2005 British Superbike Championship
Introduction 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.
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 1–2, 6-12 88  Scott Smart 1-6 11  James Haydon 7-13 56  James Buckingham 13 HM Plant Honda CBR1000RR 2  Michael Rutter 1-13 6  Ryuichi Kiyonari 1-13 Stobart Honda CBR1000RR 3  Gary Mason 1-13 33  Michael Laverty 1-13 99  Jeremy McWilliams 1-13 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, 4–9, 11-13 Honda-racing.co.uk Honda CBR1000RR 9  Karl Harris 1-13 Dienza Performance* Kawasaki ZX-10R 10  Jon Kirkham 9-10  David Johnson 11, 13  Julien da Costa 12 Vivaldi Racing Kawasaki ZX-10R 11  Ben Wilson 1-13 17  Tristan Palmer 1-13 88  Scott Smart 7-13 Hawk Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 12  Dean Thomas 1-13 75  Glen Richards 1–7, 9-13  Lee Jackson 8 Vitrans Racing Honda CBR1000RR 14  John Laverty 1-8  John McGuinness 9,13 Jentin Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 15  Dean Ellison 1-4  Luke Quigley 6-13 16  Gareth Glynn '''C''' 1-4  Richard Norris '''C''' 6-13 MAR Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 21  Malcolm Ashley '''C''' 1, 4-10, 11-13 MP Racing Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 22  Michael Pensavalle '''C''' 1–2, 4–8, 10-12 Team Nvidia Yamaha YZF-R1 25  Dennis Hobbs 1–3, 7-13  John Crockford 5 32  Sheridan Morais 6, 11 Carmasters Ltd Suzuki GSX-R1000 26  Chris Martin '''C''' 1-13 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 1-13 91  Leon Haslam 1-13 Team JJL Racing Honda CBR1000RR 36  Danny Beaumont '''C''' 1-13 Medd Racing Kawasaki ZX-10R 48  Nick Medd Quay Garage Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 56  James Buckingham '''C''' 1-13 Red Bull Honda Honda CBR1000RR 65  Jonathan Rea 1-13 PR Branson Honda Honda CBR1000RR 68  Steve Brogan '''C''' 1-12 Hydrex Honda Honda CBR1000RR 74  Kieran Clarke 1-13 4  Steve Plater 8-13 Nutt Travel/Johns Motors Honda CBR1000RR 77  Marty Nutt '''C''' 1-13 MSS Discovery Racing Kawasaki ZX-10R 86  Julien Da Costa 1-4 Icon Class '''C''' Privateers CupKey Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider
Final championship standings (top 10)  Pos Rider Bike 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 Ret Ret 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 Inj Inj Inj Inj Inj Inj Ret 12 7 6 3 4 3 Ret 12 8 3 ''3'' 5 Ret Inj Inj 139 10  Michael Laverty Honda 15 15 15 7 9 13 10 6 4 4 10 3 4 Ret ''2'' 10 11 11 129 '''Bold''' - Pole''Italics'' - Fastest Lap===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