From a press release issued by MonsterMob Ducati:

Round 12 – 2003 British Superbike Championship powered by HALLS, Donington Park

Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th September 2003

DOUBLE VICTORY FOR SHAKEY

2003 British Superbike Champion Shane Byrne celebrated in the best possible fashion when he posted his fourth double win of the season this afternoon in the last round of the series at Donington Park.

The 26 year old MonsterMob Ducati rider from the Isle of Sheppey fought off stiff competition from John Reynolds and Sean Emmett in race one and went on to take a start to finish victory in race two to claim his fourth double victory of the year on his way to a total of twelve wins.

“What better way to round off the season than a pair of wins and I’m delighted. I wanted to show everyone why I’m champion and this was the way to do it. The team and the whole package has been fantastic and now we can party in style” said ‘Shakey’

Meanwhile team mate Supersport rider Stuart Easton managed to secure 7th place in the Supersport race after an incident packed race aboard the MonsterMob 748 Ducati.

The 20-year-old Hawick rider made a mistake and passed fellow competitor Michael Laverty before the green flag on a safety car lap and was penalised one position for his error.

“When the two Hondas came past me I knew I wasn’t going to gain anything. I knew I would be in fourth place at best. I didn’t give in though, I just brought it home as the Championship was already settled and I had nothing to gain. I’m just disappointed”, said Easton.

Team owner Paul Bird was pleased with the team’s performance.

“Shakey showed them why he is British Champion. They were both excellent races. I hope we can thrash a deal out with Ducati very shortly for next year so we can get sorted. I was a little disappointed with Stuart making a mistake early on and I think it played on his mind throughout the whole race, but he brought it home and finished second in the Championship so all in all an excellent weekend.”

Superbike Race Results

Race One
1, Shane Byrne (MonsterMob Ducati) 31:35.018, 2, Sean Emmett (Ducati) +0.488s, 3, John Reynolds (Suzuki) +2.222s, 4, Michael Rutter (Ducati) +10.455s, 5, Glen Richards (Kawasaki) +12.615s, 6, Scott Smart (Kawasaki) +12.888s, 7, Leon Haslam (Ducati) +13.544s, 8, Gary Mason (Yamaha) +17.634s, 9, Dean Ellison (Ducati) +21.944s, 10, John Kirkham (Yamaha) +22.100s

Race Two
1, Shane Byrne (MonsterMob Ducati) 31:24.167, 2, John Reynolds (Suzuki) +2.823s, 3, Sean Emmett (Ducati) +5.313s, 4, Michael Rutter (Ducati) +5.780s, 5, Leon Haslam (Ducati) +16.321s, 6, Glen Richards (Kawasaki) +18.100s, 7, Gary Mason (Yamaha) +25.645s, 8, Jon Kirkham (Yamaha) +41.125s, 9, Mark Heckles (Honda) +57.156s, 10, Dennis Hobbs (Suzuki) +58.363s

Superbike Championship Points:
1, Shane Byrne (MonsterMob Ducati) 488pts

2, John Reynolds (SuzukI) 358pts

3, Michael Rutter (Ducati) 289pts

4, Glen Richards (Kawasaki) 255pts

5, Sean Emmett (Ducati) 247pts

6, Steve Plater (Honda) 246pts

7, Yukio Kagayama (Suzuki) 214pts

8, Gary Mason (Yamaha) 208pts

9, Scott Smart (Kawasaki) 154pts

10, Steve Hislop (Yamaha) 122pts

Supersport Race Results:
1, Michael Laverty (Honda) 30m31.390s, 2, Karl Harris (Honda) +0.405s, 3, Craig Jones (Triumph) +10.653s, 4, Dean Thomas (Honda) +10.864s, 5, Simon Andrews (Yamaha) +11.134s, 6, Tom Sykes (Yamaha) +16.126s, 7, Stuart Easton (MonsterMob Ducati) +16.212s, 8, Jamie Robinson (Yamaha) +16.430s, 9, Kim Ashkenazi (Yamaha) +22.060s, 10, Tom Tunstall (Yamaha) +26.049s


Supersport Championship Points:
1, Karl Harris 235pts

2, Stuart Easton (MonsterMob Ducati) 192pts

3, Simon Andrews 146pts

4, Michael Laverty 127pts

5, Dean Thomas 116pts

6, John Crockford 95pts

7, Craig Jones 91pts

8, Tom Sykes 90pts

9, Adrian Coates 79pts

10, Rob Frost 78pts