James Ellison (motorcycle racer)

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For other people named James Ellison, see James Ellison (disambiguation).
James Ellison
File:James Ellison Airwaves Yamaha Team 2009 BSB.jpg
James Ellison signing autographs during the 2009 BSB championship at Snetterton
Nationality British
Born (1980-09-19) 19 September 1980 (age 43)
Lancaster, Lancashire
Current team JG Speedfit Kawasaki
Bike number 77
Website www.jamesellison.co.uk

James Desmond Ellison (born 19 September 1980 in Lancaster) is an English motorcycle racer. After racing during 2013 with Milwaukee Yamaha run by Shaun Muir Racing in British Superbikes, for 2014 Ellison joined Lloyds British GBmoto team, and rode a Kawasaki ZX-10R alongside veteran Chris Walker.[1]

Ellison is a double European Superstock champion, World Endurance champion and has previously raced in British Superbikes, World Supersport, MotoGP, World Endurance and the American AMA Superbike series. His brother Dean is a former motorcycle racer.

Early years

Ellison started racing motorcycles at the age of 15, riding 80 cc machines. After racing in junior championships such as Superteen, he entered the European Superstock series in 1999, winning the title in 2000 and 2001. In 2002, he raced in the Supersport World Championship, before winning the Endurance World Championship in 2003.

British Superbike Championship 2004

For 2004, Ellison switched to the British Superbike Championship. He rode a Yamaha YZF-R1 for the privateer Jentin team. He finished 11th overall, and won the privateer cup for independent riders. As well as the British Superbike Championship season, he received two wild-card entries in the Superbike World Championship, at Silverstone and Brands Hatch. Notably, Ellison finished fifth in the second of two races at Brands Hatch.

Towards the end of 2004, Ellison was asked to race for the WCM MotoGP team after their regular rider, Chris Burns, was injured. He finished 13th at Qatar, and the team signed him for the full 2005 season.

MotoGP 2005–2006

File:James Ellison on Blata WCM 2005 Donington.jpg
James Ellison at the 2005 British motorcycle Grand Prix

In 2005, he scored seven points whilst riding an underpowered bike,[2] but impressed with his attitude and ability.[2]

For 2006 he switched to the Tech 3 Yamaha team. At Philip Island he made history as the first rider to switch bikes mid-race, onto a bike with wet weather tyres. He later finished 16th and out of the points-scoring positions. He said that he was "disappointed" with the balance of the Yamaha M1 bike that season,[3] and that his bike lacked a chassis modification to cure chatter, which the three other Yamaha riders had been riding.[4]

AMA 2007

Ellison's contract with Tech 3 Yamaha was not renewed for following season.[5] He then made the move across the pond and raced in AMA Superbike in the United States for the Corona Honda team in 2007. He had a best finish of 5th at the wet Daytona circuit, in what was a difficult season in the AMA.[6]

British Superbike championship 2008–2010

Ellison returned to British Superbikes for 2008, with the Hydrex Bike Animal team[7] He took his first ever BSB podium in race 2 of round 2 at Oulton Park.[8] After finishing the season with a podium finish at Brands Hatch on 12 October 2008, Ellison announced that he would be leaving the Hydrex Bike Animal team,[9] and three days later, it was announced that Ellison has signed a contract with GSE Racing to ride their Yamaha YZF-R1 for the 2009 season.[10] He took his first career win in round 3 of the series at Donington Park.

At the end of 2009, the title sponsor of GSE Racing, Wrigleys UK, opted not renew their backing of the team. After failing to find an alternative backer, GSE Racing pulled out of the championship,[11] leaving Ellison without a ride for the 2010 British Superbike Championship. On 7 February, Ellison confirmed that he had agreed a contract with the Swan Honda team to ride in the 2010 championship.[12] Ellison's season was closely documented in the film I, Superbiker.

Personal life

During his time in AMA, while attending Texan Ben Spies' birthday party, James met Dallas-area native & Texas Tech University graduate Sarah. The couple married at The Venetian Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, in January 2009. Their first child Ryder Jace Ellison (a boy) was born 20 November 2013.

Career statistics

1996– 125 Clubman's Champion

1998– CB 500 Champion

2000– European Superstock Champion – Honda

2001– European Superstock Champion – Suzuki

2003– World Endurance Champion

−3rd in European Superstocks

−4th place Suzuka 8hr (1st in class)

-Cumbria Sports Personality of the year

2004– BSB Privateer's Champion

2009– BSB Championship 2nd

2010– BSB Rider's Cup Champion

2011– WSS Championship 7th

2012– MotoGP Championship 16th (4th CRT)

All Time

Series Years active Races Poles Podiums Wins 2nd place 3rd place Fast Laps Titles
British Superbike (BSB) 2008–2011 80 0 25 6 9 10 6 0
World Superbike (SBK) 2004, 2008, 2009 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Moto GP 2004–06, 2012 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
World Supersport 2011 12 0 2 0 1 1 2 0

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Pts
1999 Honda RSA GBR SPA ITA GER SMR USA
Ret		 EUR AUT NED GER NC 0
2000 Honda AUS JPN GBR ITA GER SMR SPA EUR
23		 NED
15		 GER
11		 GBR 33rd 6
2002 Kawasaki SPA
15		 AUS
15		 RSA
Ret		 JPN
13		 ITA
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 GER
Ret		 SMR
17		 GBR
13		 GER
9		 NED
16		 ITA
11		 20th 20
2011 Honda AUS
6		 EUR
Ret		 NED
7		 ITA
16		 SMR
7		 SPA
Ret		 CZE
8		 GBR
10		 GER
2		 ITA
6		 FRA
5		 POR
3		 7th 99

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. 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 R1 R2
2004 Yamaha SPA SPA AUS AUS SMR SMR ITA ITA GER GER GBR
Ret		 GBR
7		 USA USA EUR
6		 EUR
5		 NED NED ITA ITA FRA FRA 19th 30
2008 Honda QAT QAT AUS AUS SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA USA USA GER GER SMR SMR CZE CZE GBR GBR EUR
10		 EUR
4		 ITA ITA FRA FRA POR POR 25th 19
2009 Yamaha AUS AUS QAT QAT SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA RSA RSA USA USA SMR SMR GBR
Ret		 GBR
8		 CZE CZE GER GER ITA ITA FRA FRA POR POR 31st 8

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Pts
2004 MotoGP Harris WCM RSA ESP FRA ITA CAT NED BRA GER GBR CZE
Ret		 POR
16		 JPN QAT
13		 MAL
18		 AUS
22		 VAL
19		 26th 3
2005 MotoGP Blata SPA
16		 POR
15		 CHN
13		 FRA
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 CAT
18		 NED
19		 USA
16		 GBR
Ret		 GER
Ret		 CZE
19		 JPN
DNS		 MAL
Ret		 QAT
15		 AUS
14		 TUR
18		 VAL
Ret		 23rd 7
2006 MotoGP Yamaha SPA
16		 QAT
13		 TUR
18		 CHN
16		 FRA
14		 ITA
16		 CAT
9		 NED
Ret		 GBR
14		 GER
13		 USA
13		 CZE
17		 MAL
16		 AUS
16		 JPN
15		 POR
13		 VAL
14		 18th 26
2012 MotoGP ART QAT
18		 SPA
Ret		 POR
Ret		 FRA
11		 CAT
16		 GBR
14		 NED
14		 GER
15		 ITA
14		 USA
Ret		 IND
15		 CZE
15		 RSM
13		 ARA
14		 JPN
14		 MAL
9		 AUS
Ret		 VAL
9		 16th 35

British Superbike Championship

Yr

BSB

 Team THR OUL BHGP DON SNE MAL OUL KNO CAD CRO SIL BHI Pos 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
2008 Honda 7 7 8 2 6 8 4 5 7 10 5 11 2 5 3 5 9 7 Ret 6 3 5 7th 230
Yr

BSB

 Team BHI
England		 OUL
England		 DON
England		 THR
England		 SNE
England		 KNO
Scotland		 MAL
England		 BHGP
England		 CAD
England		 CRO
England		 SIL
England		 OUL
England		 Pos Pts Ref
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3
2009 Yamaha 5 7 5 4 2 1 2 2 4 2 5 3 1 2 6 5 3 3 1 2 4 2 1 4 3 12 2nd 413
Yr

BSB

 Team BHI
England		 THR
England		 OUL
England		 CAD
England		 MAL
England		 KNO
Scotland		 SNE
England		 BHGP
England		 CAD
England		 CRO
England		 SIL
England		 OUL
England		 Pos Pts Ref
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3
2010 Honda 3 1 DNS DNS 13 12 24 C 7 4 Ret 7 5 5 6 6 Ret 6 4 1 3 7 3 7th 210 [13]
Year

BSB

 Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts Ref
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3
2011 Honda BHI BHI OUL OUL CRO CRO THR THR KNO KNO SNE SNE OUL
11		 OUL
C		 BHGP
24		 BHGP
Ret		 BHGP
13		 CAD
13		 CAD
11		 CAD
10		 DON
8		 DON
7		 SIL SIL BHGP
5		 BHGP
3		 BHGP
4		 16th 79 [14]
2013 Yamaha BHI
16		 BHI
1		 THR
6		 THR
3		 OUL
2		 OUL
Ret		 KNO
 KNO
 SNE
 SNE
 BHGP
 BHGP
 OUL
1		 OUL
4		 CAD
 CAD
 DON
 DON
 ASS
 ASS
 SIL
 SIL
 BHGP
 BHGP
 BHGP
 4th* 71* [15]
Year BSB Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts Ref
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3
2014 Kawasaki BHI

3

 BHI

3

 OUL

3

 OUL

3

 SNE

3

 SNE

2

 KNO KNO

8

 BHGP

3

 BHGP THR THR OUL OUL OUL CAD CAD DON

14

 DON

11

 ASS

4

 ASS

7

 SIL

11

 SIL

3

 BHGP

7

 BHGP

2

 BHGP

2

 8th 223 -
2016 Kawasaki SIL SIL OUL OUL BHI BHI KNO KNO SNE SNE THR THR BHGP BHGP BHGP CAD CAD OUL OUL DON DON ASS ASS BHGP BHGP BHGP
Year BSB Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts Ref
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3
2015 Kawasaki DON

1

 DON

12

 BHI

1

 BHI

1

 OUL

6

 OUL

2

 SNE SNE

7

 KNO KNO BHGP

3

 BHGP

4

 THR THR CAD CAD OUL

2

 OUL

5

 OUL

5

 ASS

2

 ASS

2

 SIL

5

 SIL BHGP

6

 BHGP

5

 BHGP

2

 3rd 614 -

References

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  13. ↑ Final 2010 BSB Championship standings | BSB News | Oct 2010 | Crash.Net
  14. ↑ http://www.britishsuperbike.com/media/407432/standings.pdf
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