Tommy Bridewell

Tommy Bridewell

Bridewell wearing Milwaukee Yamaha colours acknowledging spectators' plaudits for his overall Championship third-place at Brands Hatch Showdown podium, end of BSB 2014 season
Nationality British
Born (1988-08-09) 9 August 1988
Etchilhampton, Wiltshire
Current team Bennetts Suzuki
Bike number 46
Bridewell at a 2009 BSB race at Snetterton

Tommy Bridewell (Thomas George Bridewell, born 8 August 1988 in Etchilhampton, Wiltshire) is an English motorcycle racer, competing in the 2016 British Superbike Championship aboard a Suzuki GSX-R1000 for the Bennetts Suzuki race team, initially with Ryuichi Kiyonari as team mate until August.

His best championship standing to date was when he finished third in the British Superbike 2014 season, behind Ryuichi Kiyonari and winner Shane Byrne. He was a runner-up in the Yamaha R6 Cup of 2005.[1]

Tommy is the younger brother of Ollie Bridewell, who was a prominent up-and-coming motorcycle racer when he died in 2007 during the Mallory Park round of the Superbike Championship.

Biography

Ollie's death

For the 2007 season, Tommy and his older brother Ollie joined forces for the British Superbike Championship in team NB Suzuki. Ollie died after crashing during a practice session at the Mallory Park round in 2007. He was pronounced dead at the scene.[2] Bridewell left the Championship at that round.

European Superstock 600

Bridewell restarted his racing career in Italy during 2008, moving on to the European Superstock 600 class in 2009, riding the Lorenzini Yamaha.[3] Bridewell started off with a 13th place in the first round at Valencia but would fail to score any more points finishes, and left the team mid-season.

Return to British Superbike Championship

2009

After departing the European scene, Bridewell returned to the British Superbike Championship during the 2009 season, competing in the Privateers' Cup on a Team NB Suzuki, winning the Cup class in 7 of the 26 races. Following this success, he was signed by Quay Garage Honda to compete in the main British Superbike Championship for the 2010 season.[4]

2010

Bridewell had a mixed start to the season, crashing twice in the first round at Brands Hatch Indy circuit, then failing to start the next round at Thruxton. He recovered from this to score a career best fourth-place finish during the fourth round at Cadwell Park.[5] Bridewell finished the season in 11th place on 105 points, his best finish in the Championship.

2011

For 2011 Bridewell remained with the Quay Garage team, rebranded under the Tyco Racing banner. His season started strongly with a podium in the first race at Brands Hatch Indy. However, he crashed heavily in practice at Thruxton, leading to the amputation of his little finger.[6] He took a fourth place in race 2 at Cadwell Park,[7] having injured himself in practice for the second round at Oulton Park, and never showed in the top 10 again. On the Wednesday before the Snetterton round, Bridewell and Tyco Honda parted company.[8] Bridewell was signed up to replace James Westmoreland at Motorpoint Yamaha for the last four rounds of the 2011 championship season.[9]

BSB 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015

Bridewell rode with Shaun Muir Racing as a temporary replacement rider for part of 2013, followed by a full season in 2014. For 2015 he joined Tyco BMW.

Career statistics

Stats correct as of 16 October 2016

By championship

British Superbike Championship

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts Ref
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3
2010 Honda BHI
Ret		 BHI
Ret		 THR
DNS		 THR
DNS		 OUL
10		 OUL
7		 CAD
4		 CAD
6		 MAL
11		 MAL
9		 KNO
Ret		 KNO
C		 SNE
10		 SNE
6		 SNE
Ret		 BHGP
12		 BHGP
Ret		 BHGP
12		 CAD
DSQ		 CAD
8		 CRO
Ret		 CRO
7		 SIL
Ret		 SIL
12		 OUL
6		 OUL
DNS		 OUL
DNS		 11th 105
2011 Honda BHI
3		 BHI
Ret		 OUL
WD		 OUL
WD		 CRO
10		 CRO
10		 THR
Ret		 THR
17		 KNO
11		 KNO
Ret		 SNE SNE OUL OUL BHGP BHGP BHGP 17th 76 [10]
Yamaha CAD
DNS		 CAD
Ret		 CAD
11		 DON
14		 DON
11		 SIL
10		 SIL
9		 BHGP
11		 BHGP
7		 BHGP
12
2012 BMW BHI
6		 BHI
C		 THR
6		 THR
16		 OUL
5		 OUL
7		 OUL
5		 SNE
6		 SNE
Ret		 KNO
5		 KNO
6		 OUL
6		 OUL
7		 OUL
8		 BHGP
5		 BHGP
7		 CAD
9		 CAD
5		 DON
9		 DON
4		 ASS
6		 ASS
5		 SIL
6		 SIL
4		 BHGP
7		 BHGP
5		 BHGP
4		 6th 577 [11]
2013 Honda BHI
5		 BHI
Ret		 THR
Ret		 THR
Ret		 OUL
5		 OUL
5		 KNO
11		 KNO
DNS		 SNE
Ret		 SNE
12		 BHGP
 BHGP
 8th 197 [12]
Kawasaki OUL
5		 OUL
4		 OUL
5		 CAD
4		 CAD
2		 DON
Ret		 DON
3
Yamaha ASS
3		 ASS
Ret		 SIL
3		 SIL
3		 BHGP
6		 BHGP
Ret		 BHGP
4
2014 Yamaha BHI
7		 BHI
9		 OUL
4		 OUL
5		 SNE
4		 SNE
3		 KNO
6		 KNO
7		 BHGP
Ret		 BHGP
4		 THR
5		 THR
Ret		 OUL
4		 OUL
7		 OUL
8		 CAD
1		 CAD
3		 DON
3		 DON
Ret		 ASS
9		 ASS
3		 SIL
10		 SIL
4		 BHGP
5		 BHGP
6		 BHGP
3		 3rd 587 [13]
2015 BMW DON
6		 DON
8		 BHI
Ret		 BHI
6		 OUL
1		 OUL
Ret		 SNE
4		 SNE
5		 KNO
7		 KNO
Ret		 BHGP
4		 BHGP
Ret		 THR
Ret		 THR
4		 CAD
4		 CAD
3		 OUL
Ret		 OUL
Ret		 OUL
3		 ASS
8		 ASS
Ret		 SIL
9		 SIL
7		 BHGP
11		 BHGP
11		 BHGP
12		 6th 545 [14]
2016 Suzuki SIL
10		 SIL
16		 OUL
15		 OUL
14		 BHI
3		 BHI
4		 KNO
12		 KNO
8		 SNE
8		 SNE
10		 THR
4		 THR
8		 BHGP
Ret		 BHGP
Ret		 CAD
4		 CAD
5		 OUL
Ret		 OUL
6		 OUL
3		 DON
Ret		 DON
6		 ASS
17		 ASS
16		 BHGP
5		 BHGP
8		 BHGP
8		 11th 172 [15]

References

  1. ↑ "Tommy Bridewell will ride at Donington". Visordown. Magicalia Ltd. 11 September 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  2. ↑ "Bridewell to pay tribute to brother Ollie". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  3. ↑ Pryde, Kenny (19 December 2008). "Tommy Bridewell for Lorenzo in Euro Superstock". Superbike. IPC Media Ltd. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  4. ↑ "Tommy Bridewell Signs For Quay Garage Honda For 2010". British Superbike News. Buzzin' Fly Limited. 15 December 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  5. ↑ BSB Cadwell: Best ever fourth place for Bridewell at Cadwell | Bikeracenews.com
  6. ↑ Tasker, Nigel (17 April 2010). "BSB Thruxton: Tommy Bridewell to miss round two through injury". bikeracenews.com. Bike Race News. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  7. ↑ "Bridewell secures best BSB finish at Cadwell". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  8. ↑ Tyco Honda and Bridewell part company – News | Motorcycle Sport | BSB Results | MCN
  9. ↑ Bridewell in at Motorpoint, Westmoreland out | BSB News | Aug 2011 | Crash.Net
  10. ↑ http://www.britishsuperbike.com/media/407432/standings.pdf
  11. ↑ http://www.britishsuperbike.com/media/831694/standings_sat.pdf
  12. ↑ http://www.britishsuperbike.com/media/1095843/s_bh12.pdf
  13. ↑ http://www.britishsuperbike.com/media/1337692/bh-12-standings.pdf
  14. ↑ http://www.britishsuperbike.com/media/1570274/rd12-brandshatch-standings.pdf
  15. ↑ http://www.britishsuperbike.com/media/209021/sbike-riders-pts.pdf
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