First round of 2024 British Superbikes will be in… Spain
The Circuito de Navarra will host the opening round of 2024 British Superbikes, per a newly published provisional calendar
A provisional calendar for the 2024 British Superbikes season has been released, with BSB set to start at the Navarra circuit in Spain next year.
The Circuito de Navarra was bought in November of last year by Motor Sport Vision, the promoter of British Superbikes, and evidently the promoter has decided it is the right place to open the 2024 season. Exactly how the British fans of the championship will make their presence known in Navarra on 20-21 April is unclear, but there will be tickets available for purchase and the race will be included in the MSV Two Wheel Season Pass.
2021 Navarra WorldSBK with Toprak Razgatlioglu, Jonathan Rea, and Scott Redding. Credit: Gold and Goose.
The whole meeting at Navarra will be somewhat odd, as the track will also host a four-day test - the second and final test of the 2024 preseason after on 6-7 April - in the week before the race on 16-19 April. This means all the riders should be fully up to speed with the circuit’s high-speed turn one and following, never-ending combination of first-gear turns, by the end of the two-day race meeting.
After Navarra, the season returns to more familiar surroundings at Oulton Park on the May Bank Holiday weekend. Two weeks later, Donington hosts the first of two races on its GP layout, with the National variant seemingly now totally out of favour having been cut from this year’s schedule, too.
The first Donington race is the last one of the pre-road-race-season races, with a one-month break following for BSB as its road racing contingent heads to (hopefully) the North West 200 and Isle of Man TT.
Jack Kennedy, 2023 Oulton Park BSB. Credit: Mar-Train Racing.
Knockhill kicks off the resumption of the BSB season in the middle of June, before Snetterton and Brands Hatch feature in July.
The Thruxton round will take place in August, before Cadwell Park once again takes its place on the August Bank Holiday weekend.
Assuming this year’s ‘Showdown’ format is retained, its first round will take place back at Oulton Park, before Donington Park GP’s and Brands Hatch GP’s second respective rounds close out the season by mid-October.
The full 2024 British Superbike Championship provisional calendar is below.
2024 British Superbike Championship calendar (provisional)
| Round | Date | Track |
| Round 1 | 20-21 April | Circuito de Navarra |
| Round 2 | 4-6 May | Oulton Park* |
| Round 3 | 17-19 May | Donington Park GP |
| Round 4 | 14-16 June | Knockhill |
| Round 5 | 5-7 July | Snetteton |
| Round 6 | 19-21 July | Brands Hatch GP |
| Round 7 | 9-11 August | Thruxton |
| Round 8 | 24-26 August | Cadwell Park* |
| Round 9 | 13-15 September | Oulton Park |
| Round 10 | 27-29 September | Donington Park GP |
| Round 11 | 11-13 October | Brands Hatch GP |
* - Bank Holiday
Lead image credit: Gold and Goose
