The British Superbike Championship will remain with Kyle Ryde as he defended his crown in the 2025 season.

At the final round of the 2025 British Superbike Championship, Kyle Ryde became the first rider to defend the British Superbike Championship since Shane Byrne in 2017.

The 2024 and 2025 British Superbike Champion took a sixth-place finish in the wet conditions at Brands Hatch, which was enough to claim his second Superbike Championship.

It was a 'difficult' race for Ryde in the difficult conditions, but he did enough to hold on to the British Superbike crown for another season.

"This one, I am just super happy, I only got upset when I was with Mum and Dad, and I saw how much it meant to them," Ryde told British Superbikes after winning his second title.

"They have put so much money, time, and effort into even getting my first one, so to get a second one is just a cherry on top. So thanks to them for believing in me, all my sponsors, this one is an absolute massive bonus, and any more we get will be more bonuses.

"Just super, super happy to pull through there. That was a difficult race. Even though I had a 30-point lead, you saw how many people fell off in front of me. I did not have a knee slider on either, so it was very difficult."

'There were a lot of curve balls chucked at me...'

After Races One and Two had been in the dry at Brands Hatch, rain started falling ahead of the final race of the season to add extra drama to the title decider.

At the chequered flag, only 13 riders were able to cross the line as many had crashed in the 'treacherous' conditions. However, despite losing a knee slider and the wet conditions, Ryde hung on and secured his second title.

"At the start, I was quite surprised. I was quite loose on the bike," he explained when asked about the title deciding race.

"I had a few moments, not moments that scared me, just nice ones, that show you have good speed in the wet. When there were eight laps to go, and I saw three or four people go down, it was obviously treacherous. But there was not enough standing water for the soft wet to work properly, so there was a lot of spinning up out of Druids and out the back. It was very difficult.

"Also, not having a knee slider on, I am terrible when I can’t put my knee down in the wet. There were a lot of curve balls chucked at me, at some points I thought it was going to go wrong. But once Dad started shaking the pit board at me and telling me I had a massive gap to where I needed to finish, I relaxed a bit. Anyone behind, I think Max [Cook] was right behind me, and he stayed there, so to anyone like that, thanks."