A round-up of stats and facts for your delectation ahead of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship visit to Silverstone National

This year will be the fourth time the 1.64-mile Silverstone National circuit has been used for a British Superbike Championship meeting, the first time coming in 2018.

The Silverstone National circuit is the second fastest currently visited by the BSB Championship with the current lap record standing at 110.71mph (53.342s). This was set by Jason O’Halloran in race one in September 2020.

Using various layouts, Silverstone has held a round of the British Superbike Championship every year since 1998.

The 49 BSB races previously held at Silverstone have seen 24 different winners and 40 different podium finishers.

Silverstone is the final round of this year’s championship before the Showdown gets underway.

Four of this year’s Showdown positions have been confirmed – Jason O’Halloran, Tarran Mackenzie, Tommy Bridewell and Christian Iddon with Peter Hickman requiring just one point to confirm his position.

That means the remaining three places are set to be contested between Danny Buchan, Glenn Irwin, Lee Jackson, Bradley Ray, Josh Brookes, Ryan Vickers, Rory Skinner, Andrew Irwin and Gino Rea.

Tarran Mackenzie scored his maiden BSB victory at Silverstone in 2019 and also took his first ever BSB podium at the Northamptonshire circuit in 2018.

Mackenzie has won at Silverstone in each of the last two years.

Glenn Irwin and Dan Linfoot took their first ever BSB wins at Silverstone, in September 2017.

Kyle Ryde recorded his only BSB victories, to date, at Silverstone last year. With second in the opening race held last year, these are his only BSB podiums.

Ryde’s victories are the last time Suzuki won a BSB race.

Out of this year’s BSB entry, six riders have previously been victorious at Silverstone – Josh Brookes (4 wins), Kyle Ryde and Tarran Mackenzie (both 2 wins) and Peter Hickman, Glenn Irwin and Dan Linfoot (all 1 win).

With 15th in race two, Storm Stacey scored his first ever BSB point at Silverstone last year.

With two victories last time out at Snetterton, Tarran Mackenzie has moved on to a career total of 7 wins, the same number as Yukio Kagayama.

The McAMS Yamaha rider has now taken a career total of 26 BSB podiums, the same number as 2013 Champion, Alex Lowes.

Fourth place in the final race at Snetterton last Sunday equalled Gino Rea’s best ever BSB result.

Christian Iddon is set to make his 175th BSB start in the opening race at Silverstone this weekend.

Danny Buchan will make his 150th BSB start in the second race at Silverstone this weekend.

Lee Jackson will make his 125th BSB start in the second race at Silverstone this weekend.

Gino Rea will make his 75th BSB start in the final race at Silverstone on Sunday.

Ryuichi Kiyonari is the most successful rider at Silverstone with six wins, followed by Josh Brookes and Leon Haslam (both 4) and Troy Bayliss, Shane Byrne, Michael Rutter and Alex Lowes (all 3).

Double race wins have been taken at Silverstone by Troy Bayliss (1999), Ryuichi Kiyonari (2006 and 2007), Alex Lowes (2012), Josh Brookes (2015) and Kyle Ryde (2020). Leon Haslam won all three races that were held at the venue in 2018.

Shane Byrne has taken the most BSB podiums at Silverstone (14) followed by Josh Brookes (13), Ryuichi Kiyonari (10), John Reynolds (9), Leon Haslam (7), Michael Rutter, Michael Laverty and Tarran Mackenzie (all 6) and Chris Walker, Steve Hislop, Gregorio Lavilla and James Ellison (all 5).

Tommy Bridewell has taken two podiums at Silverstone but these came back in 2013.

Christian Iddon has also taken two podiums at Silverstone with two thirds in 2016. These were his first ever career BSB podiums.

Xavi Fores and Ryan Vickers both made their BSB debuts at Silverstone in April 2019.

Ducati is the most successful manufacturer at Silverstone with 14 wins followed by Honda (12), Suzuki (8), Yamaha (7), Kawasaki (6) and BMW (2).

Suzuki last won at Silverstone in 2020 with Kyle Ryde.

Yamaha’s last win at Silverstone was also in 2020 with Tarran Mackenzie.

Kawasaki last won at Silverstone in 2018 with Leon Haslam.

Honda’s last win at Silverstone was in 2017 with Dan Linfoot.

Ducati last won a race at Silverstone in 2017 with Glenn Irwin.

BMW were last victorious at Silverstone in 2016 with Michael Laverty.