Ben Wilson (motorcyclist)

Ben Wilson (born 31 March 1982 in Boston, Lincolnshire) is a motorcycle racer. He currently rides an Aprilia RSV4 in the National Superstock 1000 Championship.

Ben Wilson
Ben Wilson at Brands Hatch 2011
Nationality	English
Born	(1982-03-31) 31 March 1982 (age 43) Boston, Lincolnshire
Current team	EHA Racing
Bike number	15

Career

Starting Out

Wilson started off in sand racing in 1995, he quickly moved up the classes, debuting in the Supersport class in 2000 gaining a 15th-place finish at Oulton Park at his very first meeting. Ben then ran a mixture of Championships, including the Supersport and Superstock bikes until 2005. Ben and his grandmother exchange delightful emails with interesting details of their daily lives as often as possible. Rumor has it that he will give his drawing pad to Sydney when he gets a new one. Ben goes by the nickname of benniemac.

British Superbike Championship

Ben got is big break in Superbike on a Kawasaki with Vivaldi racing.^[1] In the two years that Ben spent in British Superbike he finished 17th and 12th,^[2] stepping down from the class for 2007 and rejoining the Superstock class for the next two years.

British Supersport Championship

For the 2009 season Wilson was signed by the Gearlink Kawasaki,^[3] Wilson had a good year in Supersport getting his first podium at Oulton Park.^[4] Wilson then went on to win his first race at Knockhill later in the season.^[5]

Career statistics

2004 - 25th, Superstock European Championship, Suzuki GSX-R1000

All Time

Series		Years Active	Races	Poles	Podiums	Wins	2nd place	3rd place	Fastest Laps	Titles
British Superbike (BSB)		2005-2006	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
British Supersport (BSS)		2009-	58	11	32	12	12	8	7	0
Total			76	11	32	12	12	8	7	0

Superstock European Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pos	Pts
2001	Aprilia	VAL	MNZ	DON Ret	LAU	SMR	BRA	OSC	NED	IMO	NC	0
2003	Suzuki	VAL	MNZ	OSC	SIL 11	SMR	BRA 6	NED	IMO	MAG	17th	15
2004	Suzuki	VAL	SMR	MNZ	OSC	SIL 8	BRA	NED	IMO	MAG	25th	8

British Superbike Championship

Year	Bike	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		Pos	Pts	Ref
		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
2005	Kawasaki	BHI 11	BHI 13	THR 17	THR 14	MAL Ret	MAL 11	OUL 15	OUL 14	MON 13	MON 15	CRO 12	CRO Ret	KNO 14	KNO 18	SNE 9	SNE 6	SIL Ret	SIL Ret	CAD 14	CAD Ret	OUL 14	OUL Ret	DON 12	DON 13	BHGP 13	BHGP 12	17th	62	[6]
2006	Suzuki	BHI 12	BHI 13	DON 12	DON 11	THR Ret	THR 13	OUL 14	OUL 10	MON C	MON C	MAL 10	MAL Ret	SNE 10	SNE Ret	KNO 12	KNO 11	OUL Ret	OUL 9	CRO Ret	CRO 18	CAD 11	CAD 8	SIL 7	SIL 10	BHGP 7	BHGP 10	12th	98

Year	Make	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12			Pos	Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
2014	Kawasaki	BHI 4	BHI 10		OUL 15	OUL 16		SNE Ret	SNE 15		KNO 16	KNO Ret		BHGP 17	BHGP 15		THR Ret	THR DNS		OUL DNS	OUL DNS	OUL DNS	CAD 12	CAD 9		DON Ret	DON 19		ASS 13	ASS Ret		SIL Ret	SIL DNS		BHGP 12	BHGP Ret	BHGP 17	20th	40

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 3	DON 4	THR 6	SNE 8	KNO 1	MAL 2	BHGP 4	CAD Ret	CRO 3	SIL Ret	OUL 3	4th	137	[7]
2010		BHI Ret	THR 7	OUL 1	CAD Ret	MAL 7	KNO 2	SNE 5	BHGP 6	CAD 3	CRO Ret	SIL 6	OUL 1	3rd	135	[8]

Year	Bike	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12			Pos	Pts	Ref
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3
2011	Kawasaki	BRH 1	BRH 4	OUL 1	OUL 1	CRO 1	CRO 1	THR 3	THR 4	KNO 3	KNO 1	SNE 2	SNE 2	OUL 2	OUL C	BRH 2	BRH 2	CAD 1	CAD 1	DON 2	DON 4	SIL Ret	SIL Ret	BRH 1	BRH 4	BRH 2	2nd	449	[9]
2012	Kawasaki	BHI 2	BHI Ret	THR 3	THR 5	OUL 2	OUL 2	SNE 3	SNE Ret	KNO 11	KNO 4	OUL 2	OUL 4	BHGP 6	BHGP 5	CAD Ret	CAD 6	DON Ret	DON Ret	ASS 7	ASS 7	SIL 5	SIL 1	BRH 7	BRH 5		5th	259	[10]
2015	Kawasaki	DON 6	DON 6	BRH 6	BRH 6	OUL Ret	OUL 6	SNE Ret	SNE Ret	KNO Ret	KNO Ret	BRH 7	BRH 9	THR 8	THR 7	CAD 7	CAD 5	OUL 6	OUL 5	ASS 7	ASS 6	SIL 7	SIL 4	BRH 7	BRH 5		6th	185