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

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

Riders' championship

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

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.

External links

• Official website