Luke Stapleford World Supersport Challenge - Profile Racing

Reigning 2015 British Supersport Champion, Luke Stapleford will take on a new challenge for the rest of the 2016 season. After a troubled start to the year Luke parted company with his team and will head to TT Assen Circuit next weekend and will race the machine he won the British Championship on.

 

The Profile Racing team have kindly been granted an allocated grid slot by Dorna on the World Supersport grid for the remainder of the World Superbike season. They have re-formed the winning team from 2015 and have re-gained the services of crew chief and technician Tristan Palmer, who helped Luke in his bid to winning the Championship last year.

 

The team will have to make some changes to the Triumph 675 in order to abide by the World Supersport regulations. The team are confident with the right people around them now they will make some good progress and Luke will be able to demonstrate his form from 2015.

 

This project would not have been possible without the help of Dorna plus the sponsors of the team - Profile Enterprises Ltd, Triumph, Ohlins, Integro Doodsons, Motul, Advanced Signs and Designs, Arai, Forcefield, RST, Century Security, PRC Fabrications, JT Performance, Daytona and Stakssprays.

 

Pete Stapleford - Profile Enterprises Ltd - Team Owner - "We are lucky to be in this position and with the help from Dorna we are able to continue in the World Championship for the remainder of the season. We are working extremely hard on the old bike to bring it in-line with all the World Supersport rules. It is a refreshing feeling knowing now we have a very capable and professional team around us that all work well together. We have the right people involved now and we hope to go into each round feeling positive with a view of securing some strong results on the world stage."

 

Luke Stapleford - "It has been a tough start to the year in the World Supersport class but hopefully we will now have a bit more normality within the team we can move forwards at each round. I am looking forward to racing my old bike and having a great team and fantastic support around me. I can't thank my sponsors enough and the help we have been given to make this happen it is very much appreciated."

 

2016 World Superbike Calendar

 

Apr 17          Round 4:        Assen, the Netherlands

May 01         Round 5:        Imola, Italy

May 15         Round 6:        Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia

May 29         Round 7:        Donington Park, United Kingdom

Jun 19          Round 8:        Misano, San Marino

Jul 10            Round 9:       Laguna Seca, United States

Jul 24            Round 10:     Monza, Italy

Sep 18          Round 11:      Lausitz, Germany

Oct 02           Round 12:     Magny-Cours, France

Oct 16           Round 13:     Jerez, Spain

Oct 30           Round 14:     Losail International Circuit, Qatar