2023 British Supersport Championship

The 2023 British Supersport Championship season is the 35th British Supersport Championship season, incorporating the 2023 British GP2 Cup. Jack Kennedy is the reigning series champion, but did not return to defend his title as he moved up to the 2023 British Superbike Championship.[1][2] The season was marred by the sudden death of rider Damon Rees following a short illness.[3]

Teams and riders
2023 Entry List[4]
Team Constructor No. Rider Class Rounds
R&R Racing Yamaha 2 T.J. Toms[5] 1-11
4 Caolán Irwin[6] 1-3
64 Sam Munro 5
Truelove Brothers Triumph/Suzuki 3 Harry Truelove 3, 8
Milenco by Padgetts Motorcycles Honda Honda 4 Davey Todd 6
BPE Yamaha Yamaha 4 Dean Harrison 9-11
47 Richard Cooper 9, 11
Tech 5 Racing Ducati 5 Matt Stevens SSC 2-3, 5-7, 10-11
PWR Yamaha 6 Phil Wakefield 1-4
Macadam Racing Yamaha 7 Tom Toparis[7] 1-11
41 Jack Nixon[8] 1, 7-11
Profile / Road and Racing Performance Kawasaki 8 Luke Stapleford 1-8, 10
Hawk/MD Racing Yamaha 9 Michael Dunlop[9] 2
Krämer Racing Krämer 10 Joe Collier[10] GP2 1-8
10 Barry Burrell GP2 10-11
Team FR89 Kalex 11 Lucca Allen GP2 1, 3-11
ASTRO-JJR Suzuki Suzuki 12 Jamie Perrin[11] 1-11
69 Rhys Irwin[12] 1-11
Ashcourt Racing Yamaha 13 Lee Johnston 1-2
Completely Motorbikes Triumph Triumph 14 James McManus 1-11
15 Eugene McManus 1-11
Go Racing/SGR Chassis Factory 16 Harvey Claridge[13] GP2 3, 5-11
73 Harry Rowlings[14] GP2 1-11
Right Gear Racing Yamaha 17 Gareth Cunningham SSC 2-3, 6
Go Pink Racing Ariane 18 Jodie Fieldhouse GP2 1, 5-8
Merlin Motorsport Kawasaki 19 Ben Grayson SSC 1-11
Motorcycle Race Parts Ducati Ducati 21 Tom Tunstall SSC 2-3, 5-7, 9-11
Team Val-Tech Racing Kawasaki 22 Eunan McGlinchey[15] 1-11
Jones Brothers Racing Kawasaki 23 Osian Jones 9-10
Tommo#21 Racing Triumph 24 Stephen Thomas 7
Exersci Yamaha Yamaha 26 Tommy Fielding 10
Ready4Racing Vision Team Ducati 27 Blaze Baker[16] 1-2
DANIK Group Motorsport Triumph 29 Dan Burnham 1, 7, 10
Nykos Racing Nykos 30 Owen Mellor GP2 8-9, 11
Team Tolly Racing Yamaha 33 Ben Tolliday SSC 2-4, 6, 8-11
JW Racing Yamaha 35 Josh Wood SSC 1, 3, 5-6, 8-11
KTS Racing Yamaha 36 Jamie Coward SSC 11
James Bull Racing Yamaha 37 James Bull SSC 1-3, 5-7
JDF Racing Ducati 38 Adon Davie SSC 1-4, 6-7, 9, 11
True Heroes Racing/Laguna Motorcycles Ducati Ducati 44 Charlie White 1-3, 5-11
50 Dave Mackay 2-3, 5-6
50 Leon Wilton 1, 7-11
RD Racing Triumph 45 Jake Marsh GP2 1-6, 8-11
BarneyRacing Yamaha 46 Ash Barnes 1-11
Russell Racing Yamaha 47 Richard Cooper 2, 6
PHR Performance Triumph Triumph 47 Richard Cooper 8
Elmech Racing Team Triumph 49 Luke Wallington GP2 1-3, 5-11
EG Racing Yamaha 51 Ryan Garside SSC 1-5, 7-10
Gearlink Kawasaki Kawasaki 54 Tim Neave 10
55 Zak Corderoy[17] 1-11
96 Tom Booth-Amos[18] 1-9, 11
JMCC Roofing Racing Yamaha 56 Adam McLean 2, 4
Seeeeeth Yamaha Yamaha 57 Seth Crump 1-11
CM Racing / Team Xclusiv Kawasaki 59 Caiden Wilkinson 3, 6, 8, 10
Oxford Products Racing Ducati Ducati 61 Ben Currie 1-11
Go Racing Developments CFR Chassis Factory 66 Cameron Fraser[19] GP2 1-11
LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha Yamaha 67 Casey O'Gorman 8, 10-11
CF Motorsport Yamaha 68 Carter Brown 7
Lee Yamaha 70 Lee Wells 8
Peterpan Racing Yamaha 71 Dave Grace SSC 2-3, 6-11
Macadam Racing with Specialised Group Racing Yamaha 72 Max Wadsworth 1-3, 8-11
MPM Routz Racing Yamaha 74 Jaimie van Sikkelerus[20] 1-11
Lee Devonport Racing Yamaha 75 Lee Devonport SSC 1-2, 9-11
PreZ Racing Yamaha Yamaha 76 Paul Jordan 1-2
JRM Ducati Ducati 77 Jonathan Railton[21] SSC 1, 3-7, 10-11
Talentum Motorsport By Azure Notions Yamaha 78 Freddie Barnes 1-7, 9-11
Highsparks Ducati Ducati 82 Luke Jones 1-11
Swan Racing Yamaha 87 Jake Hopper 10-11
Aalco Motorsport Kawasaki 88 Harry Leigh SSC 1-3, 5-6, 10-11
NRG-MOTO.COM Yamaha 89 Mark Conlin SSC 1, 3
Resideo Racing Ducati 90 Craig Kennelly SSC 1-3, 5-7, 9, 11
K2 Trooper Triumph by PHR Performance Triumph 91 Pierre-Yves Bian 1-2
Carl Cox Motorsport with Uggly & Co by Binch Pro Yamaha 92 Damon Rees† 1-4
64 Sam Munro 6-7, 10-11
25 Thomas Strudwick 8-9
Dan Cooper Motorsport Yamaha 94 George Edwards 3
Force One Racing team MV Agusta 99 Harry Cook[22] SSC 1, 3, 5-7, 9-11
Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement rider
GP2 GP2 Cup
SSC Supersport Cup

Race calendar and results
2023 calendar[23]
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team
1 SR Silverstone National 8 April Lee Johnston Tom Booth-Amos Lee Johnston Ashcourt Racing
FR 9 April Tom Booth-Amos Tom Toparis Lee Johnston Ashcourt Racing
2 SR Oulton Park 30 April Richard Cooper Richard Cooper Tom Booth-Amos Gearlink Kawasaki
FR 1 May Richard Cooper Richard Cooper Luke Stapleford Profile / Road and Racing Performance
3 SR Donington Park GP 20 May Tom Booth-Amos Tom Booth-Amos Jaimie van Sikkelerus MPM Routz Racing
FR 21 May Tom Booth-Amos Tom Booth-Amos Tom Booth-Amos Gearlink Kawasaki
4 SR Knockhill 17 June Tom Booth-Amos Tom Booth-Amos Tom Booth-Amos Gearlink Kawasaki
FR 18 June Tom Booth-Amos Tom Booth-Amos Rhys Irwin ASTRO-JJR Suzuki
5 SR Snetterton 300 8 July Luke Stapleford Tom Booth-Amos Tom Booth-Amos Gearlink Kawasaki
FR 9 July Tom Booth-Amos Ben Currie Luke Stapleford Profile / Road and Racing Performance
6 SR Brands Hatch GP 22 July Luke Stapleford Richard Cooper Richard Cooper Russell Racing
FR 23 July Richard Cooper Tom Booth-Amos Rhys Irwin ASTRO-JJR Suzuki
7 SR Thruxton 12 August T.J. Toms Tom Booth-Amos Ben Currie Oxford Products Racing Ducati
FR 13 August Tom Booth-Amos Rhys Irwin Ben Currie Oxford Products Racing Ducati
8 SR Cadwell Park 27 August Ben Currie Tom Booth-Amos Ben Currie Oxford Products Racing Ducati
FR 28 August Tom Booth-Amos Tom Booth-Amos Ben Currie Oxford Products Racing Ducati
9 SR Oulton Park 16 September Ben Currie Jaimie van Sikkelerus Tom Booth-Amos Gearlink Kawasaki
FR 17 September Jaimie van Sikkelerus Dean Harrison Tom Booth-Amos Gearlink Kawasaki
10 SR Donington Park National 30 September Ben Currie Ben Currie Ben Currie Oxford Products Racing Ducati
FR 1 October Ben Currie Ben Currie Ben Currie Oxford Products Racing Ducati
11 SR Brands Hatch GP 14 October Rhys Irwin Ben Currie Richard Cooper BPE Yamaha
FR 15 October Ben Currie Ben Currie Tom Booth-Amos Gearlink Kawasaki

Championship standings
Scoring system in the Main season

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers in the respective classes. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 25 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Scoring system in the season finale

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers in the respective classes. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 35 30 27 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
Supersport Championship
Pos Rider Bike SIL
 OUL
 DON
 KNO
 SNE
 BRH
 THR
 CAD
 OUL
 DON
 BRH
 Pts
SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR
1 Ben Currie Ducati 6 6 6 3 Ret 2 4 3 3 9 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 6 Ret 406
2 Tom Booth-Amos Kawasaki 3 Ret 1 4 Ret 1 1 Ret 1 3 DNS 3 25 3 3 Ret 1 1 2 1 298
3 Tom Toparis Yamaha 4 3 14 Ret 2 5 7 4 Ret 4 9 6 7 4 4 4 4 8 7 8 3 Ret 288
4 Rhys Irwin Suzuki Ret 2 5 5 DNS 14 3 1 2 2 5 1 3 2 Ret 3 Ret Ret 8 Ret 5 Ret 282
5 Luke Stapleford Kawasaki 2 Ret Ret 1 3 3 2 2 Ret 1 8 Ret 2 4 2 Ret DNS 2 246
6 Jaimie van Sikkelerus Yamaha Ret 5 10 7 1 4 10 7 4 Ret 11 9 8 10 Ret 10 3 7 10 5 4 12 236
7 Jamie Perrin Suzuki 5 4 Ret 11 4 Ret 5 6 6 97
8 Luke Jones Ducati Ret 9 3 10 6 6 6 8 5 97
9 Lee Johnston Yamaha 1 1 Ret 10 64
10 Damon Rees Yamaha 7 Ret 20 9 9 8 8 10 54
11 Eugene McManus Triumph Ret 8 12 Ret Ret 7 11 5 7 57
12 Zak Corderoy Kawasaki 13 11 8 Ret 7 9 Ret 9 Ret 47
13 T.J. Toms Yamaha 9 16 7 Ret 9 13 6 10 Ret 47
14 Richard Cooper Yamaha 2 2 44
15 Eunan McGlinchey Kawasaki Ret 18 4 8 Ret 11 Ret DNS 8 42
16 Seth Crump Yamaha 14 13 30 15 5 Ret 12 14 Ret 31
17 Max Wadsworth Yamaha 11 10 15 17 11 DNS 19
18 Blaze Baker Ducati 10 7 18
19 Jack Nixon Yamaha 8 12 14
20 James McManus Triumph 17 14 Ret Ret 13 16 12 Ret 13 15
21 Michael Dunlop Yamaha 11 13 10
22 Adam McLean Yamaha 13 14 Ret 15 9

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