2008 Superbike World Championship

2008 Superbike World Championship

World Champion
Driver:	Troy Bayliss
Constructor:	Ducati
<2007 season	2009 season>

The 2008 Superbike World Championship was the 21st in the history of the FIM - Superbike World Championship . 28 races were held at 14 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

• All pilots competed on Pirelli uniform tires.
• For the 2008 season there was a change in the technical regulations, which now allowed two-cylinder engines to have a displacement of up to 1200  cm³ instead of the previous 1000 cm³.
• The Italian manufacturer Ducati launched the completely newly developed Ducati 1098 R, the only 1200 cc two-cylinder motorcycle, and equipped six riders.
• The 2007 world champion , the Briton James Toseland , did not defend his title, he moved to the MotoGP class of the motorcycle world championship .
• The most interesting newcomers among the riders were the Turkish Supersport World Champion of the 2007 season , Kenan Sofuoğlu , the Japanese Ryūichi Kiyonari , who won the British Superbike Championship in 2006 and 2007 , and Carlos , who switched from the MotoGP class Checa and Makoto Tamada .
• After ten years as the title sponsor, the Mexican Corona brewery left the Superbike World Championship for the 2008 season, and the new main sponsor of the series was the Taiwanese screen manufacturer HANNspree .

Race results

	date	run	route	Pole position	Run	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	02/23	Qatar	Losail	Troy Corser	1	Troy Bayliss	Max Biaggi	Troy Corser	Noriyuki Haga
					2	Fonsi Nieto	Rubén Xaus	Max Biaggi	Fonsi Nieto
2	02.03.	Australia	Phillip Island	Troy Bayliss	1	Troy Bayliss	Troy Corser	Michel Fabrizio	Troy Bayliss
					2	Troy Bayliss	Carlos Checa	Fonsi Nieto	Max Biaggi
3	06.04.	Spain	Valencia	Max Neukirchner	1	Lorenzo Lanzi	Troy Bayliss	Troy Corser	Noriyuki Haga
					2	Noriyuki Haga	Troy Bayliss	Carlos Checa	Carlos Checa
4th	04/27	Netherlands	Aces	Troy Bayliss	1	Troy Bayliss	Carlos Checa	Max Neukirchner	Max Neukirchner
					2	Troy Bayliss	Noriyuki Haga	Carlos Checa	Troy Bayliss
5	05/11	Italy	Monza	Troy Bayliss	1	Max Neukirchner	Noriyuki Haga	Troy Bayliss	Noriyuki Haga
					2	Noriyuki Haga	Max Neukirchner	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Ryuichi Kiyonari
6th	01.06.	United States	Salt Lake City	Carlos Checa	1	Carlos Checa	Troy Corser	Michel Fabrizio	Carlos Checa
					2	Carlos Checa	Max Neukirchner	Michel Fabrizio	Carlos Checa
7th	15.06.	Germany	Nürburgring	Max Neukirchner	1	Noriyuki Haga	Troy Bayliss	Max Neukirchner	Troy Bayliss
					2	Noriyuki Haga	Troy Corser	Max Neukirchner	Noriyuki Haga
8th	29.06.	San Marino	Misano	Troy Corser	1	Max Neukirchner	Troy Corser	Troy Bayliss	Jakub Smrž
					2	Rubén Xaus	Max Biaggi	Troy Bayliss	Troy Corser
9	07/20	Czech Republic	Brno	Troy Bayliss	1	Troy Bayliss	Troy Corser	Michel Fabrizio	Troy Bayliss
					2	Troy Bayliss	Michel Fabrizio	Max Biaggi	Michel Fabrizio
10	03.08.	Great Britain	Brands Hatch	Troy Bayliss	1	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Troy Bayliss	Max Biaggi	Ryuichi Kiyonari
					2	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Noriyuki Haga	Troy Corser	Michel Fabrizio
11	07.09.	Europe	Donington	Troy Bayliss	1	Troy Bayliss	Tom Sykes	Max Biaggi	Troy Bayliss
					2	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Cal Crutchlow	Troy Corser	James Ellison
12	09/21	Italy	Vallelunga	Troy Bayliss	1	Noriyuki Haga	Max Biaggi	Troy Corser	Carlos Checa
					2	Noriyuki Haga	Michel Fabrizio	Troy Corser	Troy Corser
13	05.10.	France	Magny-Cours	Noriyuki Haga	1	Noriyuki Haga	Fonsi Nieto	Troy Bayliss	Carlos Checa
					2	Troy Bayliss	Noriyuki Haga	Troy Corser	Troy Bayliss
14th	11/02	Portugal	Portimão	Troy Bayliss	1	Troy Bayliss	Carlos Checa	Troy Corser	Troy Bayliss
					2	Troy Bayliss	Michel Fabrizio	Leon Haslam	Troy Bayliss

Teams and drivers

No. driver team motorcycle tires 3  Max Biaggi Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098 RS 08 P 5  Sergio Fuertes Team Suzuki motorcycle Suzuki GSX-R 1000 P 7th  Carlos Checa Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR P 9  Chris Walker Ventaxia VK Honda Honda CBR1000RR P 10  Fonsi Nieto Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K8 P 11  Troy Corser Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team Yamaha YZF-R1 P 13  Vittorio Iannuzzo Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R P 14th  Luís Carreira Benimoto Suzuki Cetelem Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K8 P 15th  Milos Cihak ProRace Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K8 P 17th  Tristan Palmer Lloyds British Yamaha YZF-R1 P 18th  Tommy Bridewell Team NB Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K8 P 21st  Troy Bayliss Ducati Xerox team Ducati 1098 F08 P 22nd  Luca Morelli Alto Evolution Honda Superbike Honda CBR1000RR P DF Racing Honda CBR1000RR 23  Ryuichi Kiyonari Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR P 28  Aria Vos Fabricom - MCT Racing Ducati 1098 RS 08 P 31  Karl Muggeridge DF Racing Honda CBR1000RR P 32  Martin Bauer Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR P 34  Yukio Kagayama Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K8 P 35  Cal Crutchlow HM Plant Honda Honda CBR1000RR P 36  Gregorio Lavilla Ventaxia VK Honda Honda CBR1000RR P 37  Diego Lozano Ortiz Honda Joe Darcey Honda CBR1000RR P 38  Shin'ichi Nakatomi YZF Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 P 41  Noriyuki Haga Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team Yamaha YZF-R1 P 43  Jason Pridmore Alto Evolution Honda Superbike Honda CBR1000RR P 44  Roberto Rolfo Hannspree Honda Althea Honda CBR1000RR P 50  Matt Lynn Alto Evolution Honda Superbike Honda CBR1000RR P 54  Kenan Sofuoğlu Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr. Honda CBR1000RR P 55  Regis Laconi Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R P 57  Lorenzo Lanzi RG team Ducati 1098 RS 08 P 59  Niccolò Canepa Ducati Xerox team Ducati 1098 F08 P 61  Scott Jensen On The Throttle.TV Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K8 P 64  Norino Brignola Grillini Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1 P 65  Jonathan Rea Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr. Honda CBR1000RR P 66  Tom Sykes Rizla Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R 1000 P 69  Iván Silva DF Racing Honda CBR1000RR P 73  Christian Zaiser Grillini Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1 P 76  Max Neukirchner Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K8 P 77  Loïc Napoleone Grillini Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1 P 80  James Ellison Hydrex Bike Animal Honda Honda CBR1000RR P 83  Russell Holland DF Racing Honda CBR1000RR P 84  Michel Fabrizio Ducati Xerox team Ducati 1098 F08 P 86  Ayrton Badovini Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R P 88  Shuhei Aoyama Alto Evolution Honda Superbike Honda CBR1000RR P 91  Leon Haslam HM Plant Honda Honda CBR1000RR P 94  David Checa Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 Yamaha YZF-R1 P 96  Jakub Smrž Guandalini Racing by Grifo's Ducati 1098 RS 08 P 99  Luca Scassa DF Racing Honda CBR1000RR P 100  Makoto Tamada Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R P 110  Lorenzo Mauri Spring Ducati ASD Ducati 999 RS P 111  Rubén Xaus Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098 RS 08 P 122  Matěj Smrž DF Racing Honda CBR1000RR P 113  Jiri Drazdak DF Racing Honda CBR1000RR P 131  Carmelo Morales L'Oreal Men Expert Laglisse Yamaha YZF-R1 P 194  Sébastien Gimbert Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 Yamaha YZF-R1 P 200  Giovanni Bussei Hannspree Honda Althea Honda CBR1000RR P

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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	010	020
1	Troy Bayliss	Ducati	25th	13	25th	25th	20th	20th	25th	25th	16	Ret	Ret	0	20th	13	16	16	25th	25th	20th	5	25th	Ret	10	0	16	25th	25th	25th	460
2	Troy Corser	Yamaha	16	9	20th	Ret	16	11	11	6th	4th	8th	20th	Ret	13	20th	20th	11	20th	13	8th	16	Ret	16	16	16	10	16	16	10	342
3	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha	2	3	8th	9	Ret	25th	Ret	20th	20th	25th	Ret	10	25th	25th	6th	13	10	9	0	20th	Ret	DQ	25th	25th	25th	20th	Ret	2	327
4th	Carlos Checa	Honda	10	5	10	20th	11	16	20th	16	8th	Ret	25th	25th	11	11	11	8th	8th	Ret	10	8th	Ret	7th	11	11	9	13	20th	9	313
5	Max Neukirchner	Suzuki	11	8th	9	11	Ret	DNS	16	11	25th	20th	13	20th	16	16	25th	9	9	11	9	13	Ret	2	13	13	11	7th	Ret	13	311
6th	Fonsi Nieto	Suzuki	9	25th	11	16	13	6th	Ret	5	9	13	11	8th	8th	7th	4th	6th	2	8th	11	11	9	Ret	4th	10	20th	8th	11	11	256
7th	Max Biaggi	Ducati	20th	16	Ret	Ret	0	8th	6th	4th	11	Ret	7th	13	3	9	Ret	20th	13	16	16	4th	16	10	20th	Ret	13	10	Ret	3	238
8th	Michel Fabrizio	Ducati	7th	11	16	0	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	7th	11	16	16	9	10	Ret	5	16	20th	4th	10	Ret	11	9	20th	Ret	2	Ret	20th	223
9	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Honda	0	0	7th	10	Ret	13	9	Ret	10	16	6th	9	4th	5	2	3	11	10	25th	25th	Ret	25th	Ret	3	Inj	Inj	8th	5	206
10	Rubén Xaus	Ducati	13	20th	13	13	Ret	9	0	13	Ret	9	2	Ret	10	8th	13	25th	Ret	Ret	DNS	Inj	Ret	8th	Ret	4th	Ret	11	7th	Ret	178
11	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki	8th	Ret	Inj	Inj	Ret	10	13	10	13	Ret	8th	11	DNS	Inj	5	4th	7th	7th	13	0	11	0	7th	9	8th	9	1	0	154
12	Gregorio Lavilla	Honda	3	2	5	8th	9	5	7th	9	5	6th	3	1	Ret	2	8th	2	1	2	2	3	13	9	2	Ret	6th	4th	10	8th	135
13	Jakub Smrž	Ducati	6th	7th	Ret	0	2	2	10	8th	6th	Ret	10	DQ	5	Ret	9	7th	Ret	5	7th	7th	10	4th	3	5	Ret	3	Ret	4th	120
14th	Lorenzo Lanzi	Ducati	0	10	3	0	25th	4th	Inj	Inj	2	5	5	6th	Ret	0	10	10	Ret	3	5	6th	Ret	5	5	0	Ret	5			109
15th	Karl Muggeridge	Honda	0	0	4th	6th	10	0	2	3	Ret	10	9	5	6th	4th	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	0	Ret	7th	Ret	Ret	Ret	4th	Ret	2	0	77
16	Regis Laconi	Kawasaki	1	0	Ret	0	8th	7th	5	0	Ret	Ret	Ret	7th	2	6th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0	Ret	1	0	7th	5	0	6th	6th	61
17th	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	5	1	6th	0	6th	0	0	2			0	0	0	0	0	0	Ret	4th	6th	2	Ret	3	8th	6th	Ret	6th	4th	0	59
18th	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Honda	4th	6th	2	5	4th	1	4th	0			4th	2	Ret	0	0	Ret	6th	6th	3	0	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	7th	0			54
19th	Shin'ichi Nakatomi	Yamaha	0	Ret	1	1	5	0	1	1	3	4th	0	Ret	0	0	7th	1	4th	1	DNS	Inj	3	0	6th	8th	2	0	3	0	51
20th	Makoto Tamada	Kawasaki	Ret	4th	Ret	2	7th	Ret	8th	7th	Ret	Ret	0	3	7th	3	Ret	Ret	0	0	0	0	Ret	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	41
21st	Tom Sykes	Suzuki																			Ret	9	20th	6th							35
22nd	Leon Haslam	Honda																					8th	Ret					9	16	33
23	Cal Crutchlow	Honda																					Ret	20th					Ret	7th	27
24	Ayrton Badovini	Kawasaki	0	0	Ret	0	0	0	3	0	Ret	7th	0	4th	0	Ret	Ret	0	0	Ret	Ret	0	4th	Ret	1	Ret	0	0	5	0	24
25th	James Ellison	Honda																					6th	13							19th
26th	Jonathan Rea	Honda																											13	1	14th
27	Russell Holland	Honda	0	0	0	7th	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	Ret	0	0															14th
28	David Checa	Yamaha	0	Ret	Ret	4th	1	0	Ret	DNS			Ret	DNS	Ret	1	1	0	Ret	0	0	0	5	Ret	0	0	Ret	Ret	0	0	12
29	Sébastien Gimbert	Yamaha	0	0	0	3	Ret	DNS	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	3	Ret	0	0	12
30th	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	0	0	0	Ret	Ret	0	0	0	0	0	Ret	Ret	Ret	0	3	0	0	0	Ret	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
31	Chris Walker	Honda																			1	1	Ret	Ret	0	1	1	1	0	0	5
32	Niccolò Canepa	Ducati																	3	Ret											3
33	Michael Beck	Yamaha									0	1																			1
34	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Kawasaki	Ret	Ret	DNS		Inj	Inj	DNS		Ret	Ret	0	0	0	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0	Ret	Ret	0
	Luca Morelli	Honda	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	0	0	Ret	Ret	0	Ret									0	0	Ret	Ret							0
	Jason Pridmore	Honda											0	0	Ret	0	Ret	Ret	0	0	0	0									0
	Loïc Napoleone	Yamaha	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0	Ret	0	0	Ret	Ret	0	0	Ret	0															0
	Christian Zaiser	Yamaha																	0	0	0	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0	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	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	Ducati	570
2	Yamaha	487
3	Honda	415
4th	Suzuki	408
5	Kawasaki	94

References

Web links

Commons : Superbike World Championship 2008  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Wildcard when running in Spain
2. ↑ Wildcards in the runs in Great Britain, the European run, in France and in Portugal
3. ↑ ^{a b} Wildcard when running in Portugal
4. ↑ ^{a b} Wildcard when running in the Czech Republic
5. ↑ Wildcard when running in Great Britain
6. ↑ Morelli started until the first race in Italy for Alto Evolution Honda Superbike at the races in San Marino, the United Kingdom and Europe, he went for DF Racing at the start
7. ↑ Wildcard when running in the Netherlands
8. ↑ Bauer replaced the injured Ryūichi Kiyonari at Hannspree Ten Kate Honda during the run in France
9. ↑ ^{a b} Wildcards at the European run and in Portugal
10. ↑ Pridmore only started in the races in the USA, Germany, San Marino, Czech Republic and Great Britain
11. ↑ Lynn only started at the European run and the second Italian run
12. ↑ Sofuoğlu started in the Supersport class at the last event of the season in Portugal and was replaced by Jonathan Rea
13. ↑ Wildcard when running in the USA
14. ↑ Brignola only started at the run in San Marino
15. ↑ Rea replaced Kenan Sofuoğlu at Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr. at the last season event in Portugal .
16. ↑ Wildcards for the run in Great Britain and the European run
17. ↑ Silva only started at the run in France
18. ↑ Zaiser started for the Gillini Racing Team from the run in the Czech Republic
19. ↑ Napoleone was replaced from the run in San Marino due to poor performance
20. ↑ Wildcard at the European run
21. ↑ Holland started in the Supersport World Championship from the run in San Marino
22. ↑ Scassa only started in the Portugal race
23. ↑ Wildcard at the first run in Italy
24. ↑ Matěj Smrž only started in the second race in Italy
25. ↑ Drazdak only started at the run in the Czech Republic
26. ↑ Bussei replaced Roberto Rolfo at Hannspree Honda Althea at the first run in Italy