Tarran Mackenzie

Tarran Mackenzie
Racing motorcycle with brown bodywork and rider tucked in on smooth tarmac with a green backdrop of parkland
Mackenzie at Oulton Park in October 2013 during practice for Motostar class
Born (1995-10-29) 29 October 1995 (age 29)
Stirling, Scotland
Current teamPetronas MIE – Racing Honda WSBK
Bike number95
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years2017
ManufacturersSuter
2017 championship position37th (1 pt)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
13 0 0 0 0 1
Superbike World Championship
Active years2022, 2024–
ManufacturersYamaha, Honda
2024 championship position23rd (7 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
31 0 0 0 0 10
Supersport World Championship
Active years2023
ManufacturersHonda
2023 championship position18th (42 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
24 1 1 0 0 42
British Superbike Championship
Active years2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
ManufacturersYamaha
Championships1 (2021)
2021 championship position1st (1202pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
113 15 40 0 0 1202

Tarran Mackenzie (born 29 October 1995,[1] often known as Taz)[2] is a professional road racer of solo motorcycles, based in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England. During 2023 he contested the World Supersport Championship for Japan-based MIE Honda run by Midori Moriwaki,[3] winning his first world championship supersport race after continuing to ride on a wet track with dry tyres, when competitors were losing time pitting for wheel-changes.[4] For 2024, he continued with the same team in World Superbikes.[5]

Mackenzie won the 2021 British Superbike Championship at the final round in October 2021.[6] With an ambition to eventually compete at world superbike level, no full-season opportunities were available for 2022.

Mackenzie's British Superbike 2022 racing season started at the third event at Donington Park in mid-May, after missing the Silverstone and Oulton Park rounds with injury. Riding only partially recovered at Donington, he rode conservatively for points, finishing the races in tenth, sixth and eleventh, further hindered by arm pump for the first time in his career, due to excessive arm use when steering, to compensate for his inability to switch-direction using leg pressure on the footrests.[7][8][9]

Mackenzie's 2022 BSB season ended on 25 September with a crash at Oulton Park, when he fell at the chicane and slid across the track under an oncoming motorcycle, breaking his left femur.[10]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference McCams was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ 'Fantastic opportunity' - Tarran Mackenzie lands spot on World Supersport grid for 2023 as Honda return Eurosport, 14 December 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023
  4. ^ Magical Mackenzie stuns with slick tyre gamble to give Honda’s first WorldSSP victory since 2016 www.worldsbk.com 30 July 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference MCN Nov 23 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ British Superbikes: Tarran Mackenzie seals championship with triple race win on final weekend BBC Sport, 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021
  7. ^ Tarran Mackenzie Returns at Donington lexelle.com. Retrieved 25 May 2022
  8. ^ O'Halloran denied win by 0.038 seconds in Donington thriller mcamsyamaha.com, 21 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022
  9. ^ 2022 British Superbike Donington Park: O’Halloran doubles up on Sunday crash.net, 22 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022
  10. ^ BSB: Tarran Mackenzie ruled out of action with broken femur Motorcycle News, 26 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022