A lot of changes for this years BSB season, teams changing bikes, riders changing teams and Pirellis supplying the tires.

Before todays races at the Brands Hatch Indy Circuit the teams hade three days of free practise and for many teams it was the first time they fired up their bikes, for instance Airwaves Yamaha who have changed from Ducati to Yamahas started their bikes for the first time. Colin Wrights squad being arguably the best team in the paddock still haven´t recieved all the parts for their WSBK spec machines so they still have 25% more stuff to come according to Colin Wright.

Karl "The Bomber" Harris had dominated the free practises but continued where he finished last year by not finishing the race, at least the first one.

MotoGP rider Sylvain Guintoli had pole for his Worx Suzuki team and showed that he is a good signing by getting first and second, pretty decent for a series rookie.

HM Plant Honda rider and ex SS600 rider Joshua Brookes wasn´t allowed in the UK due to some VISA issues so Steve Plater stepped up and did double duty for his team, he is HM Plant Hondas SS600 rider.

Anyway. The results.

Race 1.
1. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Worx Crescent Suzuki 45.944secs
2. Steve Plater GBR HM Plant Honda 46.065secs
3. Stuart Easton GBR Hydrex Honda 46.112secs
4. Karl Harris GBR Hydrex Honda 46.246secs
5. Leon Camier GBR Airwaves Yamaha 46.259secs
6. Glen Richards AUS HM Plant Honda 46.278secs
7. James Ellison GBR Airwaves Yamaha 46.421secs
8. Graeme Gowland GBR Motorpoint/Henderson Yamaha 46.468secs
9. Chris Walker GBR Motorpoint/Henderson Yamaha 46.475secs
10. Jon Kirkham GBR Jentin Yamaha 46.630secs
11. John Laverty IRL Buildbase Kawasaki 46.573secs
12. Gary Mason GBR Quay Honda 46.694secs Cup
13. Michael Rutter GBR North West 200 Yamaha 46.697secs
14. Jason O'Halloran AUS SMT Honda 46.752secs
15. Simon Andrews GBR MSS Colchester Kawasaki 46.785secs
16. Julien Da Costa FRA MSS Colchester Kawasaki 46.794secs
17. Tom Tunstall GBR Hardinge Doodson Honda 46.917secs Cup
18. Tristan Palmer GBR Buildbase Kawasaki 46.917secs
19. Atsushi Watanabe JPN Relentless TAS Suzuki 47.073secs
20. David Johnson AUS Maxxis Adept Yamaha 47.266secs
21. Ian Lowry GBR Relentless TAS Suzuki 47.090secs
22. Martin Jessopp GBR Riders Racing Honda 47.259secs Cup
23. Aaron Zanotti GBR Red Viper Honda 47.376secs
24. Alastair Fagan GBR Red Viper Honda 47.391secs Cup
25. Kenny Gilbertson GBR JX Fuelcard Kawasaki 47.496secs Cup
26. Peter Hickman GBR Ultimate Yamaha 47.786secs Cup
27. Matt Bond GBR MIST Suzuki 47.998secs Cup
28. Brian McCormack IRL MAR Kawasaki 48.280secs Cup
29. Tim Bourne GBR Kent Cottages Honda 58.143secs Cup

Race 2.
1. Leon Camier GBR Airwaves Yamaha 23mins 25.330secs 30 laps
2. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Worx Crescent Suzuki +2.319secs
3. Steve Plater GBR HM Plant Honda +3.347secs
4. Stuart Easton GBR Hydrex Honda +3.772secs
5. Glen Richards AUS HM Plant Honda +3.915secs
6. Karl Harris GBR Hydrex Honda +11.121secs
7. James Ellison GBR Airwaves Yamaha +11.531secs
8. Chris Walker GBR Motorpoint/Henderson Yamaha +11.826secs
9. Gary Mason GBR Quay Honda +12.968secs Cup
10. Julien Da Costa FRA MSS Colchester Kawasaki +14.641secs
11. Simon Andrews GBR MSS Colchester Kawasaki +18.471secs
12. Jason O'Halloran AUS SMT Honda +18.533secs
13. John Laverty IRL Buildbase Kawasaki +18.929secs
14. Tristan Palmer GBR Buildbase Kawasaki +19.146secs
15. Graeme Gowland GBR Motorpoint/Henderson Yamaha +29.669secs
16. Jon Kirkham GBR Jentin Yamaha +29.791secs
17. Michael Rutter GBR North West 200 Yamaha +32.960secs
18. Ian Lowry GBR Relentless TAS Suzuki +33.158secs
19. Martin Jessopp GBR Riders Racing Honda +33.246secs Cup
20. David Johnson AUS Maxxis Adept Yamaha +34.273secs
21. Atsushi Watanabe JPN Relentless TAS Suzuki +36.697secs
22. Aaron Zanotti GBR Red Viper Honda +1 lap
23. Peter Hickman GBR Ultimate Yamaha +1 lap Cup
24. Kenny Gilbertson GBR JX Fuelcard Kawasaki +1 lap Cup

Not Classified

25. Alastair Fagan GBR Red Viper Honda 22 laps completed Cup
26. Brian McCormack IRL MAR Kawasaki 13 laps completed Cup

DNS Matt Bond GBR MIST Suzuki Cup
DNS Tom Tunstall GBR Hardinge Doodson Honda Cup
DNS Tim Bourne GBR Kent Cottages Honda Cup

Leon Camier leading John Laverty


Guintoli leading Plater and Richards.

Dang it... Guintolli would have been the sleeper pick for my fantasy league...
Oh well... Camier showed up for me in race 2

I think that Guintoli is in with avery good chance of winning the whole thing. Would be great with afrog on the top step in the UK.

that might actually inspire me to watch BSB.

It is worth trying to download the BSB races as they usually provide fun racing.

Ya, I know it's bad of me but I just can't be bothered to care. I'm not fond on most of their tracks, doesn't tend to produce real good riders. If I'm after watching some riders that are never gonna be world champs, I'd rather watch local stuff as I like the tracks better, and can actually talk to the guys, or have a beer with them.

Scooped him up,
I don't think anyone in the league heard of him... hehehehehe

I enjoy watching a good scrap any day and BSB has loads of em, much better than AMA for the last few years even though Mladin/Spies has fun to watch occassionally.