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Brilliant Cal Scores His First BSB Podium
14 October 2007
Rizla Suzuki racer Cal Crutchlow scored his first ever British Superbike Championship podium finish with a well-deserved third place in the very final race of the 2007 season at the Brands Hatch Indy circuit in Kent today. Cal, starting from sixth on the grid, took fifth place in the opening race before raising his game for the 26th and final race of the year in the afternoon and coming home third to stand on the podium for the first time. Consistently fast all weekend, he was always in contention for the podium in both races.
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Crutchlow On Podium Pace
14 October 2007
Rizla Suzuki's Cal Crutchlow will start from sixth on the grid for tomorrow's final round of the 2007 Bennetts British Superbike Championship at the Brands Hatch Indy circuit in Kent after showing fast podium potential on race tyres during practice. Crutchlow built his pace across three practice sessions before challenging for pole position in the 50 minutes of qualifying. He eventually ended up sixth, only 2/10ths of a second behind pole position man Gregorio Lavilla on a Ducati.
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Cal In The Thick Of The Action At Brands Hatch
13 October 2007
Rizla Suzuki's Cal Crutchlow was fifth, just 2/10ths of a second away from the fastest rider in yesterday’s practice sessions for the final round of the 2008 British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch Indy circuit in Kent. Cal tried both his Rizla Suzuki race bikes and made minor changes to suspension and gearing in the dry afternoon session after a damp morning. “I need to marry the best bits of both my bikes,” enthused Cal. “One bike has a stronger engine, the other is better on corner entry. If we combine the best aspects of both, then I can cut my times significantly.
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Cal Sets Sights On Podium At Final Round
08 October 2007
Rizla Suzuki racer Cal Crutchlow has a final chance to record a first and much sought after podium finish in his maiden Superbike season when the British Championship visits Brands Hatch in Kent for the 2008 finale this Sunday, October 14th.
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Crescent Appoints Valentine For 2008 BSB Season
27 September 2007
Crescent has appointed renowned race guru Jack Valentine as Team Manager for Suzuki’s official British Superbike squad for the 2008 race season. Valentine, 54, from Oldham in Lancashire, has a long history in motorcycle racing, starting out with club racing on a Suzuki GS1000 in 1978. He has progressed through the racing world taking British Championship and TT victories on the way as an engineering consultant and within team management.
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Walker Shines At Donington
24 September 2007
Rizla Suzuki's Chris 'Stalker' Walker put on a determined display of riding in today's 12th round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Donington Park, finishing with superb fourth and sixth places results. Stalker, starting from second on the grid, got the holeshot and led both races from the off. In the first event he struggled with front grip and dropped back to sixth; in the second race he spent 20-laps competing for the podium and was in contention right until the chequered flag, eventually finishing fourth.
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Stalker’s Spirit Shines At Donington Park
23 September 2007
Rizla Suzuki’s Chris ‘Stalker’ Walker put on a determined display of riding in today’s 12th round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Donington Park, finishing with superb fourth and sixth places results. Stalker, starting from second on the grid, got the hole-shot and led both races from the off. In the first event he struggled with front grip and dropped back to sixth; in the second race he spent 20-laps competing for the podium and was in contention right until the chequered flag, eventually finishing fourth.
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Stalker Turns On The Style And Speed
22 September 2007
Rizla Suzuki’s Chris ‘Stalker’ Walker took his best qualifying position of the season securing second place on the grid at the 12th round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Donington Park today. Stalker spent three practice sessions building up his effort, slashing his lap times every outing on circuit. He started strong in qualification but left his best effort to the final minutes, setting a blistering pace at the 2.5-mile long twisting and challenging circuit.
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Crutchlow On The Pace
22 September 2007
Rizla Suzuki's Cal Crutchlow set the third fastest time in the dry morning practice before the rain fell in the afternoon at the 12th round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Donington Park in Derbyshire.
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Cal On The Pace At Wet And Dry Donington Park
21 September 2007
Rizla Suzuki’s Cal Crutchlow set the third fastest time in the dry morning practice before the rain fell in the afternoon at the 12th round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Donington Park in Derbyshire. Cal was just 2/10ths of a second behind the fastest rider in the morning and while the second session started dry the rain started to fall with just under half-an-hour remaining, scuppering his chances to improve. He was seventh fastest in the weather interrupted afternoon practice.
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Rizla Suzuki Set For Donington
21 September 2007
Rizla Suzuki is ready and raring to go racing at the penultimate round of the 2007 Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Donington Park in Derbyshire this weekend after a three-and-a-half week break from track action. Cal Crutchlow piloted his Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000 to his best ever Superbike results at Cadwell Park at the last round in August with a fourth and fifth and is looking to make the elusive step onto the podium at the challenging 2.5-mile long Donington Park.
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Rizla Suzuki Revved Up For The Penultimate Round
19 September 2007
Rizla Suzuki is ready and raring to go racing at the penultimate round of the 2007 Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Donington Park in Derbyshire this weekend after a three-and-a-half week break from track action. Cal Crutchlow piloted his Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000 to his best ever Superbike results at Cadwell Park at the last round in August with a fourth and fifth and is looking to make the elusive step onto the podium at the challenging 2.5-mile long Donington Park.
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Cal’s Best Race Weekend Of The Year
28 August 2007
Rizla Suzuki racer Cal Crutchlow scored his best ever points haul at a British Superbike meeting at the 11th round of the Championship at Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire today.
In front of a massive Bank Holiday Monday crowd and in warm sunshine, starting from seventh on the second row, Cal finished fifth in the opening race and then went one better to take a career best equalling fourth in the second. His round total of 24-points is well ahead of his previous best of 18 at the ninth round at Mallory Park and moves him into the top 10 in the Championship standings.
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Crutchlow On Cadwell 2nd Row
28 August 2007
Rizla Suzuki's Cal Crutchlow continued his recent run of good form by taking a strong seventh place on the grid for tomorrow's Bank Holiday 11th round of the British Superbike Championship at Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire. He suffered a high-speed crash yesterday and lost valuable set-up time but that didn't deter him as he took nearly three-quarters of a second off his best - and the existing lap record of 1:27.704s - to secure his second row start.
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Rizla Suzuki On The Pace
24 July 2007
Rizla Suzuki racers Chris 'Stalker' Walker and Cal Crutchlow showed impressive pace to mix it at the sharp end of today's double-header ninth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Mallory Park in Leicestershire. Despite practice and qualification being cancelled due to torrential rain and floods, the Rizla Suzuki aces made the most of a 35-minute morning practice session to set their bikes up for the dry and sunny race day conditions.
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Rizla Suzuki In The Thick Of The Action
22 July 2007
Rizla Suzuki racers Chris ‘Stalker’ Walker and Cal Crutchlow showed impressive pace to mix it at the sharp end of today’s double-header ninth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Mallory Park in Leicestershire. Despite practice and qualification being cancelled due to torrential rain and floods, the Rizla Suzuki aces made the most of a 35-minute morning practice session to set their bikes up for the dry and sunny race day conditions.
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Qualifying cancelled at Mallory Park
21 July 2007
Qualifying for the ninth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Mallory Park in Leicestershire has been cancelled due to standing water at the side of the 1.41-mile circuit. The sheer volume of standing water in the run-off areas of the circuit meant that any competitive riding was ruled out by the organisers – the Motorcycle Circuit Racing Control Board (MCRCB). Instead, the MCRCB has decided to make further track inspections as the day progresses and practice sessions will be declared if possible.
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Practice Rained Off At Mallory Park
20 July 2007
Torrential rain and standing water on the circuit cut-short today’s Superbike practice for the ninth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Mallory Park in Leicestershire after just 17-minutes. Due to the atrocious weather, on-track activity was limited with only 19 racers taking to the 1.41-mile circuit at the start of the shortened 20-minute session. After 16-minutes Rizla Suzuki’s Chris Walker and Cal Crutchlow both went on to the track but a red flag meant they didn’t complete a single lap. The red flag was caused by Naturally Best Suzuki’s 21-year-old Ollie Bridewell suffering a fatal crash.
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Rizla Suzuki Building Performance
18 July 2007
The last time Chris ‘Stalker’ Walker raced at Mallory Park was in the 2006 Race of the Year when he took victory and secured his seat with Rizla Suzuki. Returning to the 1.41-mile track for the ninth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship this weekend, there’s nothing he’d like more than to top the podium again.
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Podium For Stalker & Career Best For Cal
15 July 2007
The torrential rain at today’s eighth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park failed to dampen the spirits of Chris ‘Stalker’ Walker as he stormed to third place on the podium, or of Cal Crutchlow as he recorded his career best ever result of fifth. Stalker, starting from 11th on the grid at the 2.69-mile long track, was always in contention for the podium in the opening race, dicing for second right until the chequered flag - eventually finishing third on the rostrum for just the second time in 2007. In the second race he was comfortable in third when after nine-laps he ran on into a gravel trap and fell over. He remounted and joined the race 11th, fighting his way back to eighth by the end.
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