Billy McConnell (motorcyclist)

Billy McConnell
NationalityAustralian
Born (1986-12-24) 24 December 1986 (age 38)
Current teamRICH Energy OMG Racing
Bike number3

Billy McConnell (born 24 December 1986) is an Australian motorcycle racer. He is signed for the OMG Racing team to ride their BMW S1000RR in the British National Superstock 1000 Championship, completing the team with Superbike riders Luke Mossey and Héctor Barberá. McConnell missed races at the start of the 2019 season due to illness.[1]

He won the 2014 British Supersport Champion aboard a Triumph Daytona 675 for Smiths Racing before stepping up with the Smiths Racing team to the British Superbike Championship aboard a BMW S1000RR. During 2017 he rode a Kawasaki ZX-10R in the British Superbike Championship, but was injured at the Thruxton round in August and was unable to compete in any further races. His place was taken for the last three races of the season in October at the Brands Hatch round by Kyle Ryde, who had parted company with his Pucetti Kawasaki Racing team in World Supersport due to poor performances.[2][3]

Arrival in the UK

In 2004 McConnell was invited by Yamaha to compete in the British Superstock Cup, after a third-place finish in the Australian Superstock Championship despite missing the last 3 rounds.

In 2005 he competed in the Virgin Mobile Cup, winning the title and subsequently progressed to the full Virgin Mobile Superbike team. McConnell also won the Australian Young Sports Personality of the Year.

British Superbikes/Supersport

In 2006 McConnell rode at Virgin mobile Yamaha alongside Tommy Hill and Kieran Clarke.[4] He had a decent season winning the rookie of the year award. In 2007 he moved down a class to the British Supersport Championship. In 2008 he moved back to the British Superbike Championship with MSS Discovery Kawasaki,[5] finishing 12th overall in the championship with 91 points. In 2009 he moved once again back to the British Supersport Championship, on the MAP Raceways Yamaha.[6]

Career statistics

British Superbike Championship

Races by year

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
2006 Yamaha BHI
17 		BHI
Ret 		DON
14 		DON THR
12 		THR
Ret 		OUL
18 		OUL
Ret 		MON
C 		MON
C 		MAL
Ret 		MAL
12 		SNE
9 		SNE
Ret 		KNO
18 		KNO
15 		OUL
9 		OUL
Ret 		CRO
Ret 		CRO
Ret 		CAD
Ret 		CAD
10 		SIL
Ret 		SIL
13 		BHGP
12 		BHGP
7 		17th 47
2008 Kawasaki BHGP
C 		BHGP
C 		THR
14 		THR
10 		OUL
Ret 		OUL
10 		BHGP
8 		BHGP
9 		DON
Ret 		DON
Ret 		SNE
11 		SNE
11 		MAL
6 		MAL
16 		OUL
8 		OUL
10 		KNO
Ret 		KNO
9 		CAD
12 		CAD
24 		CRO
17 		CRO
Ret 		SIL
10 		SIL
9 		BHI
12 		BHI
Ret 		12th 91 [7]

British Supersport Championship

Races by year

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts Ref
2009 Yamaha BHI
1 		OUL
10 		DON
3 		THR
1 		SNE
Ret 		KNO
4 		MAL
4 		BHGP
2 		CAD
1 		CRO
2 		SIL
3 		OUL
19 		2nd 137 [8]
2010 BHI
3 		THR
4 		OUL
Ret 		CAD
1 		MAL
1 		KNO
12 		SNE
8 		BHGP
8 		CAD
Ret 		CRO
Ret 		SIL
11 		OUL
4 		5th 115 [9]
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 Triumph BRH
13 		BRH
15 		OUL
9 		OUL
5 		CRO
4 		CRO
3 		THR
1 		THR
5 		KNO
9 		KNO
13 		SNE
5 		SNE
13 		OUL
1 		OUL
C 		BRH
5 		BRH
DNS 		CAD
3 		CAD
3 		DON
7 		DON
5 		SIL
6 		SIL
6 		BRH
3 		BRH
7 		BRH
7 		3rd 253 [10]
2012 Triumph BHI
9 		BHI
31 		THR
Ret 		THR
1 		OUL
5 		OUL
7 		SNE
5 		SNE
2 		KNO
4 		KNO
1 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		BHGP
Ret 		BHGP
3 		CAD
1 		CAD
4 		DON
2 		DON
4 		ASS
12 		ASS
10 		SIL
4 		SIL
10 		BHGP
1 		BHGP
1 		3rd 340 [11]

Notes:

1.^  – Race was abandoned after second restart, half points awarded.

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts
2008 Kawasaki QAT AUS SPA NED ITA GER SMR CZE GBR
Ret 		EUR ITA FRA POR NC 0
2010 Yamaha AUS POR SPA NED ITA RSA USA SMR CZE GBR
13 		GER ITA FRA 31st 3
2012 Triumph AUS ITA NED ITA EUR
9 		SMR SPA CZE GBR RUS GER POR FRA 31st 7
2013 Triumph AUS SPA NED ITA GBR
19 		POR ITA RUS GBR
22 		GER TUR FRA SPA NC 0
2014 Triumph AUS
Ret 		SPA NED ITA GBR MAL SMR POR SPA FRA QAT
 NC 0

References

  1. ^ Donington BSB: McConnell ruled out of Superstock action Bike Sport News, 23 May 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  2. ^ Kyle Ryde to make BSB debut with FS3 Kawasaki Motorcycle News, 12 October 2017, Retrieved 15 October 2017
  3. ^ Partnership between Kyle Ryde and the Puccetti Racing Team ends Kawasaki Europe, 6 October 2017, Retrieved 15 October 2017
  4. ^ "Rookie McConnell Just Misses Out At Brands". Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
  5. ^ "MSS Discovery Kawasaki – Ready For 2008 with Easton & McConnell!". Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
  6. ^ British Supersport: Billy McConnell signs for Raceways Yamaha - | Motorcycle Sport | WSB | BSB | MotoGP | TT & Road races | MCN
  7. ^ round-12-brandshatch-race Archived 24 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "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)
  9. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)