Triumph Motorcycles will be officially supporting PTR Performance Technical Racing headed by Simon Buckmaster in the 2021 British Supersport championship. The race bike will be derived directly from the Street Triple RS and its 765 Triple engine, which proved reliable as the Moto2 World Championship spec engine.
“Triumph has a long and very successful history in Supersport racing with the Daytona 675 and our experience of racing in Supersport ultimately led to the development of the Moto2 engine which has been so successful for the last 2 years,” says Steve Sargent, Triumph Motorcycles Chief Product Officer. “Supersport has always been an important championship which has developed riders who have gone on to race at the highest level in WSBK and MotoGP. We are therefore extremely pleased that MSVR, Dorna and the FIM are working to take the Supersport category forward and to encourage manufacturers like Triumph to come back into the class.”
“We can’t wait to get started, we are working together with Triumph to get the 765 Street Triple RS ready for the start of the 2021 season, to develop it through the season and to establish the eligibility for both series and other series in the world going forward,” adds PTR’s Team Manager Simon Buckmaster. “From that point of view, I would say this is the best thing that has ever happened to PTR and to me personally. As a young lad I started racing on a Triumph Bonneville so for me it is almost like going back to my roots.”
The main objective of such project is not only to mark the return of a legendary British brand in the paddock of the world’s most relevant national motorcycle championship – British Superbikes - but also to achieve immediate results as well as develop the team and the machine that will compete in the Supersport World Championship from 2022.