Richard Cooper – Trusted Since 1999

Pretty awesome weekend as Suzuki wins Brands Hatch BSB

July 25, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – July 25. Richard Cooper: Suzuki GSX-R1000R – 2-1 Danny Kent: Suzuki GSX-R1000R – 12-9-DNF Christian Iddon: Suzuki GSX-R1000R – 10-DNF-11 Richard Cooper took victory for Buildbase Suzuki at Brands Hatch, […]

Bounce back at Brands Hatch BSB British Superbike

July 21, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – July 21. After a tough visit to Knockhill, Christian Iddon, Danny Kent and the Buildbase Suzuki team are looking to bounce back at Brands Hatch this weekend for the fifth […]

2022 North West 200 Superbike, Supersport, Superstock and Supertwin race Results

May 15, 2022 Michael Le Pard

METZELER IN SEVENTH HEAVEN AT NORTH WEST 200 WITH WINS IN EVERY CLASS METZELER riders dominated the 2022 North West 200 with Seeley, Bian, Loughlin and Irwin sharing the spoils while McWilliams, Cooper, Jordan and […]

Team Classic Suzuki swaps its XR69 and RG500 for modern GSX-R1000 at Isle of Man TT debut

February 29, 2020 Michael Le Pard

TEAM CLASSIC SUZUKI TO MAKE ISLE OF MAN TT DEBUT Team Suzuki Press Office – February 28. Team Classic Suzuki will swap its XR69 and RG500 machinery for modern GSX-R1000 kit when it makes its […]

COOPER WINS NEW ZEALAND SUZUKI INTERNATIONAL TRI-SERIES

December 31, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – December 30 Richard Cooper: GSX-R1000 -1st Richie Dibben: RM-Z450 – 1st British Superstock Champion Richard Cooper raced to victory at the third and final round of the Suzuki International Tri-Series […]

COOPER AND SUZUKI DOMINATE AT NEW ZEALAND SBK

December 20, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – December 19. Richard Cooper: Suzuki GSX-R1000 – 1-1-1 Visiting British Superstock Champion Richard Cooper has shown once again that he’s a fast bike racer and a fast learner too at […]

SUZUKI INTERNATIONAL SERIES KICKS OFF IN NEW ZEALAND

December 11, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – December 11. Richie Dibben: RM-Z450 (Super Moto class) – 1-1 Richie Dibben: GSX-R600 (Formula 2 class) – 1-DNF Richard Cooper: GSX-R1000) (Formula 1 class) – 3-2 Richie Dibben picked-up three […]

BUILDBASE SUZUKI CELEBRATES TITLE VICTORY AT BRANDS FINALE

October 23, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – October 22. Richard Cooper: SST 1000 – 2nd- 2019 Champion Bradley Ray: BSB – 15-14-14 – 11th Overall Luke Stapleford: BSB – 14-16-17 – 13th Overall The Bennetts British Superbike […]

MOTORCYCLE RACING WEEKEND ACTION – OCTOBER 19-20th

October 19, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – October 18. The third weekend of October sees MotoGP™ in Japan for round 16 of the series at Motegi, plus in the UK the 12th and final round of the […]

BUILBASE SUZUKI’S BRADLEY RAY 6TH AT DONINGTON BSB

October 7, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – October 6. Bradley Ray: BSB Class, DNF-6 Luke Stapleford: BSB Class, 13-14 Richard Cooper: SST Class, 2 Kyle Ryde: SST Class, DNS • Ray qualifies on front row for race […]

BUILDBASE SUZUKI’S STAPLEFORD FIGHTS FOR ASSEN PODIUM

September 26, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – September 25. • Stapleford qualifies on front row • Fights for podium in both races • Records season-best result in fourth Buildbase Suzuki’s Luke Stapleford narrowly missed out on a […]

SUPERSTOCK CHAMPION COOPER TO RIDE SUZUKI SUPERBIKE AT ASSEN

September 18, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – September 17. Buildbase Suzuki’s newly-crowned British Superstock 1000 Champion Richard Cooper will swap his Superstock GSX-R1000 for a Superbike-specification this weekend at Assen, The Netherlands, when he joins teammates Bradley […]

COOPER AND BUILDBASE SUZUKI WIN SUPERSTOCK TITLE

September 9, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – September 8. Richard Cooper: SST, GSX-R1000 – 1-1 Bradley Ray: BSB, GSX-R1000 – 2-4-2 Luke Stapleford: BSB, GSX-R1000 -14-12-12 • Cooper wins National Superstock 1000 Championship. • Bradley Ray secures […]

BUILDBASE SUZUKI POSITIVE FOR OULTON PARK BSB

September 8, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – September 5. With round nine of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship returning to Oulton Park this weekend for round nine of the series, Buildbase Suzuki is looking to build on […]

BUILDBASE SUZUKI WINS AT CADWELL PARK

August 19, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 18. • Cooper converts pole to victory and extends SST 1000 series lead. • Ray qualifies front-row, but bad luck robs him of racing success. • Stapleford eighth in […]

BUILDBASE SUZUKI GEARED-UP FOR CADWELL PARK BSB

August 16, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 15. Buildbase Suzuki heads to Cadwell Park this weekend for the eighth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship, with Richard Cooper looking to return to winning ways in […]

BUILDBASE SUZUKI MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AT THRUXTON BSB

August 5, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 4. Bradley Ray – BSB Class – 12-13th Luke Stapleford – BSB Class – 14-12th Richard Cooper – SST Class – 4th Buildbase Suzuki’s Bradley Ray and Luke Stapleford […]

BUILDBASE SUZUKI LOOK TO MOVE FORWARD AT THRUXTON BSB

August 2, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 1. The Buildbase Suzuki team is looking ahead positively to the super-fast Thruxton circuit this weekend, with the aim of kick-starting the second half of the Bennetts British Superbike […]

COOPER & BUILDBASE SUZUKI GSX-R1000 WIN AT SNETTERTON

July 22, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – July 22. Richard Cooper – SST Class – 1st Bradley Ray – BSB – 13-13th Luke Stapleford – BSB – DNF-13th Buildbase Suzuki’s Richard Cooper extended his points lead in […]

BUILDBASE SUZUKI READY FOR SNETTERTON BSB

July 19, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – July 18. The Buildbase Suzuki team is set for the sixth round of the British Superbike Championship at Snetterton, in the UK, this weekend, with the aim to build on […]

SUPERSTOCK WIN AND TOP-6 FOR BUILDBASE SUZUKI

July 1, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – June 30. Richard Cooper – SST Class – 1- 2 Bradley Ray – BSB Class – 6 – DNF Luke Stapleford – BSB Class – 9 – DNS • Cooper […]

BUILDBASE SUZUKI READY FOR KNOCKHILL BSB

June 28, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – June 28. Buildbase Suzuki heads north to Knockhill for the fifth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship this weekend, looking to build on the positives taken from Brands Hatch. […]

COOPER & SUZUKI EXTEND SERIES LEAD AT DONINGTON BSB

May 28, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – May 28. Richard Cooper – SST – 1-1-2 Bradley Ray – SBK – 17-13-9 Luke Stapleford – SBK – 12-15-10 Richard Cooper extended his National Superstock 1000 Championship lead at […]

COOPER & BUILDBASE SUZUKI RUNNER-UP AT NORTH WEST 200

May 19, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – May 19. Richard Cooper – SST GSX-R1000R – 2nd. Buildbase Suzuki’s Richard Cooper enjoyed a successful road racing debut this week, coming away from the International North West 200 in […]

COOPER AND BUILDBASE SUZUKI INCREASE SERIES LEAD

May 8, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – May 7. Richard Cooper – SST – 1st Bradley Ray – BSB – 14-12th Luke Stapleford – BSB – 19-16th • Cooper extends championship lead with race win. • Ray makes […]

BUILDBASE SUZUKI SET FOR OULTON PARK BSB

May 4, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – May 3. The Buildbase Suzuki team heads to Oulton Park this bank holiday weekend for the second round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship, looking to improve on its performances […]

Busy Weekend for Suzuki with 4 Suzuki Race Teams in Action

May 4, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – May 3. The first weekend of May sees four Suzuki race teams in action in Spain, America and the UK for MotoGP™, AMA MotoAmerica Superbikes and AMA/ FIM World Supercross […]

COOPER AND BUILBASE SUZUKI WIN AT SILVERSTONE BSB

April 23, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – April 22. Richard Cooper – Superstock 1000 – 1-1-3 Luke Stapleford – BSB – 7-5 Bradley Ray – BSB – 16-10 Cooper wins two-part season opener and podiums in race […]

NEW BUILDBASE SUZUKI BSB TEAM CONCLUDES SPANISH TEST

March 16, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – March 15. The Buildbase Suzuki team’s preparations for the 2019 Bennetts British Superbike Championship began in earnest this week, with Bradley Ray, Richard Cooper, and new recruit Luke Stapleford enjoying […]

BUILDBASE SUZUKI’S COOPER ENDS SEASON WITH 6 WINS!

October 24, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – October 24. Richard Cooper made it six wins in a week aboard his GSX-R1000R over the weekend, as the Buildbase Suzuki rider added wins at the Sunflower Trophy races and […]

COOPER WINS AT BRANDS FINALE; HEARTBREAK FOR MCCONNELL

October 16, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – October 14. Richard Cooper – BSB GSX-R1000 – 0/ 4/ 1st Bradley Ray – BSB GSX-R1000 – 11/ 8/ 11th Billy McConnell – SST GSX-R1000 – DNF Buildbase Suzuki’s Richard Cooper […]

SEASON BEST FOR BUILDBASE SUZUKI’S COOPER AT ASSEN BSB

October 1, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – September 30. Buildbase Suzuki’s Richard Cooper scored his best result of the season today at Assen, Netherlands finishing fifth in race two at the penultimate round of the Bennetts British […]

BUILDBASE SUZUKI GEAR-UP FOR ASSEN BRITISH SBK

September 28, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office The Buildbase Suzuki team heads to Assen, Netherlands this weekend for the penultimate round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship, with Bradley Ray looking to re-join the title fight while his […]

SUZUKI’S McCONNELL TAKES OULTON PARK VICTORY

September 18, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – September 17. Billy McConnell – SST – 1-7 Bradley Ray – BSB – 11-DNF Richard Cooper – BSB – 13-DNF Billy McConnell raced his Buildbase Suzuki GSX-R1000 to victory at […]

SUZUKI’S BSB SHOWDOWN GETS UNDERWAY AT OULTON PARK

September 15, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – September 14. Buildbase Suzuki will get its Bennetts British Superbike Championship title assault underway this weekend, as Oulton Park hosts the first round of The Showdown. Bradley Ray, who secured […]

BUILDBASE SUZUKI SECURES BSB SHOWDOWN SPOT

September 10, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – September 10. Bradley Ray – BSB – DNF-14-7 Richard Cooper – BSB – DNF-10-8 Billy McConnell – SST – 9-4-4 • Pole position in qualifying for Ray • Ray also […]

BUILDBASE SUZUKI SEEKING SHOWDOWN PLACE AT SILVERSTONE

September 7, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – September 6. Buildbase Suzuki’s Bradley Ray is aiming to secure his place in this year’s Bennetts British Superbike Championship Showdown, with the series heading to Silverstone for round nine this […]

TWO PODIUMS & CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD FOR BUILDBASE SUZUKI

August 20, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 20. Bradley Ray – BSB – 2-2 Richard Cooper – BSB – 11-9 Billy McConnell – SST – 2 • Pole position and two podiums for Bradley Ray. • […]

BRADLEY RAY SUZUKA 8 HOURS & BSB BLOG

August 19, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 18. Brad Ray talks about the Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance World Championship final round in Japan, where he was invited to ride for the Yoshimura Suzuki Motul Racing team, […]

BUILDBASE SUZUKI GEARED-UP FOR CADWELL BSB

August 17, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 16. Buildbase Suzuki will head to Cadwell Park this weekend for round eight of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship, looking to use the data gathered at a recent private […]

BUILDBASE SUZUKI READY FOR KNOCKILL BSB

July 10, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – July 6. The Buildbase Suzuki team has headed north of the border to Knockhill this weekend for round five of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship. With wall-to-wall sunshine forecast for […]

Strong Points-Haul For Buildbase Suzuki At Oulton

May 8, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – May 7. Bradley Ray – 4-7th Richard Cooper – 10-9th Billy McConnell – 5th It was a weekend which yielded solid points-scoring results for Buildbase Suzuki at Oulton Park and […]

Championship Leaders Buildbase Suzuki Set For Oulton BSB

May 3, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – May 3 Buildbase Suzuki heads to Oulton Park this weekend for round three of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship currently leading both the Superbike and Superstock 1000 points tables and […]

SUZUKI GSX-R1000 LEADS BSB AND SUPERSTOCK CHAMPIONSHIPS

April 19, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – April 15. Bradley Ray – BSB – 2-7 Billy McConnell – SST – 3-1 Richard Cooper – BSB – DNF-DNF • Pole position, podium, and lap record for Bradley Ray. […]

BUILDBASE SUZUKI GSX-R1000 DOMINATES BSB OPENER

April 3, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – April 2. Bradley Ray – BSB Class – 1-1 Billy McConnell – STK Class – 1-5 Richard Cooper – BSB Class – 16-12 The Buildbase Suzuki team was in dominant […]

BUILDBASE SUZUKI UNVEILS 2018 BRITISH SUPERBIKE LIVERY

February 19, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – February 16. The Buildbase Suzuki team has unveiled the new livery of its GSX-R1000 machinery today in the UK ahead of the start of the 2018 Bennetts British Superbike Championship. […]

NEW SUZUKI GSX-R1000 2017 WINS – Part 2 Video

December 15, 2017 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – December 15. Team Suzuki Racing has launched the second and final part if its video series to celebrate the new Suzuki GSX-R1000 success in global competition during the 2017 season. […]

Bennetts Suzuki GSX-R1000 Wins Superstock At Brands

October 17, 2017 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – October 15. Richard Cooper – 1st – SST Sylvain Guintoli – DNF/ 12/ 11 – BSB Richard Cooper – 10/ DNF/ 10 – BSB Bennetts Suzuki signed-off the 2017 MCE […]

Cooper Sets Superstock Pole And Top-10 In BSB Qualifying

October 16, 2017 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – October 14. Bennetts Suzuki’s Richard Cooper set pole position for tomorrow’s final National Superstock 1000 race of the 2017 season, before racing to a top-10 finish in the weekend’s […]

GUINTOLI & BENNETTS SUZUKI GSX-R1000 WIN AT ASSEN BSB

October 3, 2017 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – October 1. Sylvain Guintoli – 4-1 Richard Cooper – 13-11 Sylvain Guintoli and the Bennetts Suzuki team took victory today at Assen, winning the second race at round 11 of […]

GUINTOLI & BENNETTS SUZUKI ON ASSEN 3RD ROW

October 2, 2017 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – September 30. Bennetts Suzuki’s Sylvain Guintoli will start on the third row of the grid for tomorrow’s opening race at Assen, after qualifying with the eighth fastest time at round […]

COOPER MAKES BSB DEBUT IN RETRO SUZUKI COLOURS

September 29, 2017 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – September 29. Bennetts Suzuki’s Richard Cooper will swap his Superstock machine for a GSX-R1000 Superbike this weekend with a wildcard appearance in this weekend’s MCE British Superbike Championship at Assen […]

COOPER & NEW GSX-R1000 PODIUM AT OULTON PARK

September 20, 2017 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – September 18. Sylvain Guintoli – 11th BSB Richard Cooper – 1-2 in STK Richard Cooper took another podium finish onboard the Bennetts Suzuki GSX-R1000 at Oulton Park and round 10 […]

COOPER & GSX-R1000 WIN SUPERSTOCK – GUINTOLI 4TH IN BSB

September 12, 2017 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – September 10. Richard Cooper closed in on the lead of the National Superstock 1000 Championship, taking victory in today’s race at Silverstone in the UK onboard his Bennetts Suzuki GSX-R1000, […]

MACKENZIE 7TH FOR BENNETTS SUZUKI AT SILVERSTONE

September 12, 2017 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – September 9. Taylor Mackenzie raced his Bennetts Suzuki GSX-R1000 to seventh place at Silverstone today in the first of three races as part of this weekend’s triple-header and round nine […]