Brands Hatch is delighted to announce that British wildcards will be back at this year’s UK round of the HANNspree SBK Superbike World Championship on 1st/2nd/3rd August! The following three riders have confirmed they’ll be taking on the best in the world at the Kent circuit next month, Rizla Suzuki's Tom Skyes, Lloyds British Jentin Yamaha's Simon Andrews and Ulster man Eugene Laverty who will be riding for Vent Axia VK Honda.
Leon Haslam and Jonathan Rea shared the victories in a dramatic, incident packed eleventh round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Cadwell Park in which Ryuchi Kiyonari, twice second, moved closer to retaining his crown. The Japanese rider is now 41 points clear of his HM Plant Honda team-mate Rea with only two rounds remaining but he had mixed emotions at the end of the day: “Happy with lead, but wanted to win here – this is the only circuit where I have not won.” Haslam and Rea both experienced bitter-sweet times on the challenging Lincolnshire circuit.