Shane Byrne (motorcycle racer)

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Shane Byrne
File:Shane Byrne in 2013 cropped.JPG
Byrne at Oulton Park British Superbikes in 2013
Nationality British
Born (1976-12-10) 10 December 1976 (age 47)
Lambeth, London
Current team Be Wiser PBM Ducati
Bike number 67
Website shakey.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years 2004–2005
Manufacturers Aprilia, Honda, Proton-KTM
Championships 0
2005 Championship position 24th (6 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
20 0 0 0 0 24
Superbike World Championship
Active years 2002–2003, 2009–present
Manufacturers Ducati
Championships 0
2009 Championship position 8th (192 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
54 2 3 0 1 395

Shane 'Shakey' Byrne (born 10 December 1976 in Lambeth, London),[1] often known as Shakey, is a British motorcycle road racer. He is a four-time champion of the British Superbike Championship (2003,[2] 2008,[3] 2012 and 2014), a race winner in the Superbike World Championship[4] and a former competitor in MotoGP.[5]

Early days

While working as a road tester for Colin Schiller's Fast Bikes magazine, Byrne participated in track days on a Ducati 996 SPS, impressing Paul Bird at a wet Oulton Park, who was to become his future boss.

Byrne emerged in the British Superbike Championship in 1999, initially on a private Kawasaki, the same model of bike that Dave Heal would go to win the Privateers Championship on the next year, so it was a relatively competitive machine. In 2001 he was 8th in the championship on board the performance house Suzuki (which was raced in wsb in 1997 by the Harris brothers,and is now being restored back to this spec). Byrne had 5 top-5 finishes in the 2001 season, and was comfortably champion of the Cup for privateers – he was the privateer winner in 22 races out of 26.[6]

Success

He then joined Renegade Ducati for 2002, taking his first BSB win, and replaced reigning champion Steve Hislop with MonsterMob for 2003. He stunned the paddock by storming to a string of wins, taking the title with ease. He impressed further by achieving a double win at Brands Hatch for the British round of the Superbike World Championship.

International racing

File:Shane Byrne on Proton KTM 2005 Donington.jpg
Byrne riding a Proton KTM at the 2005 British Grand Prix

For 2004 he joined fellow Brit Jeremy McWilliams in MotoGP with Aprilia,[7] although he missed several races through injury. He spent much of 2005 racing for Kenny Roberts' team on a KTM bike,[8] before they were forced to pull out due to an internal dispute between the chassis and engine manufacturers.[9] He raced in Malaysia and Qatar for Camel Honda replacing the injured Troy Bayliss, but after finishing 14th and 13th Byrne did not impress Honda enough and was replaced by Chris Vermeulen.[10]

Back to Britain

For 2006 he returned to the British Superbike championship with Rizla Suzuki squad.[11] His first podium came in race 7, despite a severe stomach bug that weekend.He missed races 11 and 12 after a 187 mph crash caused by a brake failure, although he was not seriously hurt. At Knockhill he qualified 2nd, and followed a 2nd place finish in race 1 with the team's first win of the season in race 2. This was despite the team's bikes having been stolen and dumped in a barn alongside horse manure a week previously. At the final round of the season he was running 3rd when he highsided, being knocked out in the process. Although he again escaped serious injury, he was unable to contest the final race of the year, which meant he slipped from 4th to 6th in the championship standings.[12]

For 2007, Byrne was re-united with his former Monstermob boss Paul Bird who was now running the Stobart Vent-Axia team, a privateer team using the 1000cc Honda Fireblade. The Honda was competitive from the start, giving Byrne more opportunities to fight at the front. He finished fifth overall, with a win, a pole position, and nine further podiums.[13]

For the 2008 British Superbike championships, Byrne competed for the Airwaves Ducati squad on a Ducati 1098 alongside Leon Camier.[14] The combination was immediately dominant. He won three of the opening four races – in the second race at Oulton Park he went wide on lap one, dropping to 13th place, but fought back. Almost immediately after he passed Cal Crutchlow for third place, Leon Haslam hit Tom Sykes, giving Byrne the lead. This race was stopped four laps early, after several riders including Crutchlow and Karl Harris fell. In race 2 at Snetterton he was held up by a crashing Harris on lap 1, dropping to 13th before fighting back to win. He finished each of the first 14 races on the podium, often coming through the field after poor starts.

Byrne returned to the British Superbike Championship in 2011, this time with Lincolnshire based HM Plant Honda alongside Japanese rider and three time BSB Champion Ryuichi Kiyonari.

In 2012, Byrne made a return to Paul Bird Motorsport, along with Stuart Easton.

2016 sees Byrne again competing in BSB Chamionship on a fully factory-supported Ducati Panigale R sponsored by Be Wiser Insurance.[15]

World Superbikes

24 hours after clinching the British Superbikes Championship, Byrne confirmed that he would contest the 2009 World Superbikes championship with the Sterilgarda Ducati team, teamed with Alex Polita.[16] This was his first full-time World Superbike campaign, although he has made successful wild card appearances in the past.[17] Byrne became Sterilgarda Ducati's sole rider in February (due to apparent financial problems forcing Polita out) and recorded his first podium with the team, a second place, in the first race at the San Marino round of the championship.

Due to financial problems, the Sterilgarda team failed to announce its intention to compete in the 2010 Superbike World Championship season, leaving Byrne without a confirmed ride for 2010. In November 2009, Byrne announced that he signed for the Althea Racing team for the 2010 season. He raced alongside former Honda rider Carlos Checa.[18] He was well behind Checa in performance, had no top five finishes by midseason, and said he was "bitterly disappointed" with the season as a whole.[19]

Personal life

Byrne married Czech-national Petra in November 2010. The couple have two children, and share their time between homes in Kent and Spain.

Career statistics

Stats correct as of 19 October 2014

By championship

British Superbike Championship

Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts Ref
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2
2006 Suzuki BHI
6		 BHI
11		 DON
5		 DON
NC		 THR
5		 THR
8		 OUL
2		 OUL
3		 MON
C		 MON
C		 MAL
4		 MAL
5		 SNE
 SNE
 KNO
2		 KNO
1		 OUL
4		 OUL
5		 CRO
5		 CRO
4		 CAD
4		 CAD
Ret		 SIL
Ret		 SIL
4		 BHGP
Ret		 BHGP
DNS		 6th 224 [12]
2007 Honda BHGP
4		 BHGP
13		 THR
4		 THR
3		 SIL
Ret		 SIL
Ret		 OUL
6		 OUL
3		 SNE
Ret		 SNE
3		 MON
2		 MON
2		 KNO
4		 KNO
5		 OUL
2		 OUL
3		 MAL
1		 MAL
3		 CRO
9		 CRO
7		 CAD
4		 CAD
Ret		 DON
3		 DON
6		 BHI
6		 BHI
Ret		 5th 293 [20]
2008 Ducati BHGP
C		 BHGP
C		 THR
1		 THR
2		 OUL
1		 OUL
1		 BHGP
1		 BHGP
2		 DON
1		 DON
1		 SNE
2		 SNE
1		 MAL
1		 MAL
2		 OUL
3		 OUL
3		 KNO
2		 KNO
Ret		 CAD
3		 CAD
3		 CRO
5		 CRO
4		 SIL
3		 SIL
2		 BHI
1		 BHI
1		 1st 474 [21]
2011 Honda BHI
1		 BHI
3		 OUL
6		 OUL
3		 CRO
Ret		 CRO
1		 THR
3		 THR
1		 KNO
3		 KNO
2		 SNE
3		 SNE
4		 OUL
4		 OUL
C		 BHGP
16		 BHGP
1		 BHGP
3		 CAD
3		 CAD
3		 CAD
4		 DON
4		 DON
8		 SIL
5		 SIL
5		 BHGP
6		 BHGP
1		 BHGP
1		 3rd 625 [22]
2012 Kawasaki BHI
7		 BHI
C		 THR
4		 THR
3		 OUL
11		 OUL
2		 OUL
1		 SNE
Ret		 SNE
2		 KNO
1		 KNO
2		 OUL
3		 OUL
3		 OUL
2		 BHGP
1		 BHGP
1		 CAD
DNS		 CAD
DNS		 DON
 DON
 ASS
1		 ASS
2		 SIL
2		 SIL
2		 BHGP
1		 BHGP
1		 BHGP
1		 1st 683 [23]
2013 Kawasaki BHI
1		 BHI
3		 THR
1		 THR
1		 OUL
Ret		 OUL
1		 KNO
1		 KNO
1		 SNE
3		 SNE
1		 BHGP
Ret		 BHGP
1		 OUL
2		 OUL
1		 OUL
2		 CAD
2		 CAD
4		 DON
2		 DON
2		 ASS
2		 ASS
Ret		 SIL
2		 SIL
1		 BHGP
3		 BHGP
Ret		 BHGP
3		 2nd 636 [24]
2014 Ducati BHI
1		 BHI
1		 OUL
1		 OUL
2		 SNE
1		 SNE
1		 KNO
2		 KNO
1		 BHGP
2		 BHGP
5		 THR
2		 THR
2		 OUL
3		 OUL
3		 OUL
2		 CAD
2		 CAD
2		 DON
2		 DON
2		 ASS
Ret		 ASS
1		 SIL
1		 SIL
2		 BHGP
Ret		 BHGP
1		 BHGP
1		 1st 6823 [25]
2015 Kawasaki DON
2		 DON
1		 BHI
2		 BHI
2		 OUL
3		 OUL
Ret		 SNE
1		 SNE
1		 KNO
1		 KNO
1		 BHGP
Ret		 BHGP
2		 THR
4		 THR
2		 CAD
6		 CAD
4		 OUL
1		 OUL
Ret		 OUL
1		 ASS
4		 ASS
5		 SIL
2		 SIL
5		 BHGP
2		 BHGP
2		 BHGP
3		 2nd 6623 [26]
2016 Kawasaki SIL
 SIL
 OUL
 OUL
 BHI
 BHI
 KNO
 KNO
 SNE
 SNE
 THR
 THR
 BHGP
 BHGP
 CAD
 CAD
 OUL
 OUL
 OUL
 DON
 DON
 ASS
 ASS
 BHGP
 BHGP
 BHGP
 * *
  • * Season still in progress
Notes
1.^ – 2011–2012 Byrne qualified for "The Showdown" part of the BSB season, thus before the 11th round he was awarded 500 points plus the podium credits he had gained throughout the season. Podium credits are given to anyone finishing 1st, 2nd or 3rd, with 3, 2 and 1 points awarded respectively.
2.^ – 2013 Byrne qualified for "The Showdown" part of the BSB season, thus before the 10th round he was awarded 500 points plus the podium credits he had gained throughout the season. Podium credits are given to anyone finishing 1st, 2nd or 3rd, with 3, 2 and 1 points awarded respectively.
3.^ – 2014-2015 Byrne qualified for "The Showdown" part of the BSB season, thus before the 10th round he was awarded 500 points plus the podium credits he had gained throughout the season. Podium credits are given to anyone finishing 1st, 2nd or 3rd, with 5, 3 and 1 points awarded respectively.

Superbike World Championship

Pos Class Bike ESP
Spain		 AUS
Australia		 JPN
Japan		 ITA
Italy		 GER
Germany		 GBR
United Kingdom		 SMR
San Marino		 USA
United States		 GBR
United Kingdom		 NED
Netherlands		 ITA
Italy		 FRA
France		 Pos Pts Ref
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
2003 SBK Ducati 1 1 16th 50
Yr Class Team AUS
Australia		 QAT
Qatar		 SPA
Spain		 NED
Netherlands		 ITA
Italy		 RSA
South Africa		 USA
United States		 SMR
San Marino		 GBR
United Kingdom		 CZE
Czech Republic		 GER
Germany		 ITA
Italy		 FRA
France		 POR
Portugal		 Pos Pts Ref
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
2009 SBK Ducati Ret Ret 6 12 9 11 11 8 14 18 9 Ret 11 10 2 6 5 4 4 8 10 Ret Ret 7 8 7 4 4 8th 192 [27]
Pos Class Bike AUS
Australia		 POR
Portugal		 SPA
Spain		 NED
Netherlands		 ITA
Italy		 RSA
South Africa		 USA
United States		 SMR
San Marino		 CZE
Czech Republic		 GBR
United Kingdom		 GER
Germany		 ITA
Italy		 FRA
France		 Pos Pts Ref
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
2010 SBK Ducati 14 12 6 7 Ret 8 9 8 13 9 15 13 6 7 9 7 12 9 9 8 9 10 8 6 9 8 10th 169 [28]

See also

References

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