The Northern Irish TAS Racing team is managed by Philip Neill and the squad initially started competitive racing on the roads in 2001. Since their inception they have amassed an impressive résumé including lap records and wins at all the major road race events including the Isle of Man TT, North West 200 and the Ulster Grand Prix.
TAS Racing stepped up to the British Superbike Championship in 2008 after four successful seasons in the British Supersport Championship. The team moved to BSB as the reigning British Supersport champions with Michael Laverty. In 2008 Laverty proved that the Relentless Suzuki by TAS squad could mix it at the front with the already established teams in the paddock and they have becoming title contenders in the BSB class with Alastair Seeley securing the team the National Superstock 1000 and British Supersport titles in 2009 and this season respectively.
The only team to have finished on the podium in every race so far, they have proven that they will be in contention for a maiden MCE BSB title. Brookes has scored podiums in four out of the six races so far and Seeley just missed the race win at the season opener.
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I am very pleased to confirm that we will continue our relationship with Suzuki for 2012 in BSB as the official team representing Suzuki GB. BSB is currently the leading domestic championship throughout the world in our opinion and with this in mind, the championship delivers the perfect platform for our sponsors to promote their products. Having secured our second British championship title in 2011, after eight consecutive years competing in the championship, 2012 is the year when we finally feel ready to challenge for the Superbike title. The newly introduced technical regulations will obviously narrow the gap between all the competing teams, which may throw up a few surprises. With Josh Brookes staying and Alastair Seeley moving up from Supersport we are confident of having two riders who will be capable of achieving the results we ultimately desire. Our bikes will also take on a new look with sponsors Tyco joing us for the 2012 season. With everything considered we are actually more confident than ever, in terms of how the 2012 TAS Racing GSX-R1000 will stack up against our competitors. Taking into consideration our road racing machines currently run under a similar state of tune to what will be introduced for BSB in 2012, we certainly have the experience to hit the ground running when the series kicks off.
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