BSB Rider of the Year 2015: 10th

10th - Dan LinfootAverage poll score out of ten: 5.9 Team: Honda RacingBike: Honda CBR1000RRWins: 0Podiums: 4Poles: 1Fastest Laps: 1Best Finish 2ndChampionship points: 556Championship position: 5th

After a breakthrough campaign in ღ2014 by making the Showdown with Quattro Plant Kawasaki, Linfoot secured a ride with the returning Honda Racing squad and instantly demonstrated he had a title✤-fighting package at the season opener, taking fourth and second place at Donington Park.

However, Linfoot's 2015 came crashing to a halt after breaking his wrist during practice at the second round at Brands Hatch, ruling him out of the next two rounds. With considerable ground to catch up and a wrist still on the mend Linfoot struggled to replicate his first round form with just three podium fini🍨shes in the remainder of th♋e season.

🥀Scrapping into the Showdown after collecting the required handful of points to leapfrog the inju🍬red Stuart Easton, Linfoot's patchy form failed to pose a serious threat at the front.

A combination of poor set-up and a bold but ultimately bra🦩sh tyre choice at Assen saw the Yorkshire rider leave the Netherlands with just two points from two races ♚and tumble out of the title race.

Despite his frustrations, another step-by-step improvement at Silverstone saw him return to the podium ൩and also claimed a respectable fourth place in the final race of the year at Brands Hatch to secure a second consecutive fifth place finish in the overa♐ll BSB riders' standings.

It has proven enough to keep his place in the Honda Racing set-up for 2016 and collect him enough votes to hold on𒅌 to a top ten place in our readers' poll.

Dan Linfoot in the ltxcn.top BSB Rider of the Year pollTop 10 BSB Rider of the Year 2014: 6thTop 10 BSB Rider of the Year 2013: 10thTop 10 BSB Rider of the Year 2012: N/ATop 10 BSB Rider of the Year 2011: N/ATop 10 BSB Rider of the Year 2010: 16thTop 10 BSB Rider of the Year 2009: N/A

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About the vote:
Rather than repeat the Riders' British Championship standings, the BSB Rider of the Year poll asks viewers to take into account factors such as machinery, performance relative to a team-mate, riding style, experience, injꦅuries, progress and personality just as much as race results and scoring each of the top twenty from this year's BSB standings with a mark out of ten.