Superbike World Championship 2010

Superbike World Championship 2010

World Champion
Driver:	Max Biaggi
Constructor:	Aprilia
<2009 season	2011 season>

The 2010 Superbike World Championship was the 23rd in the history of the FIM - Superbike World Championship . 26 races were held at 13 events.

Distribution of points

The world champion will be the driver or manufacturer who has accumulated the most points in the world championship by the end of the season. When distributing points, the placements are taken into account in the overall result of the respective race. The top fifteen drivers in each race receive points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
Points	25th	20th	16	13	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

All the results achieved were included in the evaluation.

Start of the run in Imola

useful information

• All pilots competed on Pirelli uniform tires.
• The only change in the calendar was the race in Losail ( Qatar ) no longer taking place.
• In the 2010 season, a number of new drivers started in the World Championship. The most prominent newcomers were the Briton James Toseland , Superbike World Champion 2004 and 2007 and the Australian Supersport World Champion from 2003 Chris Vermeulen , who switched from the MotoGP class. The 2009 Supersport World Champion , Cal Crutchlow from Great Britain, was promoted to the Superbike World Championship.
• For the 2010 season, the Italian Davide Tardozzi , who was team boss of the Ducati factory team for eleven years , also switched to the BMW factory team as team manager.
• Originally, the Japanese Yoshimura Suzuki team wanted to compete in the Netherlands with wild cards for their pilots Yukio Kagayama and Daisaku Sakai . However, it had to cancel the launch at short notice due to the closure of much of European airspace after the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland .

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  World champion Max Biaggi in Misano

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  the runner-up Leon Haslam at Silverstone

Race results

	date	run	route	Pole position	Run	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	28.02.	Australia	Phillip Island	Leon Haslam	1	Leon Haslam	Michel Fabrizio	Noriyuki Haga	Leon Haslam
					2	Carlos Checa	Leon Haslam	Michel Fabrizio	Sylvain Guintoli
2	28.03.	Portugal	Portimão	Cal Crutchlow	1	Max Biaggi	Leon Haslam	Jonathan Rea	Max Biaggi
					2	Max Biaggi	Leon Haslam	Cal Crutchlow	Carlos Checa
3	04/11	Spain	Valencia	Cal Crutchlow	1	Leon Haslam	Max Biaggi	James Toseland	Carlos Checa
					2	Noriyuki Haga	Carlos Checa	Max Biaggi	Max Biaggi
4th	04/25	Netherlands	Aces	Jonathan Rea	1	Jonathan Rea	James Toseland	Leon Camier	Carlos Checa
					2	Jonathan Rea	Leon Haslam	James Toseland	Jonathan Rea
5	09.05.	Italy	Monza	Max Biaggi	1	Max Biaggi	James Toseland	Cal Crutchlow	Jonathan Rea
					2	Max Biaggi	Leon Haslam	Troy Corser	Cal Crutchlow
6th	16.05.	South Africa	Kyalami	Cal Crutchlow	1	Michel Fabrizio	Carlos Checa	Leon Haslam	Michel Fabrizio
					2	Leon Haslam	Jonathan Rea	Max Biaggi	Jonathan Rea
7th	05/31	United States	Salt Lake City	Carlos Checa	1	Max Biaggi	Leon Haslam	Noriyuki Haga	Carlos Checa
					2	Max Biaggi	Leon Camier	Cal Crutchlow	Carlos Checa
8th	06/27	San Marino	Misano	Troy Corser	1	Max Biaggi	Carlos Checa	Troy Corser	Carlos Checa
					2	Max Biaggi	Leon Haslam	Michel Fabrizio	Cal Crutchlow
9	07/11	Czech Republic	Brno	Cal Crutchlow	1	Jonathan Rea	Max Biaggi	Cal Crutchlow	Cal Crutchlow
					2	Max Biaggi	Jonathan Rea	Michel Fabrizio	Cal Crutchlow
10	08/01	Great Britain	Silverstone	Cal Crutchlow	1	Cal Crutchlow	Jonathan Rea	Leon Haslam	Cal Crutchlow
					2	Cal Crutchlow	Jonathan Rea	Leon Camier	Cal Crutchlow
11	05.09.	Germany	Nürburgring	Max Biaggi	1	Jonathan Rea	Carlos Checa	Cal Crutchlow	Jonathan Rea
					2	Noriyuki Haga	Jonathan Rea	Leon Haslam	Jonathan Rea
12	26.09.	Italy	Imola	Tom Sykes	1	Carlos Checa	Lorenzo Lanzi	Noriyuki Haga	Leon Haslam
					2	Carlos Checa	Noriyuki Haga	Cal Crutchlow	Carlos Checa
13	03.10.	France	Magny-Cours	Cal Crutchlow	1	Cal Crutchlow	Leon Haslam	Carlos Checa	Cal Crutchlow
					2	Max Biaggi	Cal Crutchlow	Michel Fabrizio	Cal Crutchlow

Teams and drivers

No. driver team motorcycle tires 2 Leon Camier 1 Aprilia Alitalia Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory P 3 Max Biaggi Aprilia Alitalia Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory P 5 Ian Lowry 2 Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R P 7th Carlos Checa Althea Racing Ducati 1098R P 8th Ryūichi Kiyonari 3 HM Plant Honda Honda CBR 1000 RR P 11 Troy Corser BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S 1000 RR P 15th Matteo Baiocco Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R P 17th Simon Andrews 4 Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R P 23 Broc Parkes 5 6 ECHO CRS Honda Honda CBR 1000 RR P 25th  Joshua Brookes ECHO CRS Honda 7th Honda CBR 1000 RR P HM Plant Honda 3 Honda CBR 1000 RR 31 Vittorio Iannuzzo 8 SCI Honda Garvie Image Honda CBR 1000 RR P 32 Sheridan Morais ECHO CRS Honda 9 Honda CBR 1000 RR P EmTek Racing 10 Aprilia RSV4 Factory 33 Fabrizio Lai 11 ECHO CRS Honda Honda CBR 1000 RR P 35 Cal Crutchlow Yamaha Sterilgarda team Yamaha YZF-R1 P 41 Noriyuki Haga Ducati Xerox team Ducati 1098R P 46 Tommy Bridewell 2 TYCO Racing Honda CBR 1000 RR P 49 Makoto Tamada Pro Ride SBK 12 Honda CBR 1000 RR P Team riding car BMW 13 BMW S 1000 RR 50 Sylvain Guintoli Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000 L0 P 52 James Toseland Yamaha Sterilgarda team Yamaha YZF-R1 P 57 Lorenzo Lanzi 14 DFX Corse Ducati 1098R P 65 Jonathan Rea HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR 1000 RR P 66 Tom Sykes Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R P 67 Shane Byrne Althea Racing Ducati 1098R P 71 Daisaku Sakai 15 Yoshimura Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R 1000 L0 P 76 Max Neukirchner HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR 1000 RR P 77 Chris Vermeulen 16 Kawasaki WSRT Kawasaki ZX-10R P 84 Michel Fabrizio Ducati Xerox team Ducati 1098R P 87 Akira Yanagawa 17th Kawasaki WSRT Kawasaki ZX-10R P 88 Andrew Pitt 18 Team riding car BMW BMW S 1000 RR P 90 Federico Sandi 19th Gabrielli Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory P 91 Leon Haslam Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000 L0 P 95 Roger Lee Hayden Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R P 96 Jakub Smrž Team PATA B&G Racing Ducati 1098R 20 P Aprilia RSV4 Factory 20 99 Luca Scassa 21 Supersonic team Ducati 1098R P 111 Rubén Xaus BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S 1000 RR P 123  Roland Resch 18 22 Team riding car BMW BMW S 1000 RR P

Legend Regular driver Wildcard driver Substitute driver

1 at the second run in Italy and in France not at the start due to injury

2 Lowry replaced the injured Chris Vermeulen in Germany, at the second round in Italy and in France.

3 Wildcard in Great Britain

4th Andrews replaced the injured Chris Vermeulen in Spain.

5 in Portugal and Spain not at the start due to injury

6th The ECHO-CRS-Honda-Team and Broc Parkes separated before the race in Germany.

7th Brookes replaced the injured Broc Parkes in Australia.

8thIannuzzo was not at the start in the Netherlands (due to injury), South Africa and the USA (financial reasons), before the San Marino run he switched to the Triumph factory team in the Supersport World Cup .

9 Morais replaced the injured Broc Parkes in Portugal and Spain.

10 Wildcard in South Africa

11 From the race in Germany, Lai replaced Broc Parkes, from whom the team had separated.

12 The Pro-Ride-SBK-Team had registered for the 2010 season, but did not start.

13 Tamada replaced the injured Roland Resch in Portugal.

14th in South Africa and the USA not at the start for financial reasons

15th Wildcard at the first run in Italy

16 in Spain, Great Britain, Germany, at the second run in Italy and in France not at the start due to injury

17th Yanagawa replaced the injured Chris Vermeulen in the UK.

18th The Reitwagen team withdrew from the World Cup after the race in Spain due to financial problems.

19th Wildcards in San Marino and at the second run in Italy

20th The PATA B&G Racing team switched from Ducati to Aprilia before the race in the Czech Republic.

21st not at the start in Australia

22nd not at the start in Portugal due to injury

Driver ranking

rank	driver	motorcycle																											Points
			010	020	010	020	010	020	010	020	010	020	010	020	010	020	010	020	010	020	010	020	010	020	010	020	010	020
1	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	11	8th	25th	25th	20th	16	10	13	25th	25th	13	16	25th	25th	25th	25th	20th	25th	11	10	13	11	5	11	13	25th	451
2	Leon Haslam	Suzuki	25th	20th	20th	20th	25th	13	5	20th	13	20th	16	25th	20th	Ret	8th	20th	8th	6th	16	13	10	16	11	Ret	20th	6th	376
3	Carlos Checa	Ducati	9	25th	13	13	Ret	20th	13	10	2	5	20th	11	Ret	Ret	20th	11	7th	10	9	6th	20th	Ret	25th	25th	16	7th	297
4th	Jonathan Rea	Honda	13	10	16	Ret	10	11	25th	25th	Ret	Ret	11	20th	2	8th	3	4th	25th	20th	20th	20th	25th	20th	DNS	DNS	4th	DNS	292
5	Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha	Ret	7th	2	16	9	7th	8th	Ret	16	Ret	8th	13	5	16	Ret	13	16	2	25th	25th	16	13	6th	16	25th	20th	284
6th	Noriyuki Haga	Ducati	16	11	8th	8th	11	25th	6th	Ret	5	10	0	6th	16	13	9	7th	10	11	2	3	Ret	25th	16	20th	8th	11	258
7th	Sylvain Guintoli	Suzuki	10	13	3	7th	7th	10	2	3	6th	9	6th	1	8th	10	11	10	13	9	4th	9	8th	10	7th	8th	DQ	13	197
8th	Michel Fabrizio	Ducati	20th	16	5	5	Ret	Ret	3	4th	9	Ret	25th	8th	Ret	7th	13	16	Ret	16	13	Ret	Ret	0	9	Ret	10	16	195
9	James Toseland	Yamaha	Ret	6th	9	10	16	9	20th	16	20th	Ret	9	10	7th	Ret	6th	Ret	9	13	8th	11	Ret	8th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	187
10	Shane Byrne	Ducati	2	4th	10	9	Ret	8th	7th	8th	3	7th	1	3	10	9	7th	9	4th	7th	7th	8th	7th	6th	8th	10	7th	8th	169
11	Troy Corser	BMW	7th	9	7th	6th	13	4th	11	11	8th	16	4th	9	11	11	16	6th	DNS	DNS	6th	Ret	Ret	4th	1	5	Ret	Ret	165
12	Leon Camier	Aprilia	5	5	11	11	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	11	13	10	Ret	13	20th	10	5	Ret	8th	10	16	DNS	DNS	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	164
13	Jakub Smrž	Ducati	8th	Ret	Ret	Ret	6th	6th	9	9	1	8th	7th	7th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret											110
		Aprilia																	Ret	Ret	3	7th	Ret	5	13	Ret	10	11
14th	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki	3	Ret	1	3	5	1	4th	Ret	7th	11	0	2	3	2	1	0	5	Ret	0	2	11	9	10	13	8th	5	105
14th	Rubén Xaus	BMW	DNS	DNS	6th	4th	4th	5	Ret	6th	10	Ret	2	5	6th	5	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	0	5	9	7th	4th	7th	Ret	DNS	96
16	Lorenzo Lanzi	Ducati	6th	3	4th	2	8th	3	0	Ret	0	Ret					4th	3	6th	5	1	1	5	3	20th	9	5	Ret	88
17th	Luca Scassa	Ducati			0	0	2	2	1	5	0	6th	5	4th	9	6th	5	8th	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS	6th	2	3	6th	6th	9	85
18th	Max Neukirchner	Honda	4th	0	Ret	1	3	0	0	7th	4th	4th	0	0	4th	4th	2	2	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	1	2	4th	3	4th	54
19th	Roger Lee Hayden	Kawasaki	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	Ret	0	0	Ret	0	0	2	3	Ret	0	3	0	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10
20th	Chris Vermeulen	Kawasaki	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	Inj	Inj	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	3	0	1	Ret	Ret	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	10
21st	Ian Lowry	Kawasaki																					4th	Ret	0	0	2	3	9
22nd	Broc Parkes	Honda	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Ret	0	0	1	Ret	0	0	1	DQ	0	3	4th	Ret	Ret							9
23	Matteo Baiocco	Kawasaki	0	Ret	0	0	0	0	0	1	DQ	Ret	Ret	0	0	Ret	0	0	1	1	Ret	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	9
24	Joshua Brookes	Honda	0	2																	0	4th							6th
25th	Federico Sandi	Aprilia															0	0							0	3			3
26th	Sheridan Morais	Honda			0	Ret	DNS	DNS																					3
		Aprilia											3	Ret
27	Andrew Pitt	BMW	1	1	Ret	0	1	0																					3
28	Fabrizio Lai	Honda																					Ret	0	0	3	0	Ret	2
29	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Honda	0	0	0	Ret	Ret	Ret	Inj	Inj	Ret	Ret																	0
	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Honda																			0	0							0
	Tommy Bridewell	Honda																			0	0							0
	Roland Resch	BMW	DNS	DNS	Inj	Inj	Ret	0																					0
	Simon Andrews	Kawasaki					0	Ret																					0
	Akira Yanagawa	Honda																			0	0							0
	Makoto Tamada	BMW			Ret	0																							0
	Daisaku Sakai	Suzuki									Ret	DNS																	0
rank	driver	motorcycle																											Points
			1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2

colour	result
gold	winner
silver	Second
bronze	Third
green	in the goal with points
blue	at the finish without points
violet	not in target (Ret)
pink	not qualified (DNQ)
black	disqualified (DQ)
Azure blue	Race started as a rain race
no	not participated
	not participated due to injury (inj)
	not started (DNS)
	Race was canceled (Ann.)
	excluded (EX)

Constructors' championship

1	Aprilia	471
2	Ducati	424
3	Suzuki	412
4th	Yamaha	352
5	Honda	313
6th	BMW	201
7th	Kawasaki	113

References

Web links

Commons : Superbike World Championship 2010  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Superbike World Championship (English / Italian / German)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ivo Schützbach: Yoshimura Suzuki cancels Assen start. www.speedweek.de, April 20, 2009, accessed April 20, 2010 . 
2. ↑ Fractured scaphoid: Camier has to cancel Imola. www.motorsport-total.com, September 21, 2010, accessed on September 28, 2010 . 
3. ↑ Jörg Reichert: Nürburgring: Lowry replaces Vermeulen. www.speedweek.de, August 27, 2010, accessed on September 28, 2010 . 
4. ↑ Toni Börner: Kawasaki is hoping for Imola. www.motorsport-magazin.com, September 21, 2010, accessed on September 28, 2010 . 
5. ↑ Simon Andrews as a replacement for Vermeulen. www.motorsport-magazin.com, April 7, 2010, accessed on September 28, 2010 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Lai passa al team Echo CRS. www.nextmoto.it, September 1, 2010, accessed September 28, 2010 (Italian). 
7. ↑ Alex Gobert: Brookes to replace Parkes at Phillip Island opener. www.motoonline.com.au, February 19, 2010, accessed on September 28, 2010 (English). 
8. ↑ Ivo Schützbach: Iannuzzo changes to the Triumph factory team. www.speedweek.de, June 18, 2010, accessed on June 28, 2010 . 
9. ↑ Sheridan Morais continues to sub for Broc Parkes. (No longer available online.) Www.twowheelsblog.com, April 8, 2010, archived from the original on April 10, 2010 ; accessed on September 28, 2010 (English). 
10. ↑ Roman Witt Meier: Reitwagen BMW: Tamada jumps for Resch. www.motorsport-total.com, March 21, 2010, accessed on September 28, 2010 . 
11. ^ ^{A b} Toni Börner: Comeback of the Kawa Japanese. www.motorsport-magazin.com, July 21, 2010, accessed on August 1, 2010 . 
12. ^ Ivo Schützbach: Assen: Without the BMW riding car! www.speedweek.de, April 19, 2010, accessed on April 20, 2010 . 
13. ^ Lennart Schmid: Smrz: From Brno on the Aprilia. www.motorsport-total.com, July 6, 2010, accessed on July 12, 2010 .