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Recently-crowned World Endurance champion Jason O’Halloran will return to the British Superbike Championship (BSB) for the 2026 season, targeting title success with the factory Honda Racing organisation.

The 37-year-old delivered an emphatic world championship victory in his EWC debut this year, alongside Marvin Fritz and Karel Hanika as part of the Yamalube YART EWC Official Team.

For 2026, however, O’Halloran will instead return to familiar grounds in the British Superbike paddock, where he has earned 28 race victories, though has yet to capture an elusive championship.

“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,” reflected O’Halloran. “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.

“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 – 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. 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.”

The 2026 BSB championship will consist of 11 rounds, beginning with the season-opener at Oulton Park from May 2-4 next season.

Countryman Josh Brookes – himself a two-time champion from 2015 and 2020 – will also be Honda-mounted in the 2026 season once again, continuing with the DAO Racing team for a second term.