Your routine round-up of stats* and facts for your delectation ahead of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship visit to Snetterton.

This is the first time Yamaha have led the BSB Championship with five rounds of the Championship remaining since 2015 when Josh Brookes led the series. The Australian went on to win the title that year.

Tommy Bridewell’s three podiums at Cadwell Park saw him move on to a career total of 51 and become just the 14th rider in BSB history to record more than 50 podiums.

Bridewell is now 13th on the all-time list of podium finishers, one ahead of Niall Mackenzie and nine ahead of the 15th ranked rider, Jason O’Halloran.

Peter Hickman’s three podiums at Cadwell Park moved him on to a career total of 21, the same number as Glenn Irwin.

Exactly two-thirds of Hickman’s 21 career BSB podiums have come at Cadwell Park and Thruxton.

His two victories at Cadwell Park moved him on to a career total of 6, the same number as Terry Rymer.

Neither Hickman nor fellow Showdown contender Danny Buchan have ever taken a BSB podium at Snetterton.

Jason O’Halloran took his first ever BSB podium (in 2015) and first ever BSB victory (in 2016) at Snetterton.

Christian Iddon also claimed his first ever BSB win at the Snetterton circuit, victory coming in the first race in 2020.

Andrew Irwin made his BSB debut at Snetterton three years ago.

Jason O’Halloran is set to make his 175th BSB start in the third race at Snetterton this weekend.

The Snetterton 300 circuit was first used for BSB in 2011. At 2.9689 miles, it is the longest track on the 2021 BSB calendar.

The current lap record is held by Shane Byrne (Ducati), who lapped at 1m47.143s in the second race of 2017.

Out of this year’s entry, only Josh Brookes (2010 & 2020), Jason O’Halloran (2016) and Christian Iddon and Glenn Irwin (both 2020) have previously won BSB races at Snetterton.

Irwin’s victory last year was his first and, to date, only BSB victory for Honda.

Shane Byrne is the most successful rider at Snetterton with 10 wins followed by Ryuichi Kiyonari (7), John Reynolds (5), Leon Camier and Josh Brookes (3) and James Whitham, Chris Walker, Sean Emmett, Brookes, Leon Haslam and Scott Redding (all 2).

The double victory has been achieved at Snetterton on 12 occasions – James Whitham (1996), John Reynolds (2001), Sean Emmett (2002), Ryuichi Kiyonari (2006 and 2007), Leon Camier (2009), Josh Brookes (2010), Shane Byrne (2014, 2015 and 2017), Leon Haslam (2018) and Scott Redding (2019).

The double victory has been taken in five of the last seven years.

Josh Brookes (19) has recorded the most podiums at Snetterton followed by Shane Byrne (17), John Reynolds (12), Ryuichi Kiyonari and Chris Walker (both 8), Michael Rutter (7), Tommy Hill (6) and Leon Haslam (6) and Niall Mackenzie, Steve Hislop, Michael Laverty, Jason O’Halloran and Tommy Bridewell (all 5).

Although Josh Brookes has taken 19 podiums at Snetterton, only three of those have been race wins, two coming in 2010 and another last year.

Ducati is the most successful manufacturer at Snetterton with 17 wins, followed by Honda (13), Yamaha (10), Kawasaki (7) and Suzuki (5).

Ducati’s last BSB win at Snetterton came in 2020 with Josh Brookes.

Honda’s last BSB win at Snetterton also came last year, with Glenn Irwin.

Kawasaki’s last win at Snetterton came in 2018 when Leon Haslam won both race races.

Yamaha last took the top spot at Snetterton in 2012 with Tommy Hill.

Suzuki’s last win came in 2011 with John Hopkins.

BMW have never won a BSB race at Snetterton.

*all statistics taken from 1996 onwards