1998 Superbike World Championship

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1998 Superbike World Championship
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World Champion
Driver: United KingdomUnited Kingdom Carl Fogarty
Constructor: ItalyItaly Ducati
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The 1998 Superbike World Championship season was the eleventh in the history of the FIM - Superbike World Championship . 24 races were held at twelve 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.

useful information

  • In Donington the first run was canceled after ten laps, restarted later and the addition of the two parts counted.
  • In Laguna Seca, the first run was canceled after 13 laps due to an accident, and another accident occurred when restarting. The run was then not restarted and scored with halved points.

Race results

date run route Pole position Run 1st place place 2 place 3 Nice Race lap
1 22.03. AustraliaAustralia Australia Phillip Island Troy Corser 1 Carl Fogarty Troy Corser Noriyuki Haga Carl Fogarty
2 Noriyuki Haga Aaron Slight Carl Fogarty Aaron Slight
2 April 13th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain Donington Troy Corser 1 Noriyuki Haga Troy Corser Pierfrancesco chili Noriyuki Haga
2 Noriyuki Haga Troy Corser Carl Fogarty Noriyuki Haga
3 05/10 ItalyItaly Italy Monza Aaron Slight 1 Colin Edwards Aaron Slight Troy Corser Aaron Slight
2 Colin Edwards Carl Fogarty Pierfrancesco chili Aaron Slight
4th May 24th SpainSpain Spain Albacete Noriyuki Haga 1 Pierfrancesco chili Troy Corser Gregorio Lavilla Pierfrancesco chili
2 Carl Fogarty Aaron Slight Troy Corser Aaron Slight
5 07.06. GermanyGermany Germany Nürburgring Troy Corser 1 Aaron Slight Colin Edwards Pierfrancesco chili Aaron Slight
2 Pierfrancesco chili Colin Edwards Troy Corser Pierfrancesco chili
6th 06/21 San MarinoSan Marino San Marino Misano Troy Corser 1 Aaron Slight Troy Corser Colin Edwards Aaron Slight
2 Aaron Slight Troy Corser Carl Fogarty Aaron Slight
7th 05.07. South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa Kyalami Pierfrancesco chili 1 Pierfrancesco chili Carl Fogarty Gregorio Lavilla Pierfrancesco chili
2 Pierfrancesco chili Carl Fogarty Noriyuki Haga Akira Yanagawa
8th 07/12 United StatesUnited States United States Laguna Seca Troy Corser 1 Troy Corser Akira Yanagawa Doug Chandler Troy Corser
2 Noriyuki Haga Troy Corser Ben Bostrom Noriyuki Haga
9 08/02 EuropeEurope Europe Brands Hatch Troy Corser 1 Colin Edwards Aaron Slight Scott Russell Aaron Slight
2 Troy Corser Carl Fogarty Jamie Whitham Jamie Whitham
10 08/30 AustriaAustria Austria Österreichring Aaron Slight 1 Aaron Slight Pierfrancesco chili Carl Fogarty Pierfrancesco chili
2 Aaron Slight Carl Fogarty Pierfrancesco chili Troy Corser
11 06.09. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands Aces Pierfrancesco chili 1 Pierfrancesco chili Carl Fogarty Troy Corser Pierfrancesco chili
2 Carl Fogarty Aaron Slight Troy Corser Carl Fogarty
12 04.10. JapanJapan Japan Sugo Troy Corser 1 Keiichi Kitagawa Akira Ryō Carl Fogarty Akira Ryō
2 Noriyuki Haga Akira Yanagawa Akira Ryō Noriyuki Haga

Driver ranking

1 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Carl Fogarty Ducati Ducati performance 351.5
2 New ZealandNew Zealand Aaron Slight Honda Castrol Honda 347
3 AustraliaAustralia Troy Corser Ducati Ducati Racing ADVF 328.5
4th ItalyItaly Pierfrancesco chili Ducati Ducati Racing ADVF 293.5
5 United StatesUnited States Colin Edwards Honda Castrol Honda 279.5
6th JapanJapan Noriyuki Haga Yamaha Yamaha World SBK Team 258
7th JapanJapan Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team 258
8th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jamie Whitham Suzuki Suzuki WSB 175
9 AustraliaAustralia Peter Goddard Suzuki Suzuki WSB 155
10 United StatesUnited States Scott Russell Yamaha Yamaha World SBK Team 130.5
11 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Neil Hodgson Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team 124.5
12 SpainSpain Gregorio Lavilla Ducati De Cecco Racing 83.5
13 ItalyItaly Piergiorgio Bontempi Kawasaki Kawasaki Bertocchi 58
14th ItalyItaly Alessandro Gramigni Ducati Gattolone Racing Team 56
15th SloveniaSlovenia Igor Jerman Kawasaki Team Bertocchi 47
16 JapanJapan Keiichi Kitagawa Suzuki Team Suzuki 36
JapanJapan Akira Ryō Suzuki Team Suzuki 36
18th AustriaAustria Andreas Meklau Ducati Remus Racing Austria 31
19th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Niall Mackenzie Yamaha Cadbury Boost Yamaha 26th
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Steve Hislop Yamaha Cadbury Boost Yamaha 26th
ItalyItaly Lucio Pedercini Ducati Team Pedercini 26th
21st United StatesUnited States Ben Bostrom Honda Honda Racing Team 22nd
23 AustraliaAustralia Mark Willis Suzuki Ansett Air Freight 17th
24 JapanJapan Wataru Yoshikawa Yamaha Yamaha Racing Team 16
25th GermanyGermany Udo Mark Suzuki Suzuki Germany 13
New ZealandNew Zealand Andrew Stroud Kawasaki Andrew Stroud Racing 13
27 United StatesUnited States Jamie Hacking Yamaha Yamaha Racing Team 12
28 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Chris Walker Kawasaki Team Kawasaki UK 9
FinlandFinland Erkka Korpiaho Kawasaki Rkm Racing 9
30th JapanJapan Kensuke Haga Yamaha Yamaha Racing Team 8th
JapanJapan Shin'ichi Ito Honda Lucky Strike Honda 8th
United StatesUnited States Doug Chandler Kawasaki Muzzy Kawasaki Racing 8th
ItalyItaly Mario Innamorati Kawasaki Kawasaki Bertocchi 8th
34 JapanJapan Shinya Takeishi Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team 7th
United KingdomUnited Kingdom James Haydon Suzuki Team Crescent Suzuki 7th
36 AustraliaAustralia Steve Martin Ducati Ducati dealer team 6th
37 FranceFrance Jean-Marc Delétang Yamaha Yamaha Motor France 5
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sean Emmett Ducati Revè Red Bull Ducati 5
FranceFrance Frédéric Protat Ducati FP Racing 5
40 AustraliaAustralia Troy Bayliss Ducati Team GSE Ducati 4th
41 AustraliaAustralia Shawn Giles Honda Mobile Honda 3
ItalyItaly Paolo Blora Ducati Technaracing 3
United StatesUnited States Ricky Orlando Kawasaki Orlando Ricky 3
JapanJapan Yuichi Takeda Honda Lucky Strike Honda 3
45 GermanyGermany Heinz Platacis Kawasaki Team Karthin racing 2
United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Reynolds Ducati Revè Red Bull Ducati 2
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Matt Llewellyn Ducati GSE Ducati 2
United StatesUnited States Aaron Yates Suzuki Yoshimura Racing Team 2
AustraliaAustralia Craig Connell Ducati Ducati dealer team 2
AustraliaAustralia Malcolm Campbell Ducati State One Construc. 2
51 SpainSpain Rubén Xaus Suzuki Team Alpha Tecnik 1
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jiri Mrkyvka Honda SBK Team JM 1
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Terry Rymer Suzuki Team Crescent Suzuki 1

Constructors' championship

1 ItalyItaly Ducati 487.5
2 JapanJapan Honda 416.5
3 JapanJapan Yamaha 307
4th JapanJapan Suzuki 252
5 JapanJapan Kawasaki 251

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