2003 British Superbike Championship

The 2003 British Superbike season was the 16th British Superbike Championship season. Shane Byrne became the 2003 British Superbike Champion on a MonsterMob Ducati 998 F02. The Privateers' Cup was reintroduced and won by Dave Wood on a Suzuki GSX-R 1000.

Calendar 2003 British Superbike Championship Calendar Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Ref 1 R1 Silverstone International 30 March Michael Rutter Yukio Kagayama Shane Byrne MonsterMob Ducati R2 Michael Rutter Michael Rutter Team Renegade Ducati 2 R1 Snetterton 13 April Shane Byrne Shane Byrne Michael Rutter Team Renegade Ducati R2 Shane Byrne Shane Byrne MonsterMob Ducati 3 R1 Thruxton 20 April Michael Rutter Shane Byrne Shane Byrne MonsterMob Ducati R2 Steve Plater Shane Byrne MonsterMob Ducati 4 R1 Oulton Park 5 May Shane Byrne Shane Byrne Shane Byrne MonsterMob Ducati R2 Shane Byrne Shane Byrne MonsterMob Ducati 5 R1 Knockhill 18 May Michael Rutter Michael Rutter Shane Byrne MonsterMob Ducati R2 John Reynolds Shane Byrne MonsterMob Ducati 6 R1 Brands Hatch Indy 22 June John Reynolds Shane Byrne Shane Byrne MonsterMob Ducati R2 John Reynolds John Reynolds Crescent Suzuki 7 R1 Rockingham 6 July Shane Byrne Yukio Kagayama Yukio Kagayama Crescent Suzuki R2 Yukio Kagayama Yukio Kagayama Crescent Suzuki 8 R1 Mondello Park 20 July Shane Byrne Sean Emmett John Reynolds Crescent Suzuki R2 John Reynolds John Reynolds Crescent Suzuki 9 R1 Oulton Park 10 August Yukio Kagayama John Reynolds Steve Plater Honda Racing UK R2 John Reynolds Yukio Kagayama Crescent Suzuki 10 R1 Cadwell Park 25 August John Reynolds John Reynolds Shane Byrne MonsterMob Ducati R2 Shane Byrne Steve Plater Honda Racing UK 11 R1 Brands Hatch GP 14 September Michael Rutter John Reynolds John Reynolds Crescent Suzuki R2 Glen Richards Sean Emmett ETI Racing Ducati 12 R1 Donington Park 28 September Shane Byrne Shane Byrne Shane Byrne MonsterMob Ducati R2 Shane Byrne Shane Byrne MonsterMob Ducati

Entry list 2003 British Superbike Championship Entry ListTeamConstructorRiderClassRounds Virgin Mobile Yamaha Yamaha 1 Steve Hislop 1–7 8 Gary Mason All 41 Jason Vincent 9 Chris Burns 10–12 Renegade Ducati Ducati 2 Michael Rutter All 3 Sean Emmett 1–6 91 Leon Haslam 7–12 19 Nick Medd All MonsterMob Ducati Ducati 4 Shane Byrne All Honda Racing UK Honda 5 Steve Plater All 9 Mark Heckles 2–4, 7–9, 11–12 Rizla Suzuki Suzuki 6 John Reynolds All 71 Yukio Kagayama 1–10 Tom Sykes 11 Niall Mackenzie 12 Firepower Ducati Ducati 10 Dean Ellison 1–5, 9–12 TCD Suzuki Suzuki 12 Paul A. Jones All Bill Smith Motors Yamaha 13 Howie Mainwaring C 4–10, 12 Carbontek Racing Suzuki 14 Sam Corke C 4–12 22 Mark Burr C 10 www.fwr.co.uk Suzuki 15 Adam Hitchcox C 6, 9–10, 12 Buildbase Knotts Motorcycles Suzuki 15 Luke Quigley I 7 44 Andy Tinsley I 7 John Nisill Racing Suzuki 16 John Nisill C 6–10 Darren Thomas Racing Suzuki 18 Darren Thomas C 6–9 Suzuki 20 Nigel Arnold C 6–9 Suzuki 20 Ben Wilson C 10–11 Team Slipstream Racing Suzuki 21 Phil Giles C 9–12 Zig-Zag Kingsbury Racing Suzuki 23 Denver Robb C 8 JP Racing Suzuki 24 Jamie Patterson C 8 Hobbs Racing Suzuki 25 Dennis Hobbs C 4–12 Dave Wood Racing Suzuki 26 Dave Wood C 4–12 CD Racing Suzuki 27 Jonathan Ralph C 8 Thunderchild Racing Ducati 27 Vince Whittle C 12 Mike Walker Racing Yamaha 28 Mike Walker C 2–12 Oris Racing Suzuki 29 Ben Mossey C 6, 12 Team Powersport Racing Honda 29 Hilton Hinks C 8 Huggys Speedshop Suzuki 30 Tristan Palmer I 7 Moto-Tec Racing Suzuki 30 Mark Buckley C 9 Lloyds Autobody Racing Suzuki 31 Steve Brogan I 7 32 Jamie Morley I 7 Mann Racing Suzuki 31 Chris Heath C 9–10 Hanson Brick Racing Yamaha 33 Francis Williamson C 4–12 T&R Racing Suzuki 38 Stephen Thompson C 8 GD Motorcycles Suzuki 39 Warren Scott C 10 A. Robinson Racing Yamaha 43 Ian McCallister C 8 ZGT Motorcycles Yamaha 45 Jeremy Goodall C 4–7, 9–12 Team Superbikes Direct Suzuki 51 Paraic Dooley C 8 C&K Racing Suzuki 54 Rob Butterworth C 8 ETI Racing Ducati 54 John McGuinness 5–6 55 John Crawford 1–6 3 Sean Emmett 7–12 Suzuki 56 James Buckingham C 6–12 Alamo Racing Yamaha 57 Alan Moreton C 4, 7–8, 10–12 PR Racing Honda 68 Gordon Blackley C 4–7, 10–12 86 Jason Davis C 8–9, 11–12 B&M Racing Ireland Suzuki 72 Derek Wilson C 8 Hawk Racing Kawasaki 75 Glen Richards All 88 Scott Smart All 99 Lee Jackson All Status Motorsport Suzuki 77 Matt Niland C 8 Neil Cray Racing Suzuki 85 Neil Cray C 2–3 TDB Recruit Appleyard Yamaha Yamaha 96 Dean Thomas 1 Paul Young 2–9 Jamie Morley 11 97 Jon Kirkham All Icon Class C Privateers Cup Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

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

Riders' Championship 2003 British Superbike Riders' Championship Pos Rider Bike SIL SNE THR OUL KNO BRH ROC MON OUL CAD BRH DON 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 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 9 2 Ret 4 1 3 3 3 1 1 488 2 John Reynolds Suzuki WD 3 3 12 Ret 8 2 3 2 2 1 5 5 1 1 Ret 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 358 3 Michael Rutter Ducati 4 1 1 Ret 3 2 2 3 15 Ret Ret 3 4 3 5 5 4 6 3 15 4 9 4 4 289 4 Glen Richards Kawasaki 3 3 5 Ret 4 3 9 8 6 4 6 5 6 Ret 4 3 5 8 5 6 5 4 5 6 255 5 Sean Emmett Ducati Ret Ret Ret 2 6 7 Ret Ret 5 8 Ret 4 7 8 2 8 3 3 7 7 2 1 2 3 247 6 Steve Plater Honda Ret 10 4 8 5 4 4 Ret 4 3 3 8 3 4 6 6 1 5 Ret 1 7 6 WD 246 7 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki 2 4 Ret 5 9 9 5 4 10 7 Ret 10 1 1 3 Ret 2 1 WD 214 8 Gary Mason Yamaha 5 8 8 4 7 6 7 9 7 6 4 6 Ret 7 7 4 Ret Ret 4 5 6 7 8 7 208 9 Scott Smart Kawasaki 6 7 9 10 13 11 12 13 12 11 7 9 9 6 8 13 6 10 6 14 8 8 6 Ret 154 10 Steve Hislop Yamaha 8 5 Ret Ret 2 5 3 5 13 5 5 7 10 11 122 11 Leon Haslam Ducati 8 9 10 7 8 7 Ret 4 9 5 7 5 98 11 Mark Heckles Honda Ret 7 8 8 10 6 Ret 10 11 9 7 9 11 10 11 9 98 11 Lee Jackson Kawasaki 9 11 11 12 11 12 13 12 11 12 10 13 12 13 13 12 11 14 8 9 13 Ret 12 Ret 98 14 Paul Young Yamaha 7 9 14 14 14 11 2 9 Ret DNS Ret 12 Ret 10 10 12 74 14 John Crawford Ducati Ret 6 6 6 10 13 6 10 9 Ret 9 11 74 16 Jon Kirkham Yamaha Ret Ret 10 11 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 13 Ret 15 11 Ret 12 11 Ret DNS Ret 11 12 11 10 8 62 17 Dean Ellison Ducati 7 Ret Ret 15 Ret 10 Ret 7 Ret Ret 9 11 Ret 10 14 13 9 Ret 55 18 Paul A. Jones Suzuki 11 12 13 14 15 15 20 15 14 15 Ret 27 Ret 14 14 14 Ret 15 10 13 15 Ret Ret 10 43 19 Nick Medd Ducati DNS 12 13 Ret 18 15 14 22 14 11 14 Ret Ret Ret DNS 13 DNS 9 12 Ret Ret Ret DNS 33 20 John McGuinness Ducati 8 10 8 12 26 21 Chris Burns Yamaha Ret 8 10 12 Ret Ret 18 22 Dean Thomas Yamaha 10 9 13 23 Jason Vincent Yamaha 12 13 7 24 Tom Sykes Suzuki Ret 14 2 Jamie Morley Yamaha 13 14 Ret Ret 0 Niall Mackenzie Suzuki Ret Ret 0 Steve Brogan Suzuki 16 Ret 0 Luke Quigley Suzuki 17 18 0 Tristan Palmer Suzuki 21 20 0 Andy Tinsley Suzuki Ret DNS 0 Pos Rider Bike SIL SNE THR OUL KNO BRH ROC MON OUL CAD BRH DON Pts

Privateers' Championship

2003 British Superbike Privateers' Championship Pos Rider Bike SIL SNE THR OUL KNO BRH ROC MON OUL CAD BRH DON 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 Dave Wood Suzuki 2 1 5 1 Ret 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 7 3 3 1 2 8 326 2 Dennis Hobbs Suzuki 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 Ret 2 2 1 1 Ret DNS 1 1 305 3 Sam Corke Suzuki Ret DNS 4 4 3 Ret Ret 6 4 4 6 3 3 3 5 8 1 2 3 4 229 4 Jeremy Goodall Yamaha 3 3 Ret 3 3 4 3 3 4 5 2 2 2 Ret DNS DNS 193 5 Francis Williamson Yamaha 15 14 1 2 2 4 2 3 DNS DNS 7 Ret Ret Ret 10 6 Ret 3 Ret Ret 155 6 James Buckingham Suzuki 7 10 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 7 6 5 4 3 152 7 Mike Walker Yamaha 13 15 16 16 5 5 Ret DNS Ret DNS 6 8 11 9 7 6 8 Ret 7 7 8 7 114 8 Malcolm Ashley Ducati 4 Ret Ret 26 11 8 7 8 10 9 9 9 8 6 9 95 9 Phil Giles Suzuki Ret DNS 3 4 4 4 Ret 2 75 10 Gordon Blackley Honda Ret 6 6 Ret 5 5 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret DNS 7 6 71 10 Howie Mainwaring Yamaha 6 Ret Ret 5 8 9 Ret 9 Ret 10 9 7 Ret DNS Ret 10 71 12 Nigel Arnold Suzuki 9 12 5 5 4 Ret Ret DNS 46 13 Hilton Hincks Honda 2 1 45 14 Alan Moreton Yamaha 7 7 Ret 11 32 Ret 11 11 Ret Ret 10 12 43 15 Jason Davis Honda DNS 11 6 Ret 8 6 DNS Ret 33 16 Ben Mossey Suzuki 6 7 9 11 31 17 Adam Hitchcox Suzuki 6 7 Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 13 30 18 John Nisill Suzuki Ret Ret 10 10 33 15 10 9 WD 26 19 Darren Thomas Suzuki 9 12 30 12 Ret 8 WD 23 20 Vince Whittle Ducati 5 5 22 21 Stephen Thompson Suzuki 8 4 21 22 Denver Robb Suzuki 10 7 12 Ret 19 23 Jonathan Ralph Suzuki 9 6 17 24 Jamie Patterson Suzuki 12 8 12 25 Mark Burr Suzuki Ret 5 11 25 Ben Wilson Suzuki Ret Ret 5 Ret 11 27 Peraic Dooley Suzuki 13 Ret 3 27 Ian McCallister Yamaha Ret 13 3 29 Derek Wilson Suzuki 14 Ret 2 29 Rob Butterworth Suzuki 31 14 2 31 Matt Niland Suzuki 15 Ret 2 Mark Buckley Suzuki Ret DNS 0 Warren Scott Suzuki WD 0 Chris Heath Suzuki Ret DNS WD 0 Neil Cray Suzuki Ret Ret 18 DNS 0 Pos Rider Bike SIL SNE THR OUL KNO BRH ROC MON OUL CAD BRH DON Pts

Teams' Championship

2003 Teams' Championship Pos Team Bike SIL SNE THR OUL KNO BRH ROC MON OUL CAD BRH DON PtsQ R1 R2Q R1 R2Q R1 R2Q R1 R2Q R1 R2Q R1 R2Q R1 R2Q R1 R2Q R1 R2Q R1 R2Q R1 R2Q R1 R2 1 MonsterMob Ducati ETI Racing Ducati 58 53 58 59 58 59 51 55 52 57 59 55 48 57 48 51 57 53 57 56 59 55 56 58 46 59 57 58 56 61 61 62 63 63 62 1977 2 Team Renegade Ducati Ducati 50 47 52 61 49 48 53 57 57 52 46 45 54 47 43 59 35 59 54 54 50 51 54 56 54 53 55 51 47 60 53 52 58 55 57 1828 3 Rizla Suzuki Suzuki 51 31 29 50 49 58 45 45 40 58 53 60 49 54 57 58 53 55 60 60 53 62 50 61 49 63 57 31 31 54 49 50 54 50 53 1782 4 Hawk Kawasaki Kawasaki 50 57 56 48 52 39 51 49 52 39 45 45 53 49 52 53 53 52 51 45 61 54 50 45 55 48 51 55 46 51 53 54 49 55 47 1765 5 Virgin Mobile Yamaha Yamaha 55 53 53 47 41 44 58 57 55 54 56 52 51 47 55 52 57 53 43 48 29 26 29 46 40 37 48 48 53 45 50 47 41 43 45 1658 6 Honda Racing UK Honda 25 20 23 47 47 51 51 53 54 47 52 43 25 29 30 24 30 25 47 52 45 49 51 50 58 52 29 20 32 44 48 50 43 22 24 1392 7 Hawk Racing TCD Suzuki Kawasaki Suzuki 37 46 43 32 42 40 41 40 39 36 37 39 36 43 41 37 43 39 40 39 36 39 40 35 37 37 35 48 44 33 38 33 34 38 41 1358 8 Appleyard Yamaha Yamaha 43 42 42 37 49 46 34 35 34 35 41 39 57 48 45 40 41 19 40 38 41 39 45 35 40 21 19 22 22 38 37 40 24 23 25 1276 9 D&B Racing Renegade Racing Ducati 39 26 19 42 36 38 39 32 40 45 34 45 35 34 37 18 23 20 16 16 18 17 37 44 22 41 42 44 37 34 35 42 43 21 1111 Pos Team Bike SIL SNE THR OUL KNO BRH ROC MON OUL CAD BRH DON Pts

Manufacturers' Championship

2003 British Superbike Manufacturers' Championship Pos Manufacturer Bike SIL SNE THR OUL KNO BRH ROC MON OUL CAD BRH DON 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 Ducati Ducati 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 543 2 Suzuki Suzuki 2 4 3 3 9 9 5 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 457 3 Kawasaki Kawasaki 3 3 5 10 4 3 9 9 6 4 6 5 6 6 4 3 5 8 5 6 5 4 5 6 271 4 Honda Honda Ret 10 4 7 5 4 4 6 4 3 3 8 3 4 6 6 1 5 Ret 1 7 6 11 9 269 5 Yamaha Yamaha 5 5 7 4 2 5 3 5 2 5 4 6 10 7 7 4 10 12 4 5 6 7 8 7 263 Pos Manufacturer Bike SIL SNE THR OUL KNO BRH ROC MON OUL CAD BRH DON Pts

References

External links The official website of the British Superbike Championship