Shane Byrne 2008 BSB Champion
Shane ‘Shakey Byrne’ won the British Superbike Championship for 2008 this weekend on the Airwaves Ducati.
Race One
Leon Camier took the victory in the first race at Silverstone on the Airwaves Ducati despite a poor start putting him back to ninth place at the end of the first lap behind his team-mate Byrne.
The front three riders Leon Haslam, Cal Crutchlow and Tom Sykes started to put a gap between the rest of the pack until on lap three, Sykes on the Rizla Suzuki tried to pass Haslam at the final chicane. He was unable to stop in time and took himself and Haslam out of the race. Sykes was eventually excluded from the race one results and will start race two twelve places back on the grid from his qualifying position.
On lap five, James Ellison on the Hydrex Bike Animal Honda caught the back of Michael Laverty under braking going into the final chicane ending the race for both of them, and allowing Byrne to move up to third place.
Karl Harris had to retire from the race on lap seventeen after developing mechanical problems with the Team Yamaha machine.
Here are the results;
Pos – Rider – Bike – Team – Time
1 - Leon Camier - Ducati – Airwaves Ducati - 29:02.806
2 - Cal Crutchlow - Honda – HM Plant Honda - 29:03.896
3 - Shane Byrne - Ducati – Airwaves Ducati - 29:11.710
4 - Michael Rutter - Ducati – North West 200 Ducati - 29:21.695
5 - Simon Andrews - Yamaha – Jentin Racing / Lloyds British - 29:30.545
6 - Gary Mason - Honda – Quay Garage - 29:34.169
7 - Tristan Palmer - Honda – Tena for Men Honda - 29:34.874
8 - Jason O’halloran - Honda – SMT Honda - 29:35.010
9 - Stuart Easton - Kawasaki – MSS Discovery Kawasaki - 29:37.330
10 - Atsushi Watanabe - Suzuki – Rizla Suzuki - 29:40.690
11 - Billy Mcconnell - Kawasaki – MSS Discovery Kawasaki - 29:42.426
12 - Leon Haslam - Honda – HM Plant Honda - 29:43.216
13 - Tom Sykes - Suzuki – Rizla Suzuki - 29:48.040
14 - David Johnson - Honda – Team MAXXIS - 29:51.669
15 - Chris Burns - MV Agusta – STP Superbike - 29:58.712
16 - Peter Hickman - Honda – Red Viper Racing - 30:00.040
17 - Martin Jessopp - Honda – Riders Racing - 30:00.537
18 - Dan Stewart - Honda – Wilcock Consulting - 30:02.248
19 - Tom Tunstall - Honda – Hardinge – Ice Valley Motorsport - 30:13.210
20 - Leon Morris - Ducati – Brookspeed - 30:23.550
21 - Shannon Etheridge - Kawasaki – MAR Adept - 30:31.412
22 - Francis Williamson - Ducati – Moto Rapido Racing - 30:32.922
23 - John Laverty - Ducati – Buildbase NW200 Ducati - 29:57.738
Not Classified
DNF - Scott Smart - Kawasaki – Hawk Racing - 23:32.820
DNF - Karl Harris - Yamaha – Team Yamaha - 23:36.119
DNF - Guy Martin - Honda – Hydrex Bike Animal Honda - 13:30.203
DNF - Michael Laverty - Suzuki – Relentless Suzuki by TAS - 5:50.819
DNF - James Ellison - Honda – Hydrex Bike Animal Honda - 5:51.030
Race Two
Leon Haslam on the HM Plant Honda took the chequered flag in race two after dominating the race from the start.
Karl Harris and Cal Crutchlow were fighting each other for second place on lap two, taking turns for the position until Crutchlow got it all wrong and went straight on at the bend.
Tom Sykes had to start from seventeenth on the grid after his penalty from race one but by lap four had moved into sixth place while on the next lap, Byrne passed Harris to take second position.
On lap fourteen Sykes had passed Harris to take the final step of the podium, a fantastic race after starting near the back of the grid.
Crutchlow retired from the race on lap fifteen after developing mechanical problems with his machine.
Here are the results;
Pos – Rider – Bike – Team – Time
1 - Leon Haslam - Honda – HM Plant Honda - 28:59.106
2 - Shane Byrne - Ducati – Airwaves Ducati - 29:02.892
3 - Tom Sykes - Suzuki – Rizla Suzuki - 29:04.561
4 - Leon Camier - Ducati – Airwaves Ducati - 29:04.915
5 - Karl Harris - Yamaha – Team Yamaha - 29:06.277
6 - James Ellison - Honda – Hydrex Bike Animal Honda - 29:15.167
7 - Michael Rutter - Ducati – North West 200 Ducati - 29:16.203
8 - Simon Andrews - Yamaha – Jentin Racing / Lloyds British - 29:24.007
9 - Billy McConnell - Kawasaki – MSS Discovery Kawasaki - 29:29.842
10 - Jason O’Halloran - Honda – SMT Honda - 29:31.216
11 - Stuart Easton - Kawasaki – MSS Discovery Kawasaki - 29:32.205
12 - Tristan Palmer - Honda – Tena for Men Honda - 29:32.428
13 - John Laverty - Ducati – Buildbase NW200 Ducati - 29:34.125
14 - David Johnson - Honda – Team MAXXIS - 29:45.571
15 - Michael Laverty - Suzuki – Relentless Suzuki by TAS - 29:55.831
16 - Peter Hickman - Honda – Red Viper Racing - 29:59.029
17 - Martin Jessopp - Honda – Riders Racing - 30:00.711
18 - Dan Stewart - Honda – Wilcock Consulting - 30:01.653
19 - Tom Tunstall - Honda – Hardinge – Ice Valley Motorsport - 30:03.090
20 - Shannon Etheridge - Kawasaki – MAR Adept - 30:06.334
21 - Leon Morris - Ducati – Brookspeed - 30:15.066
22 - Francis Williamson - Ducati – Moto Rapido Racing - 29:07.632
Not Classified
DNF - Cal Crutchlow - Honda – HM Plant Honda - 20:26.247
DNF - Atsushi Watanabe - Suzuki – Rizla Suzuki - 18:21.045
DNF - Scott Smart - Kawasaki – Hawk Racing - 11:13.790
DNF - Guy Martin - Honda – Hydrex Bike Animal Honda - 4:40.200
DNF - Chris Burns - MV Agusta – STP Superbike - 1:37.029
DQ - Gary Mason - Honda – Quay Garage - 29:25.215
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