ABOUT
PBM
The most successful Superbike team in British history is now driven by the next generation.
With nine BSB titles, victories in MotoGP and World Superbikes, plus wins at the Isle of Man TT, Macau Grand Prix and North West 200, PBM Racing Team is built on a legacy of success across two and four wheels.
As the most successful team in the British Superbike Championship history, the squad entered a new era in 2024 when it became PBM Racing. Twins Jordan and Frank Bird now co-own and run the squad, created 30-years ago by their father, the late Paul Bird.
In 2026, the team is bidding for its 10th BSB title, as Scott Redding returns aboard the Hager PBM Ducati Panigale V4.
North West 200 Winners
8
Isle of Man TT Winners
4
Macau Grand Prix Winners
4
BSB POLE WINS
147
MACAU GRAND PRIX WINNERS
4
NORTH WEST 200 WINNERS
6
BSB POLE POSITIONS
87
ISLE OF MAN TT WINNERS
4
Starting life in the late 1990s, Paul Bird’s team stepped up to the British Superbike Championship in 2000 with rider James Toseland, before claiming its first crown in 2002 with Steve Hislop. A year later, the squad signed Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne and together they reclaimed the title while also winning the Supersport series that year with Stuart Easton.
At this time, the squad was also a major force on the road racing scene, with John McGuinness and Joey Dunlop taking TT wins and sealing victory at the North West 200, Daytona and Macau.
The squad moved to World Superbikes in 2008, running the official Kawasaki team and celebrating a win with Tom Sykes. After four years, the team headed to MotoGP where it spent a further three seasons running a PBM Aprilia in the CRT class with James Ellison.
During this time, it also celebrated its third BSB title with Byrne in 2012, followed by a fourth in 2014. Byrne and PBM’s series domination continued as together, they claimed back to back titles in 2016 and 2017.
In 2019, Bird signed MotoGP pilot Scott Redding who took the squad to title number seven and a year later, Josh Brookes – who’d finished runner-up in 2019 – secured the eighth win for the squad.
More race wins followed with Christian Iddon in 2021 and Tom Sykes on the factory-backed Ducati Panigale V4R in 2022, before a bitter-sweet 2023.
After signing Tommy Bridewell and Glenn Irwin, the pair quickly proved unstoppable and took the title fight to the wire, with Bridewell eventually taking the crown by just half a point in the final race of the year.
Sadly, Paul Bird didn’t get to see his team clinch its ninth championship. The highly respected team owner and businessman passed away in September, a month before the final round. He was just 56.
However, the legacy he started continues, with his children Jordan and Frank now taking charge. In 2024, the new-look PBM Racing Team made its debut with Irwin as the team’s sole rider. After cleaning-up in the Superbike class at the North West 200, Irwin – who has since retired from the roads – finished the BSB season in third place.
Following Irwin's serious accident at the third round of the 2025 Championship at Snetterton in June and a long period of recovery, 2019 Champion Redding returned to the team as a stand-in rider. It was then subsequently confirmed in July that Redding would remain with the PBM Racing Team for the rest of the season.
Seven wins and five podiums later, Scott finished the season in an incredible fourth position - impressive considering he missed the first three rounds in the championship! Finishing the series third as a team overall felt really special, and is testament to the team's relentless hard work and determination and to Redding's outstanding talent and dedication.
Here's to 2026...!
