2015 British Supersport Championship

The 2015 British Supersport Championship was the 28th British Supersport Championship season. It began at Donington Park on 5 April and ended at the Brands Hatch GP circuit on 18 October. It was won by Luke Stapleford, riding a Triumph Daytona 675. Defending champion Billy McConnell moved to the British Superbike Championship for 2015,[1] and did not defend his title.

Race calendar and results

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2015 Calendar
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Rider Winning Team
1 R1   Donington Park 5 April   Luke Stapleford   Jake Dixon   Luke Stapleford Profile Racing
R2 6 April   Jake Dixon   Jake Dixon   Jake Dixon Smiths Racing
2 R1   Brands Hatch Indy 18 April   Kyle Ryde   Kyle Ryde   Kyle Ryde PacedayZ Trackdays
R2 19 April   Kyle Ryde   Kyle Ryde   Luke Stapleford Profile Racing
3 R1   Oulton Park 3 May   Luke Stapleford   Luke Stapleford   Luke Stapleford Profile Racing
R2 4 May   Luke Stapleford   Andy Reid   Jake Dixon Smiths Racing
4 R1   Snetterton 300 20 June   Kyle Ryde   Luke Stapleford   Luke Stapleford Profile Racing
R2 21 June   Luke Stapleford   Luke Stapleford   Glenn Irwin Gearlink Kawasaki
5 R1   Knockhill 4 July   Luke Stapleford   Jake Dixon   Glenn Irwin Gearlink Kawasaki
R2 5 July   Jake Dixon   Jake Dixon   Kyle Ryde PacedayZ Trackdays
6 R1   Brands Hatch GP 18 July   Luke Stapleford   Luke Stapleford   Luke Stapleford Profile Racing
R2 19 July   Luke Stapleford   Luke Stapleford   Luke Stapleford Profile Racing
7 R1   Thruxton 1 August   Luke Stapleford   James Rispoli   Luke Stapleford Profile Racing
R2 2 August   James Rispoli   Luke Stapleford   Luke Stapleford Profile Racing
8 R1   Cadwell Park 22 August   Luke Stapleford   Jake Dixon   Luke Stapleford Profile Racing
R2 23 August   Jake Dixon   Luke Stapleford   Jake Dixon Smiths Racing
9 R1   Oulton Park 5 September   Andy Reid   Andy Reid   Andy Reid Team Traction Control
R2 6 September   Andy Reid   Luke Stapleford   Jake Dixon Smiths Racing
10 R1   TT Circuit Assen 19 September   Luke Stapleford   Luke Stapleford   Luke Stapleford Profile Racing
R2 20 September   Luke Stapleford   Luke Stapleford   Luke Stapleford Profile Racing
11 R1   Silverstone Arena GP 3 October   Luke Stapleford   Luke Stapleford   Luke Stapleford Profile Racing
R2 4 October   Luke Stapleford   James Rispoli   Glenn Irwin Gearlink Kawasaki
12 R1   Brands Hatch GP 17 October   Luke Stapleford   Luke Stapleford   Luke Stapleford Profile Racing
R2 18 October   Luke Stapleford   Luke Stapleford   Luke Stapleford Profile Racing

Championship standings

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Riders' championship

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Pos Rider Bike DON
 
BRH
 
OUL
 
SNE
 
KNO
 
BRH
 
THR
 
CAD
 
OUL
 
ASS
 
SIL
 
BRH
 
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   Luke Stapleford Triumph 1 2 3 1 1 Ret 1 Ret 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 471
2   Kyle Ryde Yamaha 4 3 1 2 3 2 2 Ret 3 1 2 2 2 6 2 3 Ret DNS 6 5 5 5 5 4 344
3   Jake Dixon Triumph 2 1 4 3 Ret 1 Ret 5 Ret 2 Ret 6 10 3 3 1 2 1 3 2 4 Ret 2 2 337
4   Glenn Irwin Kawasaki 3 4 2 4 2 4 5 1 1 3 Ret 8 6 4 5 7 Ret 4 5 3 3 1 Ret 3 320
5   James Rispoli Yamaha Ret 7 Ret 5 Ret Ret 4 2 5 6 4 4 3 Ret 4 4 5 2 2 Ret 2 2 4 6 256
6   Ben Wilson Kawasaki 6 6 6 6 Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 9 8 7 7 5 6 5 7 6 7 4 7 5 185
7   Sam Hornsey Triumph 11 Ret 5 Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 4 5 5 5 4 8 Ret 8 4 Ret 4 4 6 3 3 Ret 181
8   Luke Hedger Kawasaki 6 Ret 6 3 6 8 6 7 7 5 8 6 8 6 Ret 9 9 6 9 8 168
9   Andy Reid Yamaha 5 5 Ret DNS 4 3 3 Ret DNS DNS 3 3 5 2 6 Ret 1 Ret 165
10   Joe Collier Triumph 7 9 10 10 5 5 9 6 9 7 9 10 14 11 12 Ret 10 9 18 14 10 11 8 10 147
11   Danny Webb Yamaha Ret 10 7 7 8 9 7 4 7 12 Ret Ret 9 9 Ret 12 9 Ret 8 7 Ret 7 13 9 135
12   Marshall Neill Yamaha 9 11 12 Ret 14 11 8 Ret 11 9 Ret 13 11 14 13 11 11 11 11 10 11 10 12 Ret 97
13   Dean Hipwell Triumph 8 Ret 8 Ret 7 8 10 Ret 13 13 8 11 16 10 18 14 Ret 7 12 11 14 15 24 Ret 87
14   Matthew Paulo Yamaha Ret Ret 24 24 15 14 12 10 8 10 16 14 20 15 9 9 12 10 Ret 13 13 14 14 Ret 64
15   Jamie Perrin Yamaha 10 Ret 11 13 10 Ret 14 8 DNS DNS 11 Ret 13 12 Ret Ret Ret DNS 20 DNS 12 9 11 10 64
16   Bjorn Estment Triumph 14 13 9 8 Ret 13 Ret DNS 12 Ret 10 Ret 12 13 10 Ret 13 13 Ret Ret 16 Ret 11 12 61
17   Joe Francis Yamaha 9 8 8 8 6 7 50
18   Harry Hartley Yamaha Ret 8 Ret 9 9 Ret 11 10 7 Ret Ret 12 46
19   Sam Coventry Kawasaki 13 18 13 12 11 Ret 17 12 14 Ret 13 12 19 Ret 14 Ret 14 12 17 17 Ret 13 15 13 43
20   Levi Day Kawasaki 12 12 15 16 13 12 11 7 10 11 15 Ret 42
21   Freddy Pett Triumph DNS 15 18 17 18 18 13 13 12 15 17 Ret 15 17 18 18 14 20 15 12 19 15 21
22   Luke Jones MV Agusta 15 Ret 14 11 Ret Ret Ret 9 DNS DNS 18 Ret 15
23   Keith Farmer MV Agusta 15 18 Ret 13 15 8 Ret 25 13
24   Josh Day Triumph DNS 14 16 15 12 10 13
25   Niall Campbell Yamaha 18 20 Ret 14 20 Ret 18 14 DNS 14 14 17 18 Ret 20 18 19 14 23 19 19 18 20 20 10
26   Ben Stafford Kawasaki 10 Ret Ret 19 6
27   Josh Daley Kawasaki 22 23 17 18 16 21 16 11 Ret Ret 17 19 21 17 16 15 16 20 Ret Ret 16 18 6
28   David Allingham MV Agusta Ret 17 16 15 19 16 23 16 Ret 19 17 Ret 13 16 17 16 Ret 16 4
29   Philip Wakefield Yamaha 19 19 19 25 19 15 15 15 17 Ret 23 21 24 19 17 16 20 16 25 Ret 3
30   Sam Thompson Triumph 18 Ret 25 20 Ret 21 22 17 26 18 Ret DNS 23 14 2
31   Paul Curran Triumph 17 16 22 22 17 16 DNS Ret 15 16 22 Ret DNS DNS 1
32   Tommy Philp Yamaha 20 20 22 Ret 19 Ret 21 15 16 27 18 17 22 19 1
33   Cliff Kloots Yamaha 15 24 1
34   Matt Truelove Yamaha Ret 15 1
  Guy Martin Triumph 16 17 0
  Sam Cox Triumph 21 DNS 20 21 22 19 20 16 19 DNS 29 22 31 29 26 24 31 24 0
  Ryan Dixon Yamaha 24 22 25 23 21 17 19 Ret 18 17 21 18 28 21 21 20 24 19 26 22 0
  Malachi Mitchell-Thomas Kawasaki Ret Ret 17 17 0
  James Henry Kawasaki Ret 21 23 26 23 20 21 18 24 Ret 26 23 22 Ret 25 21 22 22 25 Ret 0
  Jake Bayford Yamaha 20 18 25 22 27 Ret 26 DNS 29 29 28 29 0
  Vittorio Iannuzzo MV Agusta 23 Ret 21 19 DNS DNS 0
  Olly Savage Kawasaki 22 19 0
  Eric Ott Yamaha 19 26 0
  Ben Field MV Agusta 20 Ret Ret 20 0
  Arnie Shelton Kawasaki 23 20 27 23 0
  Anthony West MV Agusta 20 Ret 0
  Luke Shelley Triumph 21 21 0
  Dan Stamper Kawasaki 22 21 0
  Christian Nobel Suzuki 21 22 0
  Nikki Coates Kawasaki 21 Ret 0
  Ricky Tarren Yamaha 28 24 31 24 25 22 29 23 Ret 27 33 27 0
  Ed Pead Yamaha 25 24 24 22 27 25 30 26 27 Ret 28 26 0
  Joe Thompson Kawasaki 28 22 24 25 30 31 0
  Jamie Harris Yamaha 25 23 30 25 0
  Chris Burrage Yamaha 26 23 0
  Harry Truelove Yamaha 23 29 0
  Richard Steadman Triumph 23 Ret 32 30 27 28 29 28 0
  James Flitcroft Honda 24 28 Ret DNS 0
  Arnie Shelton Kawasaki 24 Ret 0
  Andrew Lund Yamaha 27 25 32 25 DNS DNS 31 30 0
  Matt Coles Triumph 26 26 DNS DNS 30 Ret Ret 33 30 31 34 32 0
  Jamie Patterson Suzuki Ret 26 0
  Conor Parkhill Kawasaki 27 Ret Ret Ret 35 DNS 0
  Ivan Doornbos Kawasaki 28 32 0
  Kevin van Leuven Kawasaki Ret DNS 0
  Chris Hellewell Yamaha DNS Ret 0
  Bobby Bos Honda DNS DNS 0
Pos Rider Bike BRH
 
DON
 
OUL
 
SNE
 
KNO
 
BRH
 
THR
 
CAD
 
OUL
 
ASS
 
SIL
 
BRH
 
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

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  1. ^ "British Champion McConnell steps up as Smiths make MCE BSB debut in 2015". British Superbike Championship. MotorSport Vision Racing. 26 November 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
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