Josh Brookes hasn’t been so lucky in these first two opening rounds of the British Superbike championship, he crashed out spectacularly at Paddock Hill Bend in race 1 at Brands Hatch and was forced to sit out race 2.

In the second round that took place at Oulton Park this weekend, Brookes took a sixth place in race 1 and in race 2 was chasing down Stuart Easton but at Britten’s chicane had this new and again highly spectacular crash, he lost the front of his Suzuki GSX-R1000 and the bike then becomes airborne and barely misses Easton.

Easton would later say, “I was so lucky when Josh’s bike came over me; it was like a plane crashing down on me.”

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Cadwell Park offers some mighty fine racing and The Mountain is the most famous part of the English track and is also the most spectacular and challenging as this video of BSB rider Josh Brookes taking his HM Plant Honda over the jump can testify.

While some riders ride over the Mountain, Brookes prefers to jump it:

“Simple, I do it because its the fastest way I know how to get over there. I go as fast as I can and as a result I get air borne. As a bonus its fun and the crowd loves it. I can see why people are scared to jump, it can go bad really easily. I know the years of motocross are an advantage. I know how to jump and not get to out of shape. I go through the turns before the jump just like any other. On the up ramp to the jump I use a lot of throttle but more importantly I keep a lot of lean angle even though its going to be leaving the ground. I stay sat down until the take off point where I stand up as the bike takes off. I get over the front a little because the acceleration makes the front comes up a bit. If the bike stays to level I may give it a rev in the air to get the front up. I like to land rear wheel first.”

Source | bikesportnews.com

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HM Plant Honda BSB riders Josh Brookes and Ryuichi Kiyonari will be wild carding in the WSBK British round at Silverstone scheduled for August 1st.

Both riders have past experience in World Superbikes, Kiyonari won three races for Ten Kate Honda in 2008 before returning to BSB scene this season, while Brookes has 31 races under his belt, including this season’s first round at Phillip Island when he replaced Broc Parkes in Echo CRS Honda team.

The HM Plant Honda team has already partecipated in WSBK’s with Leon Haslam and Cal Crutchlow as wildcards at Donington and Portimao in 2008.

Brookes is currently second in the 2010 BSB championship, with Kiyonari eighth.

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The guys from BikeChannel have done it again it putting together some fabulous race footage and interviews from the British Superbike round at Cadwell Park over the weekend. Race 2 was won by Josh Brooks who now trails Tommy Hill in the overall standings by just 36 points. Hill came in second in Race 2, followed by Michael Laverty, Michael Rutter and John Laverty closing out the top five. The next round takes place at Mallory Park from June 25-27.

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The next British Superbike round takes place this weekend from May 21-23 at Cadwell Park and it looks like Tommy Hill from the Worx Crescent Suzuki team could run away with the title. He sits on 13 points overall at this stage, after three wins, and is followed by Josh Brookes with the HM Plant Honda team on five points. James Ellison and Stuart Easton are sharing third spot on four points each at this stage but with another six rounds to go before the top six contenders battle it out, it could prove an exciting few months. Check out all the action from Oulton Park with Race 1 above, Race 2 below and a couple of interviews with Leon Haslam and Chris Walker for all the inside view on riding techniques, bike set-ups and more. Thanks to the guys from BikeChannel for the videos.

Continue reading: BSB Race 1 and 2 video action from Oulton Park: on to Cadwell

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Here’s Race 1 and 2 in video from the British Superbike round at Thruxton. Again the guys at BikeChannel have got themselves some great pit lane and grid access for a few interviews before the racing. Josh Brookes from the HM Plant Honda took out the top spot in the second race, followed by Tommy Hill with Worx Suzuki, Stuart Easton with Swan Honda and closing out the top four was Ryuichi Kiyonari also with HM Plant Honda. In overall standings, Hill is in first place followed by Brookes and Easton. See the Race 2 video after the jump.

Continue reading: BSB Race 1 and 2 video action from Thruxton

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World Superbike team Echo CRS has decided to replace injured Broc Parkes for the opening round of the Championship at Phillip Island with Josh Brookes.

Brookes who currently rides for British Superbike team HM Plant Honda has already been given the okay from Honda, could also take part in the upcoming WSBK official tests that are scheduled this weekend, always at the Island.

If Parkes doesn’t regain full fitness in time for the second round at Portimao, team manager Sandro di Stefano could ask Brookes to take part in the Portugal race, as the British Superbike Championship kicks off only at the beginning of April at Brands Hatch.

Source | motosprint

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Take a look at what happened in yesterday’s British Superbike race 1 at Mallory Park. HM Plant Honda rider Josh Brookes outbraked himself at the haipin, taking out race leader Simon Andrew and another five riders.

Brookes has been penalised with a two race ban for reckless riding and riding in a manner incompatibile with general safety.

It’s the second time this year that Brookes has been penalised for his riding, the first time when he took out Sylvain Guintoli at the Donington Park round.

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