The 2026 British Superbike Championship season is the 39th season of the motorcycle championship and the 30th anniversary of the current format. Kyle Ryde won his second successive championship in 2025 after entering the season as the defending champion. Ryde's team, Nitrous Competitions Racing, successfully defended their Ceratizit Teams' Trophy on the Yamaha, before switching to Ducati machinery for the current season.
Teams and riders
2026 Entry ListTeamConstructorRiderRoundsAJN Steelstock BimotaBimota19 Joe Talbot1–1030 Max Cook1–10LEW 8TEN Racing BMW MotorradBMW60 Peter Hickman1–2ROKiT BMW Motorrad British Superbike Race Team17 Ilya Mikhalchik1–10 Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing DucatiDucati1 Kyle Ryde1–102 Glenn Irwin1–10Moto Rapido Racing91 Leon Haslam1–10Hager PBM Racing Team45 Scott Redding1–10Bathams AJN Racing79 Storm Stacey1–10 MET fonaCAB Racing Ducati18 Andrew Irwin1–2, 9-108 Graeme Irwin3-783 Danny Buchan8Honda Racing UKHonda7 Ryan Vickers1–1022 Jason O'Halloran1–10MasterMac Honda12 Daniel Brooks615 Eugene McManus1–5, 7-1069 Rhys Irwin1–10DAO Racing Honda14 Lee Jackson1–1025 Josh Brookes1–10TAG Racing Honda4 Scott Swann9-1086 Charlie Nesbitt1–889 Fraser Rogers1–10Whitecliffe CDH Racing Honda23 Luke Hedger1–3, 5, 8-1023 Joe Sheldon-Shaw6-799 Ben Luxton4NP Racing Honda33 Connor Thomson151 Brayden Elliott3-8, 10SM Racing Honda5 Richard Kerr1–10McAMS YamahaYamaha28 Bradley Ray1–10Cheshire Mouldings Yamaha11 Rory Skinner1–1052 Danny Kent1–10Sencat Racing Yamaha21 Christian Iddon1–10
Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider
Team changes After a decade on Kawasaki machinery, AJN Steelstock FS-3 Racing switched to using Bimota, on the back of the Italian constructor's successful debut season in the Superbike World Championship in 2025.
IWR moved away from Honda machinery to become the support team for BMW factory rider Ilya Mikhalchik's debut entry into the championship.
Despite winning the previous year's championship with Yamaha machinery, Nitrous Competitions Racing switched to Ducati on the new Panigale V4R.
Bathams Racing also switched to Ducati after a single season with BMW.
Andrew Irwin entered his own team into the championship by acquiring the previous-generation Ducati from PBM, who along with Nitrous Competitions and Moto Rapido, have received 2026-spec machinery directly from the Ducati factory in Bologna.
SM Racing are a new single-bike entry for this season, run by Sean Meighan and utilising a Honda Fireblade.
TAS Racing switched from Ducati to Yamaha and expanded to a two-bike entry by acquiring the equipment of Mar-Train Racing, who chose to leave the sport after 20 years.
Sencat Racing moved away from Aprilia after two difficult seasons to run Yamaha machinery, which was purchased from Nitrous Competitions Racing upon their switch to Ducati, although despite announcing their intentions to be a two rider lineup, the official season entry list contained only one rider.
Rider changes Christian Iddon left the AJN Steelstock FS-3 Racing team after a single season to join up with the Sencat Racing squad, to operate Yamaha in 2026 after purchasing the 2025 title-winning stock of Nitrous Competitions Racing. The vacant slot at FS-3 Racing for their first season running as the official factory-supported Bimota team will be filled by rookie Joe Talbot, who steps up from the British Supersport Championship. BMW factory-contracted rider Ilya Mikhalchik also debuts in the class for 2026, joining IWR. Scott Swann left the then-Honda IWR team at the end of 2025 and will instead run his own team in the National Superstock Championship. Honda Racing UK will have an all-new team for 2026, with Ryan Vickers returning from the Superbike World Championship to partner Jason O'Halloran who returns to BSB after a spell in the Endurance World Championship. They will take the places of Tommy Bridewell, who leaves the series after eighteen seasons to ride for Superbike Advocates in the Superbike World Championship, and Andrew Irwin who will run his own team in 2026 on a Ducati. Another team will a completely new lineup is MasterMac Honda, who have signed Irish pair Eugene McManus and Rhys Irwin from the British Supersport class to replace John McPhee, who moves to Endurance World Championship racing, and Charlie Nesbitt who has moved to TAG Racing to partner Fraser Rogers at the expense of Jaimie van Sikkelerus. Connor Thomson joins the series full-time with NP Racing despite not racing at all in 2025, after a wildcard entry with the team at the end of 2024. Richard Kerr remains in the championship for another season, moving from the MLav Racing-backed BMW to SM Racing Honda. Danny Kent joins Cheshire Mouldings TAS Racing for this season as the squad expand to running two bikes in the Superbike class, utilising the same Yamaha he ran with the Mar-Train Racing team which ceased operations at the end of 2025. Billy McConnell was left without a ride as his Look Forward Racing Honda team opted not to continue for 2026, but he joined Superstock 1000 with C&L Fairburn Properties.
Race Calendar
RoundCircuitDate 1R1 Oulton Park(International Circuit, Cheshire) 2–4 MayR2R3 2R1 Donington Park(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire) 15–17 MayR2R33R1Knockhill Racing Circuit(Fife)19–21 JuneR2R3 4R1 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit(300 Circuit, Norfolk) 3–5 JulyR2R3 5R1 Brands Hatch(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent) 17–19 JulyR2R36R1Oulton Park(International Circuit, Cheshire)31 July–2 AugustR2R3 7R1 Thruxton Circuit(Hampshire) 14–16 AugustR2R3 8R1 Cadwell Park(Lincolnshire) 29–31 AugustR2R3The Showdown 9 R1 TT Circuit Assen(Grand Prix Circuit, Netherlands) 18–20 SeptemberR2R3 10 R1 Donington Park(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire) 2–4 OctoberR2R3The Showdown Finale 11 R1 Brands Hatch(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent) 16–18 OctoberR2R3
Calendar changes The calendar is largely unchanged from 2025. Snetterton and Knockhill have swapped their 2025 slots as hosts for rounds three and four, while the second visit to Donington Park this season forms the second round of the Showdown, accommodated by the second Oulton Park meet moving into the regular season at round six.
Results Main SeasonRoundCircuitDatePole positionFastest lapWinning riderWinning team1R1 Oulton Park 3 May Kyle Ryde Kyle Ryde Kyle Ryde Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing DucatiR2 4 May Kyle Ryde Bradley Ray Kyle Ryde Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing DucatiR3 Bradley Ray Kyle Ryde Kyle Ryde Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing Ducati2R1 Donington Park 16 May Kyle Ryde Scott Redding Scott Redding Hager PBM Racing TeamR2 17 May Scott Redding Kyle Ryde Kyle Ryde Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing DucatiR3 Kyle Ryde Kyle Ryde Kyle Ryde Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing Ducati3R1 Knockhill 20 June Kyle Ryde Kyle Ryde Kyle Ryde Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing DucatiR2 21 June Kyle Ryde Bradley Ray Kyle Ryde Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing DucatiR3 Bradley Ray Bradley Ray Scott Redding Hager PBM Racing Team4R1 Snetterton4 July Bradley Ray Scott Redding Bradley Ray McAMS YamahaR25 July Scott Redding Scott Redding Scott Redding Hager PBM Racing TeamR3 Scott Redding Kyle Ryde Kyle Ryde Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing Ducati5R1 Brands Hatch18 July Kyle Ryde Scott Redding Kyle Ryde Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing DucatiR219 July Scott Redding Kyle Ryde Kyle Ryde Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing DucatiR3 Kyle Ryde Kyle Ryde Scott Redding Hager PBM Racing Team6R1 Oulton Park1 August Max Cook Bradley Ray Bradley Ray McAMS YamahaR22 August Bradley Ray Kyle Ryde Kyle Ryde Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing DucatiR3 Kyle Ryde Scott Redding Kyle Ryde Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing Ducati7R1 Thruxton15 August Kyle Ryde Bradley Ray Kyle Ryde Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing DucatiR216 August Bradley Ray Bradley Ray Ryan Vickers Honda Racing UKR3 Bradley Ray Leon Haslam Ryan Vickers Honda Racing UK8R1 Cadwell Park30 August Bradley Ray Ryan Vickers Rory Skinner Cheshire Mouldings YamahaR231 August Ryan Vickers Bradley Ray Ryan Vickers Honda Racing UKR3 Bradley Ray Bradley Ray Ryan Vickers Honda Racing UKThe Showdown9R1 Assen19 September Leon Haslam Scott Redding Scott Redding Hager PBM Racing TeamR2 20 September Scott Redding Bradley Ray Scott Redding Hager PBM Racing TeamR3 Bradley Ray Ryan Vickers Kyle Ryde Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing Ducati10R1 Donington Park3 October Kyle Ryde Kyle Ryde Kyle Ryde Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing DucatiR24 October Kyle Ryde Kyle Ryde Kyle Ryde Nitrous Coin Nitrous Competitions Racing DucatiR3 Kyle Ryde Scott Redding Scott Redding Hager PBM Racing Team11R1 Brands Hatch17 OctoberR218 OctoberR3
Championship Standings Riders' Championship
Scoring system in the Main season
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Scoring system in the first two rounds in the showdown
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. 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 Points25222018161412108654321
Scoring system in the season finale
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