Technical - Regulations

Beware the 'wolf in sheep's clothing.' The Superbikes on track may look similar to their road-going cousins, but behind that outward appearance there are important differences with upgraded suspensions, blue-printed engines, more power and race tyres.

The superbike regulations are the same as those in World Superbike for full listings please refer to www.msvracing.co.uk/bsb

All teams and rider must be registered with MSV Racing, although one event entries may be considered by the organisers.

Riders must be 17 years of age, or older, and in principle have a minimum of two years racing experience at National level. They have to hold an International or National licence. Overseas riders must be in possession of an FIM International licence or European "A" licence and have start permission from their FMN to include personal accident insurance and repatriation insurance.

The championship will be divided into two parts.  The first nine events form the Main Season, with the standard points scoring format of 25 for a win, then 20, 16, 13, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 awarded for each of the nineteen races from the nine events.

From their total points at the end of the Main Season, all riders then drop their two worst scores, which must be from events they have at least qualified for.

From this points order, the first six riders in the championship standings will be elevated to a new base level and become the Title Fighters for the final three events and seven races of the championship.

Each Title Fighter will start The Showdown with 500 points, plus additional points for each podium position they have obtained in the Main Season; 3 for a win, 2 for a second, and 1 for a third.  These are termed Podium Credits.  For example, a rider placed in the top six of the standings at the end of the Main Season who scored three wins, two seconds and a third would start The Showdown phase with 514 points.

The standard points scoring format from the Main Season then continues for The Showdown, with all points scores from the final seven races counting.

All riders outside of the Title Fighters continue to race for the BSB Riders' Cup, continuing to add to their points total from the end of the Main Season.  This also applies to the new BSB EVO class. 

For Superbikes the grid for Race 1 is derived from the Swan Combi Roll for Pole qualifying session, held on the afternoon prior to the races. The riders have already had three free practice sessions to achieve optimum settings for their machines before taking part in the grid decider.

All riders first take to the track for Q1 over 20 minutes.  The field is then whittled down to 20 riders in Q2 over 12 minutes, and then the final 8 minutes shoot-out for pole position by the top 10 riders in Q3.    

The Race 2 grid is established by the order of the riders best lap times set during Race 1.  This will give a greater reward to riders making a charge through the field, perhaps as a result of a bad qualifying performance or a bad start.  Significantly all the riders will be on race rubber, rather than softer tyres that favour certain qualifying specialists.

The new qualifying regulations are sensitive to riders who unfortunately suffer a crash or mechanical failure before the end of the first lap in Race 1.  Their bad fortune is not compounded further as the rider can line up for Race 2 in their Race 1 starting grid position plus 8 "penalty places", emphasising the necessity for a good initial qualifying position.   

An example is if the rider in pole position for Race 1 crashed on the first lap and was unable to continue, he would start Race 2 from position 9 on the third row of the grid. 

SUPERBIKE

Pirelli will supply each registered rider participating in the championship event, with tyres for each rider for each Championship Event.

The minimum assortment available to each rider to be as follows:
DRY FRONT - three different solutions (A-B-C) for a minimum of 6 each
DRY REAR - three different solutions (A-B-C-D) for a minimum of 6 each
INTERMEDIATE: one solution (front and rear) for a minimum of 4 sets
WET: two different solutions (A-B front and rear) for a minimum of 6 sets

Teams will be confined to these selection volumes.  Across the 3 x Free Practices and 1 x Qualifying Practice: Tyre use restricted to: 6 x fronts and 9 x rears. For the warm up and the race(s), the number of tyres is unrestricted and provision must be made for COMPETITORS spare motorcycles, all from within stock purchased at the EVENT.

SUPERSPORT

Pirelli will supply each registered rider participating the championship event, with tyres for each rider for each Championship Event.

The minimum assortment available to each rider to be as follows:
DRY FRONT - two different solutions (A-B) for a minimum of 5 each
DRY REAR - two different solutions (A-B-C) for a minimum of 5 each
INTERMEDIATE: one solution (front and rear) for a minimum of 3 sets.
WET: two different solutions (A-B front and rear) for a minimum of 5 sets.

Teams will be confined to these selection volumes.  Across the 2 x Free Practices 2 x Qualifying Practice and the race day warm-up: Tyre use restricted to: 5 x fronts and 8 x rears. For the race, the number of tyres is unrestricted and provision must be made for COMPETITORS spare motorcycles, all from within stock purchased at the EVENT.