Ten Kate Racing

Ten Kate Racing

Superbike team
Short_name=Ten Kate Racing
Logo=
Last_season=2008
Long_name=Hannspree Ten Kate Honda
Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr.
Base=flagicon|NED Nieuwleusen, Netherlands
Principal= Ronald ten Kate
Riders= 7 Carlos Checa
23 Ryuichi Kiyonari
54 Kenan Sofuoğlu (Jr. team)
Motorcycle=Honda CBR1000RR
Tyres=Pirelli
Riders_champ=1
SBK|2007 James Toseland

Ten Kate Racing is a motorbike racing team, currently competing in the Superbike World Championship and the Supersport World Championship under the name Hannspree Ten Kate Honda.

History

The team was founded by Gerrit ten Kate and is managed by Ronald ten Kate. It first entered the Supersport World Championship full time in WorldSS|2001 using Honda CBR600F4i motorcycles. In WorldSS|2002 Ten Kate rider Fabien Foret won the championship, Honda's first in Supersport.

The team went on to win all of the last six Supersport World Championships using the Honda CBR600RR. In WorldSS|2003 Chris Vermeulen won the title, followed by Karl Muggeridge in WorldSS|2004, Sébastien Charpentier in WorldSS|2005, who retained his title in WorldSS|2006, the first rider ever to do so, and Kenan Sofuoğlu who won the championship in WorldSS|2007.

In SBK|2004 the team also moved up to the Superbike World Championship using the Honda CBR1000RR and Chris Vermeulen as its singe rider.

Despite being a privateer entry with no support from Honda who had withdrawn its support from the Superbike World Championship, Chris Vermeulen finished fourth in the championship with four wins and was in contention for the title until the final round of the season.

The team expanded into a two motorcycles operation in SBK|2005 with Karl Muggeridge joining Chris Vermeulen. Vermeulen managed 6 wins and finished the championship runner-up while Muggeridge had a poorer season and finished 11th.

Chris Vermeulen moved to MotoGP in SBK|2006 and was replaced by SBK|2004 Superbike World Champion James Toseland. Toseland finished the season runner-up with 3 race wins, while team mate Karl Muggeridge once again had a poorer season finishing 12th.

In SBK|2007 James Toseland was joined in the team by Roberto Rolfo. Toseland got 8 race wins and won the championship in the final race of the season by a margin of 2 points. Rolfo finished 8th overall.

For SBK|2008 the team continues to use Honda motorcycles, CBR1000RR in Superbikes,cite web|url=http://www.worldsbk.com/pubb_EN/team_ext.php?id=2&cat=1|title=Hanspree Ten Kate Honda Superbike team profile] and CBR600RR for Supersport.cite web|url=http://www.worldsbk.com/pubb_EN/team_ext.php?id=1&cat=2|title=Hanspree Ten Kate Honda Supersport team profile]

With James Toseland moving to MotoGP, former MotoGP rider Carlos Checa and 2 times British Superbike Champion Ryuichi Kiyonari join the team, while WorldSS|2007 Supersport World Champion Kenan Sofuoğlu will ride a third motorcycle under the banner of Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr.cite web|url=http://www.worldsbk.com/pubb_EN/team_ext?id=17&cat=1|title=Hanspree Ten Kate Honda Jr. Superbike team profile]

Jonathan Rea and WorldSS|2001 Supersport World Champion Andrew Pitt will ride for the team in the Supersport World Championship.

References

External links

* [http://www.tenkateracing.com/ tenkateracing.com] Official website


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