DONINGTON PARK 7-9 AUGUST 2020 TEAM AND RIDER GUIDES TESTING RECAP ENTRY LISTS SUPPORT RACE INFORMATION ROUND OFFICIAL DIGITAL PROGRAMME For conditions of admission please see inside BRITISHSUPERBIKE.COM TIMETABLE DONINGTON PARK FRIDAY 7 AUGUST - SUNDAY 9 AUGUST ROUND FRIDAY 7 AUGUST 10.00 – 10.30 Honda British Talent Cup Free Practice 1 - 10.40 – 11.05 Quattro Group British Supersport/British GP2 Cup Free Practice 1 - 11.15 – 11.40 Pirelli National Superstock 600 in association with Black Horse Free Practice 1 - 11.50 – 12.15 Pirelli National Superstock 1000 in association with Black Horse Free Practice 1 - 12.25 – 12.50 Ducati Performance TriOptions Cup Free Practice - 13.35 – 14.05 Honda British Talent Cup Free Practice 2 - 14.15 – 14.40 Quattro Group British Supersport/British GP2 Cup Free Practice 2 - 14.50 – 15.15 Pirelli National Superstock 600 in association with Black Horse Free Practice 2 - 15.25 – 16.10 Bennetts British Superbike Championship in association with Pirelli Free Practice 1 - 16.20 – 16.45 Pirelli National Superstock 1000 in association with Black Horse Free Practice 2 - 16.55 – 17.20 HEL Performance Junior Supersport Free Practice - 17.30 – 17.55 Ducati Performance TriOptions Cup Qualifying - SATURDAY 8 AUGUST 09.00 – 09.30 Honda British Talent Cup Qualifying - 09.40 – 10.05 Pirelli National Superstock 1000 in association with Black Horse Qualifying - Bikes are Back 10.15 – 11.00 Bennetts British Superbike Championship in association with Pirelli Free Practice 2 - 11.10 – 11.35 Quattro Group British Supersport/British GP2 Cup Qualifying - 11.45 – 12.10 Pirelli National Superstock 600 in association with Black Horse Qualifying - 12.20 – 12.45 HEL Performance Junior Supersport Qualifying - and so are we 13.20 – 13.45 Bennetts British Superbike Championship in association with Pirelli DATATAG Qualifying - 14.15 Honda British Talent Cup Race 1 (R1) 24 laps 15.05 Ducati Performance TriOptions Cup Race 2 (R1) 15 laps 15.45 Quattro Group British Supersport/British GP2 Cup (Sprint) Race 3 (R1) 20 laps 16.15 Pit lane opens for Bennetts BSB race 1 - - 16.30 Bennetts British Superbike Championship in association with Pirelli Race 4 (R1) 22 laps Proud to be title sponsors 17.15 Pirelli National Superstock 1000 in association with Black Horse Race 5 (R1) 22 laps of the British Supersport SUNDAY 9 AUGUST and GP2 Championship 09.00 – 09.08 Pirelli National Superstock 600 in association with Black Horse Warm up - 09.15 – 09.25 Honda British Talent Cup Warm up - 09.30 – 09.40 Bennetts British Superbike Championship in association with Pirelli Warm up - 09.45 – 09.55 Quattro Group British Supersport/British GP2 Cup Warm up - 10.00 – 10.08 Pirelli National Superstock 1000 in association with Black Horse Warm up - 10.20 HEL Performance Junior Supersport Race 6 (R1) 15 laps 11.00 Pirelli National Superstock 600 in association with Black Horse Race 7 (R1) 20 laps 11.40 Ducati Performance TriOptions Cup Race 8 (R2) 15 laps T: 0845 900 2999 12.25 Pirelli National Superstock 1000 in association with Black Horse Race 9 (R2) 22 laps 13.30 Pit lane opens for Bennetts BSB race 2 - - E: [email protected] 13.45 Bennetts British Superbike Championship in association with Pirelli Race 10 (R2) 26 laps 14.35 Honda British Talent Cup Race 11 (R2) 24 laps 15.35 Quattro Group British Supersport Championship/British GP2 (Feature) Race 12 (R2) 24 laps 16.15 Pit lane opens for Bennetts BSB race 3 - - 16.30 Bennetts British Superbike Championship in association with Pirelli Race 13 (R3) 26 laps 17.20 HEL Performance Junior Supersport Race 14 (R2) 15 laps www.quattroplant.co.uk WWW.DONINGTON-PARK.CO.UK - 7/8/9 AUGUST 2020 03 QUATTRO 170X240 ADVERT.indd 1 29/07/2020 17:18 CONTENTS W NE TIMETABLE DONINGTON PARK 03 All the timings you need for the on 16 OFFICIAL TEST track action (please note that all timings stated The last test before the season are approximate and are subject to change) Click here to go to page Click here to go to page TEAM GUIDE BENNETTS 07 WELCOME VISIONTRACK DUCATI 25 JOSH BROOKES AGE 38 (28/04/1983) A message from the title sponsor MACHINERY Ducati Panigale VR 4 BIRTHPLACE/HOMETOWN Sydney, Australia OWNER Paul Bird FIRST BENNETTS BSB RACE Oulton Park 2009 LOCATED Penrith, Cumbria BENNETTS BSB RACES 251 PEDIGREE Bennetts British Superbike 49 champions 02, 03, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19 BENNETTS BSB WINS BENNETTS BSB PODIUMS 84 Click here to go to page WEBSITE www.pbmuk.net LAST YEAR Bennetts British Superbike Championship – 2nd Paul Bird Motorsport (PBM) are the most successful team in Bennetts BSB history and are all set to defend the title they won in 2019 with Scott @JoshBrookes /JoshBrookes25 Redding, who won all three races here on the @JoshBrookes25 www.joshbrookes.com National circuit last year. 2015 champion Josh Brookes returns with the team after finishing second by just five points in last year’s titanic title battle and is the most successful 21 CHRISTIAN IDDON rider in the 2020 line up. The Australian is joined by AGE 36 (07/01/1985) Christian Iddon, who makes his race debut with the team this weekend after a move at the end of last BIRTHPLACE/HOMETOWN Stockport year. Donington Park also marks PBM’s first races FIRST BENNETTS BSB RACE Brands Hatch 2010 with new title sponsor VisionTrack. BENNETTS BSB RACES 135 BENNETTS BSB WINS 0 BENNETTS BSB PODIUMS 12 LAST YEAR Bennetts British Superbike Championship – 7th @ChristianIddon /ChristianIddonRacing @ChristianIddon www.christianiddon.co.uk MSV WELCOME WWW.DONINGTON-PARK.CO.UK - 7/8/9 AUGUST 2020 19 09 A message from Jonathan Palmer Click here to go to page 19 TEAM GUIDES All the 2020 teams and riders Click here to go to page EVENT PREVIEW 1000 champion Taylor Mackenzie in the saddle as the team Racing livery ahead of the opening races at Donington Park. bid to add to their previous podium success in the series. Former MotoGP rider Héctor Barberá has shown strong pace in testing and will be familiar with the UK tracks now, and he Rival BWM team Smiths Racing also recently announced a is paired with another former race winner, Luke Mossey who new title partnership with Global Robots and they continue remains with the team. their long association with Peter Hickman, who again made the final cut in last year’s race to be in the Showdown six. Santander Salt TAG Yamaha have Dan Linfoot back with the ‘Hicky’ teams up with Alex Olsen, who after making his team after securing them a podium finish last year and he Superbike debut at Cadwell Park last August, gets his first is joined by the reigning Quattro Group British Supersport SUPPORT shot at a full season with the team. champion Jack Kennedy as they also field the 2020 specification YZF-R1. The newest arrival to the Bennetts BSB grid is the new Honda Racing CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP, and following months of RAF Regular and Reserve Kawasaki’s Ryan Vickers had top development, this weekend marks the first chance to see ten finishes last year and he will be eager to build on that 46 how the latest model fairs against its rivals in competition. again this season and following a similar career path is Andrew Irwin remains with the team after a strong 2019 Bennetts BSB’s newest recruit, Storm Stacey. The 17-year- season, and he is joined by brother Glenn, the pair proving at old lines up for his Superbike debut with the GR Motosport RACES the recent official test at Donington Park that they are already team after running in the Pirelli National Superstock 600 gearing up to take on their rivals. Championship last year. The Buildbase Suzuki team have been race winners at Joe Francis showed his pace on the Lloyd & Jones Bowker Donington Park in the past and with Keith Farmer making Motorrad BMW in testing, plus Gino Rea will be making his return after his 2019 season was curtailed through injury, his debut on the Bike Devil Kawasaki. Josh Owens is back paired with British GP2 champion Kyle Ryde, the local team for a second season after success in the Quattro Group Previews to all the support class are looking to show strongly this season. British GP2 class, plus series debutants Bjorn Estment, Brian McCormack and former British Motocross champion Graeme WITH NO Another new-look for this season comes from the OMG Irwin complete a packed grid for the #BSBrestart – with no Racing team as they switched to BMW machinery and Showdown, it’s a 18 race dogfight for the title - let’s go! SHOWDOWN, recently unveiled their black and gold Rich Energy OMG IT’S A 18 RACE action this weekend DOGFIGHT FOR THE TITLE - LET’S GO! Click here to go to page #BSBRESTART 12 WWW.DONINGTON-PARK.CO.UK - 7/8/9 AUGUST 2020 WWW.DONINGTON-PARK.CO.UK - 7/8/9 AUGUST 2020 13 10 PREVIEW ENTRY LISTS A look ahead to the #BSBrestart 57 All the riders and teams to Click here to go to page look out for Click here to go to page SPANISH CIRCUIT 14 TESTS 68 MAP Who started the pre-season Click here to go to page on top? Click here to go to page WWW.DONINGTON-PARK.CO.UK - 7/8/9 AUGUST 2020 05 BENNETTS WELCOME GET MORE FROM LUKE BRACKENBURY MOTORCYCLING BRAND MANAGER - BENNETTS Bennetts BSB is back! And, the wait will have been worth it. Fans, riders, teams, organisers – we’ve all wanted to see racing as soon as it was safe to do so and now the time has finally come.