FHO Racing has announced new plans for the upcoming BSB season, with Peter Hickman and Davey Todd surprisingly not included. FHO will downsize from two bikes to one in 2025, but will stick with the BMW M1000 RR, as it welcomes Ilya Mikhalchik for this year. BritishSuperbike.com says the change comes as FHO team owner Faye Ho “realigns the team’s efforts to pursue further motorsports activities in new markets with BMW Motorrad Motorsport’s support.” More specifically, Ho intends to continue with her support for women in racing, and “push motorsports activities in Asia”. “I am a strong advocate of the British Superbike Championship, one of the most entertaining and competitive series in the world,” she said. “However, with my long-term goals looking to push motorsports activities in Asia, as well as to keep supporting young women with opportunities in racing, I’ve come to realise I cannot fully commit to the previous levels of time that I have given to BSB and road racing since becoming team owner in 2021 with additional commitments I have back at home in Macau. “With the support of BMW Motorrad Motorsport, and my continued passion for BSB, we have altered our approach to run a […]
FHO Racing BMW Motorrad’s Team Principal Faye Ho, has confirmed her team will return to the Bennetts British Superbike Championship in 2025, despite recent speculation of the teams’ participation in the series. Confirming the news today at Oulton Park on the grid ahead of the opening race of the weekend, Faye delighted BSB fans with the news that FHO Racing will be back on the grid in 2025. Although details on FHO Racing’s rider line-up is yet to be released, with negotiations still taking place, further news will be announced in due course regarding the teams’ line-up in BSB, as well as on the Roads. Faye Ho – FHO Racing BMW Motorrad Team Principal: “It’s no secret that we’ve struggled this year with results and current rule changes, and with that it could be very easy for people to speculate that we’re not returning, but I’m delighted to confirm that this is not the case. My team will be back in 2025 on the BSB grid, as well as the Roads. Sometimes things don’t go your way, and sometimes the results don’t come your way, but it’s how we deal with these knock backs as a team and how we […]
Former MotoGP team boss Paul Bird has died following a short illness, the Englishman passing away at only 56 years old. The Cumbrian chicken farmer has been a hugely significant force in British racing for the past 25 years, with many of the country’s top stars racing for him at some point in the past quarter decade in MotoGP, World and British Superbikes, and at the Isle of Man TT. A former world championship motocross racer in his youth, Paul started sponsoring local racers in the 1990s, with his first success coming with future TT legend John McGuinness when the pair lifted the 1999 250cc British title together, setting up a partnership that would continue on and off for the next 20 years. Bird’s team tasted success at the North West 200, Macau Grand Prix, and Daytona 200, and in road racing with the most successful TT racer ever – Joey Dunlop, who won his last-ever Superbike TT for Bird in 2000. Since Bird expanded into British Superbikes that same year, the list of racers who have competed and won with Paul Bird Motorsport is a veritable who’s who of British motorcycle talent. Names like James Toseland, Sean Emmett, Michael […]