2005 British Superbike Championship

2005 champion Gregorio Lavilla at Oulton Park

The 2005 British Superbike season started on 26 March and ended on 9 October.[1] It included 55 riders on 25 teams from 8 countries.# Riders used machines from 5 different constructors, including Honda, Ducati, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha.
Spaniard Gregorio Lavilla became the first non former Commonwealth rider to clinch the BSB Championship Title onboard a Airwaves sponsored GSE Racing Ducati 999 F04.

Calendar

2005 Calendar
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team
1 R1 England Brands Hatch Indy 28 March England Leon Haslam Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda
R2 Spain Gregorio Lavilla Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda
2 R1 England Thruxton 10 April England Michael Rutter Spain Gregorio Lavilla Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda
R2 Spain Gregorio Lavilla Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda
3 R1 England Mallory Park 24 April Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari England Michael Rutter England Michael Rutter HM Plant Honda
R2 Spain Gregorio Lavilla England Michael Rutter HM Plant Honda
4 R1 England Oulton Park 2 May England Michael Rutter England Michael Rutter England Michael Rutter HM Plant Honda
R2 Australia Dean Thomas England Leon Haslam Airwaves Ducati
5 R1 Republic of Ireland Mondello Park 15 May Northern Ireland Jonathan Rea Australia Glen Richards Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda
R2 Spain Gregorio Lavilla Spain Gregorio Lavilla Airwaves Ducati
6 R1 England Croft 5 June England Michael Rutter Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda
R2 Spain Gregorio Lavilla Spain Gregorio Lavilla Airwaves Ducati
7 R1 Scotland Knockhill 26 June Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda
R2 England Michael Rutter Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda
8 R1 England Snetterton 10 July England Leon Haslam Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda
R2 Northern Ireland Michael Laverty Spain Gregorio Lavilla Airwaves Ducati
9 R1 England Silverstone 21 August Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari Spain Gregorio Lavilla Airwaves Ducati
R2 Spain Gregorio Lavilla Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda
10 R1 England Cadwell Park 29 August England Leon Haslam Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari England Tommy Hill Virgin Mobile Samsung
R2 Spain Gregorio Lavilla England Leon Haslam Airwaves Ducati
11 R1 England Oulton Park 11 September Spain Gregorio Lavilla Spain Gregorio Lavilla Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda
R2 England John Reynolds Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda
12 R1 England Donington Park 25 September Spain Gregorio Lavilla Spain Gregorio Lavilla Spain Gregorio Lavilla Airwaves Ducati
R2 Spain Gregorio Lavilla Spain Gregorio Lavilla Airwaves Ducati
13 R1 England Brands Hatch GP 9 October England James Haydon England Leon Haslam Spain Gregorio Lavilla Airwaves Ducati
R2 Spain Gregorio Lavilla England Leon Haslam Airwaves Ducati

Entry list

2005 Entry List
Team Bike No Riders Class Rounds
Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000 1 England John Reynolds[1] 1–3, 6–13[N 1]
88 England Scott Smart[2] 1–6
11 England James Haydon[3][4] 4–5, 7–13
56 England James Buckingham[5] 13[N 1]
HM Plant Honda CBR1000RR 2 England Michael Rutter[6] All
6 Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari[7] 1–3, 5–13
Stobart Honda CBR1000RR 3 England Gary Mason[8] All
33 Northern Ireland Michael Laverty[9] 1–9, 11–13
99 Northern Ireland Jeremy McWilliams[10] 1–3, 5, 13
Sendo Superbike Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 4 England Steve Plater[11] 1–6
10 England Jon Kirkham 1–6
Virgin Mobile Samsung Yamaha YZF-R1 5 England Sean Emmett 1–5, 9–13
Australia Daniel Stauffer[12] 7
8 England Tommy Hill 1–3, 5–13
18 England James Haydon[13] 6
24 England Richard Wren[2] 1–9, 11–13
Honda-racing.co.uk Honda CBR1000RR 9 England Karl Harris[14] All
Dienza Performance* Kawasaki ZX-10R 10 England Jon Kirkham 9–11[N 2]
Australia David Johnson[15] 11, 13[N 2]
France Julien da Costa[16] 12
Vivaldi Racing Kawasaki ZX-10R 11 England Ben Wilson[17] All
17 England Tristan Palmer[17] All
88 England Scott Smart[18] 7–10, 12–13
Hawk Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 12 Australia Dean Thomas[19] All
75 Australia Glen Richards[20] All[N 3]
England Lee Jackson[21] 8[N 3]
Vitrans Racing Honda CBR1000RR 14 Northern Ireland John Laverty[2] 1–8
England John McGuinness[22] 9, 11–13
Jentin Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 15 England Dean Ellison[23] 1–4
England Luke Quigley[24] 6–13
16 England Gareth Glynn C 1–4, 6
England Richard Norris C 8
BSD M/C Developments Suzuki GSX-R1000 19 England Phil Giles C 12–13
MAR Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 21 England James Edmeades C 11
England Malcolm Ashley C 1–10, 12–13
MP Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 22 England Michael Pensavalle C All
Team Nvidia Yamaha YZF-R1 25 England Dennis Hobbs[25] 1–4, 7–10, 12–13
England John Crockford[26] 5
32 South Africa Sheridan Morais[24] 6, 11
Carmasters Ltd Suzuki GSX-R1000 26 Australia Chris Martin C All
AIM Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 35 England Chris Burns 8–10
Scotland Les Shand 11
England Matt Llewellyn 12
44 England John McGuinness 1–5, 7
Kawasaki ZX-10R Northern Ireland Marshall Neill 6
Airwaves Ducati Ducati 999 F04 36 England James Haydon[27] 0
Spain Gregorio Lavilla[27] All
91 England Leon Haslam[28] All
Team JJL Racing Honda CBR1000RR 37 England Danny Beaumont C All
Slingshot Racing Honda CBR1000RR 42 England Dean Ellison 6–13
Protech–Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 43 England Howie Mainwaring C 12–13
Medd Racing Kawasaki ZX-10R 48 England Nick Medd All
Motor Sport Vision Ducati 999 F04 52 England Gary Watts C 11
Quay Garage Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 56 England James Buckingham C All[N 4]
Red Bull Honda Honda CBR1000RR 65 Northern Ireland Jonathan Rea 1–10, 12–13
PR Branson Honda Honda CBR1000RR 68 England Steve Brogan C 1–12
Hydrex Honda Honda CBR1000RR 74 England Kieran Clarke All
4 England Steve Plater 8–13
Nutt Travel/Johns Motors Honda CBR1000RR 77 Northern Ireland Marty Nutt C All
MSS Discovery Racing Kawasaki ZX-10R 86 France Julien Da Costa[29] 1–4
Team Renegade KOJI Honda CBR1000RR 155 United States Ben Bostrom 9
Icon Class
C Privateers Cup
Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

Notes

  1. 1 2 John Reynolds competed in the first friday practice session during round 13, before being replaced by James Buckingham for the rest of the weekend.
  2. 1 2 Jon Kirkham competed in the first friday practice session during round 11, before being replaced by David Johnson for the rest of the weekend.
  3. 1 2 Glen Richards competed in the two Friday practice session during round 8, before being replaced by Lee Jackson for the rest of the weekend.
  4. ↑ James Buckingham competed in the first friday practice session for Quay Garage Suzuki during round 13, he was later switched to the Rizla Suzuki squad replacing John Reynolds for the rest of the weekends. With no replacement, Quay Garage Suzuki withdrew from the rest of the weekends.

Final championship standings

Points system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Race 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos Rider Bike Class BHI
England		 THR
England		 MAL
England		 OUL
England		 MOP
Republic of Ireland		 CRO
England		 KNO
Scotland		 SNE
England		 SIL
England		 CAD
England		 OUL
England		 DON
England		 BHGP
England		 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 R1 R2
1 Spain Gregorio Lavilla Ducati 2 3 3 2 Ret 3 2 Ret 3 1 3 1 6 3 Ret 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 461
2 Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari Honda 1 1 1 1 Ret DNS 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 Ret 8 1 5 3 1 1 2 3 4 4 429
3 England Michael Rutter Honda 4 2 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 5 2 2 2 2 5 3 15 4 8 Ret 10 Ret 6 4 6 8 371
4 England Leon Haslam Ducati Ret 4 4 7 3 5 4 1 Ret 2 6 Ret 5 5 2 Ret 2 3 6 1 4 4 3 2 2 1 350
5 Australia Glen Richards Kawasaki 3 7 9 5 2 2 5 6 Ret 6 5 4 4 7 WD WD 5 5 3 15 5 8 4 Ret Ret 6 241
6 Australia Dean Thomas Kawasaki 8 11 8 6 6 4 6 15 15 13 10 6 10 10 11 9 6 6 9 7 11 7 9 6 5 5 198
7 England Karl Harris Honda 6 6 6 8 Ret 6 3 3 4 7 Ret Ret 8 11 6 Ret 4 9 4 5 8 5 Ret 9 Ret Ret 195
8 England Gary Mason Honda Ret 10 12 13 8 7 7 Ret 8 9 9 5 9 13 8 8 7 7 11 10 9 9 10 7 7 7 174
9 England John Reynolds Suzuki 9 9 14 Ret Ret DNS Ret 12 7 6 3 4 3 Ret 12 8 3 3 5 Ret WD WD 139
10 Northern Ireland Michael Laverty Honda 15 15 15 17 7 9 13 10 6 4 4 10 3 4 Ret 2 DNS DNS WD WD DNS DNS Ret 10 11 11 129
11 England James Haydon Suzuki 8 4 10 Ret Ret 8 4 Ret 10 8 7 6 6 Ret Ret 5 3 Ret 126
Yamaha 8 Ret
12 England Tommy Hill Yamaha 10 12 10 Ret Ret DNS Ret 14 16 Ret 15 12 10 7 9 10 1 4 7 6 8 Ret Ret 9 123
13 England Steve Plater Honda 7 5 11 Ret Ret 9 Ret 10 11 Ret 8 3 111
Kawasaki Ret Ret 13 10 Ret DNS 11 7 14 11 11 7
14 England Scott Smart Kawasaki 12 16 14 14 DNS DNS DNS DNS 7 8 12 16 97
Suzuki Ret 8 7 Ret 5 8 9 Ret 5 8 13 13
15 England Sean Emmett Yamaha 5 5 5 4 4 10 Ret 11 7 Ret DNS Ret 13 Ret 13 11 13 Ret Ret 15 94
16 Northern Ireland Jonathan Rea Honda 13 18 16 12 14 14 12 9 Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 9 WD WD 12 11 Ret Ret 19 11 10 10 64
17 England Ben Wilson Kawasaki 11 13 17 15 Ret 11 15 14 13 15 12 DNS 14 18 9 6 Ret Ret 14 Ret 14 Ret 12 13 13 12 62
18 England Kieran Clarke Honda Ret 16 Ret 11 Ret 15 10 8 11 Ret Ret 8 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 15 16 13 19 17 Ret Ret 14 18 41
19 England James Buckingham Suzuki C 16 17 11 Ret 15 DNS 16 20 21 19 17 14 11 19 18 21 16 12 10 11 12 12 15 20 WD WD 39
Ret 14
20 Northern Ireland Jeremy McWilliams Honda 7 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 9 10 9 Ret 36
21 England Tristan Palmer Kawasaki 14 22 Ret Ret 13 13 18 13 20 18 Ret 15 13 15 13 20 14 14 Ret 12 15 16 20 Ret Ret Ret 28
22 England Danny Beaumont Honda C 12 Ret Ret 19 9 DNS WD WD 22 17 18 Ret Ret DNS Ret 11 Ret Ret 15 18 DNS DNS 17 16 Ret 13 20
23 England Steve Brogan Honda C 27 Ret 20 14 10 16 19 Ret 23 20 15 19 Ret 23 19 15 17 DNS Ret DNS Ret 14 Ret Ret 19
24 France Julien Da Costa Kawasaki 20 19 Ret 16 Ret DNS Ret 5 14 Ret 13
25 England John McGuinness Honda Ret DNS 16 15 DNS DNS Ret Ret 12
Yamaha 17 14 19 20 11 12 Ret DNS 19 Ret DNS Ret
26 England Jon Kirkham Kawasaki 21 20 18 18 16 17 17 12 12 12 DNS DNS Ret 17 Ret DNS WD WD 12
27 England Richard Wren Yamaha 24 Ret WD WD DNS DNS 22 21 26 22 20 16 18 21 12 12 DNS DNS 17 13 Ret 19 Ret Ret 11
28 England Dennis Hobbs Yamaha 19 23 Ret 24 12 DNS WD WD Ret 17 15 Ret 13 13 DNS DNS Ret Ret Ret DNS 11
29 Northern Ireland John Laverty Honda 18 Ret Ret Ret 19 18 14 Ret 17 16 Ret 10 16 20 Ret 19 8
30 Australia Chris Martin Suzuki C 25 24 23 22 17 19 WD WD 16 25 21 11 23 25 17 18 20 DNS 18 14 24 20 16 18 20 23 7
31 England Chris Burns Yamaha Ret 10 DNS Ret Ret DNS 6
32 England Dean Ellison Honda Ret Ret 19 22 Ret DNS DNS 16 19 16 Ret DNS 18 12 DNS 22 4
Yamaha 22 26 21 23 20 DNS Ret Ret
33 Northern Ireland Marty Nutt Honda C Ret 21 Ret 21 18 20 20 19 18 24 14 Ret 17 Ret Ret 17 18 Ret 21 21 20 18 23 14 16 Ret 4
34 England Lee Jackson Kawasaki Ret 13 3
35 England Luke Quigley Yamaha Ret 19 20 24 16 16 Ret Ret 17 17 18 19 21 15 19 20 1
36 Australia David Johnson Kawasaki 21 21 15 17 1
England Malcolm Ashley Kawasaki C 28 27 DNQ DNQ DNS DNS 21 18 25 23 Ret 17 21 26 21 22 19 18 20 20 25 17 17 19 0
England Nick Medd Kawasaki 29 Ret Ret Ret DNS DNS 25 17 24 Ret 23 DNS 22 28 20 Ret Ret Ret 22 DNS Ret DNS DNQ DNQ DNS DNS 0
England Phil Giles Suzuki C 24 DNS 18 21 0
South Africa Sheridan Morais Yamaha 22 18 25 22 0
England Michael Pensavalle Kawasaki C 26 25 24 26 Ret DNS 23 22 Ret 21 Ret 20 Ret 27 Ret 23 Ret Ret 23 19 22 24 26 Ret Ret Ret 0
Northern Ireland Marshall Neill Yamaha 19 Ret 0
England Gareth Glynn Yamaha C 23 Ret 22 25 21 Ret 24 Ret Ret DNS 0
England Matt Llewellyn Yamaha 22 Ret 0
Scotland Les Shand Yamaha 23 23 0
England James Edmeades Kawasaki C Ret 25 0
England Gary Watts Ducati C 26 26 0
England Richard Norris Yamaha C Ret Ret 0
England John Crockford Yamaha Ret Ret 0
United States Ben Bostrom Honda DNS DNS
Australia Daniel Stauffer Yamaha DNS DNS
England Howie Mainwaring Suzuki C DNQ DNQ WD WD
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap

Icon Class
C Privateers Cup

Final Constructors Standings

1 Japan Honda 558
2 Italy Ducati 533
3 Japan Kawasaki 295
4 Japan Suzuki 254
5 Japan Yamaha 187

Final Supersport championship standings (top 10)

Pos Rider Team Pts Ref
1 England Leon Camier Padgetts Honda 202 [30]
2 England Craig Jones Northpoint Honda 189 [1]
3 Scotland Stuart Easton JHP Ducati 161
4 England Cal Crutchlow Northpoint Honda 161
5 Spain Pere Riba MSS Discovery Kawasaki 155
6 England Tom Sykes TAS Suzuki 119
7 England Jamie Robinson JR Motosport Honda 112
8 England Jay Vincent Padgetts Honda 91
9 Northern Ireland Eugene Laverty Red Bull Honda 84
10 England Simon Andrews TAS Suzuki 67

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