BSB Brands Hatch Final

[Rod Richardson]

Looking forward to some mammoth battles this weekend.

Superbike Standings prior to final 3 races
Hopkins 609
Hill 601
Brookes 568
Byrne 565
Laverty 565
Kiyonari 521

Supersport Standings
Battle royale looming between points leader Alistair Seeley and Ben Wilson with 75 points still up for grabs.


RACE SCHEDULE UK time
Saturday
15.40 Supersport Race 1/3
16.20 Superbike Race 1/3

Sunday
11.50 Supersport Race 2/3
12.35 Superbike Race 2/3
13.20 Superstock 600 Race
14.05 Superstock 1000 Race
14.50 125cc Race
15.35 Supersport Race 3/3
16.35 Superbike Race 3/3

[Rod Richardson]

Supersport Race 1/3
Alistair Seeley crashes out on Lap 3




Wilson[/*:m:21nrba77]
McConnell[/*:m:21nrba77]
Iddon[/*:m:21nrba77]
Young[/*:m:21nrba77]
Mossey[/*:m:21nrba77]
Pekkanen[/*:m:21nrba77]
Whitman[/*:m:21nrba77]
Hill[/*:m:21nrba77]
Venter[/*:m:21nrba77]
.

Superbike Race 1/3
1. Laverty
2, Brookes
3. Hopkina
4. Hill
5. Ellison
6. Byrne
7. Rutter
8. Kirkham
9. Gowland

STANDINGS
1, Hopkins 625
2, Hill 614
3, Laverty 590
4. Brookes 588
5. Byrne 575
6. Kiyonari 521

[AndyL]

Wow. What a final day. Both championships decided by a point or two, and by nothing more than the width of a wheel in the final BSB race - 0.006 seconds. Incredible. I think over the Supersport season the battle between McConnell and Seeley has been one of the all time epics, up there with the Walker/Hodgson BSB title fight.

[AndyL]

McConnell? I meant Wilson of course :crazy:

[Rod Richardson]

Great racing but high attrition rate.


Supersport Race 2


Jack Kennedy (Colin Appleyard/Macadam Racing Yamaha)[/*:m:340c9shl]
Alastair Seeley (Relentless Suzuki by TAS) +0.157s[/*:m:340c9shl]
Christian Iddon (Oxford TAG Triumph) +2.399s[/*:m:340c9shl]
Ben Wilson (Gearlink Kawasaki) +4.230s[/*:m:340c9shl]
Paul Young (Oxford TAG Triumph) +6.714s[/*:m:340c9shl]
Supersport Race 3


Alastair Seeley (Relentless Suzuki by TAS)[/*:m:340c9shl]
Ben Wilson (Gearlink Kawasaki) +2.384s[/*:m:340c9shl]
Jack Kennedy (Colin Appleyard/Macadam Racing Yamaha) +5.585s[/*:m:340c9shl]
Christian Iddon (Oxford TAG Triumph) +5.773s[/*:m:340c9shl]
Luke Stapleford (Profile Bournemouth Kawasaki) +13.041s[/*:m:340c9shl]
Supersport Champoinship


Alastair Seeley (Relentless Suzuki by TAS) 450[/*:m:340c9shl]
Ben Wilson (Gearlink Kawasaki) 449[/*:m:340c9shl]
Billy McConnell (Oxford TAG Triumph) 254[/*:m:340c9shl]
Paul Young (Oxford TAG Triumph) 237[/*:m:340c9shl]
Sam Warren (Seton Interceptor Yamaha) 191[/*:m:340c9shl]
Christian Iddon (Oxford TAG Triumph) 191[/*:m:340c9shl]

Superbike Race 2
1. Shane Byrne (HM Plant Honda)
2. Jon Kirkham (Samsung Crescent Racing Suzuki) +1.150s
3. James Ellison (Sorrymate.com Honda) +11.994s
4. Tommy Hill (Swan Yamaha) +12.825s
5. Chris Walker (Pr1mo Racing Kawasaki) +23.993s
6. Graeme Gowland (WFR Honda) +27.829s

Superbike Race 3


Shane Byrne (HM Plant Honda)[/*:m:340c9shl]
Tommy Hill (Swan Yamaha) +4.434s[/*:m:340c9shl]
John Hopkins (Samsung Crescent Racing Suzuki) +4.440s[/*:m:340c9shl]
James Ellison (Sorrymate.com Honda) +4.679s[/*:m:340c9shl]
Michael Laverty (Swan Yamaha) +4.782s[/*:m:340c9shl]
Josh Brookes (Relentless Suzuki by TAS) +5.785s[/*:m:340c9shl]

Superbike Championship


Tommy Hill (Swan Yamaha) 647[/*:m:340c9shl]
John Hopkins (Samsung Crescent Racing Suzuki) 645[/*:m:340c9shl]
Shane Byrne (HM Plant Honda) 625[/*:m:340c9shl]
Michael Laverty (Swan Yamaha) 601[/*:m:340c9shl]
Josh Brookes (Relentless Suzuki by TAS) 598[/*:m:340c9shl]
Ryuichi Kiyonari (HM Plant Honda) 526[/*:m:340c9shl]

[jonny hurlock]

Contracts to Tommy Hill, don't like this Nascar style point system IMHO, Shakey would have been champion in old money. Anyway contracts again to Tommy

[jonny hurlock]

great finish

Race 3 Highlights - Brands Hatch GP - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzt6g212xzw&feature=channel_video_title)

enjoy

[Sonic]

Eeee gads. That was a great final weekend! The final margin on the line reflecting just how close a season we have witnessed. The only thing that was perhaps missing was a little bit more sportsmanship from John. He was obviously hurting having lost, but he just came across bitter towards Tommy. The SS riders showed how to do things in that regard.

[patnicholls]

I've just about managed to climb down off the ceiling after that final race. The best championship decider ever? There should have been three championship trophies awarded this year.

[Fast by Ferracci]

Great stuff wasn't it :)

BSB always manages to put on something special (as does all bike racing really). I'm not sure about the 'Showdown' though.... Tommy wrapped it up without winning any races in the final stages if i'm remembering rightly (Hopper x3, Byrne x2, Brookes & Laverty), kinds of makes a mockery of it.

[seppefan]

It was great racing and the third race in BSB coupled with the amazing BSS Brands round earlier this year between Wilson and Seeley must rate as two of the best races in bike racing in 2011. Looking forward to 2012.

[Sonic]

Great stuff wasn't it :)

BSB always manages to put on something special (as does all bike racing really). I'm not sure about the 'Showdown' though.... Tommy wrapped it up without winning any races in the final stages if i'm remembering rightly (Hopper x3, Byrne x2, Brookes & Laverty), kinds of makes a mockery of it.

Hmmm. Not sure about that. If points were only awarded for first place, then maybe. But as he scored the most points over the course of the season he is the champion and a very deserving one.

[Wim_Impreza]

Hmmm. Not sure about that. If points were only awarded for first place, then maybe. But as he scored the most points over the course of the season he is the champion and a very deserving one.

Shane Byrne scored the most points this season, not Hill. For me Byrne is the real BSB champion 2011.

[jonny hurlock]

BSB 2011 - Brands Hatch - Phenomenal last lap, 0.006s - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjePvNcu8n4)

now that's a great finish

[Allyc85]

Just watched the deciding race again and its still as exciting as it was Sunday!

I really wanted Hopper to win it, but fair play to Tommy he is a deserving champion and to beat a Moto Gp star must make it even sweeter!

[Allyc85]

Epic season montage!

2011 BSB Season Highlights - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I3Jr7eMZAA&feature=relmfu)

Bring on 2012!

[unhcounhco]

Hill said: "I just want to get to Brands Hatch now after what has really been six weeks off. ... That was the approach I had last season and I came away with a first and second place plus the championship lead so who knows what can happen

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