Billy McConnell (motorcyclist)
# Billy McConnell (motorcyclist)

Billy McConnell (born 24 December 1986) is an Australian motorcycle racer. He is signed for the OMG Racing team to ride their BMW S1000RR in the British National Superstock 1000 Championship, completing the team with Superbike riders Luke Mossey and Héctor Barberá. McConnell missed races at the start of the 2019 season due to illness.

He won the 2014 British Supersport Champion aboard a Triumph Daytona 675 for Smiths Racing before stepping up with the Smiths Racing team to the British Superbike Championship aboard a BMW S1000RR. During 2017 he rode a Kawasaki ZX-10R in the British Superbike Championship, but was injured at the Thruxton round in August and was unable to compete in any further races. His place was taken for the last three races of the season in October at the Brands Hatch round by Kyle Ryde, who had parted company with his Pucetti Kawasaki Racing team in World Supersport due to poor performances.

## Arrival in the UK

In 2004 McConnell was invited by Yamaha to compete in the British Superstock Cup, after a third-place finish in the Australian Superstock Championship despite missing the last 3 rounds.

In 2005 he competed in the Virgin Mobile Cup, winning the title and subsequently progressed to the full Virgin Mobile Superbike team. McConnell also won the Australian Young Sports Personality of the Year.

### British Superbikes/Supersport

In 2006 McConnell rode at Virgin mobile Yamaha alongside Tommy Hill and Kieran Clarke. He had a decent season winning the rookie of the year award. In 2007 he moved down a class to the British Supersport Championship. In 2008 he moved back to the British Superbike Championship with MSS Discovery Kawasaki, finishing 12th overall in the championship with 91 points. In 2009 he moved once again back to the British Supersport Championship, on the MAP Raceways Yamaha.

## Career statistics

### British Superbike Championship

**Races by year**

| Year | Bike | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | Pos | Pts | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Bike | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Pos | Pts | Ref |
| 2006 | Yamaha | BHI 17 | BHI Ret | DON 14 | DON | THR 12 | THR Ret | OUL 18 | OUL Ret | MON C | MON C | MAL Ret | MAL 12 | SNE 9 | SNE Ret | KNO 18 | KNO 15 | OUL 9 | OUL Ret | CRO Ret | CRO Ret | CAD Ret | CAD 10 | SIL Ret | SIL 13 | BHGP 12 | BHGP 7 | 17th | 47 | |
| 2008 | Kawasaki | BHGP C | BHGP C | THR 14 | THR 10 | OUL Ret | OUL 10 | BHGP 8 | BHGP 9 | DON Ret | DON Ret | SNE 11 | SNE 11 | MAL 6 | MAL 16 | OUL 8 | OUL 10 | KNO Ret | KNO 9 | CAD 12 | CAD 24 | CRO 17 | CRO Ret | SIL 10 | SIL 9 | BHI 12 | BHI Ret | 12th | 91 | |

### British Supersport Championship

**Races by year**

| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Pts | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2009 | Yamaha | BHI 1 | OUL 10 | DON 3 | THR 1 | SNE Ret | KNO 4 | MAL 4 | BHGP 2 | CAD 1 | CRO 2 | SIL 3 | OUL 19 | 2nd | 137 | |
| 2010 | Yamaha | BHI 3 | THR 4 | OUL Ret | CAD 1 | MAL 1 | KNO 12 | SNE 8 | BHGP 8 | CAD Ret | CRO Ret | SIL 11 | OUL 4 | 5th | 115 | |
| Year | Bike | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | Pos | Pts | Ref |
| Year | Bike | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pos | Pts | Ref |
| 2011 | Triumph | BRH 13 | BRH 15 | OUL 9 | OUL 5 | CRO 4 | CRO 3 | THR 1 | THR 5 | KNO 9 | KNO 13 | SNE 5 | SNE 13 | OUL 1 | OUL C | BRH 5 | BRH DNS | CAD 3 | CAD 3 | DON 7 | DON 5 | SIL 6 | SIL 6 | BRH 3 | BRH 7 | BRH 7 | 3rd | 253 | |
| 2012 | Triumph | BHI 9 | BHI 3 | THR Ret | THR 1 | OUL 5 | OUL 7 | SNE 5 | SNE 2 | KNO 4 | KNO 1 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | BHGP Ret | BHGP 3 | CAD 1 | CAD 4 | DON 2 | DON 4 | ASS 12 | ASS 10 | SIL 4 | SIL 10 | BHGP 1 | BHGP 1 | | 3rd | 340 | |

Notes:

    1.^ – Race was abandoned after second restart, half points awarded.

### Supersport World Championship

**Races by year**

| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2008 | Kawasaki | QAT | AUS | SPA | NED | ITA | GER | SMR | CZE | GBR Ret | EUR | ITA | FRA | POR | NC | 0 |
| 2010 | Yamaha | AUS | POR | SPA | NED | ITA | RSA | USA | SMR | CZE | GBR 13 | GER | ITA | FRA | 31st | 3 |
| 2012 | Triumph | AUS | ITA | NED | ITA | EUR 9 | SMR | SPA | CZE | GBR | RUS | GER | POR | FRA | 31st | 7 |
| 2013 | Triumph | AUS | SPA | NED | ITA | GBR 19 | POR | ITA | RUS | GBR 22 | GER | TUR | FRA | SPA | NC | 0 |
| 2014 | Triumph | AUS Ret | SPA | NED | ITA | GBR | MAL | SMR | POR | SPA | FRA | QAT | | | NC | 0 |
