Josh Brookes

For the American college sports administrator, see Josh Brooks.

Joshua Brookes (born 28 April 1983 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is a professional road racer of motorcycles with experience of Superbike and Supersport racing, both domestically and internationally. For 2023, Brookes joined FHO Racing aboard a BMW M1000RR.^[1]

Josh Brookes
Brookes in 2014
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1983-04-28) 28 April 1983 (age 41) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Current team	FHO Racing BMW
Bike number	25
Motorcycle racing career statistics Superbike World Championship Active years 2006–2007, 2010, 2012, 2016–2017 Manufacturers Kawasaki, Honda, Suzuki, BMW, Yamaha Championships 0 2017 championship position 25th (4 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 61 0 0 0 0 143 Supersport World Championship Active years 2004, 2006–2008 Manufacturers Honda, Ducati Championships 0 2013 championship position 3rd (162 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 22 2 7 0 1 228 British Superbike Championship Active years 2009–2015, 2017– Manufacturers Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha Championships 2 (2015,2020) 2022 championship position 14th (161 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 339 55 151 53 48 7526 Isle of Man TT career TTs contested 5 (2013–14, 2017–18, 2023–present) TT wins 1 First TT win Senior Classic TT 2017 Last TT win Senior Classic TT 2017 TT podiums 3

In 2020, he raced in the British Superbike Championship aboard a Ducati Panigale where he won his second British title, followed by a sixth finish in the 2021 championship. For 2022, Brookes remained with the same team, renamed as MCE Ducati.^[2]

Career

Early career

In 2004 he won the World Supersport round at Philip Island as a wild card,^[3] before a serious crash ruined his year. He returned to win Australia's Superbike and Supersport titles in 2005 on a Honda.

Supersport & Superbike World Championship

He then moved to World Supersport with a Caracchi Ducati for 2006, but left the team mid-season despite a 6th place at his home round. Brookes was soon racing again however, joining Bertocchi Kawasaki in the Superbike World Championship, debuting on the bike at the Italian round at Mugello.^[4] He ran 4th in a wet race in the Netherlands before falling, but generally struggled, as it was his first time living in Europe, mostly on circuits he did not know.

He did enough to be retained for 2007, with the team gaining new investors, a switch to Honda Fireblade bikes,^[5] and a new teammate in fellow Australian Karl Muggeridge. Despite 9 points finishes in the first 7 two-race rounds, the team missed round 8 after a legal challenge from Sergio Bertocchi.

Brookes joined the Stiggy Motorsport Honda team in the Supersport World Championship for the final 5 rounds.^[6] He continued with them in 2008.^[7] Brookes scored his second win (and Stiggy's first) at Donington Park, moving up to second in the championship. He also made a one-off appearance in the British Supersport Championship for HM Plant Honda, qualifying on pole and finishing third].^[8]

British Superbike Championship

For 2009, Brookes switches to British Superbikes with HM Plant Honda, alongside fellow Aussie Glen Richards,^[9] however he was forced to miss the opening round due to visa issues. Round 3 at Donington Park was also a disaster, as Brookes collided with Sylvain Guintoli on the sighting lap on the way to the grid, causing a broken leg for the Frenchman. Brookes claimed to have experienced a brake failure, if proven these allegations would have left Honda liable: for this reason they neglected to give their support. He received a one-race suspended ban as a result.^[10] In the next meeting at Thruxton he took seventh and third, with some fighting overtaking moves in race two especially. He followed this with a front row start and two third places at Snetterton.

Brookes was involved in further controversy at Mallory Park. While running fourth he lost control of the bike, resulting in a crash with the leader Simon Andrews. The Honda's engine case broke, spilling oil on the track and causing five other riders to crash. All riders involved in the accident were omitted from the result, even those who deliberately downed the bikes to avoid further carnage, due to red flag regulations.^[11][12] Brookes apologised in a TV interview later in the programme for his mistake.^[13] He had sustained a broken thumb from the crash. The BSB officials awarded him a 2-race ban following the incident, for "not riding in a manner compatible with general safety".^[14] He finished 3rd on his return at Croft, defending from one-off teammate Ryuichi Kiyonari on the line.

Despite the bad blood felt towards Brookes, GSE Airwaves Yamaha boss, Colin Wright told a Eurosport TV interview at Brands Hatch that he would like to sign Brookes for 2010, if he were to lose one or both 2009 riders. As it turned out, GSE Yamaha would not return in 2010.

For 2010 Brookes stayed with the HM Plant Honda team,^[15] Brookes has changed to bike #4 and is also joined by former double British Superbike Champion Ryuichi Kiyonari. He took his first win in the fourth race of the season.^[16] He also took a win at Cadwell Park^[17] and two wins at Snetterton.^[18] His season was closely documented in the film I, Superbiker.

He also made a British Superstock entry in the MotoGP support round at Silverstone, and a World Superbike appearance substituting for injured countryman Broc Parkes at Phillip Island. Brookes will also make a wildcard entry with teammate Kiyonari at Silverstone.^[19]

For 2011 Brookes switched to the Relentless TAS Suzuki team joined by Alastair Seeley who is competing in British Supersport. He made a poor start to the season with a massive crash at Oulton Park which wrecked his bike. By mid-season he started to get good results.

During 2015 he raced a Milwaukee Yamaha YZF-R1, winning the British Superbike Championship at the final round of the season at Brands Hatch. In the last race of the event, Brookes hit the inside kerb of a bend and slid off, but had already amassed sufficient points to win the Championship in the first of three races at the venue, so he re-joined the track for a lap after the race to wave to spectators.

In 2017, Brookes finished second in the championship standings aboard a Yamaha. He won two races and scored four second places.

Isle of Man TT

Brookes on the Tyco Suzuki 1000 cc entering Governor's Bridge during the 2013 TT Superbike race

On 28 November 2012, it was announced that Brookes would compete at the 2013 Isle of Man TT Races.^[20] As a high-profile 'newcomer' similar to Steve Plater, Brookes would compete for Tyco Suzuki in the Superbike, Superstock and Senior categories.

In the 2013 Superbike race, Brookes became the fastest-ever newcomer, with a lap of 127.726 mph (which stood until the 129 mph lap of Peter Hickman in 2014) and finished in 10th position.^[21] From his two other entries, he finished in 46th place and a DNF (did not finish).^[22]

Brookes aviating at The Mountain, Cadwell Park in 2014

Brookes had better results at the 2014 TT, with a 7th, 10th, 67th and DNF from his four classes entered.^[22]

Career statistics

All-time statistics

Series		Years	Races	Poles	Podiums	Wins	2nd place	3rd place	Fastest Laps	Titles
Supersport World Championship		2004–2008	22	0	7	2	3	2	1	0
Superbike World Championship		2006–2007, 2010, 2012, 2016–2017	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
British Superbike Championship		2009−2015, 2017–	144	21	76	20	30	26	25	1
National Superstock 1000		2010	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	0
Total			229	21	85	24	33	28	27	1

Supersport 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	12	13	Pos	Pts
2004	Honda	SPA	AUS 1	SMR	ITA	GER	GBR	GBR	NED	ITA	FRA				15th	25
2006	Ducati	QAT 10	AUS 6	SPA 11	ITA	EUR	SMR	CZE	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	FRA		21st	21
2007	Honda	QAT	AUS	EUR	SPA	NED	ITA	EUR	SMR	CZE 5	GBR Ret	GER 16	ITA Ret	FRA 7	28th	20
2008	Honda	QAT 5	AUS 2	SPA Ret	NED 6	ITA 2	GER 2	SMR 14	CZE 3	GBR 5	EUR 1	ITA 12	FRA 3	POR 11	3rd	162

Superbike 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		12		13		14		Pos	Pts
		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	R1	R2
2006	Kawasaki	QAT	QAT	AUS	AUS	ESP	ESP	ITA	ITA	EUR Ret	EUR 18	SMR 18	SMR Ret	CZE 18	CZE Ret	GBR 20	GBR Ret	NED Ret	NED 15	GER 20	GER 23	ITA 15	ITA 17	FRA 15	FRA 16					28th	3
2007	Honda	QAT Ret	QAT 13	AUS 12	AUS 12	EUR 12	EUR 15	SPA 9	SPA 7	NED Ret	NED 13	ITA 11	ITA Ret	GBR Ret	GBR C	SMR	SMR	CZE	CZE	GBR	GBR	GER	GER	ITA	ITA	FRA	FRA			17th	40
2010	Honda	AUS 19	AUS 14	POR	POR	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	RSA	RSA	USA	USA	SMR	SMR	CZE	CZE	GBR 16	GBR 12	GER	GER	ITA	ITA	FRA	FRA			24th	6
2012	Suzuki	AUS 16	AUS 15	ITA	ITA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	EUR	EUR	USA	USA	SMR	SMR	SPA	SPA	CZE	CZE	GBR	GBR	RUS	RUS	GER	GER	POR	POR	FRA	FRA	34th	1
2016	BMW	AUS 10	AUS 9	THA 15	THA 16	SPA 13	SPA 13	NED 11	NED Ret	ITA 14	ITA 13	MAL 11	MAL 12	GBR 14	GBR 9	ITA 11	ITA 14	USA 13	USA DNS	GER 14	GER 7	FRA 12	FRA 11	SPA 10	SPA 12	QAT 15	QAT DNS			14th	89
2017	Yamaha	AUS Ret	AUS 12	THA	THA	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	ITA	ITA	USA	USA	GER	GER	POR	POR	FRA	FRA	SPA	SPA	QAT	QAT			32nd	4

British Superbike Championship

Races by year

(key)

Year	Bike	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10		11		12			Pos	Pts	Ref
		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	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3
2009	Honda	BHI	BHI		OUL 10	OUL Ret		DON DNS	DON Ret		THR 7	THR 3		SNE 3	SNE 3		KNO 3	KNO 2		MAL Ret	MAL DNS		BHGP EX1	BHGP EX1	BHGP EX1	CAD EX1	CAD EX1		CRO 3	CRO 3	SIL 3	SIL 3	OUL NC	OUL 7	OUL 3	4th	188	[23]
2010		BHI 5	BHI Ret		THR 2	THR 1		OUL 6	OUL 8		CAD 5	CAD 1		MAL 2	MAL 2		KNO 3	KNO C		SNE 1	SNE 1	SNE Ret	BHGP 4	BHGP Ret	BHGP 6	CAD 2	CAD 1		CRO 6	CRO 8	SIL 2	SIL 3	OUL 5	OUL 3	OUL 2	2nd	6252	[24]
2011	Suzuki	BHI Ret	BHI DNS		OUL 6	OUL Ret		CRO 8	CRO 4		THR 9	THR 6		KNO 5	KNO 13		SNE 7	SNE 2		OUL 2	OUL C		BHGP 1	BHGP 6	BHGP Ret	CAD DSQ	CAD 4	CAD 2	DON 6	DON 5	SIL 4	SIL 1	BHGP 2	BHGP Ret	BHGP 6	5th	5982	[25]
2012		BHI 10	BHI C		THR 3	THR 1		OUL 3	OUL 3	OUL 4	SNE 3	SNE 3		KNO 4	KNO 4		OUL 2	OUL 2	OUL 3	BHGP 2	BHGP 2		CAD 6	CAD 2		DON 1	DON 1		ASS 2	ASS 1	SIL 4	SIL 3	BHGP 3	BHGP 2	BHGP 2	2nd	6552	[26]
2013		BHI 3	BHI 5		THR 2	THR 4		OUL 3	OUL 2		KNO 2	KNO 2		SNE 2	SNE 3		BHGP 1	BHGP 4		OUL 4	OUL 2	OUL 1	CAD 3	CAD Ret		DON 4	DON 5		ASS 4	ASS Ret	SIL Ret	SIL 5	BHGP 1	BHGP 1	BHGP 1	3rd	6212	[27]
2014	Yamaha	BHI Ret	BHI 2		OUL 2	OUL 1		SNE 2	SNE Ret		KNO 4	KNO 4		BHGP 6	BHGP 8		THR 1	THR 1		OUL 2	OUL 2	OUL 1	CAD 4	CAD DSQ		DON 4	DON 3		ASS Ret	ASS Ret	SIL 3	SIL Ret	BHGP 8	BHGP 4	BHGP 5	4th	5843	[28]
2015		DON 3	DON 6		BHI 3	BHI 3		OUL 2	OUL 3		SNE 2	SNE 2		KNO 3	KNO 3		BHGP 1	BHGP 1		THR 1	THR 1		CAD 1	CAD 1		OUL 4	OUL 1	OUL 2	ASS 1	ASS 1	SIL 1	SIL 1	BHGP 1	BHGP 1	BHGP Ret	1st	7033	[29]
2017		DON 7	DON 2		BHI 10	BHI 4		OUL 7	OUL 6		KNO Ret	KNO 5		SNE 2	SNE 2		BHGP 5	BHGP Ret		THR 1	THR Ret		CAD 12	CAD 7		SIL 2	SIL 1	SIL Ret	OUL 3	OUL 5	ASS 5	ASS 2	BHGP 3	BHGP 4	BHGP 1	2nd	6343
2018		DON 12	DON 11		BHI 13	BHI 5		OUL 6	OUL 6		SNE 4	SNE 3		KNO 8	KNO Ret		BHGP 1	BHGP 1		THR 4	THR 1		CAD 10	CAD Ret		SIL 4	SIL 2	SIL 6	OUL Ret	OUL 5	ASS 9	ASS 2	BHGP 7	BHGP 9	BHGP 5	4th	5843
2019	Ducati	SIL Ret	SIL Ret		OUL 1	OUL 1		DON Ret	DON 4	DON 5	BRH 1	BRH 1		KNO 8	KNO 4		SNE 2	SNE 2		THR 3	THR 1		CAD 2	CAD 1		OUL 1	OUL 2	OUL Ret	ASS 2	ASS 4	DON 3	DON 2	BHGP 1	BHGP 1	BHGP 1	2nd	6923
2020		DON 3	DON 6	DON Ret	SNE 2	SNE 1	SNE 5	SIL 6	SIL 2	SIL 6	OUL 8	OUL 4	OUL 1	DON 3	DON 1	DON 3	BRH 4	BRH 1	BRH 1																	1st	288

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	Ducati	SIL 13	SIL 11	SIL 18	OUL 4	OUL 10	OUL 8	DON 13	DON 10	DON 8	KNO 10	KNO 6	KNO 7	BRH 6	BRH Ret	BRH Ret	THR 20	THR 15	THR Ret	CAD 10	CAD Ret	CAD 11	SNE 13	SNE 12	SNE 11	OUL 10	OUL 8	OUL 8	DON 11	DON 9	DON 16	BRH Ret	BRH 9	BRH 7	14th	161
2023	BMW	SIL	SIL	SIL	OUL	OUL	OUL	DON	DON	DON	KNO	KNO	KNO	SNE	SNE	SNE	BRH	BRH	BRH	THR	THR	THR	CAD	CAD	CAD	OUL	OUL	OUL	DON	DON	DON	BRH	BRH	BRH

Notes

1.^ – Brookes was excluded from the rounds due to causing an accident during Race 1 at Mallory Park.

2.^ – 2010–2013 Brookes qualified for "The Showdown" part of the BSB season, thus before the 10th round he was awarded 500 points plus the podium credits he had gained throughout the season. Podium credits are given to anyone finishing 1st, 2nd or 3rd, with 3, 2 and 1 points awarded respectively.

3.^ – 2014–2019 Brookes qualified for "The Showdown" part of the BSB season, thus before the 10th round he was awarded 500 points plus the podium credits he had gained throughout the season. Podium credits are given to anyone finishing 1st, 2nd or 3rd, with 5, 3 and 1 points awarded respectively.

Superstock 1000

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	13	14	Pos	Pts	Ref
2010	Honda	BHI	THR	OUL	CAD	MAL	SIL 1	SIL 1	KNO	SNE	BHGP	CAD	CRO	OUL	OUL	13th	50	[30]

References

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