The 2010 Fuchs-Silkolene
British Supersport Championship season was the 23rd running of the
British Supersport Championship
British Supersport Championship is a support series to the British Superbike Championship (BSB) for engine capacities smaller than Superbike. British Supersport runs one or two rounds per weekend at each BSB event. The BSS championship is seen as ...
. The championship was contested over twelve rounds, beginning on 5 April at
Brands Hatch
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, and finishing on 10 October at
Oulton Park
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.
With five victories and ten podiums in total,
Sam Lowes
Samuel Deane Lowes (born 14 September 1990) is a British motorcycle racer competing in the Moto2 World Championship aboard a Kalex since 2019, and is part of the ELF Marc VDS Racing Team.
Lowes' 2022 season ended early, being unable to race ...
added the main championship title to his Supersport Cup triumph of the previous year. Lowes took the title by 33 points ahead of
James Westmoreland
James Westmoreland, (born 24 June 1988 at Wyton, East Yorkshire), also known as 'Westy', is an English motorcycle racer. In the 2019-2020 season, he will ride a Suzuki GSX-R1000 in the World Endurance Championship.
Westmoreland competed in th ...
, with
Ben Wilson finishing more than 60 points behind Westmoreland in third place in the championship standings. Two other riders won races during the season;
Billy McConnell took back-to-back wins at
Cadwell Park
Cadwell Park is a motor racing circuit in Lincolnshire, England, south of Louth, owned and operated by MotorSport Vision, a business associated with former racing driver Jonathan Palmer.
Sited on former parkland across a steep-sided valley w ...
and
Mallory Park
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, while Graeme Gowland won at
Snetterton
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. Patrick McDougall won the secondary Privateers' Cup after dropped scores, having been outscored by
Jenny Tinmouth
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before the scores were taken into account.
Calendar
* A provisional calendar had been released on 11 October 2009, with twelve rounds listed, including a provisional date at
Donington Park due to renovation of the circuit. Two months later, a revised calendar was released, with
Donington Park losing the rights to hold their race on 10–12 September, after Donington Ventures Leisure Ltd was placed into administration. These dates were used for a round at
Croft
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* Crofting, small-scale food production
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Locations In the Uni ...
,
with a second meeting at
Cadwell Park
Cadwell Park is a motor racing circuit in Lincolnshire, England, south of Louth, owned and operated by MotorSport Vision, a business associated with former racing driver Jonathan Palmer.
Sited on former parkland across a steep-sided valley w ...
replacing the original Croft date.
Entry List
Championship standings
Riders Championship
Privateers Championship
References
External links
The official website of the British Supersport Championship
{{British Supersport Championship
British
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Supersport
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