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The 2023 British Supersport Championship season is the 35th British Supersport Championship season, incorporating the 2023 British GP2 Cup. Jack Kennedy is the reigning series champion, but did not return to defend his title as he moved up to the 2023 British Superbike Championship.[1][2] The season was marred by the sudden death of rider Damon Rees following a short illness.[3]

Teams and riders

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2023 Entry List[4]
Team Constructor No. Rider Class Rounds
R&R Racing Yamaha 2 England T.J. Toms[5] 1-11
4 Republic of Ireland Caolán Irwin[6] 1-3
64 Scotland Sam Munro 5
Truelove Brothers Triumph/Suzuki 3 England Harry Truelove 3, 8
Milenco by Padgetts Motorcycles Honda Honda 4 England Davey Todd 6
BPE Yamaha Yamaha 4 England Dean Harrison 9-11
47 England Richard Cooper 9, 11
Tech 5 Racing Ducati 5 England Matt Stevens SSC 2-3, 5-7, 10-11
PWR Yamaha 6 England Phil Wakefield 1-4
Macadam Racing Yamaha 7 Australia Tom Toparis[7] 1-11
41 England Jack Nixon[8] 1
Profile / Road and Racing Performance Kawasaki 8 England Luke Stapleford 1-8, 10
Hawk/MD Racing Yamaha 9 Northern Ireland Michael Dunlop[9] 2
Krämer Racing Krämer 10 England Joe Collier[10] GP2 1-8
10 England Barry Burrell GP2 10-11
Team FR89 Kalex 11 England Lucca Allen GP2 1, 3-11
ASTRO-JJR Suzuki Suzuki 12 England Jamie Perrin[11] 1-11
69 Republic of Ireland Rhys Irwin[12] 1-11
Ashcourt Racing Yamaha 13 Northern Ireland Lee Johnston 1-2
Completely Motorbikes Triumph Triumph 14 Northern Ireland James McManus 1-11
15 Northern Ireland Eugene McManus 1-11
Go Racing/SGR Chassis Factory 16 England Harvey Claridge[13] GP2 3, 5-11
73 Wales Harry Rowlings[14] GP2 1-11
Right Gear Racing Yamaha 17 England Gareth Cunningham SSC 2-3, 6
Go Pink Racing Ariane 18 England Jodie Fieldhouse GP2 1, 5-8
Merlin Motorsport Kawasaki 19 England Ben Grayson SSC 1-11
Motorcycle Race Parts Ducati Ducati 21 England Tom Tunstall SSC 2-3, 5-7, 9-11
Team Val-Tech Racing Kawasaki 22 Northern Ireland Eunan McGlinchey[15] 1-11
Jones Brothers Racing Kawasaki 23 Wales Osian Jones 9-10
Tommo#21 Racing Triumph 24 England Stephen Thomas 7
Exersci Yamaha Yamaha 26 England Tommy Fielding 10
Ready4Racing Vision Team Ducati 27 South Africa Blaze Baker[16] 1-2
DANIK Group Motorsport Triumph 29 England Dan Burnham 1, 7, 10
Nykos Racing Nykos 30 England Owen Mellor GP2 8-9, 11
Team Tolly Racing Yamaha 33 England Ben Tolliday SSC 2-4, 6, 8-11
JW Racing Yamaha 35 England Josh Wood SSC 1, 3, 5-6, 8-11
KTS Racing Yamaha 36 England Jamie Coward SSC 11
James Bull Racing Yamaha 37 England James Bull SSC 1-3, 5-7
JDF Racing Ducati 38 Scotland Adon Davie SSC 1-4, 6-7, 9, 11
PHR Performance Triumph Triumph 41 England Jack Nixon[17] 7-11
47 England Richard Cooper 8
True Heroes Racing/Laguna Motorcycles Ducati Ducati 44 England Charlie White 1-3, 5-11
50 England Dave Mackay 2-3, 5-6
50 England Leon Wilton 1, 7-11
RD Racing Triumph 45 England Jake Marsh GP2 1-6, 8-11
BarneyRacing Yamaha 46 England Ash Barnes 1-9
Russell Racing Yamaha 47 England Richard Cooper 2, 6
Elmech Racing Team Triumph 49 England Luke Wallington GP2 1-3, 5-11
EG Racing Yamaha 51 England Ryan Garside SSC 1-5, 7-10
Gearlink Kawasaki Kawasaki 54 England Tim Neave 10
55 England Zak Corderoy[18] 1-11
96 England Tom Booth-Amos[19] 1-9, 11
JMCC Roofing Racing Yamaha 56 Northern Ireland Adam McLean 2, 4
Seeeeeth Yamaha Yamaha 57 Australia Seth Crump 1-11
CM Racing / Team Xclusiv Kawasaki 59 England Caiden Wilkinson 3, 6, 8, 10
Oxford Products Racing Ducati Ducati 61 Australia Ben Currie 1-11
Go Racing Developments CFR Chassis Factory 66 England Cameron Fraser[20] GP2 1-11
LAMI OMG Racing Yamaha Yamaha 67 Republic of Ireland Casey O'Gorman[21] 8, 10-11
CF Motorsport Yamaha 68 England Carter Brown 7
Lee Yamaha 70 England Lee Wells 8
Peterpan Racing Yamaha 71 England Dave Grace SSC 2-3, 6-11
Macadam Racing with Specialised Group Racing Yamaha 72 England Max Wadsworth 1-3, 8-11
MPM Routz Racing Yamaha 74 Netherlands Jaimie van Sikkelerus[22] 1-11
Lee Devonport Racing Yamaha 75 England Lee Devonport SSC 1-2, 9-11
PreZ Racing Yamaha Yamaha 76 Northern Ireland Paul Jordan 1-2
JRM Ducati Ducati 77 England Jonathan Railton[23] SSC 1, 3-7, 10-11
Talentum Motorsport By Azure Notions Yamaha 78 England Freddie Barnes 1-7, 9-11
Highsparks Ducati Ducati 82 England Luke Jones 1-11
Swan Racing Yamaha 87 England Jake Hopper 10-11
Aalco Motorsport Kawasaki 88 England Harry Leigh SSC 1-3, 5-6, 10-11
NRG-MOTO.COM Yamaha 89 Northern Ireland Mark Conlin SSC 1, 3
Resideo Racing Ducati 90 England Craig Kennelly SSC 1-3, 5-7, 9, 11
K2 Trooper Triumph by PHR Performance Triumph 91 France Pierre-Yves Bian 1-2
Carl Cox Motorsport with Uggly & Co by Binch Pro Yamaha 92 New Zealand Damon Rees† 1-4
64 Scotland Sam Munro 6-7, 10-11
25 England Thomas Strudwick 8-9
Dan Cooper Motorsport Yamaha 94 England George Edwards 3
Force One Racing team MV Agusta 99 England Harry Cook[24] SSC 1, 3, 5-7, 9-11
Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement rider
GP2 GP2 Cup
SSC Supersport Cup

Race calendar and results

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2023 calendar[25]
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team
1 SR England Silverstone National 8 April Northern Ireland Lee Johnston England Tom Booth-Amos Northern Ireland Lee Johnston Ashcourt Racing
FR 9 April England Tom Booth-Amos Australia Tom Toparis Northern Ireland Lee Johnston Ashcourt Racing
2 SR England Oulton Park 30 April England Richard Cooper England Richard Cooper England Tom Booth-Amos Gearlink Kawasaki
FR 1 May England Richard Cooper England Richard Cooper England Luke Stapleford Profile / Road and Racing Performance
3 SR England Donington Park GP 20 May England Tom Booth-Amos England Tom Booth-Amos Netherlands Jaimie van Sikkelerus MPM Routz Racing
FR 21 May England Tom Booth-Amos England Tom Booth-Amos England Tom Booth-Amos Gearlink Kawasaki
4 SR Scotland Knockhill 17 June England Tom Booth-Amos England Tom Booth-Amos England Tom Booth-Amos Gearlink Kawasaki
FR 18 June England Tom Booth-Amos England Tom Booth-Amos Republic of Ireland Rhys Irwin ASTRO-JJR Suzuki
5 SR England Snetterton 300 8 July England Luke Stapleford England Tom Booth-Amos England Tom Booth-Amos Gearlink Kawasaki
FR 9 July England Tom Booth-Amos Australia Ben Currie England Luke Stapleford Profile / Road and Racing Performance
6 SR England Brands Hatch GP 22 July England Luke Stapleford England Richard Cooper England Richard Cooper Russell Racing
FR 23 July England Richard Cooper England Tom Booth-Amos Republic of Ireland Rhys Irwin ASTRO-JJR Suzuki
7 SR England Thruxton 12 August England T.J. Toms England Tom Booth-Amos Australia Ben Currie Oxford Products Racing Ducati
FR 13 August England Tom Booth-Amos Republic of Ireland Rhys Irwin Australia Ben Currie Oxford Products Racing Ducati
8 SR England Cadwell Park 27 August Australia Ben Currie England Tom Booth-Amos Australia Ben Currie Oxford Products Racing Ducati
FR 28 August England Tom Booth-Amos England Tom Booth-Amos Australia Ben Currie Oxford Products Racing Ducati
9 SR England Oulton Park 16 September Australia Ben Currie Netherlands Jaimie van Sikkelerus England Tom Booth-Amos Gearlink Kawasaki
FR 17 September Netherlands Jaimie van Sikkelerus England Dean Harrison England Tom Booth-Amos Gearlink Kawasaki
10 SR England Donington Park National 30 September Australia Ben Currie Australia Ben Currie Australia Ben Currie Oxford Products Racing Ducati
FR 1 October Australia Ben Currie Australia Ben Currie Australia Ben Currie Oxford Products Racing Ducati
11 SR England Brands Hatch GP 14 October Republic of Ireland Rhys Irwin Australia Ben Currie England Richard Cooper BPE Yamaha
FR 15 October Australia Ben Currie Australia Ben Currie England Tom Booth-Amos Gearlink Kawasaki

Championship standings

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Scoring system in the Main season

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers in the respective classes. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 25 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Scoring system in the season finale

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers in the respective classes. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 35 30 27 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
Supersport Championship
Pos Rider Bike SIL
England 		OUL
England 		DON
England 		KNO
Scotland 		SNE
England 		BRH
England 		THR
England 		CAD
England 		OUL
England 		DON
England 		BRH
England 		Pts
SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR
1 Australia Ben Currie Ducati 6 6 6 3 Ret 2 4 3 3 9 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 6 Ret 406
2 England Tom Booth-Amos Kawasaki 3 Ret 1 4 Ret 1 1 Ret 1 3 DNS 3 25 3 3 Ret 1 1 2 1 333
3 Australia Tom Toparis Yamaha 4 3 14 Ret 2 5 7 4 Ret 4 9 6 7 4 4 4 4 8 7 8 3 Ret 288
4 Republic of Ireland Rhys Irwin Suzuki Ret 2 5 5 DNS 14 3 1 2 2 5 1 3 2 Ret 3 Ret Ret 8 Ret 5 Ret 282
5 England Luke Stapleford Kawasaki 2 Ret Ret 1 3 3 2 2 Ret 1 8 Ret 2 4 2 Ret DNS 2 246
6 Netherlands Jaimie van Sikkelerus Yamaha Ret 5 10 7 1 4 10 7 4 Ret 11 9 8 10 Ret 10 3 7 10 5 4 12 248
7 England Luke Jones Ducati Ret 9 3 10 6 6 6 8 5 5 Ret DNS 9 7 7 7 5 9 6 12 Ret 2 234
8 England T.J. Toms Yamaha 9 16 7 Ret 9 13 6 10 Ret 10 7 Ret 4 5 6 5 7 6 2 7 10 4 227
9 Northern Ireland Eugene McManus Triumph Ret 8 12 Ret Ret 7 11 5 7 7 5 10 11 8 8 6 Ret 7 4 7 Ret 3 203
11 England Jamie Perrin Suzuki 5 4 Ret 11 4 Ret 5 6 6 6 8 5 DSQ Ret 9 11 Ret Ret 14 6 12 Ret 183
11 England Richard Cooper Yamaha/Triumph 2 2 1 4 5 2 Ret 2 1 Ret 182
12 Northern Ireland Eunan McGlinchey Kawasaki Ret 18 4 8 Ret 11 Ret DNS 8 Ret Ret 8 5 Ret Ret DNS Ret DSQ 3 11 Ret 6 116
13 England Zak Corderoy Kawasaki 13 11 8 Ret 7 9 Ret 9 Ret Ret 3 7 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 111
14 England Jack Nixon Yamaha 8 12 12 12 12 10 8 5 13 11 9 5 108
15 England Dean Harrison Yamaha 6 4 12 9 19 7 65
16 England Max Wadsworth Yamaha 11 10 15 17 11 DNS 15 9 9 14 11 21 15 14 65
17 Northern Ireland Lee Johnston Yamaha 1 1 Ret 10 64
18 Australia Seth Crump Yamaha 14 13 30 15 5 Ret 12 14 Ret Ret Ret 18 23 21 Ret Ret 12 13 Ret 16 18 11 60
19 New Zealand Damon Rees† Yamaha 7 Ret 20 9 9 8 8 10 54
20 Scotland Sam Munro Yamaha 11 13 6 11 DNS DNS Ret 13 DNS 10 49
21 Republic of Ireland Casey O'Gorman Yamaha WD WD 5 3 5 Ret 46
22 England Ash Barnes Yamaha Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 16 17 9 8 19 14 Ret 17 14 Ret WD WD 35
23 Northern Ireland James McManus Triumph 17 14 Ret Ret 13 16 12 Ret 13 16 Ret 19 17 16 Ret 15 Ret Ret 18 17 Ret 15 35
24 England Jonathan Railton Ducati DNS DNS 22 Ret 18 20 17 15 22 15 15 14 23 22 24 16 24
25 South Africa Blaze Baker Ducati 10 7 18
26 England Tom Tunstall Ducati 19 19 16 18 15 17 21 15 20 19 13 18 19 23 22 20 16
27 Northern Ireland Michael Dunlop Yamaha 11 13 10
28 Northern Ireland Adam McLean Yamaha 13 14 Ret 15 9
Pos Rider Bike SIL
England 		OUL
England 		DON
England 		KNO
Scotland 		SNE
England 		BRH
England 		THR
England 		CAD
England 		OUL
England 		DON
England 		BRH
England 		Pts

References

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