Thruxton BSB: Race weekend stats, facts and pub ammo

Race weekend stats, facts and pub ammunition for this weekend’s Bennetts British Superbike round at Thruxton:

With the exception of 2020, Thruxton has held a round of the BSB Championship every year since 1996, a total of 51 races.

The 51 races have seen 22 different race winners and 44 different riders stand on the podium.

With a current lap record of 113.61mph, Thruxton is the fastest circuit in use on the BSB calendar.

This weekend will see three former World Champions on the grid – Tom Sykes (WSB, 2013), Tito Rabat (Moto2, 2014) and Danny Kent (Moto3, 2015).

Jason O’Halloran took his 20th career BSB win at the previous round at Brands Hatch to move into 12th overall on the all-time winner’s list.

The Australian now has 59 BSB podiums which places him joint 11th, with Sean Emmett, on the all-time list. He’s four adrift of the top ten with Tommy Bridewell (63) currently occupying tenth place.

O’Halloran has won five of the last seven races and has finished on the podium in the last nine races, never finishing lower than second.

Yamaha have now won 11 of the 15 races to take place so far in 2022.

Tarran Mackenzie’s wins at Brands Hatch were the first time a rider with the number one plate has won a BSB race since August 2012 when Tommy Hill won at Cadwell Park.

All of O’Halloran’s wins came in 2021.

Only one of Leon Haslam’s 46 career BSB wins has been taken at Thruxton, in 2018.

Andrew Irwin took his first ever BSB win in the opening race at Thruxton in 2019. It was also his first ever BSB podium.

Josh Brookes scored four consecutive wins at Thruxton in 2014 and 2015.

Shane Byrne has the highest number of podiums (15) at Thruxton followed by Josh Brookes (14), Michael Rutter (11), Steve Hislop, Gregorio Lavilla,