Kyle Ryde

Kyle Brandon Ryde (born 22 July 1997)^[1] is an English motorcycle solo road racer. In 2024 Ryde won the British Superbike Championship beating Tommy Bridewell by one point in the final race of the season.^[2]

Kyle Ryde
Ryde in 2013
Nationality	British
Born	(1997-07-22) 22 July 1997 (age 27) Mansfield, England
Current team	OMG Yamaha
Bike number	77
Website	Kyle Ryde Racing
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto3 World Championship Active years 2013 Manufacturers KRP Honda Championships 0 2013 championship position NC (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 1 0 0 0 0 0 Superbike World Championship Active years 2024 Manufacturers Yamaha Championships 0 2024 championship position 37th (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 1 0 0 0 0 0 Supersport World Championship Active years 2015–2017 Manufacturers Yamaha, MV Agusta, Kawasaki Championships 0 2016 championship position 25th (14 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 21 0 1 0 0 73 British Superbike Championship Active years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023-present Championships 1 (2024) 2024 championship position 1st (487 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 122 18 40 0 0 0

For 2022 he rode in BSB with OMG Racing, switching to Yamaha machinery as used in 2021 by the McAMS team.^[3] For 2023 and 2024, Ryde continued with the same team and machinery – the first time in Superbikes that he had continued for subsequent seasons on the same machine.^[4]

During 2021 he was contracted to OMG BMW in the British Superbike Championship (BSB),^[5] with a commitment to continue with the same team for 2022 using Yamaha R1 machines.^[6]

For 2020 he rode in British Superbikes for Hawk Racing under the Buildbase Suzuki brand. In 2019, Ryde competed in a full season of British GP2 racing for Ryan Saxelby Racing (RS Racing) run as a separate class within the British Supersport Championship events, winning the championship.^[7]

Career

Ryde spent his early years until 2002 in Swanwick, Derbyshire, then moved to nearby Jacksdale, Nottinghamshire where he is still based.^[8]

He contested the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2011 and 2012.^[9] He became the youngest ever British 125cc Champion by winning the 2011 British 125 Championship. He secured his second British Championship by winning the British National Superstock 600 Championship in 2014.^[10]

For 2015, Ryde stepped up to compete in the British Supersport Championship riding for Pacedayz European Trackdays aboard a Yamaha YZF-R6,^[11] finishing the season in second place. On 24 May 2015 he participated for the first time in a Supersport World Championship event, as a wild-card rider in the Great Britain round at Donington Park. He classified third after having qualified on the front row in second place.^[12]

In early 2016 Ryde signed with an Italian team for his first season's racing in the Supersport World Championship on a Yamaha YZF-R6,^[13] but the team unexpectedly withdrew from competition without explanation after the first five events in May 2016. Ryde only missed one event, at Sepang, Malaysia.^[14][15] He later rode an MV Agusta F3 675 and a Kawasaki ZX-6R in the Supersport World Championship for Schmidt Racing,^[14] a team formed during late 2015 in Hungary, joining with teammate Nicolás Terol.^[16]

For the 2017 season, he rode a Kawasaki ZX-6R in the Supersport World Championship as teammate to reigning Supersport World Champion Kenan Sofuoğlu, but parted company in early October before the season-end due to poor race performances.^[17]

He made his debut ride in British Superbikes for the last three races of the season in October 2017 at Brands Hatch on Billy McConnell's machine, who was injured at the Thruxton round in August and was unable to compete in any further races.^[18] Ryde finished in 15th, 17th and 18th.^[19]

After signing to ride for his old team boss Craig Fitzpatrick at CF Motorsports in the British Superbike Championship aboard a Yamaha YZF-R1 during 2018, Ryde announced in late June via social media that he was withdrawing from National circuit racing, with no immediate plans.^[20]

He soon returned on 21/22 July at Brands Hatch, riding a Kalex in the British GP2 category within the British Supersport National Championship,^[21] placing 5th in the first leg and then winning in both his category and the Supersport race overall in the main event.^[22]

For 2020 rode in the British Superbike Championship (BSB) for Stuart and Steve Hicken's Hawk Racing team under the Buildbase Suzuki brand, after a try-out at the final two rounds of the 2019 season.^[23][24] Ryde made strong start to the 2020 season and achieved his first two BSB race wins at the Silverstone round.^[25]

In 2021 he switched to Rich Energy OMG Racing BMW to ride the new BMW M1000RR alongside Bradley Ray, finishing the season 15th overall with 118 points. After the final round at Brands Hatch it was announced Rich Energy OMG Racing would switch to Yamaha R1 bikes for the 2022 season with Ryde and Ray continuing as the team's riders.^[26]

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
2011	SPA1 13	SPA2 6	POR1 12	POR2 12	GBR1 23	GBR2 Ret	NED1 20	NED2 14	ITA 18	GER1 12	GER2 14	CZE1 20	CZE2 11	RSM 7		19th	43
2012	SPA1 4	SPA2 Ret	POR1 6	POR2 4	GBR1 3	GBR2 8	NED1 12	NED2 Ret	GER1 14	GER2 Ret	CZE1 17	CZE2 Ret	RSM 17	ARA1 12	ARA2 16	15th	70

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 9			25th	7
2013	KRP Honda	CAT1 Ret	CAT2 3	ARA 18	ALB1 18	ALB2 23	NAV 9	VAL1 15	VAL1 Ret	JER 7	13th	33

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

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	Pos	Pts
2013	Moto3	KRP Honda	QAT	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	INP	CZE	GBR 27	RSM	ARA	MAL	AUS	JPN	VAL	NC	0

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	Pos	Pts
2015	Yamaha	AUS	THA	SPA	NED	ITA	GBR 3	POR	ITA	MAL	SPA	FRA	QAT	19th	16
2016	Yamaha	AUS 19	THA Ret	SPA 12	NED 14	ITA 15	MAL							25th	14
	MV Agusta							GBR 21	ITA 22
	Kawasaki									GER 17	FRA 11	SPA DNS	QAT 14
2017	Kawasaki	AUS 4	THA 5	SPA 8	NED 12	ITA Ret	GBR 11	ITA 14	GER 16	POR Ret	FRA 22	SPA	QAT	13th	43

British Superbike Championship

Races by year

Year	Bike	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12			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	R1	R2	R3
2017	Kawasaki																																		BRH 15	BRH 17	BRH 18	28th	1
2018	Yamaha	DON Ret	DON 19		BRH Ret	BRH 20		OUL Ret	OUL 17		SNE DNS	SNE DNS																										NC	0
2020	Suzuki	DON Ret	DON 4	DON 7	SNE 10	SNE 6	SNE 10	SIL 2	SIL 1	SIL 1	OUL Ret	OUL 13	OUL 13	DON 7	DON Ret	DON 14	BRH 14	BRH 11	BRH Ret																			9th	137
2021	BMW	OUL 7	OUL 10	OUL 12	KNO 11	KNO 15	KNO 17	BRH 16	BRH 13	BRH 16	THR Ret	THR 6	THR 16	DON 11	DON 6	DON Ret	CAD	CAD	CAD	SNE 19	SNE 15	SNE 10	SIL 8	SIL 15	SIL 17	OUL 13	OUL Ret	OUL 15	DON 2	DON 6	DON 15	BRH 13	BRH 10	BRH 11				15th	118
2022	Yamaha	SIL 2	SIL 2	SIL 10	OUL 3	OUL 4	OUL 10	DON 1	DON Ret	DON 4	KNO 6	KNO 9	KNO 9	BRH 5	BRH 7	BRH 7	THR 13	THR 18	THR Ret	CAD 12	CAD 15	CAD 16	SNE 3	SNE 6	SNE 8	OUL 9	OUL Ret	OUL 9	DON 7	DON 11	DON 6	BRH 9	BRH 4	BRH 10				6th	1077
2023	Yamaha	SIL 1	SIL 4	SIL 7	OUL 7	OUL 5	OUL 3	DON 1	DON Ret	DON 1	KNO 2	KNO 1	KNO 4	SNE 13	SNE 11	SNE 8	BRH 14	BRH 7	BRH Ret	THR 8	THR 6	THR 7	CAD 2	CAD 2	CAD 4	OUL 6	OUL 3	OUL 6	DON 12	DON 1	DON 12	BRH 1	BRH 3	BRH 3				3rd	422
2024	Yamaha	NAV 2	NAV 3		OUL 3	OUL 5	OUL Ret	DON 1	DON 5	DON 5	KNO 4	KNO 14	KNO 15	SNE 3	SNE 4	SNE 5	BRH 6	BRH 3	BRH 3	THR 1	THR 8	THR 4	CAD 1	CAD 2	CAD 1	OUL 1	OUL 13	OUL 1	DON 1	DON 3	DON 1	BRH 4	BRH 2	BRH 1				1st	487

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			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
2024	Yamaha	AUS	AUS	AUS	SPA	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	GBR	CZE	CZE	CZE	POR	POR	POR	FRA	FRA	FRA	ITA	ITA	ITA	SPA	SPA	SPA	POR	POR	POR	SPA 22	SPA DNS	SPA DNS	37th	0

* Season still in progress.

References

1. England and Wales births Retrieved 3 February 2015
2. Jacksdale ace Kyle Ryde wins first British Superbike title after thrilling finale to season Chad, 14 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024
3. BSB: Bradley Ray and Kyle Ryde complete two-day Cartagena test Motorcycle News, 15 December 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022
4. BSB: Kyle Ryde signs new deal with Rich Energy OMG Racing Yamaha for 2023 Motorcycle News, 1 October 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2023
5. Kyle Ryde ready to impress his new BMW team Chad, 21 June 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021
6. RICH OMG Racing swap to Yamaha, keep Ray and Ryde for 2022 BSB visordown, 15 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021
7. Ryde and Archer to head RS Racings 2019 GP2 Campaign Kyle Ryde Racing, 8 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
8. About Kyle - Kyle's Stats Archived 25 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 3 February 2015
9. "Kyle Ryde". redbullrookiescup.com. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
10. Notts teenager Kyle Ryde wins second British title Archived 3 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine Nottingham Post 24 October 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015
11. Champion Kyle Ryde ready for step up in class Mansfield Chad, 25 February 2015. Accessed 31 January 2019
12. Donington Park WSS win goes to Sofouglu Retrieved 25 May 2015
13. Kyle Ryde steps up to contest World Supersport Championship^{[permanent dead link‍]} Derby Telegraph, 4 February 2016, Retrieved 13 February 2016
14. Ryde returns to World Supersport with Schmidt Racing Crash.net, 22 May 2016, Retrieved 24 May 2016
15. Jonathan Rea working to find new seat for Kyle Ryde Motorcycle News, 4 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
16. Terol signs for Schmidt Racing, WSBK.com, 6 December 2015, Retrieved 24 May 2016
17. Partnership between Kyle Ryde and the Puccetti Racing Team ends Kawasaki Europe, 6 October 2017, Retrieved 15 October 2017
18. Kyle Ryde to make BSB debut with FS3 Kawasaki Motorcycle News, 12 October 2017, Retrieved 15 October 2017
19. Event Details - British Superbikes TSL timing, Retrieved 15 October 2017
20. "Sorry for the lack of what’s happening in my career. It’s hard to say it but I’ve chosen to stop racing in BSB with CF Motorsport and Craig Fitzpatrick, Main reason being I’m really struggling to enjoy my racing. Racing around risking your life and not enjoying it made me realise we were costing the team and my family money when I shouldn’t be." Kyle Ryde racing #77, 26 June 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
21. British GP2 Class in BSB from 2018 Superbike, 24 November 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2018
22. Ryde Wins At Brands Mansfield 103.2, 23 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018
23. Kyle Ryde to join Buildbase Suzuki for season run-in Hawk Racing, 2 October 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2020
24. Keith Farmer, Kyle Ryde form new Buildbase Suzuki BSB 2020 line-up visordown.com, 23 November 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2020
25. "Silverstone BSB: Ryde takes the Superbike double win". Bikesportnews. 6 September 2020.
26. "Switch to Yamaha".

External links

• Official website
• Kyle Ryde at WorldSBK.com