Tarran Mackenzie (born 29 October 1995, often known as Taz) is a professional road racer of solo motorcycles, based in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England. During 2023 he contested the World Supersport Championship for Japan-based MIE Honda run by Midori Moriwaki,'Fantastic opportunity' - Tarran Mackenzie lands spot on World Supersport grid for 2023 as Honda return Eurosport, 14 December 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023 winning his first world championship supersport race after continuing to ride on a wet track with dry tyres, when competitors were losing time pitting for wheel-changes.Magical Mackenzie stuns with slick tyre gamble to give Honda’s first WorldSSP victory since 2016 www.worldsbk.com 30 July 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023 For 2024, he continued with the same team in World Superbikes.

Career

Mackenzie won the 2021 British Superbike Championship at the final round in October 2021.British Superbikes: Tarran Mackenzie seals championship with triple race win on final weekend BBC Sport, 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021 With an ambition to eventually compete at world superbike level, no full-season opportunities were available for 2022.

Mackenzie's British Superbike 2022 racing season started at the third event at Donington Park in mid-May, after missing the Silverstone and Oulton Park rounds with injury. Riding only partially recovered at Donington, he rode conservatively for points, finishing the races in tenth, sixth and eleventh, further hindered by arm pump for the first time in his career, due to excessive arm use when steering, to compensate for his inability to switch-direction using leg pressure on the footrests.Tarran Mackenzie Returns at Donington lexelle.com. Retrieved 25 May 2022O'Halloran denied win by 0.038 seconds in Donington thriller mcamsyamaha.com, 21 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 20222022 British Superbike Donington Park: O’Halloran doubles up on Sunday crash.net, 22 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022

Mackenzie's 2022 BSB season ended on 25 September with a crash at Oulton Park, when he fell at the chicane and slid across the track under an oncoming motorcycle, breaking his left femur.BSB: Tarran Mackenzie ruled out of action with broken femur Motorcycle News, 26 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022

Nationality

Together with his brother, Taylor Mackenzie, also a motorcycle road racer until retiring in late 2021, they are the sons of Niall Mackenzie, a former motorcycle road racer. All three were born in the Stirling area of Scotland.Speed runs in the family for Stirling Superbike stars Daily Record, 28 April 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2021 Writing in 2017, Steve Day's feature was headed "MotoGP™ commentator Steve Day looks at the Scotsman ahead of his Moto2™ debut", and, as of 2021, the local newspaper was still referring to "...Stirling's Tarran".A Monster weekend for Stirling's Tarran Stirling Observer, 28 July 2021, via pressreader.com Retrieved 15 August 2021

Racing background Mackenzie started racing in the Aprilia Superteen Rookies Cup. During 2011, he competed in the British 125 cc Championship. For 2012, he was chosen for the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup race series, held across various European countries.Tarran in Race for Title The Ashbean, Spring 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2023

Mackenzie competed in the Monster Energy Motostar Championship during 2013, and was the 2016 British Supersport 600 Champion. He entered the Moto2 world championship in 2017 as a replacement for Danny Kent, scoring one championship point from a best finish of 15th, achieving 37th overall.Getting to know: Tarran Mackenzie motogp.com, 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2021Tarran Mackenzie McCams race team. Retrieved 15 August 2021Oulton BSB: Mackenzie steals Motostar victory bikesportnews, 11 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2021 Holmfirth racer Joe Irving bags first win of the season at Brands Hatch Examiner Live, 25 July 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2021

British Superbikes Mackenzie has been active in BSB since the 2018 British Superbike Championship season, winning the series in 2021.

World Superbikes 2022 During 2022, Mackenzie continued in British Superbikes, but received an offer of a factory world superbike Yamaha machine for potentially three wildcard events, at Assen, Donington Park, and a third unconfirmed circuit,BSB: Tarran Mackenzie undergoes successful ankle surgery after training incident Motorcycle News, 24 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022 during 2022. He sustained a leg injury in BSB early-season practice and could not participate in the scheduled wildcard entry at Assen.British Superbike champion Mackenzie's WSBK debut thwarted by injury motorsport.com, 13 April 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022

After missing Assen, Netherlands in April, at the Donington Park event with three wildcard races in July 2022, Mackenzie placed 14th, and then 15th in the last race after crashing into Xavi Vierge in the sprint race in between, resulting in a DNF. Mackenzie received a five-place grid penalty for the third race-start.Mackenzie ‘in discussion’ about WorldSBK ride in 2023, "great experience" as a wildcard worldsbk.com, 22 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022

2024 For 2024, Mackenzie would continue with the same team as in 2023, stepping-up from Supersport to World Superbikes with teammate Adam Norrodin.WSB: Tarran Mackenzie set for 2024 Superbike promotion with Petronas MIE Racing Motorcycle News, 2 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023

Career statistics

British 125 Championship Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts 2010 Honda BRHRet THRRet OUL26 CAD26 MAL27 KNOC SNE23 BRH23 CAD23 CRO17 CRORet SIL23 OUL26 NC 0 2011 Honda BRH5 OULRet CRO6 THR13 KNO4 SNERet OULRet BRHRet CAD DON13 SIL12 BRHRet 13th 44

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pos Pts 2012 SPA1 SPA2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 NED1 NED2 GER1 GER2 CZE1 CZE2 RSM ARA1 ARA2 23rd 11 2013 AME1 AME2 JER1 JER2 ASS1 ASS2 SAC1 SAC2 BRN SIL1 SIL2 MIS ARA1 ARA2 20th 24

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season Season Class Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd Moto2 Suter Kiefer Racing 13 0 0 0 0 1 37th Total 1 0 0 0 0 1

Races by year (key) Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pts Moto2 Suter QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL 37th 1

British Superbike Championship Races by year Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Yamaha DON18 DONDNS BHI11 BHI9 OUL9 OULRet SNE6 SNERet KNO14 KNO11 BHGPRet BHGP5 THR9 THR5 CAD8 CADRet SIL3 SILRet SIL2 OUL7 OUL4 ASS3 ASSRet BHGP3 BHGPDNS BHGPDNS 10th 163 SIL2 SIL1 OUL8 OUL5 DON2 DON5 DON4 BHGPDNS BHGPDNS KNORet KNO2 SNE3 SNERet THRDNS THRDNS CAD13 CAD12 OUL8 OUL9 OUL7 ASS7 ASS13 DON12 DON9 BHGP11 BHGP4 BHGP6 5th 566 DON7 DON7 DON6 SNE7 SNE7 SNE6 SIL1 SILRet SIL2 OUL9 OUL6 OUL9 DON4 DON3 DON1 BHGP3 BHGPRet BHGP2 5th 215 OUL5 OUL6 OUL4 KNO6 KNO3 KNO3 BHGP1 BHGP3 BHGP2 THR9 THR2 THR7 DON3 DON1 DON7 CADRet CADDNS CADDNS SNE1 SNE2 SNE1 SILRet SIL1 SIL2 OUL1 OUL3 OUL5 DON7 DON1 DONRet BHGP1 BHGP1 BHGP1 1st 1202 SIL SIL SIL OUL OUL OUL DON10 DON6 DON11 KNODNS KNO10 KNO8 BRH2 BRH1 BRH1 THR2 THR2 THR1 CAD11 CAD11 CAD10 SNE2 SNE2 SNE3 OULRet OULDNS OULDNS DON DON DON BRH BRH BRH 7th 1031

Superbike World Championship

By season Season Motorcycle Team Number Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd Yamaha YZF-R1 McAMS Yamaha 95 3 0 0 0 0 3 28th Honda CBR1000RR-R Petronas MIE Racing Honda Team 95 28 0 0 0 0 7 23rd Honda CBR1000RR-R Petronas MIE Racing Honda Team 95 16 0 0 0 0 45 19th Ducati Panigale V4R MGM Bonovo Racing 15 0 0 0 0 Ducati Panigale V4R MGM Optical Express Racing 95 6 0 0 0 0 19* 13th* Total 68 0 0 0 0 74

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 Yamaha SPA SPA SPA NED NED NED POR POR POR ITA ITA ITA GBR GBR GBR CZE CZE CZE FRA FRA FRA SPA SPA SPA POR POR POR ARG ARG ARG INA INA INA AUS AUS AUS 28th 3 Honda AUS AUS AUS SPA SPA SPA NED NED NED ITA ITA ITA GBR GBR GBR CZE CZE CZE POR POR POR FRA FRA FRA ITA ITA ITA SPA SPA SPA POR POR POR SPA SPA SPA 23rd 7 Honda AUS AUS AUS POR POR POR NED NED NED ITA ITA ITA CZE CZE CZE EMI EMI EMI GBR GBR GBR 19th 45 Ducati HUN HUN HUN FRA FRA FRA ARA ARA ARA POR POR POR SPA SPA SPA Ducati AUS AUS AUS POR POR POR NED NED NED HUN HUN HUN CZE CZE CZE ARA ARA ARA EMI EMI EMI GBR GBR GBR FRA FRA FRA ITA ITA ITA POR POR POR SPA SPA SPA 13th* 19* Season still in progress.

Supersport World Championship

By season Season Class Motorcycle Team Number Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd WSSP Honda CBR600RR Petronas MIE – MS Racing Honda Team 95 24 1 1 0 0 42 18th Total 24 1 1 0 0 42

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pos Pts Honda AUS AUS INA INA NED NED SPA SPA EMI EMI GBR GBR ITA ITA CZE CZE FRA FRA SPA SPA POR POR ARG ARG 18th 42

References

External links

At home with the Mackenzies BikeSocial at Bennetts