Tarran Mackenzie

Tarran Mackenzie
Mackenzie at Oulton Park in October 2013 during practice for Motostar class
Born	(1995-10-29) 29 October 1995 (age 29) Stirling, Scotland
Current team	Petronas MIE – Racing Honda WSBK
Bike number	95
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto2 World Championship Active years 2017 Manufacturers Suter 2017 championship position 37th (1 pt) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 13 0 0 0 0 1 Superbike World Championship Active years 2022, 2024– Manufacturers Yamaha, Honda 2024 championship position 23rd (7 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 31 0 0 0 0 10 Supersport World Championship Active years 2023 Manufacturers Honda 2023 championship position 18th (42 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 24 1 1 0 0 42 British Superbike Championship Active years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Manufacturers Yamaha Championships 1 (2021) 2021 championship position 1st (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]

Together with his brother, Taylor Mackenzie, also a motorcycle road racer until retiring in late 2021, they are the sons of Niall Mackenzie, a former motorcycle road racer. All three were born in the Stirling area of Scotland.^[2] Writing in 2017, Steve Day's feature was headed "MotoGP™ commentator Steve Day looks at the Scotsman ahead of his Moto2™ debut",^[11] and, as of 2021, the local newspaper was still referring to "...Stirling's Tarran".^[12]

Mackenzie started racing in the Aprilia Superteen Rookies Cup. During 2011, he competed in the British 125 cc Championship. For 2012, he was chosen for the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup race series, held across various European countries.^[13]

Mackenzie competed in the Monster Energy Motostar Championship during 2013, and was the 2016 British Supersport 600 Champion. He entered the Moto2 world championship in 2017 as a replacement for Danny Kent, scoring one championship point from a best finish of 15th, achieving 37th overall.^{[11][1][14][15]}

Mackenzie has been active in BSB since the 2018 British Superbike Championship season, winning the series in 2021.

During 2022, Mackenzie continued in British Superbikes, but received an offer of a factory world superbike Yamaha machine for potentially three wildcard events, at Assen, Donington Park, and a third unconfirmed circuit,^[16] during 2022.^[17] He sustained a leg injury in BSB early-season practice and could not participate in the scheduled wildcard entry at Assen.^[18]

After missing Assen, Netherlands in April, at the Donington Park event with three wildcard races in July 2022, Mackenzie placed 14th, and then 15th in the last race after crashing into Xavi Vierge in the sprint race in between, resulting in a DNF. Mackenzie received a five-place grid penalty for the third race-start.^[19]

For 2024, Mackenzie will continue with the same team as in 2023, stepping-up from Supersport to World Superbikes with teammate Adam Norrodin.^[5]

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• Tarran Mackenzie at MotoGP.com
• Tarran Mackenzie at WorldSBK.com
• At home with the Mackenzies BikeSocial at Bennetts