Jason O’Halloran is back! The Australian contender will return for the 30th anniversary season of the British Superbike Championship in 2026, reuniting with Honda Racing alongside Ryan Vickers for a title bid next year.
O’Halloran has achieved considerable success already with the Japanese manufacturer, having celebrated victories for Honda Racing in multiple championships in the early years of his career across Superbike, Supersport and Superstock classes. Now the reigning Endurance World Champion, O’Halloran is already a 28 times BSB race winner, and now a championship title is the target for 2026.
O’Halloran said: “At the end of 2024 I decided to stop BSB for various reasons, but the main factor was the opportunity to go and try to become a World Champion, which as a kid was always the ultimate dream. So when the opportunity came I thought ‘If I don’t go now, I probably won’t do it’. So to have gone to EWC and realise that childhood dream is amazing.
“Of course, I always knew in the back of my mind that I wanted to win a championship in BSB. And now I’ve ticked the EWC box, it’s time to tick the BSB box. There’s definitely unfinished business, since the Covid years, I’ve won more races than anyone and I was only prepared to return if I knew I could fight for more.
“I’m returning now with the team where it all started for me. My first factory deal was with Honda and they provided me with the springboard on which to build my career. So to do the full circle and come back to BSB as a World Champion and to return to the team where it all started, that’s the cherry on top of the cake.”
O’Halloran joins Ryan Vickers in the team, who was announced last month as also making a return to the Championship.
Vickers added: “I’m extremely proud and privileged to be joining Honda Racing at a very important time in my career and also in the Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP’s development. I am really excited as we set out on this project with clear goals, and to be joining a team with such experience and knowledge. I know we will be able to achieve great things together.”
Honda Racing’s Neil Fletcher concluded: “This is an exciting time for Honda Racing and I’m delighted to reveal our full team of riders for the 2026 season. In Jason and Ryan, we have two riders returning to the domestic stage, one of whom as a World Champion and the other having put together an extremely impressive debut year in WorldSBK. In both, we have proven race winners who I am certain will push Honda forward to the front of British Superbikes.”