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In 2011, she began racing a superbike full-time, entering the British Superbike Championship and racing for the Splitlath Motorsport Team. [8] Tinmouth began her own British Superbike Team – Two Wheel Racing – in 2011, running under the name of her main sponsors Hardinge and Sorrymate.com, [ 9 ] making her the first ever female British ...
Riders Roberta Ponziani joined Klint Forward Team, who had increased their entry to two bikes for 2025, [4] and Ornella Ongaro races for Ongaro Racing. Sonya Lloyd, who had participated in the series in 2024 as a wildcard at Jerez , joined Team Trasimeno [ 5 ] with factory support from Yamaha USA.
Patsy Quick is an English off road motorcycle racer, from Heathfield, East Sussex. [1] She was the first British woman to compete in the Dakar Rally in 2003 and became the first British woman to complete it in 2006 .
Costello riding a BMW S1000RR at the 2016 Oldtimer Grand Prix in Schwanenstadt, Austria. Maria Costello MBE (born 9 June 1973, Northampton, England) from Spratton in Northamptonshire, [1] is a British motorcycle racer who held the Guinness World Record for being the fastest woman to lap the Isle of Man TT course at an average speed of 114.73 mph until Jenny Tinmouth took the record at the 2009 TT.
Emma Elizabeth Fry [1] MBE (née Bristow; born 29 October 1990) is a British professional motorcycle trials rider and nine-times [2] Women’s World Championship rider in World Trials. In 2014, Bristow became the first British rider to win the Women's FIM Trial World Championship .
Two feeder series were created, [19] The Italian Women’s Speed Championship [20] and the Women’s Cup entry-level trophy. Both the feeder series are run in Italy. [19] With women's world championships already set up in motocross, enduro, and trials and feeder series in place, the FIM initiated the WorldWCR in 2023 in conjunction with Dorna. [1]
The BSS championship is seen as a stepping stone for the younger talent to progress to the British Superbike Championship or to World level classes. Riders such as: Tom Sykes, Cal Crutchlow, Sam Lowes, Alex Lowes, Jonathan Rea Leon Camier and Rory Skinner; all raced in this championship during their early careers.
Eva Askquith (1905–1985), at times misspelt as Ashquith or Asquith, was a pioneering British female speedway motorcycle racer in the three seasons from 1928 and 1930 when female riders were allowed race speedway in Britain. [1] She was one of only four British female speedway riders at this time and also raced internationally.