Title holder GSE Racing announced today that it may withdraw from the
British Superbike Racing Series if a title sponsor cannot be secured before the end of the year.
Leon Camier is the current British Superbike Champion and, possibly, the last rider for the GSE Racing Team if it fails to find a sponsor.
Since 1997, GSE Racing has won five British Superbike Championship titles and has been home to legends such as Troy Bayliss, Neil Hodgson, Gregorio Lavilla, Shane “Shakey” Byrne, and the current champion, Leon Camier. The successful partnership with Wrigley’s Airwaves has drawn to a close and without a suitable replacement GSE Racing will no longer have the funding to compete in 2010.
Team Principal Darrell Healey said in the press release announcing the situation, "It is with great regret that we have had to issue the team with their notice of redundancy, with a view to withdrawing from the British Superbike Championship at the end of 2009. We have enjoyed tremendously our time racing in the most competitive domestic Superbike series in the world, and therefore this decision was not taken lightly. Alongside Yamaha, we will be doing all we can to try and secure a partner in the remaining time available, and greatly hope we can return to once again successfully defend our Championship title."
Team Manager Colin Wright said, “Everyone at GSE Racing is incredibly saddened that we may no longer be able to compete in the British Superbike Championship. We enjoyed our most successful season ever in 2009. Leon Camier and James Ellison were the only two riders to have finished every race in the points (barring Leon's exclusion at Cadwell) and we enjoyed numerous double race wins and double one two's on our way to first and second in the Championship standings. We were very much looking forward to continuing this success on into 2010 as we entered our second year in partnership with Yamaha, but unfortunately it looks like this will now not be.
"I would like to take this opportunity to thank the whole team for their unrivalled dedication and hard work, our previous sponsors for their support, and of course the British Superbike fans."
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Yamaha team please log on to
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