Tommy Bridewell

Tommy Bridewell (Thomas George Bridewell, born 8 August 1988 in Etchilhampton, Wiltshire) is an English motorcycle racer in the British Superbike Championship aboard a Ducati Panigale V4 R.

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, England, UK
Current team	Oxford Racing Ducati
Bike number	46

Bridewell at a 2009 BSB race at Snetterton

During the 2018 season, while competing on a Suzuki GSX-R1000R, his contract was terminated abruptly by his team during practice for the Snetterton Circuit round in June.[1] However in July, after missing two rounds, Bridewell was able to step into the vacant Ducati Panigale seat at Moto Rapido Racing, caused by Taylor Mackenzie leaving earlier by mutual agreement.[2]

For the remainder of 2018 Bridewell returned the team's best results in the Superbike class, scoring four podium finishes, narrowly missing out on a Showdown place and achieving the Riders' Cup at the season finale. Bridewell has been retained for 2019 with the same team under a new sponsor name.[3][4]

His best championship standing to date came 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.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]

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.[9] 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.[10] He took a fourth place in race 2 at Cadwell Park,[11] 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.[12] Bridewell was signed up to replace James Westmoreland at Motorpoint Yamaha for the last four rounds of the 2011 championship season.[13]

British Superbikes

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.

Endurance racing

Bridewell participated in the 2018 Suzuka 8 Hours solo motorcycle endurance race riding a Suzuki GSX-R1000R for Japanese team S-Pulse Dream Racing IAI. With two other riders, the team finished fourth.[14]

World Superbikes

Bridewell was drafted in to replace injured rider Eugene Laverty on the Go Eleven Ducati in May 2019 for the races at Imola, Italy, on a similar bike to his BSB machine. He finished 12th in Race 1, scoring 4 World Championship points, and 11th in the sprint-distance Superpole Race, just outside of the points. Race 2 was cancelled due to heavy rain.[15] In late May, it was confirmed Bridewell would again replace Laverty, at the Jerez, Spain event in June,[16] when he again finished in the points from both full-length races.

Career statistics

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)

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	[17]
	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	[18]
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	[19]
	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	[20]
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	[21]
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	[22]
2017	Kawasaki	DON 12	DON 11	BHI 11	BHI 12	OUL 11	OUL 8		KNO 11	KNO 15	SNE 14	SNE 14	BHGP 14	BHGP 12		THR 16	THR 14		CAD 9	CAD 6		SIL Ret	SIL 11	SIL Ret	OUL Ret	OUL Ret	ASS 15	ASS 18	BHGP 11	BHGP 11	BHGP 15	17th	83	[23]
2018	Suzuki	DON Ret	DON 14	BHI 9	BHI 8	OUL 8	OUL 10		SNE	SNE	KNO	KNO																				7th	178
	Ducati												BHGP 12	BHGP 7		THR 11	THR 7		CAD 5	CAD Ret		SIL 10	SIL 6	SIL 9	OUL 2	OUL 3	ASS 6	ASS Ret	BHGP Ret	BHGP 2	BHGP 2
2019	Ducati	SIL 5	SIL 4	OUL 2	OUL 2	DON 4	DON 3	DON 3	BHGP 3	BHGP 2	KNO 5	KNO 3	SNE Ret	SNE 3		THR 8	THR 5		CAD 3	CAD 2		OUL Ret	OUL 3	OUL 1	ASS Ret	ASS 2	DON 2	DON 3	BHGP 2	BHGP 3	BHGP 2	3rd	636

Year	Bike	1			2			3			4			5			6			Pos	Pts	Ref
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
2020	Ducati	DON 5	DON 9	DON 1	SNE	SNE	SNE	SIL	SIL	SIL	OUL	OUL	OUL	DON	DON	DON	BHGP	BHGP	BHGP

Superbike World Championship

Year	Bike	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12			13			Pos.	Pts
		R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2
2019	Ducati	AUS	AUS	AUS	THA	THA	THA	SPA	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	NED	ITA 12	ITA 11	ITA C	SPA 14	SPA 12	SPA 10	ITA	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	GBR	USA	USA	USA	POR	POR	POR	FRA	FRA	FRA	ARG	ARG	ARG	QAT	QAT	QAT	22nd	12

References

1. BSB: Bridewell dropped by Halsall Racing Motorcycle News, 16 June 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018
2. BSB: Mackenzie and MotoRapido Ducati announce split Motorcycle News, 7 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018
3. BSB: Bridewell back with MotoRapido Ducati Motorcycle News, 7 July 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019
4. Tommy Bridewell and Moto Rapido Ducati team up again in 2019 as Oxford Racing Ducati Ducatiracinguk.com, 14 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018
5. "Tommy Bridewell will ride at Donington". Visordown. Magicalia Ltd. 11 September 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
6. "Bridewell to pay tribute to brother Ollie". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
7. Pryde, Kenny (19 December 2008). "Tommy Bridewell for Lorenzo in Euro Superstock". Superbike. IPC Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 15 January 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
8. "Tommy Bridewell Signs For Quay Garage Honda For 2010". British Superbike News. Buzzin' Fly Limited. 15 December 2009. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
9. BSB Cadwell: Best ever fourth place for Bridewell at Cadwell | Bikeracenews.com Archived 11 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine
10. Tasker, Nigel (17 April 2010). "BSB Thruxton: Tommy Bridewell to miss round two through injury". bikeracenews.com. Bike Race News. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
11. "Bridewell secures best BSB finish at Cadwell". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
12. Tyco Honda and Bridewell part company – News | Motorcycle Sport | BSB Results | MCN
13. Bridewell in at Motorpoint, Westmoreland out | BSB News | Aug 2011 | Crash.Net
14. 2018 Suzuka 8 Hours Race Result Cycle News, 29 July 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2019
15. World Superbike 2019 Imola results motorsport.com Retrieved 18 May 2019
16. Bridewell to stand in again for Laverty at Jerez WorldSBK Bikesportnews, 29 May 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019
17. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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22. http://www.britishsuperbike.com/media/209021/sbike-riders-pts.pdf
23. http://www.britishsuperbike.com/media/323478/sbike-riders-pts.pdf

External links

• Rider profile from British Superbike official website