Chris Martin (motorcyclist)

Chris Martin
Chris Martin
Nationality	British
Born	24 January 1981 (age 43); Beverley, Humberside, England
Current team	Gearlink Kawasaki
Bike number	26

Chris Martin (born 24 January 1981) is a British

superbike rider who is currently competing in the British Superbike Championship 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 challenge, spending 3 years between 1997-99. Martin then spent 3 years in the British 125cc Championship from 2000 to 2003.^[1]

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.^[2] 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, that he completed crashing heavily at Brands Hatch.^[3]

Career stats

* Correct as of 19 July 2010

British Supersport Championship

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Pts	Ref
2009	Kawasaki	BHI Ret	OUL DNS	DON Ret	THR Ret	SNE Ret	KNO 8	MAL 1	BHGP Ret	CAD	CRO	SIL	OUL	16th	33	^[4]
2010	Kawasaki	BHI 21	THR 8	OUL 11	CAD 12	MAL 12	KNO	SNE 14	BHGP	CAD	CRO	SIL	OUL	13th	23

References

^ "2009 ViSK British Superbike Championship in association with Pirelli". Archived from the original on 26 June 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
^ "Gearlink Racing - Rider James Hillier". www.gearlinkracing.com. Archived from the original on 2 July 2007.
^ "BSB Brands Hatch: Chris Martin's epic crash".
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

Profile Archived 14 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
BSB Profile

[1] "2009 ViSK British Superbike Championship in association with Pirelli". Archived from the original on 26 June 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2009.

[2] "Gearlink Racing - Rider James Hillier". www.gearlinkracing.com. Archived from the original on 2 July 2007.

[3] "BSB Brands Hatch: Chris Martin's epic crash".

[4] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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