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The 2002 British Superbike season was the 15th British Superbike Championship season.

Motorcycle News renewed their series sponsorship since the revitalization in the 1996 season so the series was again called the MCN British Superbike Championship.[1]

2002 was the first year in which the new 1000cc four-cylinder machines (according to Superstock regulation) were allowed to compete against the established 750cc four-cylinder and 1000cc two-cylinder (Superbike-Spec) bikes. This was introduced to reduce costs, and it was supposed to enlarge the grid size. For this reason, the more varied grid meant there was no Privateers' Cup.[2][3][4]

Steve Hislop became the 2002 BSB Champion on board the MonsterMob sponsored Paul Bird Motorsport Ducati 998 RS.[5]

Calendar

More information Round, Circuit ...
2002 British Superbike Championship Calendar[6]
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Ref
1 R1 England Silverstone International 1 April Scotland Steve Hislop Scotland Steve Hislop England Sean Emmett IFC Racing Ducati
R2 Scotland Steve Hislop Scotland Steve Hislop MonsterMob Ducati
2 R1 England Brands Hatch Indy 14 April Scotland Steve Hislop Scotland Steve Hislop Scotland Steve Hislop MonsterMob Ducati
R2 England John Reynolds Scotland Steve Hislop MonsterMob Ducati
3 R1 England Donington Park 28 April England Michael Rutter England Michael Rutter England Shane Byrne Renegade Ducati
R2 England Sean Emmett England Michael Rutter Renegade Ducati
4 R1 England Oulton Park 6 May England Michael Rutter Scotland Steve Hislop Scotland Steve Hislop MonsterMob Ducati
R2 Scotland Steve Hislop England Michael Rutter * Renegade Ducati
5 R1 England Snetterton 3 June England Sean Emmett England Sean Emmett England Sean Emmett IFC Racing Ducati
R2 England Sean Emmett England Sean Emmett IFC Racing Ducati
6 R1 England Brands Hatch GP 16 June England Sean Emmett England Shane Byrne England John Reynolds Rizla Suzuki
R2 England John Reynolds England Sean Emmett IFC Racing Ducati
7 R1 England Rockingham 23 June England John Reynolds England Michael Rutter England Michael Rutter Renegade Ducati
R2 Scotland Steve Hislop England Michael Rutter Renegade Ducati
8 R1 Scotland Knockhill 7 July England Michael Rutter Scotland Steve Hislop Scotland Steve Hislop MonsterMob Ducati
R2 Scotland Steve Hislop England Shane Byrne Renegade Ducati
9 R1 England Thruxton 11 August England Michael Rutter England Sean Emmett England Michael Rutter Renegade Ducati
R2 England Shane Byrne England Shane Byrne Renegade Ducati
10 R1 England Cadwell Park 26 August Scotland Steve Hislop Scotland Steve Hislop Scotland Steve Hislop MonsterMob Ducati
R2 Scotland Steve Hislop Scotland Steve Hislop MonsterMob Ducati
11 R1 England Oulton Park 1 September Scotland Steve Hislop Scotland Steve Hislop Scotland Steve Hislop MonsterMob Ducati
R2 Scotland Steve Hislop England Steve Plater Virgin Mobile Aiwa Yamaha
12 R1 England Mallory Park 15 September England Michael Rutter England Shane Byrne England Steve Plater Virgin Mobile Aiwa Yamaha
R2 England Michael Rutter England Michael Rutter Renegade Ducati
13 R1 England Donington Park 29 September Scotland Steve Hislop Australia Glen Richards England Michael Rutter Renegade Ducati
R2 Scotland Steve Hislop England Michael Rutter Renegade Ducati
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Entry list

More information Team, Bike ...
2002 British Superbike Championship Entry List[7]
Team Bike No Riders Class Rounds
Rizla Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1 England John Reynolds All
11 England Karl Harris 1–4, 9–13
Italy Giovanni Bussei 5–6
England David Jefferies 7–8
111 England Nick Medd 1–6
MonsterMob Ducati Ducati 998R 2 Scotland Steve Hislop All
IFC Racing Ducati 998R 3 England Sean Emmett 1–8
5 England Paul Brown 1–8
Virgin Mobile Aiwa Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 3 England Sean Emmett 9–13
4 England Steve Plater All
9 New Zealand Simon Crafar All
ETI Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 7 Scotland John Crawford 1, 5–6, 8–13
England David Jefferies 2
Scotland Ross McCulloch 4
D&B Racing Ducati 998R 5 England Paul Brown 13
Ducati 996RS 12 England Dean Ellison All
Team Renegade Ducati Ducati 998R 6 England Michael Rutter All
8 England Shane Byrne All
Marshall Tufflex Honda & Yamaha 10 England Lee Jackson All
Padgett's Racing Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 14 England Marty Nutt 3–8
19 England Adrian Coates 5–13
88 England Phil Giles 1–4, 10–13
England John Crockford 9
Team Motopower Firehawk Honda CBR900RR 14 England Matt Llewellyn 1, 5–7
England Marty Nutt 9–13
15 England Gary Mason All
114 Scotland Jim Moodie 6
DBK Racing Honda & Yamaha 16 England Peter Berwick 1–5, 7, 9
TW2 Racing Team Shark Suzuki & Yamaha 17 England Jason Davis All
BSD Racing Performance Bikes Suzuki 20 England Simon Smith 13
Hawk Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-7RR 22 England Mark Burr All
75 Australia Glen Richards All
Phones4u DiEnza Performance Ducati Ducati 996RS 23 Australia Dean Thomas All
Virgin Mobile Team Appleyard Yamaha YZF-R7 24 South Africa Shane Norval 1–9
25 England Paul Jones 1–3, 5–8, 10–11
Fibreone Tech Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 31 England Tony Waistnage 9
111 England Nick Medd 9–12
Huggys Speedshop Gouverner's Bridge Suzuki 33 England Tristan Palmer 12
Team Powersport Racing Honda 49 Republic of Ireland Hilton Hinks 9, 12
PR Racing Honda 68 England Gordon Blackley 2–7, 9–13
Spidi JRRA Motorsport Honda Honda 77 England Jamie Robinson 1–12
Pirelli Grafters Race Team Suzuki GSX-R1000 96 Australia Paul Young 1, 5–12
97 England Jon Kirkham 3–4, 5–9, 13
98 England Neil Faulkner 1–6
Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider
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Championship Standings

Reference:[8][9]

More information Points system, Position ...
Points system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Race 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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Riders' Championship

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2002 British Superbike Riders' Championship
Pos Rider Bike SIL
England		 BRH
England		 DON
England		 OUL
England		 SNE
England		 BRH
England		 ROC
England		 KNO
Scotland		 THR
England		 CAD
England		 OUL
England		 MAL
England		 DON
England		 Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2* R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Scotland Steve Hislop Ducati 2 1 1 1 3 6 1 2 4 2 12 2 2 4 1 7 2 2 1 1 1 Ret 5 6 3 2 452
2 England Michael Rutter Ducati 7 4 7 4 4 1 2 1 Ret 3 3 3 1 1 3 Ret 1 Ret 3 2 3 5 3 1 1 1 407.5
3 England Sean Emmett Ducati 1 3 4 2 5 4 3 3 1 1 Ret 1 3 2 2 3 3 3 5 6 9 6 2 2 Ret 379
4 England Shane Byrne Ducati 5 Ret 5 7 1 2 8 7 Ret 5 9 5 4 5 Ret 1 6 1 2 3 2 Ret 4 4 Ret 5 294.5
5 England Steve Plater Yamaha 3 6 6 6 2 7 6 10 3 4 2 6 Ret Ret Ret 5 7 4 Ret 5 4 1 1 3 Ret 3 286
6 England John Reynolds Ducati 4 2 2 3 Ret 5 5 2 Ret 1 4 6 Ret 5 4 4 Ret 4 4 8 2 Ret 7 2 6 283.5
7 Australia Glen Richards Kawasaki 10 7 Ret Ret 6 8 10 9 NC 8 6 11 7 6 8 6 8 5 7 Ret 6 Ret 5 6 4 4 187.5
8 New Zealand Simon Crafar Yamaha 9 8 9 9 Ret 3 11 12 6 7 5 9 11 Ret 6 9 5 7 6 Ret 17 3 9 10 5 10 187
9 England Paul Brown Ducati 8 5 3 5 9 5 4 4 5 6 4 7 WD 4 2 Ret 12 163.5
10 England Dean Ellison Ducati 13 10 12 Ret 8 10 9 11 8 9 7 10 10 10 10 10 15 Ret 12 10 13 12 10 Ret 8 7 131.5
11 Australia Dean Thomas Ducati Ret 9 Ret 8 7 9 Ret 8 9 Ret 10 DNS 5 3 Ret 8 9 8 Ret DNS 10 8 12 14 9 11 130
12 England Karl Harris Suzuki 6 Ret 8 Ret Ret 12 7 6 12 6 8 7 5 4 7 8 7 Ret 117
13 Scotland John Crawford Suzuki Ret Ret WD Ret DNS 11 Ret Ret Ret 10 9 10 8 7 7 8 9 6 8 83
14 England Gary Mason Honda 15 Ret 10 10 Ret Ret 12 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret DNS 13 Ret 9 Ret Ret 10 13 11 10 9 56.5
15 England Paul Jones Yamaha 11 11 11 Ret 10 Ret Ret 10 16 13 14 14 9 12 15 12 WD 50
16 England Mark Burr Kawasaki 17 13 16 17 Ret 16 14 16 11 19 15 12 Ret 9 14 13 14 10 11 9 Ret 16 16 Ret 14 49
17 Australia Paul Young Suzuki 14 Ret Ret 17 22 19 12 11 17 14 Ret 14 13 11 11 9 11 12 44
18 South Africa Shane Norval Yamaha 21 15 15 12 13 11 15 14 13 13 19 15 13 12 16 Ret 17 12 34
19 England David Jefferies Suzuki 13 11 9 8 7 Ret 32
20 Italy Giovanni Bussei Suzuki 7 11 8 8 30
20 England Jamie Morley Suzuki 12 16 14 Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret 8 7 Ret 11 30
22 Northern Ireland Adrian Coates Suzuki 10 12 13 17 Ret 16 Ret Ret 21 Ret 16 Ret 12 11 15 13 14 Ret 28
23 England Phil Giles Suzuki Ret DNS 20 14 12 Ret 16 19 14 14 14 13 14 15 11 13 26
24 England Jamie Robinson Honda 18 14 Ret 18 11 Ret 17 17 12 14 18 14 Ret Ret 15 Ret 19 15 Ret 16 15 14 18 Ret 20
25 England Jason Davis Yamaha 20 17 18 15 14 17 19 15 15 16 17 18 16 13 13 15 16 11 17 13 16 Ret 17 Ret Ret 16 19.5
26 England Lee Jackson Yamaha 16 12 17 13 Ret Ret 18 18 Ret 15 21 16 20 17 Ret 16 18 13 18 15 Ret 15 19 17 12 15 18
27 England Marty Nutt Honda 15 14 29 21 14 Ret 20 20 19 15 11 17 Ret Ret 19 17 19 16 20 20 Ret Ret 11
28 England Jon Kirkham Suzuki Ret Ret 21 20 16 18 24 21 17 Ret 12 Ret 22 16 13 17 7
29 England John Crockford Suzuki 11 Ret 5
30 England Neil Faulkner Suzuki 23 20 Ret DNS 17 13 Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret Ret WD 3
30 Scotland Ross McCulloch Suzuki 13 DNS 3
32 England Gordon Blackley Honda 19 Ret 21 Ret 16 15 22 22 18 Ret 25 22 Ret 18 23 Ret 21 18 18 17 Ret DNS 16 19 1
32 England Simon Smith Suzuki 15 20 1
England Nick Medd Suzuki Ret 18 19 16 Ret Ret WD 17 Ret Ret 23 25 18 20 Ret Ret DNS DNS DNS WD 0
Republic of Ireland Hilton Hinks Honda 20 17 DNS 23 21 0
England Matt Llewellyn Honda Ret Ret WD Ret DNS 23 Ret 18 Ret 0
England Peter Berwick Yamaha 22 19 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret WD Ret Ret 0
England Tristan Palmer Suzuki 21 19 0
England Tony Waistnage Suzuki 24 19 0
Scotland Jim Moodie Honda Ret Ret 0
Pos Rider Bike SIL
England		 BRH
England		 DON
England		 OUL
England		 SNE
England		 BRH
England		 ROC
England		 KNO
Scotland		 THR
England		 CAD
England		 OUL
England		 MAL
England		 DON
England		 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
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Notes:

  • - Half points were awarded at the fourth Event at the Oulton Park Round 2 race as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

Teams Championship

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2002 British Superbike Teams' Championship
Pos Team Bike SIL
England		 BRH
England		 DON
England		 OUL
England		 SNE
England		 BRH
England		 ROC
England		 KNO
Scotland		 THR
England		 CAD
England		 OUL
England		 MAL
England		 DON
England		 Pts
Q R1 R2 Q R1 R2 Q R1 R2 Q R1 R2 Q R1 R2 Q R1 R2 Q R1 R2 Q R1 R2 Q R1 R2 Q R1 R2 Q R1 R2 Q R1 R2 Q R1 R2
1 England Team Renegade Ducati Ducati 41 50 32 53 50 51 58 57 59 57 52 54 55 15 54 53 50 54 52 57 56 59 36 43 58 55 41 57 57 57 56 57 37 58 55 57 57 38 56 1994
2 England MonsterMob Ducati Ducati 44 47 51 49 49 37 48 51 46 49 52 49 53 50 51 48 43 50 44 50 48 41 52 45 38 45 42 46 49 51 51 48 31 52 46 37 53 51 53 1839
3 England Rizla Crescent Suzuki Suzuki 59 52 36 48 52 39 49 16 19 48 50 51 59 53 29 44 53 50 48 47 32 28 50 39 56 46 37 46 50 51 51 49 56 51 33 47 48 53 34 1741
4 England Virgin Mobile Aiwa Yamaha Yamaha 44 50 48 38 47 47 45 38 52 38 45 40 40 53 51 39 55 47 41 27 23 44 31 48 45 50 51 50 34 38 46 41 58 41 52 49 35 35 49 1705
5 England Hawk Kawasaki Kawasaki 35 35 42 35 23 24 38 33 38 37 38 37 29 31 36 37 41 39 46 34 47 50 40 43 44 40 47 41 44 32 41 32 9 41 41 40 36 37 44 1457
6 England IFC Racing Ducati 48 53 54 55 55 55 53 48 53 54 55 55 50 56 55 54 30 54 44 28 29 50 56 57 25 11 19 1256
7 Italy DiEnza JRRA Motorsport Ducati 33 19 39 31 16 36 33 44 28 37 22 37 32 41 25 34 34 17 31 37 35 34 28 34 32 34 39 36 15 15 30 37 40 24 32 26 20 22 20 1179
8 England Virgin Mobile Yamaha Yamaha 23 30 36 34 36 26 28 39 33 16 16 17 29 24 39 22 27 34 31 35 36 27 37 29 39 42 47 42 42 44 32 22 25 26 29 29 26 12 1161
9 England Padgett's Suzuki Suzuki 24 22 15 20 28 26 26 35 25 14 26 22 20 38 26 20 29 25 21 22 31 29 27 23 25 31 15 20 32 26 25 36 38 25 33 34 28 37 29 1028
10 England Marshall Tuflex TW2 Motorsport Yamaha 20 26 33 16 27 34 18 28 25 23 25 29 17 20 31 17 24 28 21 27 32 18 28 31 29 28 38 28 27 34 24 25 26 27 26 24 30 33 31 1028
11 England Team Motopower Firehawk Honda 27 20 17 31 21 21 25 11 19 19 19 18 43 23 5 37 13 12 31 30 18 24 13 28 23 16 31 34 25 33 21 36 33 29 32 33 34 32 937
12 England ETI Racing Suzuki 40 12 19 29 30 35 9 12 9 26 18 22 27 11 25 26 15 6 11 8 26 29 36 26 32 31 23 35 24 27 33 22 26 25 23 798
13 England Pirelli Grafters Suzuki 24 25 15 4 6 18 19 28 20 16 11 14 5 20 11 13 17 15 19 20 23 33 24 24 17 32 14 18 20 31 28 35 31 30 32 19 33 27 791
14 England DBK PR Racing Honda 9 21 22 16 15 19 14 28 21 17 16 17 8 23 22 4 7 10 11 8 13 11 15 14 7 10 13 7 13 14 8 8 8 16 12 477
15 England IFC Junior Team Ducati 17 17 7 23 23 24 17 9 20 157
Pos Team Bike SIL
England		 BRH
England		 DON
England		 OUL
England		 SNE
England		 BRH
England		 ROC
England		 KNO
Scotland		 THR
England		 CAD
England		 OUL
England		 MAL
England		 DON
England		 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
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Manufaturers' Championship

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2002 British Superbike Manufacturers' Championship
Pos Manufacturer Bike SIL
England		 BRH
England		 DON
England		 OUL
England		 SNE
England		 BRH
England		 ROC
England		 KNO
Scotland		 THR
England		 CAD
England		 OUL
England		 MAL
England		 DON
England		 Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Italy Ducati Ducati 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 3 1 1 1 605.5
2 Japan Yamaha Yamaha 3 6 6 6 2 3 6 10 3 4 2 6 11 12 6 5 3 3 5 5 4 1 1 2 5 3 348
3 Japan Suzuki Suzuki 4 2 2 3 12 12 5 5 2 11 1 4 6 8 5 4 4 6 4 4 5 2 7 7 2 6 326.5
4 Japan Kawasaki Kawasaki 10 7 Ret Ret 6 8 10 9 11 8 6 11 7 6 8 6 8 5 7 9 6 Ret 5 6 4 4 199.5
5 Japan Honda Honda 15 12 10 10 11 15 12 13 12 14 Ret 14 15 Ret 15 Ret 13 15 9 Ret 15 10 13 11 10 9 77.5
Pos Manufacturer Bike SIL
England		 BRH
England		 DON
England		 OUL
England		 SNE
England		 BRH
England		 ROC
England		 KNO
Scotland		 THR
England		 CAD
England		 OUL
England		 MAL
England		 DON
England		 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
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