Superbike World Championship 2009

Superbike World Championship 2009

World Champion
Driver:	Ben Spies
Constructor:	Ducati
<2008 season	2010 season>

World champion Ben Spies in Assen

The 2009 Superbike World Championship season was the 22nd 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.
• The innovations in the racing calendar were the run in Kyalami , South Africa , which was part of the program for the first time since 2002, and the relocation of the second Italian event from Vallelunga to Imola , where the World Cup last took place in 2005.
• With BMW and Aprilia , two new manufacturers entered the market. For the first time in their history, the Munich team started the series with a works team, the Italians returned after six years of abstinence.

Race results

	date	run	route	Pole position	Run	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	01.03.	Australia	Phillip Island	Ben Spies	1	Noriyuki Haga	Max Neukirchner	Yukio Kagayama	Troy Corser
					2	Ben Spies	Noriyuki Haga	Leon Haslam	Noriyuki Haga
2	14.03.	Qatar	Losail	Ben Spies	1	Ben Spies	Noriyuki Haga	Max Biaggi	Noriyuki Haga
					2	Ben Spies	Noriyuki Haga	Max Biaggi	Ben Spies
3	05.04.	Spain	Valencia	Ben Spies	1	Noriyuki Haga	Michel Fabrizio	Max Neukirchner	Noriyuki Haga
					2	Noriyuki Haga	Ben Spies	Michel Fabrizio	Noriyuki Haga
4th	04/26	Netherlands	Aces	Ben Spies	1	Ben Spies	Noriyuki Haga	Leon Haslam	Leon Haslam
					2	Noriyuki Haga	Leon Haslam	Jakub Smrž	Noriyuki Haga
5	05/10	Italy	Monza	Ben Spies	1	Michel Fabrizio	Noriyuki Haga	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Michel Fabrizio
					2	Ben Spies	Michel Fabrizio	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Ben Spies
6th	05/17	South Africa	Kyalami	Ben Spies	1	Noriyuki Haga	Michel Fabrizio	Ben Spies	Michel Fabrizio
					2	Noriyuki Haga	Michel Fabrizio	Jonathan Rea	Noriyuki Haga
7th	05/31	United States	Salt Lake City	Ben Spies	1	Ben Spies	Carlos Checa	Michel Fabrizio	Ben Spies
					2	Ben Spies	Michel Fabrizio	Jonathan Rea	Ben Spies
8th	06/21	San Marino	Misano	Jakub Smrž	1	Ben Spies	Shane Byrne	Michel Fabrizio	Jakub Smrž
					2	Jonathan Rea	Michel Fabrizio	Noriyuki Haga	Noriyuki Haga
9	28.06.	Great Britain	Donington	Ben Spies	1	Ben Spies	Max Biaggi	Noriyuki Haga	Ben Spies
					2	Ben Spies	Leon Haslam	Michel Fabrizio	Ben Spies
10	07/26	Czech Republic	Brno	Ben Spies	1	Max Biaggi	Carlos Checa	Jonathan Rea	Michel Fabrizio
					2	Ben Spies	Max Biaggi	Michel Fabrizio	Max Biaggi
11	06.09.	Germany	Nürburgring	Noriyuki Haga	1	Ben Spies	Noriyuki Haga	Carlos Checa	Noriyuki Haga
					2	Jonathan Rea	Ben Spies	Carlos Checa	Jonathan Rea
12	27.09.	Italy	Imola	Michel Fabrizio	1	Noriyuki Haga	Max Biaggi	Michel Fabrizio	Michel Fabrizio
					2	Michel Fabrizio	Noriyuki Haga	Marco Simoncelli	Noriyuki Haga
13	04.10.	France	Magny-Cours	Ben Spies	1	Ben Spies	Noriyuki Haga	Max Biaggi	Noriyuki Haga
					2	Noriyuki Haga	Max Biaggi	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea
14th	25.10.	Portugal	Portimão	Ben Spies	1	Ben Spies	Jonathan Rea	Max Biaggi	Michel Fabrizio
					2	Michel Fabrizio	Noriyuki Haga	Jonathan Rea	Michel Fabrizio

Teams and drivers

No. driver team motorcycle tires 2  Jamie Hacking Kawasaki World Superbike Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R P 3  Max Biaggi Aprilia Racing Aprilia RSV4 P 7th  Carlos Checa HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR 1000 RR P 9  Ryuichi Kiyonari Ten Kate Honda Racing Honda CBR 1000 RR P 10  Fonsi Nieto Suzuki Alstare BRUX Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 P DFX Corse Ducati 1098 RS 09 P 11  Troy Corser BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S 1000 RR P 14th  Matthieu Lagrive HANNspree Honda Althea Honda CBR 1000 RR P 15th  Matteo Baiocco PSG1-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R P Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R P 17th  Steve Martin BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S 1000 RR P 19th  Ben Spies Yamaha WSB Yamaha YZF-R1 P 22nd  Leon Camier Airwaves Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 P Aprilia Racing Aprilia RSV4 P 23  Broc Parkes Kawasaki World Superbike Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R P 24  Brendan Roberts Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R P 25th  David Salom Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R P 27  James Ellison Airwaves Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 P 31  Karl Muggeridge Celani Race Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 P Suzuki Alstare BRUX Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 P 32  Stuart Easton Kawasaki World Superbike Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R P 33  Tommy Hill HANNspree Honda Althea Honda CBR 1000 RR P 36  Gregorio Lavilla Pro Ride World Superbike Honda CBR 1000 RR P Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R 40  Flavio Gentile HANNspree Honda Althea Honda CBR 1000 RR P 41  Noriyuki Haga Ducati Xerox team Ducati 1098R P 44  Roberto Rolfo Stiggy Racing Honda Honda CBR 1000 RR P 47  Richard Cooper BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S 1000 RR P 49  Shaun Whyte Yamaha France GMT 94 IPONE Yamaha YZF-R1 P 50  Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki Alstare BRUX Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 P 51  Milos Cihak ProRace Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 P 53  Alessandro Polita Sterilgarda Ducati 1098 RS 09 P Celani Race Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 55  Regis Laconi DFX Corse Ducati 1098 RS 09 P 56  Shin'ya Nakano Aprilia Racing Aprilia RSV4 P 57  Lorenzo Lanzi DFX Corse Ducati 1098 RS 09 P 58  Marco Simoncelli Aprilia Racing Aprilia RSV4 P 64  Erwan Nigon Yamaha France GMT 94 IPONE Yamaha YZF-R1 P 65  Jonathan Rea HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR 1000 RR P 66  Tom Sykes Yamaha WSB Yamaha YZF-R1 P 67  Shane Byrne Sterilgarda Ducati 1098R P 71  Yukio Kagayama Suzuki Alstare BRUX Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 P 76  Max Neukirchner Suzuki Alstare BRUX Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 P 77  Vittorio Iannuzzo Squadra Corse Italia Honda CBR 1000 RR P 79  Blake Young Suzuki Alstare BRUX Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 P 84  Michel Fabrizio Ducati Xerox team Ducati 1098R P 86  Ayrton Badovini PSG1-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX-10R P 88  Roland Resch TKR Suzuki Switzerland Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 P 91  Leon Haslam Stiggy Racing Honda Honda CBR 1000 RR P 94  David Checa Yamaha France GMT 94 IPONE Yamaha YZF-R1 P 96  Jakub Smrž Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R P 98  Jake Zemke Stiggy Racing Honda Honda CBR 1000 RR P 99  Luca Scassa Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R P 100  Makoto Tamada Kawasaki World Superbike Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R P 111  Rubén Xaus BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S 1000 RR P 117  Simon Andrews MSS Colchester Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R P 121  John Hopkins Stiggy Racing Honda Honda CBR 1000 RR P 124  Luca Conforti Barni Racing Team Ducati 1098R P 132  Sheridan Morais Kawasaki World Superbike Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 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	Ben Spies	Yamaha	0	25th	25th	25th	Ret	20th	25th	Ret	1	25th	16	Ret	25th	25th	25th	7th	25th	25th	Ret	25th	25th	20th	13	11	25th	13	25th	11	462
2	Noriyuki Haga	Ducati	25th	20th	20th	20th	25th	25th	20th	25th	20th	Ret	25th	25th	7th	8th	11	16	16	Ret	8th	10	20th	Ret	25th	20th	20th	25th	Ret	20th	456
3	Michel Fabrizio	Ducati	13	11	Ret	Ret	20th	16	7th	13	25th	20th	20th	20th	16	20th	16	20th	4th	16	Ret	16	9	7th	16	25th	13	3	11	25th	382
4th	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	5	1	16	16	8th	8th	11	Ret	5	11	11	11	10	13	3	6th	20th	0	25th	20th	11	13	20th	13	16	20th	16	10	319
5	Jonathan Rea	Honda	11	7th	4th	8th	Ret	3	9	11	11	13	13	16	11	16	9	25th	9	1	16	13	13	25th	9	10	Ret	16	20th	16	315
6th	Leon Haslam	Honda	10	16	5	5	11	11	16	20th	Ret	9	Ret	13	6th	Ret	4th	8th	13	20th	9	4th	10	11	10	8th	11	11	Ret	Ret	241
7th	Carlos Checa	Honda	4th	3	11	3	Ret	10	Ret	9	7th	6th	10	10	20th	Ret	5	11	5	Ret	20th	11	16	16	Ret	6th	10	7th	9	Ret	209
8th	Shane Byrne	Ducati	Ret	Ret	10	4th	7th	5	5	8th	2	0	7th	Ret	5	6th	20th	10	11	13	13	8th	6th	Ret	Ret	9	8th	9	13	13	192
9	Tom Sykes	Yamaha	6th	6th	9	11	9	6th	13	10	10	10	6th	7th	3	7th	8th	9	Ret	11	Ret	9	7th	8th	7th	4th	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	176
10	Jakub Smrž	Ducati	7th	9	Ret	0	Ret	2	10	16	4th	8th	2	6th	8th	10	13	13	7th	Ret	10	7th	3	5	8th	7th	6th	Ret	Ret	8th	169
11	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Honda	Ret	0	8th	13	4th	7th	1	Ret	16	16	4th	3	13	11	Ret	2	6th	9	3	3	2	9	11	0	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS	141
12	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki	16	8th	0	1	10	Ret	Ret	4th	13	0	8th	3	4th	4th	10	5	0	3	2	Ret	2	6th	1	Ret	9	10	Ret	5	134
13	Troy Corser	BMW	8th	0	7th	7th	Ret	1	6th	6th	Ret	DNS	Inj	Inj	1	0	Ret	0	Ret	0	11	6th	8th	10	5	Ret	7th	6th	Ret	7th	96
14th	Shin'ya Nakano	Aprilia	1	4th	13	9	DNS	DNS	Ret	DNS	3	4th	9	9	Ret	9	7th	3	10	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	DNS	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	86
15th	Regis Laconi	Ducati	9	13	6th	2	13	13	8th	0	8th	5	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	77
16	Max Neukirchner	Suzuki	20th	10	Ret	10	16	9	3	7th	DNS	DNS	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	75
17th	Rubén Xaus	BMW	0	5	3	6th	3	0	2	5	9	7th	Ret	Ret	0	0	2	0	1	7th	Ret	DNS	Inj	Inj	4th	3	5	4th	8th	Ret	74
18th	Broc Parkes	Kawasaki	Ret	0	2	0	6th	0	Inj	Inj	6th	3	1	2	Ret	5	0	0	0	2	4th	0	Ret	3	6th	1	Ret	1	5	4th	51
19th	Matthieu Lagrive	Honda															6th	0	0	4th	7th	2	5	Ret	Ret	Ret			7th	3	34
20th	Leon Camier	Yamaha																	3	10											32
		Aprilia																									Ret	Ret	10	9
21st	Fonsi Nieto	Suzuki											0	1	0	3	0	4th													22nd
		Ducati																			5	0	Ret	4th	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret
22nd	Karl Muggeridge	Suzuki	Ret	0	0	0	0	0	4th	Ret	0	Ret	0	Ret	Ret	DNS	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj			4th	Ret	3	2	Ret	8th			21st
23	John Hopkins	Honda					5	4th	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	DNS	DNS	8th	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	Inj	Inj					17th
24	Matteo Baiocco	Kawasaki	Ret	0	0	0	0	Ret	Ret	2	0	1					Ret	Ret													17th
		Ducati																					Ret	0	2	0	4th	2	6th	Ret
25th	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia																							Ret	16					16
26th	Lorenzo Lanzi	Ducati													0	2	0	0	2	5	Ret	1			Ret	5					15th
27	Makoto Tamada	Kawasaki	0	0	DNS	DNS	2	Ret	0	Ret	DNS	DNS	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	6th	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	Inj	Inj	4th	0	12
28	Gregorio Lavilla	Ducati											5	4th	2	Ret	0	1	Ret	0											12
29	Luca Scassa	Kawasaki	0	0	0	0	0	0	Ret	1	0	2	0	Ret	0	Ret	Ret	0	0	0	0	Ret	0	2	0	0	3	Ret	1	2	11
30th	Jamie Hacking	Kawasaki													9	0	0	0	0	Ret											9
31	James Ellison	Yamaha																	Ret	8th											8th
32	Sheridan Morais	Kawasaki											3	5													Ret	0			8th
33	Sylvain Guintoli	Suzuki																											Ret	6th	6th
34	Simon Andrews	Kawasaki																	0	6th											6th
35	Tommy Hill	Honda	2	2	1	Ret	1	0	Ret	Ret	0	0	Ret	0	Inj	Inj															6th
36	David Salom	Kawasaki	0	0	0	Ret	0	0	0	Ret	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Ret	0	0	0	Ret	0	0	0	Ret	2	0	3	0	5
37	David Checa	Yamaha					Ret	0	0	Ret	0	0					0	Ret	0	Ret	0	0	Ret	0	0	Ret	1	0	2	1	4th
38	Brendan Roberts	Ducati	0	0	0	0	Ret	0	0	3	DNS	DNS	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj															3
39	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	3	0	Ret	Ret																									3
40	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Honda	Ret	Ret	0	0	Ret	0	Ret	Ret	0	DQ					0	0	Ret	Ret	1	0	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2
41	Alessandro Polita	Suzuki															1	0	0	Ret	Ret	Ret									1
42	Jake Zemke	Honda									0	0			0	1															1
43	Roland Resch	Suzuki					Ret	0	0	0	0	Ret					Ret	0	Ret	Ret	0	0	0	Ret			0	0	Ret	DNS	0
	Ayrton Badovini	Kawasaki	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret	0	Ret																							0
	Stuart Easton	Kawasaki							0	Ret																					0
	Steve Martin	BMW											0	0																	0
	Shaun Whyte	Yamaha											0	0																	0
	Erwan Nigon	Yamaha													0	Ret															0
	Blake Young	Suzuki																	0	0											0
	Milos Cihak	Suzuki																			0	Ret									0
	Richard Cooper	BMW																					Ret	Ret							0
	Flavio Gentile	Honda																									0	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	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	572
2	Yamaha	505
3	Honda	431
4th	Aprilia	329
5	Suzuki	173
6th	BMW	141
7th	Kawasaki	76

References

Web links

Commons : 2009 Superbike World Championship season  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ South African Round confirmed in 2009 World Superbike calendar. www.worldsbk.com, September 15, 2008, archived from the original on September 16, 2008 ; accessed on September 19, 2008 (English). 
2. ↑ The races in Qatar took place on Saturdays.
3. ↑ Hacking replaced the injured Makoto Tamada in the USA, San Marino and Great Britain
4. ↑ Nieto replaced the injured Max Neukirchner in the USA and San Marino
5. ↑ Nieto piloted the second machine that was used once in the Czech Republic, in Germany, at the second run in Italy, in France and Portugal, he replaced the injured Régis Laconi
6. ↑ Lagrive replaced Tommy Hill from the run in San Marino, in France he was not at the start due to regulations
7. ↑ in Australia, Qatar, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy and San Marino at the start
8. ↑ Baiocco replaced the injured Brendan Roberts in Germany, at the second run in Italy and in Portugal
9. ↑ Martin replaced the injured Troy Corser in South Africa
10. ↑ ^{a b c} Wildcard in Great Britain
11. ↑ Canier replaced the injured Shin'ya Nakano in France and Portugal
12. ↑ Muggeridge replaced the injured Max Neukirchner in Germany, at the second run in Italy and in France
13. ↑ Easton replaced the injured Broc Parkes in the Netherlands
14. ↑ Hill was replaced by Matthieu Lagrive from the run in San Marino
15. ↑ Lavilla was registered as a rider of the Pro Ride World Superbike team before the season, but did not take part in the first two events, after which the team withdrew completely
16. ↑ Lavilla replaced the injured Brendan Roberts in South Africa, the USA, San Marino and Great Britain
17. ↑ Gentile replaced Mathieu Lagrive in France, who was not allowed to start due to the regulations
18. ↑ Rolfo was replaced by John Hopkins from the run in Spain
19. ↑ Cooper replaced the injured Rubén Xaus in Germany
20. ↑ Whyte replaced the injured David Checa in South Africa
21. ↑ Guintoli replaced the injured Max Neukirchner in Portugal
22. ↑ Wildcard in the Czech Republic
23. ↑ Polita was registered as the second driver of the Sterilgarda team before the season, but did not take part in the first two events and was then completely withdrawn
24. ↑ Polita replaced Karl Muggeridge from the run in San Marino, he was not at the start in Germany
25. ↑ Lanzi replaced the injured Régis Laconi in the USA, San Marino, Great Britain and the Czech Republic, in the second run in Italy he started with a wildcard
26. ↑ Simoncelli replaced Shin'ya Nakano at the second run in Italy
27. ↑ Nigon replaced the injured David Checa in the USA
28. ↑ not at the start in South Africa and the USA
29. ↑ Young replaced the injured Max Neukirchner in Great Britain
30. ↑ in the Netherlands, South Africa, the USA, San Marino, Great Britain, the Czech Republic, Germany, at the second run in Italy, in France and in Portugal not at the start
31. ↑ in Australia, Qatar, South Africa, the USA and not at the start in the second run in Italy
32. ↑ not at the start in Australia and Qatar
33. ↑ Zemke replaced the injured John Hopkins on the first run in Italy and in the USA
34. ↑ Hopkins replaced Roberto Rolfo from the run in Spain
35. ↑ Wildcard at the second run in Italy
36. ↑ Morais replaced the injured Makoto Tamada in South Africa and France