Dan Brooks will be back in the British Superbike paddock in 2025 as he joins MasterMac Honda.
He will be racing in the Pirelli National Superstock Championship this year, as he lines up on the Mallory Park-based team’s Honda Fireblade.
Brooks, has joined the team for a full championship bid after making a number of appearances for the team in 2024. He makes the switch after two seasons competing in the FIM JuniorGP World Championship, which followed a 2022 campaign in which he claimed an impressive third place overall in the Pirelli National Junior Superstock Championship.
Brooks said: “I’m delighted to be stepping up in class again and very grateful to MasterMac Honda, and everyone who supports me, for the opportunity. The experience I gained on the Fireblade last season was really valuable and now I’m just excited to get back on track and show what I can do over the course of a full season.”
Team manager Steve Hicken commented: “We have a longstanding commitment to bringing young riders through and we’re pleased to be back in the series with Dan on board. He’s a very talented rider who’s shown he can compete at the front in the junior series and we now look forward to racing with him in the Pirelli National Superstock, which is always a brilliant championship to be involved with.”
As the son of a motorbike racer growing up near Brands Hatch, it’s no surprise Dan Brooks is a keen motorsports competitor. As long as Dan can remember, he’s been around British motorbike paddocks.
After riding motocross as a youngster, Dan spent three years racing competitively at a national level before switching to Tarmac at age 15. Dan is about to contest another season in British National Junior Superstock, the support series of the British Superbike Championship.
The British series has grown dramatically since the European series was scrapped with over 40 riders taking part each weekend. The highly competitive championship travels across the UK and races at classic tracks such as Donington Park, Oulton Park and, Dan’s favourite, Silverstone.
It was at the home of British motorsport in 2020 where Dan achieved his best result in National Junior Superstock in a thrilling duel for the lead that saw him pipped to the finish line by a fraction of a second. However, second place that day and a new lap record, was just reward for a relentless charge through the field from eighth on the grid.
After finishing last season 17th overall with Ready4Racing Vision Team, Daniel spent part of the winter in Spain, training and testing ahead of the new season, which he’ll contest as well as racing in the eSC.
Speaking after testing, Brooks said: “Donington Park British Superbike test all competed. Overall I am really happy with the progress myself and the team made. Day one in the morning was purely for me to get used to the circuit as it’s been a couple years since my last visit. Then we made small progress in session 2 and 3 when we could avoid the rainfall!
“Day two we made a much bigger step with the track time we had with the weather. Got a much better feeling and understanding of the bike and where we are set up. Every exit we are improving, which is the right way to be going at this point of the year. It’s a whole new style of riding for me on the 1000 so I’m happy so far with how things are going.
“Big thankyou to the team Mastermac Hawk racing for helping me make these steps forward.”
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