Colin Wright
GSE Racing Facing Withdrawal From British Superbikes In 2010
Source: BritishSuperbikeNews.co.uk - Thursday, 18th February 2010, 12:58 GMTGSE Racing 2009 The reigning champion British Superbike team GSE Racing are today facing withdrawal from the British Superbike Championship of 2010 unless a sponsor is found before the end of the year. Towards the end of the season the team announced that their partnership with Wrigley’s Airwaves would be coming to an end after the years finale. Since that time no suitable replacement has been found leaving the team without the necessary funding to compete in the 2010 season. Team Principle Darrell Healey said; “It is with great regret that we have had to issue the team with their notice of redundancy, with a view to withdrawing from the British Superbike Championship at the end of 2009. We have enjoyed tremendously our time racing in the most competitive domestic superbike series in the world, and therefore this decision was not taken lightly. Alongside Yamaha, we will be doing all we can to try and secure a partner in the remaining time available, and greatly hope we an return to once again successfully defend our championship title.” Team Manager Colin Wright added; “Everyone at GSE Racing is incredibly saddened that we may no longer be able to compete in the British Superbike Championship. We enjoyed our most successful season ever in 2009. Leon Camier and James Ellison were the only two riders to have finished every race in the points (barring Leon’s exclusion at Cadwell) and we enjoyed numerous double race wins and double one two’s on our way to first and second in the Championship standings. We were very much looking forward to continuing this success on into 2010 as we entered our second year in partnership with Yamaha, but unfortunately it looks like this will now not be. “I would like to take this opportunity to thank the whole team for their unrivalled dedication and hard work, our previous sponsors for their support, and of course the British Superbike fans.” Read article
GSE staff get redunancy notices as team hints at BSB withdrawal
Source: Insidebikes | Carole Nash - Monday, 28th December 2009, 15:09 GMTRedundancy notices have been given to staff at GSE Racing at the British Superbikes Championship’s most successful team looks set to disband. Staff at the team have been informed that their jobs are at risk as the team continues to struggle to find a sponsor for the 2010 season. Airwaves Yamaha, who took the championship by storm in 2010 with 23 race victories from 26 last season, were hit with a setback that title-sponsor Wrigley’s would not continue their support of the team in 2010, ending a five-year association. The financial crisis, which has hit all forms of motorsport hard, has made it difficult for the team to find a new corporate backed and team boss Colin Wright has suggested that the team may not be able to compete next season. “Everyone at GSE Racing is incredibly saddened that we may no longer be able to compete in the British Superbike Championship. We enjoyed our most successful season ever in 2009,” said Wright. “Leon Camier and James Ellison were the only two riders to have finished every race in the points (barring Leon’s exclusion at Cadwell) and we enjoyed numerous double race wins and double one-twos on our way to first and second in the Championship standings. “We were very much looking forward to continuing this success on into 2010 as we entered our second year in partnership with Yamaha, but unfortunately it looks like this will now not be. “I would like to take this opportunity to thank the whole team for their unrivalled dedication and hard work, our previous sponsors for their support, and of course the British Superbike fans.” Read article
Ellison denies WSS switch
Source: Insidebikes | Carole Nash - Wednesday, 18th November 2009, 14:41 GMTNormal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} James Ellison has confirmed that he remains committed to the British Superbike Championship, despite accepting an invitation to test for the Yamaha World Supersport team in Portimao. Ellison, who was in Portugal to support former AMA rival Ben Spies, was offered the opportunity to test the Yamaha R6 left vacant by Cal Crutchlow’s switch to World Superbikes and clocked times which, whilst not officially released, were described as “competitive with the top five race times”. But Ellison has dismissed suggestions that the test is an indication that he is to leave British Superbikes, with Yamaha still yet to confirm a WSS rider for 2010. “At the moment my plan is to stay with GSE Racing in BSB next season as I have a two year contract with the team, but we are waiting on a title sponsor,” he told the BSB website. “I have done my first year with GSE and finished second so for 2010 the aim is to come back with them and have a real stab at the title.” Ellison, who came second in the BSB championship to teammate Leon Camier, did however relish the opportunity to ride the World Championship winning bike. “It was awesome and a great opportunity for me to test Cal’s bike today,” added. “I had about an hour on track and in that time I was able to run the pace that the top five had at the weekend on race distance tyres without making any changes to Cal’s settings. “The last time I rode a Supersport bike was in 2002 and it has changed since then, it has loads more power now and you can wrestle it around and be more physical than you can on the Superbike. It is much lighter and reacts more to the movement and you have to keep it revving all the time, but it has some mega electronics and a great chassis. It was just a fantastic package. “I had gone to Portugal to watch the racing and see Ben (Spies); we raced together in AMA and we are good mates so I wanted to go and see him finish the job and catch up with a few people. I spoke to Laurens Klein Koerkamp who is the Yamaha Motor Europe Racing Manager over the weekend, as I knew him from before, and team manager Wilco Zeelenberg to see if I could have a test on the Supersport bike. “They had planned to test a couple of riders and I didn’t find out for definite until the end of the weekend, so I called and checked it was OK with Colin [Wright], GSE Racing team manager] and that is how it all happened. I borrowed Cal’s kit - his leathers, gloves and boots as he is the same size as me; it gave the photographers something to look out for as we were almost identical!” Read article
Colin Wright on GSE Racing future
Source: MCN Sport - Tuesday, 25th August 2009, 11:00 GMTSo what future for GSE Racing now that Airwaves have announced they are parting company with the team at the end of the season. Get all the latest BSB news MCN spoke to Airwaves Yamaha team boss Colin Wright for... Read article
Airwaves Yamaha confident ahead of Donington WSB round
Source: MCN Sport - Friday, 26th June 2009, 11:33 GMTAirwaves Yamaha team boss, Colin Wright remains confident that Leon Camier and James Ellison can be competitive racing on the world stage at Donington WSB this weekend. The team arrive at the Leicestershire circuit having dominated the British Superbike Championship... Read article
GSE -Airwaves deal continues
Source: | Sport | British Superbikes - Wednesday, 17th December 2008, 9:16 GMTGSE Racing, arguably the most successful team in the modern era of the British Superbike Championship, will continue to be sponsored by chewing gum brand Airwaves in 2009, continuing an association that began in 2005. GSE team manager Colin Wright,... Read article
Wright: Shakey can win ‘09 WSBK title.
Source: Crash.Net WORLD SUPERBIKES Newsfeed - Friday, 21st November 2008, 15:12 GMTColin Wright is confident Shane Byrne is capable of challenging for the 2009 World Superbike Championship. Read article
Colin Wright: “It’s all going to come down to time”
Source: | Sport | World Superbikes - Tuesday, 18th November 2008, 15:59 GMTGSE Racing Team Manager Colin Wright told MCN it’s going to be a battle against the clock to get ready for the 2009 season following the team’s recent visit to the Factory Yamaha World Superbike team’s headquarters near Monza. Wright... Read article
Wright hails another title success.
Source: Crash.Net BRITISH SUPERBIKES Newsfeed - Wednesday, 1st October 2008, 16:01 GMTAn 'overjoyed' Colin Wright celebrates the 2008 Bennetts British Superbike Championship. Read article
Colin Wright (GSE Racing) – QA.
Source: Crash.Net BRITISH SUPERBIKES Newsfeed - Thursday, 18th September 2008, 15:10 GMTGSE Racing switch from Ducati to Yamaha in 2009 - Crash.net spoke to team manager Colin Wright to find out more details... Read article
