Steve Plater (born 22 August 1972 in Luton) is an English motorcycle road racer. He has finished as runner-up in the British Supersport Championship twice in the late 1990s. In the British Superbike Championship he has 4 wins and 17 further podiums. He has also had success in Endurance and road racing. Having briefly raced speedway in his teens, he started his working life as a bricklayer, beginning racing in 1994 and winning his first ever race, at Cadwell Park.

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  • Steve Plater (born 22 August 1972 in Luton) is an English motorcycle road racer. He has finished as runner-up in the British Supersport Championship twice in the late 1990s. In the British Superbike Championship he has 4 wins and 17 further podiums. He has also had success in Endurance and road racing. Having briefly raced speedway in his teens, he started his working life as a bricklayer, beginning racing in 1994 and winning his first ever race, at Cadwell Park. He set an impressive pace at the 1999 Bol d'Or en route to finishing third on a Kawasaki, which lead him to race one in the 2000 British Superbike Championship full time, finishing 6th overall without a podium but with a string of 4th to 7th places. He missed much of 2001 through injury, but still took three podiums. 2002 was his strongest season to date, seeing him finish 5th overall on a Yamaha, with two late-season wins. In 2003 he rode a Honda to sixth overall, winning at Cadwell Park in 2003) He missed the start of 2006 due to injury, but returned to win both Superbike races at the North West 200. He won the 2007 Albacete 6-Hour Endurance race on a Kawasaki, teamed with Julian Mazuecos and Gwen Giabbani. He was voted Best Newcomer at the 2007 Isle of Man TT on Yamahas, having been mentored by former racer Mick Grant. Most of his 2008 races were on Yamaha machinery. He won the Supersport TT race after on-the-road winner Bruce Anstey's bike was excluded. As for circuit racing, he started the year in the British Superbike Championship, but a lack of success saw him switch to Supersport, winning first time out before a one-off in the Brands Hatch round of the World Supersport Championship on a Triumph. Plater spent 2009 with the HM Plant Honda team in Supersport, leading the championship mid-season. He also stood in on a Superbike at Brands Hatch after Josh Brookes' visa was delayed, falling from the lead in race one but finishing third in race two. In the 2009 Isle of Man Senior TT race, Plater set a new race record, beating team-mate John McGuinness after his chain broke on the fourth lap. He also contested the Le Mans 24 Hour motorcycle race for Honda France.
  • Dopo aver iniziato a correre nelle gare speedway da ragazzino passa ai circuiti asfaltati nel 1993. È stato campione britannico di Powerbike, campione nazionale britannico di Supersport, due volte secondo nel campionato britannico di Supersport, giro veloce e podio al Bol d'Or, diversi podi e vittorie alla North West 200, giro veloce e podio al Macau Grand Prix nonché 17 podi e 4 vittorie nel British Superbike Championship. Nel 2008 correrà col team GMT Yamaha nel mondiale endurance mentre nel Campionato mondiale Superbike sarà il pilota di riserva di David Checa, fratello di Carlos, e Sébastien Gimbert.
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  • Steve Plater (born 22 August 1972 in Luton) is an English motorcycle road racer. He has finished as runner-up in the British Supersport Championship twice in the late 1990s. In the British Superbike Championship he has 4 wins and 17 further podiums. He has also had success in Endurance and road racing. Having briefly raced speedway in his teens, he started his working life as a bricklayer, beginning racing in 1994 and winning his first ever race, at Cadwell Park.
  • Dopo aver iniziato a correre nelle gare speedway da ragazzino passa ai circuiti asfaltati nel 1993. È stato campione britannico di Powerbike, campione nazionale britannico di Supersport, due volte secondo nel campionato britannico di Supersport, giro veloce e podio al Bol d'Or, diversi podi e vittorie alla North West 200, giro veloce e podio al Macau Grand Prix nonché 17 podi e 4 vittorie nel British Superbike Championship.
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