After what seems like a lifetime, BSB is finally back. The British Superbike Championship is, without doubt, the best domestic racing series in the world. And for five very good reasons. Here they are?

The Riders

Glenn Irwin. Bennetts British Superbike Championship. Donington Park. 9.8.20

You don?t need a massive ego to be a British Superbike Racer, but it certainly helps. If you?ve got your own name and/or race number inked onto your skin, you?ve got a cupboard full of ?snapbacks?, and you can hold your sponsor logo festooned crash helmet in an uncomfortably and unnaturally high position for as long as a post-race interview lasts, you?re half way there. But that’s the easy bit. To be a bona fide BSB star, you also need to be disgustingly fast on a motorbike.
One of the biggest draws of the BSB Championship is the quality of rider. There is, and has for a long time, been genuine world-class talent in BSB. As proven by the likes of previous BSB winners such as Leon Camier, Alex Lowes, Leon Haslam and Scott Redding. All of whom have gone on to do big things on the world stage. You?ve also had the likes of Cal Crutchlow and Jake Dixon, riders that didn?t manage to win a BSB title, but still went on to impress in the MotoGP paddock. It might be a British Championship, but BSB attracts top riders from all over the world. And not only has it been a stepping stone for WSBK spec riders on their way up, plenty have finished their careers off there too.

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