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Bradley Ray

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Bradley Ray
Ray in 2018
Born (1997-05-16) 16 May 1997 (age 27)
Ashford, Kent, England
Current teamMotoxracing Yamaha WSBK
Websitewww.brad-ray.co.uk
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years2015
ManufacturersFTR
2015 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
1 0 0 0 0 0
Superbike World Championship
Active years2023–
ManufacturersYamaha
2024 championship position21st (14 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
60 0 0 0 0 33
British Superbike Championship
Active years2017–2022
ManufacturersYamaha
Championships1 (2022)
2022 championship position1st (1192 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
0 0 0 0 0 0

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.

Career

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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

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Career statistics

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Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

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Races by year

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(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

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Races by year

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(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

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Races by year

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(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

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Races by year

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(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

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By season

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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

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(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

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By season

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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

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(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

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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

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  1. ^ a b 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.
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