2008 British Superbike Championship season

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.^[1] The series was rescheduled to start on April 20 and 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Rider	Winning Team
-	R1	Brands Hatch GP	April 6	Shane Byrne1	Abandoned took place May 11.2
	R2
1	R1	Thruxton	April 20	Shane Byrne	Shane Byrne	Shane Byrne	Airwaves Ducati
	R2				Cal Crutchlow	Cal Crutchlow	HM Plant Honda
2	R1	Oulton Park	May 5	Cal Crutchlow	Cal Crutchlow	Shane Byrne	Airwaves Ducati
	R2				Shane Byrne	Shane Byrne	Airwaves Ducati
3	R1	Brands Hatch GP	May 11	Shane Byrne	Shane Byrne	Shane Byrne	Airwaves Ducati
	R2				Shane Byrne	Cal Crutchlow	HM Plant Honda
4	R1	Donington Park	May 26	Shane Byrne	Shane Byrne	Shane Byrne	Airwaves Ducati
	R2				Shane Byrne	Shane Byrne	Airwaves Ducati
5	R1	Snetterton	June 15	Shane Byrne	Leon Camier	Leon Camier	Airwaves Ducati
	R2				Shane Byrne	Shane Byrne	Airwaves Ducati
6	R1	Mallory Park	June 29	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Shane Byrne	Airwaves Ducati
	R2				Cal Crutchlow	Michael Rutter	NW 200 Ducati
7	R1	Oulton Park	July 20	Cal Crutchlow	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Rizla Suzuki
	R2				Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Rizla Suzuki
8	R1	Knockhill	August 10	Leon Haslam	Michael Laverty	Tom Sykes	Rizla Suzuki
	R2				Leon Haslam	Leon Haslam	HM Plant Honda
9	R1	Cadwell Park	August 25	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Leon Haslam	HM Plant Honda
	R2				Leon Haslam	Leon Haslam	HM Plant Honda
10	R1	Croft	September 14	Cal Crutchlow	Shane Byrne	Leon Camier	Airwaves Ducati
	R2				Shane Byrne	Leon Haslam	HM Plant Honda
11	R1	Silverstone International	September 28	Cal Crutchlow	Leon Haslam	Leon Camier	Airwaves Ducati
	R2				Shane Byrne	Leon Haslam	HM Plant Honda
12	R1	Brands Hatch Indy	October 12	Shane Byrne	Shane Byrne	Shane Byrne	Airwaves Ducati
	R2				Leon Haslam	Shane Byrne	Airwaves Ducati

Notes:

1.^ – The qualifying results from the original meeting were carryed forward to the rechduled meeting.

2.^ – The opening meeting at Brand Hatch GP was cancelled due to heavy snow fall on the Sunday, the meeting was reschduled for May 11 ^[4]

Entry List

2008 Entry List[5] Team Bike No Riders Class Rounds Airwaves Ducati Ducati 1098R 2 Leon Camier [6] 1-6, 8-12 67 Shane Byrne [7] 1-12 MSS Discovery Kawasaki Kawasaki ZXR1000 3 Stuart Easton[8] 1-4, 9-12 8 Billy McConnell [9] 1-12 86 James Haydon* [10] 6-7 Relentless Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 4 Michael Laverty[11] 1-12 Rob Mac Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 5 Karl Harris [12] 1-2, 4-11 Hawk Kawasaki Kawasaki ZXR1000 6 James Haydon* [10] 88 Scott Smart 1-12 Bike Animal Honda Honda CBR1000RR 9 Guy Martin 1-3, 5-12 7 James Ellison 1-8, 10-12 SMT Honda Honda CBR1000RR 11 Adam Jenkinson Rizla Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 14 Atsushi Watanabe 1-12 66 Tom Sykes 1-12 British Jentin Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 17 Simon Andrews 1-12 Hardinge Honda Honda CBR1000RR 21 Tom Tunstall C AIM Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 22 Steve Plater [13] 2 Tena for Men Honda Honda CBR1000RR 27 Tristan Palmer [14] 1-12 33 Michael Howarth [15] C Holdtight Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 31 Nick Pusey C HM Plant Honda Honda CBR1000RR 35 Cal Crutchlow[16] 1-12 91 Leon Haslam [16] 1-12 Riders Honda Honda CBR1000RR 40 Martin Jessopp C Bike Shop Faversham Yamaha YZF-R1 44 Steve Mercer C PDM Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 51 Luke Quigley C MV Agusta MV F4312 53 Chris Burns C Quay Honda Honda CBR1000RR 56 James Buckingham C Red Viper Honda Honda CBR1000RR 64 Aaron Zanotti [17] PR Branson Honda Honda CBR1000RR 68 David Johnson TAG Honda MAC Racing Honda CBR1000RR 99 Brian McCormack C MAR ARP Kawasaki Kawasaki ZXR1000 111 Malcolm Ashley C Co-ordit Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 118 Dean Ellison C North West 200 Ducati Ducati 1098R 200 Michael Rutter [18]

Icon Class C Privateers Cup Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

Support Races

• Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport Championship: Winner - Glen Richards ^[19]
• Metzeler National Superstock 1000 Championship: Winner - Steve Brogan ^[20]
• Metzeler Junior Superstock 600 Championship: Winner - Lee Johnson
• Henderson Yamaha R1 Cup: Winner - Jon Kirkham ^[21]
• British 125 GP Championship: Winner - Matthew Hoyle
• KTM 990 Super Duke Challenge: Winner - David Wood

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 Shane Byrne Ducati 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 2 Ret 3 3 5 4 3 2 1 1 474 2 Leon Haslam Honda 4 Ret 2 DSQ 4 6 2 2 5 5 2 6 4 4 Ret 1 1 1 2 1 11 1 4 2 357 3 Cal Crutchlow Honda 2 1 6 Ret 3 1 6 3 4 3 3 3 6 2 Ret 7 5 13 4 3 2 Ret 2 4 318 4 Tom Sykes Suzuki 6 8 5 Ret 2 Ret 3 6 3 7 4 4 1 1 1 4 2 2 3 2 DSQ 3 6 Ret 316 5 Leon Camier Ducati 5 4 3 3 5 3 5 4 1 2 Ret 8 5 8 4 4 1 5 1 4 5 3 306 6 Michael Rutter Ducati 3 3 4 6 Ret 5 8 8 9 4 Ret 1 7 11 4 2 6 5 6 6 4 7 7 6 256 7 James Ellison Honda 7 7 8 2 6 8 4 5 7 10 5 11 2 5 3 5 9 7 Ret 6 3 5 230 8 Simon Andrews Yamaha 8 Ret Ret 7 9 Ret 10 9 10 8 7 7 5 6 8 6 7 6 10 9 5 8 8 7 176 9 Michael Laverty Suzuki 10 5 7 4 Ret 4 9 Ret 6 6 11 Ret 9 7 6 21 8 9 7 10 Ret 15 Ret Ret 141 10 Tristan Palmer Honda 13 13 9 11 10 11 12 14 13 9 8 9 28 12 9 12 11 12 14 14 6 12 10 13 111 11 Karl Harris Yamaha Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 7 8 Ret Ret 5 26 9 7 3 Ret 10 8 8 Ret 5 DNS DNS 102 12 Billy McConnell Kawasaki 14 10 Ret 10 8 9 Ret Ret 11 11 6 16 8 10 Ret 9 12 24 17 Ret 10 9 12 Ret 91 13 Stuart Easton Kawasaki 9 6 10 5 7 7 11 11 Ret 14 15 13 8 11 Ret Ret 81 14 Scott Smart Kawasaki 16 12 11 8 11 10 15 12 Ret Ret Ret 10 11 8 Ret 13 13 8 13 Ret Ret Ret 21 20 69 15 Atsushi Watanabe Suzuki 17 14 13 9 12 Ret 17 13 12 20 9 20 13 17 Ret 15 9 7 12 12 9 Ret 14 14 69 16 Gary Mason Honda 18 10 14 12 13 23 Ret 14 10 17 10 Ret 11 11 DSQ DSQ 11 9 51 17 John Laverty Ducati 12 11 20 14 16 13 16 16 16 16 10 14 10 13 14 15 16 16 13 21 13 8 49 18 Guy Martin Honda 15 9 12 Ret 13 12 Ret Ret 16 17 Ret 18 Ret 14 15 11 18 Ret Ret Ret 16 15 28 19 Jason O'Halloran Honda Ret 15 7 10 15 12 21 20 Chris Burns MV Agusta 18 Ret 16 18 14 Ret Ret Ret 15 13 Ret Ret 15 10 16 17 19 Ret 13 Ret 21 11 21 21 David Johnson Honda 19 Ret 17 16 Ret 16 Ret Ret 18 14 12 12 Ret Ret 13 DNS Ret 16 20 17 12 14 19 Ret 21 22 Jon Kirkham Yamaha 9 10 13 23 Steve Mercer Yamaha 20 Ret 15 Ret 10 Kawasaki 12 11 24 Tom Grant Honda Ret 16 13 Ret 15 19 10 25 Dean Ellison Yamaha 21 15 Ret Ret 14 15 17 15 14 18 14 16 Ret 19 Ret DNS 9 26 James Haydon Kawasaki Ret 15 12 15 19 DNS 6 27 Sean Emmett Yamaha 11 Ret 5 Honda Ret DNS 28 Steve Plater Yamaha Ret 12 4 29 Marshall Neill Honda 15 13 4 30 Martin Jessopp Honda 25 16 23 18 15 17 22 21 17 22 16 20 14 16 17 18 21 20 15 17 18 18 4 31 Luke Quigley Suzuki 28 Ret 18 14 Ret 15 Ret 18 3 32 Aaron Zanotti Honda 22 19 21 Ret 19 14 Ret Ret 19 17 18 19 24 19 17 23 22 22 2 33 Peter Hickman Honda 14 16 25 16 2 Tom Tunstall Honda 26 18 14 21 Ret 18 19 17 21 18 19 21 17 23 18 20 19 19 22 18 17 19 23 19 0 Malcolm Ashley Kawasaki 23 17 19 22 Ret Ret 20 DNS 24 22 0 James Buckingham Honda 24 20 22 20 Ret DNS 0 Leon Morris Ducati 27 21 17 24 DNS 20 20 19 20 19 Ret Ret 16 Ret 21 21 18 21 Ret 20 0 Michael Howarth Honda 23 22 Ret 23 18 19 21 21 20 26 20 18 Ret 23 23 Ret 0 Brain McCormack Honda Ret 23 0 Shannon Etheridge Kawasaki Ret 20 Ret 22 Ret 22 19 22 20 20 Ret 19 19 20 17 17 0 Dan Stewart Honda 23 21 16 18 0 Howie Mainwaring Suzuki Ret DNS 0 Francis Williamson Ducati Ret 25 20 22 Ret Ret 0 Kenny Gilbertson Kawasaki Ret DNS Ret DNS 18 DNS 0 Victor Cox Yamaha 18 Ret 0

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest Lap

Privateers Cup

2008 Final Privateers Cup Standings [22]
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	John Laverty	Ducati	12	11	20	14	16	13	16	16	16	16	10	14	10	13			14	15	16	16	13	21	13	8	469
2	Martin Jessopp	Honda	25	16	23	18	15	17			22	21	17	22	16	20	14	16	17	18	21	20	15	17	18	18	328
3	Gary Mason	Honda							18	10	14	12	13	23	Ret	14	10	17	10	Ret	11	11	DSQ	DSQ	11	9	307
4	Tom Tunstall	Honda	26	18	14	21	Ret	18	19	17	21	18	19	21	17	23	18	20	19	19	22	18	17	19	23	19	283
5	Chris Burns	MV Agusta	18	Ret	16	18	14	Ret	Ret	Ret			15	13	Ret	Ret	15	10	16	17	19	Ret	13	Ret	21	11	267
6	Leon Morris	Ducati	27	21	17	24	DNS	20	20	19	20	19			Ret	Ret	16	Ret	21	21			18	21	Ret	20	165
7	Shannon Etheridge	Kawasaki							Ret	20	Ret	22			Ret	22	19	22	20	20	Ret	19	19	20	17	17	134
8	Michael Howarth	Honda	23	22	Ret	23	18	19	21	21					20	26	20	18	Ret	23	23	Ret					127
9	Malcolm Ashley	Kawasaki	23	17	19	22	Ret	Ret					20	DNS											24	22	75
10	Luke Quigley	Suzuki	28	Ret	18	14	Ret	15	Ret	18																	73
11	Dan Stewart	Honda													23	21							16	18			58
12	James Buckingham	Honda	24	20	22	20	Ret	DNS																			42
13	Steve Mercer	Yamaha	20	Ret	15	Ret																					41
		Kawasaki															12	11
14	Francis Williamson	Ducati													Ret	25							20	22	Ret	Ret	27
15	Kenny Gilbertson	Kawasaki													Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	18	DNS							11
16	Victor Cox	Yamaha																							18	Ret	10
17	Brian McCormack	Honda	Ret	23																							8

John Laverty won the Cup class on his Buildbase NW200 Ducati.^[23]

References

External links

• BSB Website