2005 British Superbike Championship

The 2005 British Superbike season started on 26 March and ended on 9 October. 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 Brands Hatch Indy 28 March Leon Haslam Ryuichi Kiyonari Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda R2 Gregorio Lavilla Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda 2 R1 Thruxton 10 April Michael Rutter Gregorio Lavilla Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda R2 Gregorio Lavilla Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda 3 R1 Mallory Park 24 April Ryuichi Kiyonari Michael Rutter Michael Rutter HM Plant Honda R2 Gregorio Lavilla Michael Rutter HM Plant Honda 4 R1 Oulton Park 2 May Michael Rutter Michael Rutter Michael Rutter HM Plant Honda R2 Dean Thomas Leon Haslam Airwaves Ducati 5 R1 Mondello Park 15 May Jonathan Rea Glen Richards Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda R2 Gregorio Lavilla Gregorio Lavilla Airwaves Ducati 6 R1 Croft 5 June Michael Rutter Ryuichi Kiyonari Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda R2 Gregorio Lavilla Gregorio Lavilla Airwaves Ducati 7 R1 Knockhill 26 June Ryuichi Kiyonari Ryuichi Kiyonari Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda R2 Michael Rutter Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda 8 R1 Snetterton 10 July Leon Haslam Ryuichi Kiyonari Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda R2 Michael Laverty Gregorio Lavilla Airwaves Ducati 9 R1 Silverstone 21 August Ryuichi Kiyonari Ryuichi Kiyonari Gregorio Lavilla Airwaves Ducati R2 Gregorio Lavilla Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda 10 R1 Cadwell Park 29 August Leon Haslam Ryuichi Kiyonari Tommy Hill Virgin Mobile Samsung R2 Gregorio Lavilla Leon Haslam Airwaves Ducati 11 R1 Oulton Park 11 September Gregorio Lavilla Gregorio Lavilla Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda R2 John Reynolds Ryuichi Kiyonari HM Plant Honda 12 R1 Donington Park 25 September Gregorio Lavilla Gregorio Lavilla Gregorio Lavilla Airwaves Ducati R2 Gregorio Lavilla Gregorio Lavilla Airwaves Ducati 13 R1 Brands Hatch GP 9 October James Haydon Leon Haslam Gregorio Lavilla Airwaves Ducati R2 Gregorio Lavilla Leon Haslam Airwaves Ducati

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

Notes

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 THR MAL OUL MOP CRO KNO SNE SIL CAD OUL DON BHGP PtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2 1 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Jeremy McWilliams Honda 7 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 9 10 9 Ret 36 21 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 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 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 Julien Da Costa Kawasaki 20 19 Ret 16 Ret DNS Ret 5 14 Ret 13 25 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 Jon Kirkham Kawasaki 21 20 18 18 16 17 17 12 12 12 DNS DNS Ret 17 Ret DNS WD WD 12 27 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 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 John Laverty Honda 18 Ret Ret Ret 19 18 14 Ret 17 16 Ret 10 16 20 Ret 19 8 30 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 Chris Burns Yamaha Ret 10 DNS Ret Ret DNS 6 32 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 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 Lee Jackson Kawasaki Ret 13 3 35 Luke Quigley Yamaha Ret 19 20 24 16 16 Ret Ret 17 17 18 19 21 15 19 20 1 36 David Johnson Kawasaki 21 21 15 17 1 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 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 Phil Giles Suzuki C 24 DNS 18 21 0 Sheridan Morais Yamaha 22 18 25 22 0 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 Marshall Neill Yamaha 19 Ret 0 Gareth Glynn Yamaha C 23 Ret 22 25 21 Ret 24 Ret Ret DNS 0 Matt Llewellyn Yamaha 22 Ret 0 Les Shand Yamaha 23 23 0 James Edmeades Kawasaki C Ret 25 0 Gary Watts Ducati C 26 26 0 Richard Norris Yamaha C Ret Ret 0 John Crockford Yamaha Ret Ret 0 Ben Bostrom Honda DNS DNS Daniel Stauffer Yamaha DNS DNS Howie Mainwaring Suzuki C DNQ DNQ WD WD Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest Lap Icon Class C Privateers Cup

Final Constructors Standings 1 Honda 558 2 Ducati 533 3 Kawasaki 295 4 Suzuki 254 5 Yamaha 187

Final Supersport championship standings (top 10) Pos Rider Team Pts Ref 1 Leon Camier Padgetts Honda 202 2 Craig Jones Northpoint Honda 189 3 Stuart Easton JHP Ducati 161 4 Cal Crutchlow Northpoint Honda 161 5 Pere Riba MSS Discovery Kawasaki 155 6 Tom Sykes TAS Suzuki 119 7 Jamie Robinson JR Motosport Honda 112 8 Jay Vincent Padgetts Honda 91 9 Eugene Laverty Red Bull Honda 84 10 Simon Andrews TAS Suzuki 67

References

External links BSB Website