internationally.

Early career

In 2004 he won the World Supersport round at Philip Island as a wild card,^[1] before a serious crash ruined his year. He returned to win Australia's Superbike and Supersport titles in 2005 on a Honda.

World Supersport and Superbike 2006–08

He then moved to World Supersport with a Caracchi Ducati for 2006, but left the team mid-season despite a 6th place at his home round. Brookes was soon racing again however, joining Bertocchi Kawasaki in the Superbike World Championship, debuting on the bike at the Italian round at Mugello.^[2] He ran 4th in a wet race in the Netherlands before falling, but generally struggled, as it was his first time living in Europe, mostly on circuits he did not know.

He did enough to be retained for 2007, with the team gaining new investors, a switch to Honda Fireblade bikes,^[3] and a new team-mate in fellow Australian Karl Muggeridge. Despite 9 points finishes in the first 7 two-race rounds, the team missed round 8 after a legal challenge from Sergio Bertocchi.

Brookes joined the Stiggy Motorsport Honda team in the Supersport World Championship for the final 5 rounds.^[4] He continued with them in 2008.^[5] Brookes scored his second win (and Stiggy's first) at Donington Park, moving up to second in the championship. He also made a one-off appearance in the British Supersport Championship for HM Plant Honda, qualifying on pole and finishing third].^[6]

British Superbike Championship 2009–

For 2009, Brookes switches to British Superbikes with HM Plant Honda, alongside fellow Aussie Glen Richards,^[7] however he was forced to miss the opening round due to visa issues. Round 3 at Donington Park was also a disaster, as Brookes collided with Sylvain Guintoli on the sighting lap on the way to the grid, causing a broken leg for the Frenchman. Brookes claimed to have experienced a brake failure, if proven these allegations would have left Honda liable: for this reason they neglected to give their support. He received a one-race suspended ban as a result.^[8] In the next meeting at Thruxton he took seventh and third, with some fighting overtaking moves in race two especially. He followed this with a front row start and two third places at Snetterton.

Brookes was involved in further controversy at Mallory Park. While running fourth he lost control of the bike, resulting in a crash with the leader Simon Andrews. The Honda's engine case broke, spilling oil on the track and causing five other riders to crash. All riders involved in the accident were omitted from the result, even those who deliberately downed the bikes to avoid further carnage, due to red flag regulations.^[9][10] Brookes apologised in a TV interview later in the programme for his mistake.^[11] He had sustained a broken thumb from the crash. The BSB officials awarded him a 2-race ban following the incident, for "not riding in a manner compatible with general safety".^[12] He finished 3rd on his return at Croft, defending from one-off team-mate Ryuichi Kiyonari on the line.

Despite the bad blood felt towards Brookes, GSE Airwaves Yamaha boss Colin Wright told a Eurosport TV interview at Brands Hatch that he would like to sign Brookes for 2010, if he were to lose one or both 2009 riders. As it turned out, GSE Yamaha would not return in 2010.

For 2010 Brookes stayed with the HM Plant Honda team,^[13] Brookes has changed to bike #4 and is also joined by former double British Superbike Champion Ryuichi Kiyonari. He took his first win in the fourth race of the season.^[14] He also took a win at Cadwell Park^[15] and two wins at Snetterton.^[16] His season was closely documented in the film I, Superbiker.

He also made a British Superstock entry in the MotoGP support round at Silverstone, and a World Superbike appearance substituting for injured countryman Broc Parkes at Phillip Island. Brookes will also make a wildcard entry with team-mate Kiyonari at Silverstone.^[17]

For 2011 Brookes switched to the Relentless TAS Suzuki team joined by Alastair Seeley who is competing in British Supersport. He a poor start to the season with a massive crash at Oulton Park which wrecked his bike. By mid-season he started to get good results.

Isle of Man TT

On 28 November 2012, it was announced that Brookes would compete at the 2013 Isle of Man TT Races.^[18]

Brookes will be the highest profile 'newcomer' since Steve Plater, and will compete for the Tyco Suzuki squad in the Superbike, Superstock and Supersport categories.

In the 2013 Superbike TT, Brookes became the fastest ever newcomer, with a lap of 127.726 mph and finished in tenth position.^[19]

Career statistics

Stats correct as of 19 Octoberber 2014

All time

Series		Years Active	Races	Poles	Podiums	Wins	2nd place	3rd place	Fast Laps	Titles
Supersport World Championship		2004-08	22	0	7	2	3	2	1	0
Superbike World Championship		2006-07, 2010, 2012	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
British Superbike Championship		2009−	144	21	76	20	30	26	25	0
National Superstock 1000		2009	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	0
Total			203	20	84	24	33	28	26	0

By championship

Supersport World Championship

Yr	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos	Pts	Ref
2004	Honda	ESP	AUS 1	SMR	ITA	GER	EUR	GBR	NED	ITA	FRA				15th	25	[20]
2006	Ducati	QAT 10	AUS 6	ESP 11	ITA	EUR	SMR	CZE	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	FRA		21st	21	[21]
2007	Honda	QAT	AUS	EUR	ESP	NED	ITA	EUR	SMR	CZE 5	GBR Ret	GER 16	ITA Ret	FRA 7	28th	20	[22]
2008	Honda	QAT 5	AUS 2	ESP Ret	NED 6	ITA 2	GER 2	SMR 14	CZE 3	GBR 5	EUR 1	ITA 12	FRA 3	POR 11	3rd	162	[23]

Superbike World Championship

Year	Make	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		Pos	Pts	Ref
		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	R1	R2
2006	Kawasaki	QAT	QAT	AUS	AUS	ESP	ESP	ITA	ITA	EUR Ret	EUR 18	SMR 18	SMR Ret	CZE 18	CZE Ret	GBR 20	GBR Ret	NED Ret	NED 15	GER 20	GER 23	ITA 15	ITA 17	FRA 15	FRA 16					28th	3	[24]
2007	Honda	QAT Ret	QAT 13	AUS 12	AUS 12	EUR 12	EUR 15	SPA 9	SPA 7	NED Ret	NED 13	ITA 11	ITA Ret	GBR Ret	GBR C	SMR	SMR	CZE	CZE	GBR	GBR	GER	GER	ITA	ITA	FRA	FRA			17th	40	[25]
2010	Honda	AUS 19	AUS 14	POR	POR	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	RSA	RSA	USA	USA	SMR	SMR	CZE	CZE	GBR 16	GBR 12	GER	GER	ITA	ITA	FRA	FRA			24th	6	[26]
2012	Suzuki	AUS 16	AUS 15	ITA	ITA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	EUR	EUR	USA	USA	SMR	SMR	SPA	SPA	CZE	CZE	GBR	GBR	RUS	RUS	GER	GER	POR	POR	FRA	FRA	34th	1	[27]

British Superbike Championship

Year	Bike	1		2		3			4		5		6			7			8			9			10		11		12			Pos	Pts	Ref
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3
2009	Honda	BHI	BHI	OUL 10	OUL Ret	DON DNS	DON Ret		THR 7	THR 3	SNE 3	SNE 3	KNO 3	KNO 2		MAL Ret	MAL DNS		BHGP EX1	BHGP EX1	BHGP EX1	CAD EX1	CAD EX1		CRO 3	CRO 3	SIL 3	SIL 3	OUL NC	OUL 7	OUL 3	4th	188	[28]
2010		BHI 5	BHI Ret	THR 2	THR 1	OUL 6	OUL 8		CAD 5	CAD 1	MAL 2	MAL 2	KNO 3	KNO C		SNE 1	SNE 1	SNE Ret	BHGP 4	BHGP Ret	BHGP 6	CAD 2	CAD 1		CRO 6	CRO 8	SIL 2	SIL 3	OUL 5	OUL 3	OUL 2	2nd	6252	[29]
2011	Suzuki	BHI Ret	BHI DNS	OUL 6	OUL Ret	CRO 8	CRO 4		THR 9	THR 6	KNO 5	KNO 13	SNE 7	SNE 2		OUL 2	OUL C		BHGP 1	BHGP 6	BHGP Ret	CAD DSQ	CAD 4	CAD 2	DON 6	DON 5	SIL 4	SIL 1	BHGP 2	BHGP Ret	BHGP 6	5th	5983	[30]
2012		BHI 10	BHI C	THR 3	THR 1	OUL 3	OUL 3	OUL 4	SNE 3	SNE 3	KNO 4	KNO 4	OUL 2	OUL 2	OUL 3	BHGP 2	BHGP 2		CAD 6	CAD 2		DON 1	DON 1		ASS 2	ASS 1	SIL 4	SIL 3	BHGP 3	BHGP 2	BHGP 2	2nd	6554	[31]
2013		BHI 3	BHI 5	THR 2	THR 4	OUL 3	OUL 2		KNO 2	KNO 2	SNE 2	SNE 3	BHGP 1	BHGP 4		OUL 4	OUL 2	OUL 1	CAD 3	CAD Ret		DON 4	DON 5		ASS 4	ASS Ret	SIL Ret	SIL 5	BHGP 1	BHGP 1	BHGP 1	3rd	6214
2014	Yamaha	BHI Ret	BHI 2	OUL 2	OUL 1	SNE 2	SNE Ret		KNO 4	KNO 4	BHGP 6	BHGP 8	THR 1	THR 1		OUL 2	OUL 2	OUL 1	CAD 4	CAD DSQ		DON 4	DON 3		ASS Ret	ASS Ret	SIL 3	SIL Ret	BHGP 8	BHGP 4	BHGP 5	4th	5845

Notes

1.^ – Brookes was excluded from the rounds due to causing an accident during Race 1 at Mallory Park.

2.^ – Brookes qualified for "The Showdown" part of the BSB season, thus before the Croft round he was awarded 500 points plus the podium credits he had gained throughout the season. Podium credits are given to anyone finishing 1st, 2nd or 3rd, with 3,2 and 1 points awarded respectively.

3.^ – Brookes qualified for "The Showdown" part of the BSB season, thus before the Donington Park round he was awarded 500 points plus the podium credits he had gained throughout the season. Podium credits are given to anyone finishing 1st, 2nd or 3rd, with 3,2 and 1 points awarded respectively.

4.^ – Brookes qualified for "The Showdown" part of the BSB season, thus before the Assen round he was awarded 500 points plus the podium credits he had gained throughout the season. Podium credits are given to anyone finishing 1st, 2nd or 3rd, with 3,2 and 1 points awarded respectively.

5.^ – Brookes qualified for "The Showdown" part of the BSB season, thus before the Assen round he was awarded 500 points plus the podium credits he had gained throughout the season. Podium credits are given to anyone finishing 1st, 2nd or 3rd, with 5,3 and 1 points awarded respectively.

Superstock 1000

Yr	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Pts	Ref
2010	Honda	BHI	THR	OUL	CAD	MAL	SIL 1	SIL 1	KNO	SNE	BHGP	CAD	CRO	OUL	OUL	13th	50	[32]

References

External links

• Rider Profile