2004 British Superbike Championship

The 2004 British Superbike season was the 17th British Superbike Championship season. Shane Bryne was the reigning champion but he left the race in MotoGP.

John Reynolds took his third and final championship for Rizla Suzuki after starting the season with a run of 11 consecutive podium finishes. Michael Rutter, riding for HM Plant Honda, also started the season strong, but a mid-season slump saw him finish 29 points behind in 2nd. Reynolds' teammate, Yukio Kagayama finished the season 3rd.

The Superbike Cup for Privateer entries was dominated by James Ellison who finished 133 points clear of nearest challenger Jon Kirkham.

2004 Calendar
Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Rider	Winning Team	Ref
1	R1	Silverstone International	28 March	Michael Rutter[1]	Michael Rutter	Michael Rutter	HM Plant Honda	[2]
	R2				Michael Rutter	John Reynolds	Rizla Suzuki	[3]
2	R1	Brands Hatch Indy	12 April	Sean Emmett[4]	John Reynolds	John Reynolds	Rizla Suzuki	[5]
	R2				Michael Rutter	Sean Emmett	MonsterMob Ducati	[6]
3	R1	Snetterton	25 April	Michael Rutter[7]	John Reynolds	Yukio Kagayama	Rizla Suzuki	[8]
	R2				Michael Rutter	John Reynolds	Rizla Suzuki	[9]
4	R1	Oulton Park	3 May	John Reynolds[10]	Yukio Kagayama	Yukio Kagayama	Rizla Suzuki	[11]
	R2				Michael Rutter	Yukio Kagayama	Rizla Suzuki	[12]
5	R1	Mondello Park	23 May	Michael Rutter[13]	John Reynolds	Scott Smart	Hawk Kawasaki	[14]
	R2				John Reynolds	Michael Rutter	HM Plant Honda	[15]
6	R1	Thruxton	6 June	Dean Thomas[16]	Sean Emmett	Michael Rutter	HM Plant Honda	[17]
	R2				Michael Rutter	Sean Emmett	MonsterMob Ducati	[18]
7	R1	Brands Hatch GP	20 June	Yukio Kagayama[19]	John Reynolds	John Reynolds	Rizla Suzuki	[20]
	R2				John Reynolds	Leon Haslam	Team Renegade Ducati	[21]
8	R1	Knockhill	4 July	John Reynolds[22]	Yukio Kagayama	Scott Smart	Hawk Kawasaki	[23]
	R2				Sean Emmett	James Haydon	Virgin Mobile Yamaha	[24]
9	R1	Mallory Park	18 July	Scott Smart[25]	Yukio Kagayama	John Reynolds	Rizla Suzuki	[26]
	R2				Ryuichi Kiyonari	Scott Smart	Hawk Kawasaki	[27]
10	R1	Croft	15 August	Yukio Kagayama[28]	Michael Rutter	Michael Rutter	HM Plant Honda	[29]
	R2				John Reynolds	Michael Rutter	HM Plant Honda	[30]
11	R1	Cadwell Park	30 August	Scott Smart[31]	Yukio Kagayama	Michael Rutter	HM Plant Honda	[32]
	R2				Yukio Kagayama	Yukio Kagayama	Rizla Suzuki	[33]
12	R1	Oulton Park	12 September	Michael Rutter[34]	Sean Emmett	John Reynolds	Rizla Suzuki	[35]
	R2				Yukio Kagayama	Michael Rutter	HM Plant Honda	[36]
13	R1	Donington Park	19 September	Ryuichi Kiyonari[37]	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Ryuichi Kiyonari	HM Plant Honda	[38]
	R2				Michael Rutter	Ryuichi Kiyonari	HM Plant Honda	[39]

2004 Entry List[40] Team Bike No Riders Class Rounds Rizla Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 2 John Reynolds All 71 Yukio Kagayama 1–5, 7–13 Gregorio Lavilla 6 HM Plant Honda Honda CBR1000RR 3 Michael Rutter All 23 Ryuichi Kiyonari All Virgin Mobile Samsung Yamaha YZF-R1 4 Steve Plater 1–4, 9–13 6 Gary Mason All 8 Tommy Hill All 36 James Haydon 5–13 MonsterMob Ducati Ducati 999 F04 5 Sean Emmett All Team Vitrans Honda CBR1000RR 9 Craig Coxhell All ETI Racing Ducati 998 F02 10 Stuart Easton 1, 4–6 Iain MacPherson 7–9 19 James Haydon 3 34 Paul Brown 10–13 Suregas Racing Ducati 998RS 11 Malcolm Ashley C 1–5, 7, 9 Sendo Ducati Dienza Ducati 998 F02 12 Dean Thomas All 52 Dean Ellison 1 Medd Racing Ducati 999RS 14 Nick Medd C 1–4, 7, 10–13 Sovereign Engineering Suzuki GSX-R1000 15 Sam Corke C 1–9, 11 Jon Kirkham Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 16 Jon Kirkham C All Jentin Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 17 James Ellison C All Darrennthomasracing.com Suzuki GSX-R1000 18 Darren Thomas C 1–2 BTS Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 20 Stephen Thompson C 5 86 Cameron Donald C 5–6 Ipone MP Ducati Racing Ducati 998RS 21 Michael Pensavalle C 9, 11–13 KP Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 22 Denver Robb C 1–2, 4–5, 7–8, 10 Hobbs Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 25 Dennis Hobbs C 1–11 Carmasters Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 26 Chris Martin C All Thunderchild Racing Ducati 998RS 27 Vince Whittle C 1–3 Thunderchild/Zakspeed Suzuki GSX-R1000 Zak Barry C 12 Travel City Direct Suzuki GSX-R1000 28 Paul Jones C 1–4 Phase One Endurance Yamaha YZF-R1 30 Stéphane Mertens 13 31 Henry Fincher 13 Nutttravel.com Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 38 Marty Nutt C 1, 12–13 BMR Racing Kawasaki ZX-10R 39 Warren Scott C 2–4 Chris Platt C 5 97 C 6–13 Team Renegade Ducati Ducati 999RS 41 Noriyuki Haga 4, 7 91 Leon Haslam 4, 7 PR Branson Honda Honda CBR1000RR 43 Kiel Bryce C 4, 6–10 68 Gordon Blackley C 1–2 Francis Williamson C 3 Howie Mainwaring C 12–13 Hawk Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 44 John McGuinness 10–13 75 7–9 Glen Richards 1–6, 10–13 88 Scott Smart All Superbike Direct Suzuki GSX-R1000 48 Derek Shiels C 5 Rothwell Motorsports Yamaha YZF-R1 50 Steve Brogan C 5–9, 11–12 RBSD/Performance Bikes Suzuki GSX-R1000 54 Dijon Compton C 1–6 Gus Scott C 7, 9–13 Quay Garage Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 56 James Buckingham C All Bike Magazine/fwr.co.uk Suzuki GSX-R1000 61 Adam Hitchcox C 1–7 McKenny Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 68 Declan Swanton C 5 B&M Racing Ireland Honda CBR1000RR 72 Derek Wilson C 5 Team Colin Appleyard Yamaha YZF-R1 74 Kieran Clarke 1–9, 11–13

Icon Class C Privateers Cup Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

Pos Rider Bike SIL BHI SNE OUL MOP THR BHGP KNO MAL CRO CAD OUL DON Pts[41] 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 1 John Reynolds Suzuki 3 1 1 FL 3 2 FL 1 2 P 2 P 2 FL 2 FL 2 Ret 1 FL 7 FL 4 P 3 P 1 2 5 3 FL Ret 8 1 1 3 6 446 2 Michael Rutter Honda 1 P FL 3 P FL 2 2 FL 3 P 2 P FL 3 3 FL 20 P 1 P 1 2 FL 5 14 9 4 6 Ret 1 FL 1 1 Ret 2 P 2 P 2 2 FL 417 3 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki 4 Ret 3 5 1 4 1 FL 1 4 5 4 P 3 P 3 FL 5 2 FL 15 2 P Ret P 3 FL 1 FL 3 3 FL 14 5 335 4 Scott Smart Kawasaki 7 5 4 4 5 6 5 5 1 3 6 4 Ret 5 1 6 3 P 1 P 3 2 20 P 2 P 8 Ret 4 4 330 5 Sean Emmett Ducati 5 4 Ret P 1 P 4 3 8 Ret 6 7 3 FL 1 2 2 Ret 2 FL 7 5 7 11 10 3 4 FL 4 5 3 315 6 Ryuichi Kiyonari Honda 2 2 6 6 7 9 WD WD 13 8 18 20 10 14 4 3 FL 4 4 2 16 12 6 1 P FL 1 P 234 7 Dean Thomas Ducati 8 6 Ret 8 6 5 4 4 5 Ret 5 P Ret P 10 Ret Ret 9 8 8 8 Ret 6 4 7 5 7 7 193 8 James Haydon Ducati 10 14 181 Yamaha 9 12 Ret Ret 8 6 2 1 5 4 6 5 4 6 14 8 8 8 9 Tommy Hill Yamaha 14 10 9 10 8 10 9 14 Ret 6 9 6 7 8 Ret Ret Ret 6 9 Ret 5 Ret 9 10 10 14 137 10 Glen Richards Kawasaki 9 Ret Ret 7 9 7 6 9 3 4 Ret DNS WD WD 7 5 6 9 6 Ret 125 11 Gary Mason Yamaha Ret 8 5 9 Ret 11 7 7 Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 10 6 Ret 14 7 Ret 6 11 Ret 11 Ret 9 12 116 12 James Ellison Yamaha 12 15 14 18 11 12 10 8 13 Ret 8 5 15 13 7 10 15 13 11 9 14 10 15 13 11 9 111 13 Craig Coxhell Honda 10 12 Ret 17 Ret 13 11 11 8 9 11 9 14 9 15 8 Ret 11 13 8 Ret 13 18 12 18 15 92 14 John McGuinness Kawasaki 3 6 Ret 7 9 9 10 7 9 9 13 Ret Ret 11 86 15 Jon Kirkham Suzuki 13 11 8 11 Ret DNS 14 12 11 13 14 11 13 Ret 5 11 16 Ret 15 13 12 14 17 14 12 Ret 77 16 Kieran Clarke Yamaha 16 Ret 10 13 Ret 15 16 13 10 8 10 7 WD WD 12 12 12 Ret 8 7 16 11 Ret DNS 76 17 Steve Plater Yamaha Ret 9 11 12 Ret 8 DNS DNS 11 10 Ret 10 Ret Ret 5 7 Ret 10 67 18 Dennis Hobbs Suzuki 17 13 12 14 12 16 12 Ret 12 11 17 13 11 15 14 15 10 12 14 14 DNS DNS 52 19 Leon Haslam Ducati Ret 6 8 1 43 20 Sam Corke Suzuki 15 Ret 7 Ret 13 18 13 Ret 14 Ret 16 14 9 12 Ret 13 17 16 16 11 39 21 James Buckingham Suzuki 18 Ret 15 15 14 17 15 15 7 10 12 10 Ret 16 16 16 18 18 16 15 Ret Ret 19 15 15 19 34 22 Gregorio Lavilla Suzuki 4 3 29 23 Stuart Easton Ducati 11 7 Ret Ret Ret 14 15 12 21 24 Paul Brown Ducati 12 12 13 Ret 10 Ret Ret 13 20 25 Iain MacPherson Ducati 16 17 8 17 13 14 13 26 Marty Nutt Yamaha 6 Ret 21 Ret 19 21 10 27 Chris Platt Kawasaki DNQ DNQ 21 18 12 18 11 Ret Ret Ret 19 17 Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret 22 10 28 Chris Martin Suzuki 19 17 18 Ret 15 19 17 17 16 18 20 17 Ret 19 13 Ret DNS DNS 17 16 15 17 20 16 13 16 8 29 Noriyuki Haga Ducati Ret 10 Ret DNS 6 30 Steve Brogan Yamaha Ret Ret 19 16 Ret 11 Ret Ret 20 17 Ret Ret Ret 20 5 31 Gus Scott Suzuki DNS DNS 21 20 18 18 17 12 Ret 17 17 17 4 32 Malcolm Ashley Ducati Ret 16 13 16 17 Ret 19 16 Ret DNS Ret DNS 19 Ret 4 33 Dean Ellison Ducati Ret 14 2 34 Cameron Donald Suzuki 18 15 18 15 2 35 Derek Shiels Suzuki 15 17 1 36 Michael Pensaville Ducati WD WD 18 15 Ret Ret 20 23 1 37 Denver Robb Suzuki Ret Ret DNQ DNQ 21 22 17 16 Ret DNS Ret DNS Ret Ret 0 38 Warren Scott Kawasaki DNQ DNQ 16 20 18 Ret 0 39 Stéphane Mertens Yamaha 16 18 0 40 Paul Jones Suzuki 20 18 16 Ret 18 Ret Ret 18 0 41 Adam Hitchcox Suzuki Ret DNS 17 19 Ret DNS DNS DNS 19 19 22 19 17 21 0 42 Nick Medd Ducati Ret Ret DNQ DNQ Ret Ret DNS DNS Ret DNS Ret Ret 19 DNS Ret Ret DNQ DNQ 0 43 Vince Whittle Ducati DNS DNS Ret DNS DNS DNS 0 44 Howie Mainwaring Honda 22 18 Ret 20 0 45 Dijon Compton Suzuki DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ Ret Ret 20 19 Ret DNS Ret DNS 0 46 Kiel Bryce Honda DNQ DNQ 23 20 20 22 Ret Ret 22 19 Ret DNS 0 47 Declan Swanton Suzuki Ret DNS 0 48 Gordon Blackley Honda DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 49 Darren Thomas Suzuki DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 50 Francis Williamson Honda DNQ DNQ 0 51 Derek Wilson Honda DNQ DNQ 0 52 Zak Berry Suzuki DNQ DNQ 0 53 Henry Fincher Yamaha DNQ DNQ 0 54 Stephen Thompson Suzuki WD WD 0 Pos Rider Bike SIL BHI SNE OUL MOP THR BHGP KNO MAL CRO CAD OUL DON Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) P - Pole FL - Fastest Lap

Position	Rider	Points
1	James Ellison	528
2	Jon Kirkham	395
3	Dennis Hobbs	330
4	James Buckingham	320
5	Sam Corke	241
6	Chris Martin	236
7	Gus Scott	101
8	Chris Platt	93
9	Malcolm Ashley	79
10	Steve Brogan	73
11	Adam Hitchcock	62
12	Marty Nutt	56
13	Paul Jones	45
14	Kiel Bryce	42
15	Cameron Donald	40
16	Michael Pensavalle	38
17	Howie Mainwaring	31
18	Warren Scott	29
19	Denver Robb	25
20	Derek Shiels	20
21	Nick Medd	18
22	Dijon Compton	16

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