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Samsung wrap up season at Brands Hatch.   (2007-10-16 06:12)
The Samsung Suzuki team of Dean Thomas and Sean Emmett enjoyed their final round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at the Brands Hatch Indy circuit. Although the team’s results were not what they had hoped for both riders had a good battle on track. Chatter and rear grip caused problems ahead of qualifying but Thomas pulled it back to qualify in 14th while Emmett ended up further...

Luckless Samsung at Donington Park.   (2007-10-16 06:10)
The Samsung Suzuki Superbike team had an extremely unlucky weekend at Donington Park for round twelve of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship. Three engine blow ups during the weekend left the team with one bike for race day, which also blew an engine once the racing began! Team manager Enzo Diclementi said, “I can’t believe the bad luck we have had this weekend. It is so unusual for...

Samsung Suzuki struggle at challenging Cadwell Park.   (2007-10-16 06:08)
Dean Thomas aboard his Samsung Suzuki had a difficult race weekend at the undulating Cadwell Park, achieving a fourteenth place finish in race one and a DNF due to a slipping clutch in race two – not the result he had been hoping for. The weekend got off to a bad start with a crash in third free practice which is just ahead of qualifying. “We had been struggling with too much feedback from the...

Croft chatter causes problems for Thomas.   (2007-08-17 06:48)
Round ten of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Croft turned into a  frustrating event for Samsung Suzuki’s Dean Thomas who qualified in thirteenth place and finished race one in sixteenth and race two in twelfth. The team struggled all weekend for set up as he explained following qualifying, “It is a bit too rigid, it is not soaking the bumps up and it is quite a bumpy circuit. We...

Points at Mallory Park for Samsung Superbike   (2007-07-26 07:00)
Heavy rain at the ninth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Mallory Park made for an extremely difficult weekend for the Samsung Suzuki Superbike team and rider Dean Thomas. Despite that he put in two solid rides to claim twelfth place in race one and fourteenth in race two.  The grid was dictated by the rider’s Championship points due to the weather negating any on track...

Disappointing weekend for Samsung Superbike Team at Oulton Park.   (2007-07-19 01:41)
The Samsung Suzuki Superbike and Ducati Superstock team had a fruitless outing at Oulton Park for round eight of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship and the Metzeler National Superstock Championship. In the Superbike class they suffered a double DNF and then the Superstock race was cancelled due to heavy rain making conditions on track too dangerous to continue. Superbike rider Dean...

Emmett secures two top tens for the Samsung Superbike Team.   (2007-07-03 10:01)
Sean Emmett who usually races the Samsung Ducati in the Metzeler National Superstock Championship was promoted to run in the Superbike class aboard the Samsung Suzuki due to his team-mate Dean Thomas crashing during free practice and cracking two ribs. He took home two ninth place finishes for the team at the seventh round of the Bennetts British Superbike championship at Knockhill in...

Samsung Superbike Team happy with Mondello Park progress.   (2007-06-19 10:14)
Dean Thomas aboard his Samsung Suzuki Superbike had a suitable result at round six of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Mondello Park in Ireland. He qualified in sixteenth place and finished race one in fourteenth and race two in thirteenth. While his new team-mate in the Metzeler National Superstock Championship, Sean Emmett surprised a few people on his first time out on the 1098...

Thomas pulls in points for Samsung   (2007-05-30 12:10)
Dean Thomas and the Samsung Suzuki team had an interesting weekend at Snetterton for round five of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship. Thomas’ Superstock Ducati racing team-mate, Jon Kirkham has left the Samsung team on amicable terms in order to run his own Superstock effort. Kirkham will be replaced but as yet no rider has been selected for the job. With Kirkham gone, Thomas had...

Samsung battle on at Oulton Park   (2007-05-09 07:02)
The Samsung Superbike team worked hard at Oulton Park with Dean Thomas on the Suzuki Superbike finishing race two in tenth place following a disappointing DNF in race one. Jon Kirkham on the Ducati Superstock bike came home in sixteenth place which he had to work hard for. Thomas’ race one was ended prematurely when his rear shock lost a seal and sprayed his back tyre with oil. “Race one was not...

Mixed results for Samsung Superbike team at Silverstone.   (2007-04-30 07:16)
The Samsung Superbike team had mixed fortunes at Silverstone with Dean Thomas on the Suzuki Superbike pulling in two point scoring results in the Bennetts British Superbike Championship. His Ducati Superstock team-mate Jon Kirkham was forced to start from the back of the grid for the Metzeler National Superstock race, due to a technical infringement. Thomas had an eventful qualifying when he...

Thruxton woes for Samsung Superbike team.   (2007-04-16 09:30)
The Samsung Superbike team had a tough day at the office with only one race finish achieved out of three race starts. The mechanical gremlins were out in force for Dean Thomas on the Samsung Suzuki Superbike and his team-mate Jon Kirkham on the Samsung Ducati Superstock bike. It started to go wrong for the team in qualifying when Bennetts British Superbike rider Thomas suffered an engine failure...

Solid start for Samsung Superbike team.   (2007-04-10 11:00)
The Samsung Superbike and Superstock Team got off to a steady start at Brands Hatch for the opening round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship and the Metzeler National Superstock Championship. Dean Thomas who is riding the Samsung Suzuki in the Superbike class qualified well in tenth place and proceeded to bring home a sixteenth and tenth in the two races. His team-mate Jon Kirkham...

Samsung Superbike Team Gets Mobile   (2007-04-05 11:00)
Samsung Mobile, a global leader in telecommunication, semiconductor, digital media and digital convergence technologies today unveiled the Samsung Superbike Team, which will compete in both the British Superbike and Superstock motorcycle championships. The partnership will include innovative on and off track marketing activity run in conjunction with Vodafone UK. The Samsung Superbike Team line...