PRESS RELEASE

MCRCB, the organiser of this weekends Superbike World Championship event at Brands Hatch and the creator and organiser of the British Superbike Championship (BSB) have viewed with interest the FIM Press Release of 29 ^th July which references Superbike Technical Regulations ( www.fim.ch ).

Concerning the harmonisation of National Superbike Championships, the 2008 BSB Technical Regulations were first published in draft in June 2006 and presented at the FIM “Superbike summit” in Rome (attended by FG Sport, AMA, DMSB, FMI, MA, MFJ, MSMA) and confirmed in May 2007 and were created as a result of close co-operation with the manufacturers and teams competing in the BSB Championship, very much with the philosophy of promoting the intrinsic link between retail and racing products. Shortly after, the AMA issued the 2009 USA Superbike Championship regulations which are very similar, and we believe the Japanese series is also operating in parity. Therefore the objective of the major Superbike National Championships operating with a harmonized technical platform has already been realised in principal through the close co-operation and dialogue between the organising bodies (MCRCB, AMA and MFJ).

We also welcome the statement concerning Superbike technical rules being closer to production series, this principle already being the foundation of the BSB 2008 Technical Regulations especially concerning the use of homologated components such as standard pistons and connecting rods, also mirrored in the 2009 AMA Superbike regulations, as well as the insistence that motorcycles permitted to race in the championship fulfil strict homologation conditions concerning retail production volumes.

A copy of the 2008 BSB Technical Regulations is attached.

( www.mcrcb-events.co.uk/championships.cfm ).

Ends.

Issued 04 August 2007