Triumph Street Triples Dominate in Snetterton British Supersport

Round three of the British Supersport Championship took place at the Norfolk circuit of Snetterton in unusually hot conditions. Oli Bayliss made his competitive debut with the Macadam Triumph Factory Racing team, stepping in for Max Wadsworth as he recovers from arm pump surgery. The Australian adapted quickly to both bike and circuit, qualifying an impressive fourth — just ahead of his teammate, Luke Stapleford.

Saturday’s Sprint Race unfolded in scorching temperatures. Stapleford carved his way through the pack, setting the fastest lap of the race on his way to the podium, eventually finishing third and taking a six-point lead in the championship. Bayliss impressed with a strong fourth-place finish on his first outing at the British circuit, followed closely by fellow Triumph rider Lee Johnston, making it three Triumph Street Triple 765s inside the top five.

Thanks to his fastest lap in the Sprint Race, Stapleford lined up on pole for Sunday’s feature race, with Bayliss once again starting from fourth. Stapleford briefly slipped back off the line but wasted no time reclaiming the lead from Rhys Irwin, while Bayliss slotted into third. On lap 11 of 14, Bayliss made his move on Irwin to secure a Macadam Triumph one-two.

Stapleford took a well-earned victory to extend his championship lead to 12 points, while Bayliss capped off a brilliant debut weekend with second place and a step on the podium.

The Macadam Triumph Factory Racing team now looks ahead to Round 4 at Knockhill, 4–6 July.

Luke Stapleford #8: “We’ve had a really good weekend at Snetterton. We lost a lot of time after a difficult start with a tyre issue in FP1, which I think had a knock-on effect into qualifying which put us into fifth and the red flags didn’t help. We had a bad start in race one but managed to claw back to finish third. Last year, I had a tendency to make mistakes trying to bridge the gap and push for the win so getting third yesterday was a solid result and put us on pole for today. I felt that we probably had better pace than the others so the target was to get to the front and see what we could do. I struggled to get into a rhythm but in the last few laps I really dug in and tried to pull a gap and that’s what happened. I’m really happy for Oli as well, he’s a really nice guy and did a great job and helped me in the Championship by finishing second today so really positive all round.”

Oli Bayliss #68: “Really happy with my weekend here in Snetterton for the BSB Championship. First of all I need to thank Dave and the whole Macadam Triumph Factory team for getting me here in the first place and for getting these results which is a great confidence boost. We finished fourth yesterday and second in the last race so we’re really happy with that especially with Luke getting the win too. I had a really great weekend and we’ll see what happens in the future. Big thank you to the team and all my sponsors.”