The seventh round of the 2025 British Superbike season was held at Cadwell Park. Gabrielle Giannini would once again join Josh Brookes, the Italian filling in for the still recovering Lee Jackson. Having to go through Q1, Josh Brookes would narrowly miss out on making it through to the superpole shootout. Brookes would line up for the first race in sixteenth on the grid. A crash in free practice three
Giannini to deputise for Jackson at Cadwell Park for DAO Racing Honda Italian Gabriele Giannini will return to the Bennetts British Superbike Championship grid with DAO Racing Honda at Cadwell Park, continuing to deputise for Lee Jackson who is sidelined due to injuries sustained at Brands Hatch. Multiple Italian champion Giannini made his Bennetts BSB debut at Thruxton, returning directly from the Suzuka 8 Hour race to line up with
Thruxton played host to round six of the 2025 British Superbike Season. With Lee Jackson recovering from injuries sustained during the final race at Brands Hatch, Josh Brookes would be joined for the weekend by Italian championship front-runner, Gabriele Giannini. A strong start to the weekend would see Josh Brookes go straight through into Q2, whilst Giannini made a good impression, finding himself well within the mix upon his debut
Italian Gabriele Giannini will make his Bennetts British Superbike Championship debut at Thruxton this weekend (August 8/9/10) with DAO Racing Honda, deputising for Lee Jackson who is sidelined through injury following his Brands Hatch crash. The 22-year-old has been a multiple title-winner in his native Italy, winning the 2014 Italian MiniGP 50 Championship, the 2016 Italian Premoto3 Championship, and in the CIV 1000 class in 2022 and 2023. He has
The fifth round of the 2025 BSB season saw the championship head to a fan favourite for the first time this year. The Brands Hatch GP circuit has been a strong one for both Josh Brookes and Lee Jackson in the past. As such, the team entered the meeting focused on securing as many points as possible throughout the weekend. After topping the Q1 session, Josh Brookes would join Lee
Round four of the 2025 BSB season saw the championship head across the border into Scotland, at the notoriously tricky and tight Knockhill circuit. The weekend got off to a good start, with Josh Brookes and Lee Jackson placing themselves in third and sixth, respectively, by the end of the opening day’s practice sessions. These results would, once again, automatically put both riders through into the second qualifying session on
The third stop on the 2025 British Superbike calendar was the Snetterton 300 circuit. Fresh off a first British Superbike podium, focus was on continuing to build the momentum going into round three. Saturday’s qualifying session would see Lee Jackson and Josh Brookes once again advance through to Q2’s pole position shootout. Both riders ultimately positioned themselves inside the top twelve for the opening race, with Jackson in 10th and
Round 2 of the 2025 British Superbike season occurred at the Donington Park GP circuit. A good opening day’s practice would put both DAO Racing directly into Saturday afternoon’s pole position shoot-out. Qualifying would see a crash halt Lee Jackson’s weekend aspirations, whilst Brookes placed himself ninth on the grid for the weekend’s opening race. Race one saw the team pick up their first-ever podium in the BSB class, with
The 2025 British Superbike season is finally upon us, marking the beginning of a new chapter for DAO Racing. The team heads into round one at Oulton Park with a new manufacturer and a new pair of riders. Two-time BSB champion Josh Brookes (who returns to Honda for the first time since 2010) and multiple race winner Lee Jackson were brought in to spearhead the team into its new era.
The third and final official pre-season test took place at Oulton Park and marked the last opportunity for DAO Racing to prepare themselves for the 2025 season. The opening day of the Oulton Park test would carry on the progress made previously at Donington and Navarra. Josh Brookes and Lee Jackson would close out the day one inside the top ten on combined times, with Brookes going as high as