Chris Martin (born 24 January 1981) is a British
superbike
A sport bike (sports motorcycle, or sports bike) is a motorcycle designed and optimized for speed, acceleration, braking, and cornering on asphalt concrete race tracks and roads. They are mainly designed for performance at the expense of comfor ...
rider who is currently competing in the
British Superbike Championship
The British Superbike Championship (BSB), currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Bennetts British Superbike Championship, is the leading road racing superbike championship in the United Kingdom, and was once widely acknowledged as the p ...
for the Gearlink
Kawasaki team. Martin is a previous British Superbike Privateers Cup Champion in 2006.
Career
Starting Out
Martin started out doing the 125cc
Aprilia
Aprilia is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded immediately after World War II in Noale, Italy, by Alberto Beggio. The company started as a manufacturer of bicycles and moved on to manufacture scooters and small-capacity motorcycles. ...
challenge, spending 3 years between 1997-99. Martin then spent 3 years in the British 125cc Championship from 2000 to 2003.
British Superbike Championship 2004-07
Martin then moved from the 125cc machines into the Superbike class, Martin rode a Privateer machine throughout his time in BSB, he finished 6th and 2nd in the championship in the first two years, but Martin moved to PR Branson Honda, and became the privateer champion of 2006. Martin switched to Red Viper Racing for BSB for 2007 without much success.
British Supersport Championship 2008-09
Martin moved down to the supersport class for 2008 joining the gearlink
Kawasaki team, finishing in 6th on 99 points. Martin continued with the Gearlink
Kawasaki team for the 2009 season. The 2009 season was a struggle for Martin only finishing 2 of the 9 races. Despite this Martin claimed his first win in the British Supersport class at
Mallory Park
Mallory Park is a motor racing circuit situated in the village of Kirkby Mallory, just off the A47, between Leicester and Hinckley, in central England. Originally used for grass-track until 1955, a new, basically oval hard-surfaced course ...
, that he completed crashing heavily at
Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England, United Kingdom. Originally used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently host ...
.
Career stats
* Correct as of 19 July 2010
British Supersport Championship
References
External links
ProfileBSB Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Chris
1981 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Beverley
British Supersport Championship riders
British Superbike Championship riders