Bradley Ray

Bradley Ray (born 16 May 1997 in Ashford, Kent, England) is a British motorcycle racer. He won the 2022 British Superbike Championship and since 2023 has ridden for Motoxracing Yamaha WSBK.

Bradley Ray
Bradley Ray, Donington World Superbike 2023
Born	(1997-05-16) 16 May 1997 (age 27) Ashford, Kent, England
Current team	Motoxracing Yamaha WSBK
Website	www.brad-ray.co.uk
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto2 World Championship Active years 2015 Manufacturers FTR 2015 championship position NC (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 1 0 0 0 0 0 Superbike World Championship Active years 2023– Manufacturers Yamaha 2024 championship position 21st (14 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 60 0 0 0 0 33 British Superbike Championship Active years 2017–2022 Manufacturers Yamaha Championships 1 (2022) 2022 championship position 1st (1192 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 0 0 0 0 0 0

Career

Ray had one ride in the Moto2 class at the 2015 British GP, as wildcard entry.^[1] He had another wildcard entry in early 2018 at the UK round of the World Superbike Championship at Donington Park,^[2] finishing Race 1 in 14th place, and 15th in Race 2.^[3] From 2017 he raced in the British Superbike Championship aboard a Suzuki GSX-R1000 for Hawk Racing sponsored by Buildbase,^[4] continuing for the 2018 and 2019 seasons.^[5][6] He won his first Superbike-level race on 1 April at Donington Park.

In November 2019 Ray confirmed that he would join Taylor Mackenzie at TAS BMW for the 2020 British Superbike Championship season.^[7][8]

In November 2020 Ray joined the OMG Racing team for the 2021 season,^[9] and was contracted to ride for the same team during 2022, switching from BMW to Yamaha machinery as used in 2021 by the McAMS team.^[10]

After winning the 2022 BSB Championship, for 2023 Ray was contracted to ride in European rounds of World Superbikes,^[11] continuing during 2024 with the same team.^[12]

Selected racing achievements

• 2011 - 6th, British 125cc Championship #128 (Honda RS125R)
• 2012 - 7th, Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup #28 (KTM FRR 125)
• 2012 - 2nd, British MotoStar Championship #28 (Honda RS125R)
• 2013 - 11th, Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup #28 (KTM RC250GP)
• 2013 - 15th, CEV Moto3 Championship #82 (Honda NSF250R)
• 2014 - 4th, Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup #28 (KTM RC250GP)
• 2014 - 11th, CEV Moto3 Championship #28 (FTR/KTM Moto3)
• 2015 - NC, FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship #82 (FTR Moto2)
• 2015 - 13th, National Superstock 600 Championship #82 (Kawasaki ZX-6R)
• 2016 - 3rd, British Supersport Championship #28 (Yamaha YZF-R6)
• 2017 - 11th, British Superbike Championship #28 (Suzuki GSX-R1000)^[13]
• 2018 - 6th, British Superbike Championship #28 (Suzuki GSX-R1000)^[14]

Career statistics

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pos	Pts
2012	SPA1 Ret	SPA2 5	POR1 5	POR2 19	GBR1 2	GBR2 6	NED1 7	NED2 5	GER1 20	GER2 10	CZE1 7	CZE2 7	RSM 9	ARA1 4	ARA2 9	7th	123
2013	AME1 1	AME2 4	JER1 8	JER2 6	ASS1 Ret	ASS2 Ret	SAC1 10	SAC2 13	BRN 9	SIL1 Ret	SIL2 11	MIS Ret	ARA1 6	ARA2 8		11th	95
2014	JER1 9	JER1 11	MUG Ret	ASS1 3	ASS2 6	SAC1 6	SAC2 2	BRN1 4	BRN2 4	SIL1 5	SIL2 4	MIS 7	ARA1 7	ARA2 3		4th	152

FIM CEV Moto3 Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pos	Pts
2012	Honda	JER	NAV	ARA	CAT	ALB1	ALB2	VAL 15			32nd	1
2013	Honda	CAT1 7	CAT2 9	ARA 17	ALB1 10	ALB2 17	NAV 15	VAL1 Ret	VAL1 20	JER 13	15th	26

FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Pts
2014	FTR/KTM	JER1 Ret	JER2 13	LMS 7	ARA 9	CAT1 11	CAT2 9	ALB 8	NAV	ALG 5	VAL1 14	VAL2 Ret	11th	52

FIM Moto2 European Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Pts
2015	Vyrus	ALG1 20	ALG2 16	CAT Ret	ARA1	ARA2	ALB	NAV1 23	NAV2 25	JER	VAL1	VAL2	NC	0

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Number	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2015	Moto2	FTR[1]	FAB-Racing	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
Total					1	0	0	0	0	0

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Pts
2015	Moto2	FTR	QAT	AME	ARG	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR Ret	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	NC	0

British Superbike Championship Results^[15]

Year	Bike	DON		BRH		OUL		SNE		KNO		BRH		THR		CAD		SIL		OUL		ASS		BRH		TOTAL POINTS	CHAMPIONSHIP STANDING
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
2018	BS	1st	1st	2nd	7th	4th	7th	DNF	DNF	5th	DNF	13th	16th	DNF	12th	2nd	2nd	DNF	14th	11th	DNF	17th	7th	11th	11th	551	6th

Superbike World Championship

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2023	SBK	YZF-R1	Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team	24	0	0	0	0	19	20th
2024	SBK	YZF-R1	Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team	36	0	0	0	0	14	21st
Total				60	0	0	0	0	33

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12			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
2023	Yamaha	AUS	AUS	AUS	INA	INA	INA	NED 18	NED 16	NED Ret	SPA 13	SPA 14	SPA 15	ITA 18	ITA 14	ITA Ret	GBR Ret	GBR 12	GBR 13	IMO 15	IMO 16	IMO 6	CZE	CZE	CZE	FRA Ret	FRA 15	FRA 17	SPA 18	SPA 18	SPA 17	POR 17	POR 17	POR 18	JER	JER	JER	20th	19
2024	Yamaha	AUS 21	AUS 21	AUS 15	SPA 18	SPA 22	SPA Ret	NED 15	NED 20	NED 17	ITA 18	ITA 20	ITA 17	GBR 16	GBR 19	GBR 18	CZE 19	CZE 16	CZE 15	POR 17	POR 18	POR 18	FRA Ret	FRA 15	FRA 17	ITA 11	ITA 15	ITA 14	SPA 15	SPA 16	SPA 16	POR 16	POR 18	POR 14	SPA 17	SPA 16	SPA 15	21st	14

* Season still in progress.

British Superbike

Year	Bike	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			Pos	Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
2022	Yamaha	SIL 3	SIL Ret	SIL 2	OUL 1	OUL 1	OUL 3	DON 3	DON 2	DON 2	KNO 1	KNO 4	KNO 2	BRH 4	BRH 4	BRH 4	THR 3	THR 3	THR 2	CAD 1	CAD 2	CAD 2	SNE 1	SNE 1	SNE 1	OUL 1	OUL 3	OUL 5	DON 4	DON 2	DON 1	BRH 5	BRH Ret	BRH 6	1st	1192

References

1. Meet the wildcards: Silverstone MotoGP.com Retrieved 22 June 2018
2. Rising star Ray leads bumper Donington wildcard crop motorsport.com, 18 May 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018
3. World SBK results, Prosecco DOC UK Round 27 May World SBK. Retrieved 23 June 2018
4. Hawk Racing Ltd at Companies House Retrieved 22 June 2018
5. Buildbase Suzuki: Riders Archived 23 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 22 June 2018
6. BSB: Bradley Ray sticks with Buildbase Suzuki for 2019 Motorcycle News, 5 October 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2019
7. Mackenzie and Ray team up at Tyco BMW for BSB 2020 bikesportnews.com, 23 November 2019. Retrieved 14 Dec 2019
8. Mackenzie and Ray form all new Tyco BMW lineup Crash.net, 23 November 2019. Retrieved 14 Dec 2019
9. "BSB: Bradley Ray joins Rich Energy OMG Racing for 2021".
10. BSB: Bradley Ray and Kyle Ryde complete two-day Cartagena test Motorcycle News, 15 December 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022
11. Bradley Ray: British Superbikes champion joins World Superbike grid with Yamaha for the 2023 season Eurosport, 30 November 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022
12. Yamaha retain Bradley Ray for 2024 WorldSBK season yamaha-racing.com. Retrieved 9 March 2024
13. "2018 Bennetts British Superbike Championship in association with Pirelli". www.britishsuperbike.com. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
14. "2018 Bennetts British Superbike Championship in association with Pirelli". www.britishsuperbike.com. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
15. "2018 Bennetts British Superbike Championship in association with Pirelli". www.britishsuperbike.com. Retrieved 22 October 2018.

External links

• Bradley Ray on MotoGP.com^{[dead link‍]}
• Bradley Ray on WorldSBK.com
• Bradley Ray at Red Bull Rookies^{[dead link‍]}