2011 Superbike World Championship

2011 Superbike World Championship

World Champion
Driver:	Carlos Checa
Constructor:	Ducati
<2010 season	2012 season>

The 2011 Superbike World Championship season was the 24th 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.

useful information

• All pilots competed on Pirelli uniform tires.

Race results

	date	run	route	Pole position	Run	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	02/27	Australia	Phillip Island	Carlos Checa	1	Carlos Checa	Max Biaggi	Leon Haslam	Max Biaggi
					2	Carlos Checa	Max Biaggi	Marco Melandri	Max Biaggi
2	27.03.	Europe	Donington	Carlos Checa	1	Marco Melandri	Jakub Smrž	Carlos Checa	Noriyuki Haga
					2	Carlos Checa	Marco Melandri	Leon Camier	Carlos Checa
3	04/17	Netherlands	Aces	Carlos Checa	1	Jonathan Rea	Max Biaggi	Carlos Checa	Tom Sykes
					2	Carlos Checa	Max Biaggi	Jonathan Rea	Leon Camier
4th	08.05.	Italy	Monza	Max Biaggi	1	Eugene Laverty	Max Biaggi	Leon Haslam	Michel Fabrizio
					2	Eugene Laverty	Marco Melandri	Michel Fabrizio	Max Biaggi
5	05/30	United States	Salt Lake City	Carlos Checa	1	Carlos Checa	Jakub Smrž	Sylvain Guintoli	Carlos Checa
					2	Carlos Checa	Leon Camier	Max Biaggi	Carlos Checa
6th	12.06.	San Marino	Misano	Tom Sykes	1	Carlos Checa	Max Biaggi	Marco Melandri	Carlos Checa
					2	Carlos Checa	Max Biaggi	Noriyuki Haga	Max Biaggi
7th	19.06.	Spain	Motorland Aragón	Marco Melandri	1	Marco Melandri	Max Biaggi	Leon Camier	Carlos Checa
					2	Max Biaggi	Marco Melandri	Carlos Checa	Marco Melandri
8th	07/10	Czech Republic	Brno	Max Biaggi	1	Marco Melandri	Max Biaggi	Carlos Checa	Marco Melandri
					2	Max Biaggi	Marco Melandri	Carlos Checa	Marco Melandri
9	07/31	Great Britain	Silverstone	John Hopkins	1	Carlos Checa	Eugene Laverty	Marco Melandri	Carlos Checa
					2	Carlos Checa	Eugene Laverty	Marco Melandri	Max Biaggi
10	04.09.	Germany	Nürburgring	Carlos Checa	1	Carlos Checa	Marco Melandri	Noriyuki Haga	Carlos Checa
					2	Tom Sykes	Sylvain Guintoli	Jakub Smrž	Noriyuki Haga
11	25.09.	Italy	Imola	Carlos Checa	1	Jonathan Rea	Noriyuki Haga	Carlos Checa	Noriyuki Haga
					2	Carlos Checa	Noriyuki Haga	Leon Camier	Carlos Checa
12	02.10.	France	Magny-Cours	Jonathan Rea	1	Carlos Checa	Marco Melandri	Leon Haslam	Carlos Checa
					2	Carlos Checa	Marco Melandri	Eugene Laverty	Carlos Checa
13	16.10.	Portugal	Portimão	Jonathan Rea	1	Carlos Checa	Sylvain Guintoli	Jonathan Rea	Sylvain Guintoli
					2	Marco Melandri	Eugene Laverty	Jonathan Rea	Joan Lascorz

Teams and drivers

No. driver team motorcycle tires 1 Max Biaggi Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory P 2 Leon Camier Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory P 4th Jonathan Rea Castrol Honda Honda CBR 1000 RR P 7th Carlos Checa Althea Racing Ducati 1098R P 8th Mark Aitchison Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R P 11 Troy Corser BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S 1000 RR P 12 * Joshua Waters Yoshimura Suzuki Racing Team Suzuki GSX-R1000 L1 P 17th Joan Lascorz Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R P 32 * Fabrizio Lai Echo Sport Racing Company Honda CBR 1000 RR P 33 Marco Melandri Yamaha World Superbike Team Yamaha YZF-R1 P 37 Barry Veneman BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team BMW S 1000 RR P 41 Noriyuki Haga PATA Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 Factory P 44 Roberto Rolfo Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R P 50 Sylvain Guintoli Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R P 52 James Toseland BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team BMW S 1000 RR P 58 Eugene Laverty Yamaha World Superbike Team Yamaha YZF-R1 P 66 Tom Sykes Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike Kawasaki ZX-10R P 67 * Bryan Staring Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R P 77 Chris Vermeulen Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R P 84 Michel Fabrizio Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 L1 P 86 Ayrton Badovini BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team BMW S 1000 RR P 91 Leon Haslam BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S 1000 RR P 96 Jakub Smrž Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R P 111 Rubén Xaus Castrol Honda Honda CBR1000RR P 121 Maxime Berger Supersonic Racing Team Ducati 1098R 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
1	Carlos Checa	Ducati	25th	25th	16	25th	16	25th	7th	6th	25th	25th	25th	25th	Ret	16	16	16	25th	25th	25th	8th	16	25th	25th	25th	25th	13	505
2	Marco Melandri	Yamaha	11	16	25th	20th	13	Ret	13	20th	6th	10	16	Ret	25th	20th	25th	20th	16	16	20th	10	8th	10	20th	20th	10	25th	395
3	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	20th	20th	9	DQ	20th	20th	20th	8th	Ret	16	20th	20th	20th	25th	20th	25th	5	13	DNS	DNS	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	13	9	303
4th	Eugene Laverty	Yamaha	13	1	Ret	2	9	10	25th	25th	11	13	11	3	13	10	11	11	20th	20th	13	11	11	13	11	16	0	20th	303
5	Leon Haslam	BMW	16	11	13	13	4th	11	16	Ret	8th	3	Ret	11	7th	7th	8th	9	13	8th	11	7th	Ret	11	16	13	7th	1	224
6th	Sylvain Guintoli	Ducati	Ret	DNS	5	5	Ret	6th	4th	9	16	9	9	9	5	5	0	7th	10	10	10	20th	10	9	10	11	20th	11	210
7th	Leon Camier	Aprilia	3	10	8th	16	Ret	13	8th	Ret	13	20th	10	Ret	16	8th	9	Ret	1	11	8th	Ret	1	16	13	10	4th	10	208
8th	Noriyuki Haga	Aprilia	7th	9	10	0	Ret	8th	0	13	7th	Ret	Ret	16	10	9	4th	6th	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	20th	20th	9	6th	1	5	176
9	Jonathan Rea	Honda	4th	13	11	10	25th	16	10	Ret	Ret	5	DNS	DNS	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	6th	13	25th	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	16	170
10	Ayrton Badovini	BMW	2	Ret	3	7th	7th	1	5	10	9	7th	8th	13	8th	6th	10	10	6th	6th	7th	9	7th	6th	Ret	8th	3	7th	165
11	Joan Lascorz	Kawasaki	Ret	Ret	6th	11	5	4th	Ret	7th	2	4th	7th	7th	9	11	7th	8th	9	Ret	9	5	6th	8th	8th	9	11	8th	161
12	Michel Fabrizio	Suzuki	10	8th	Ret	9	11	9	11	16	Ret	11	Ret	10	Ret	13	13	13	Ret	7th	0	Ret	Ret	Ret	4th	Ret	5	2	152
13	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki	8th	7th	Ret	4th	2	5	3	5	10	6th	13	2	11	Ret	6th	2	DNS	DNS	5	25th	13	Ret	6th	Ret	8th	Ret	141
14th	Jakub Smrž	Ducati	9	5	20th	8th	Ret	7th	6th	Ret	20th	8th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	16	9	Ret	Ret	DNS	6th	3	127
15th	Troy Corser	BMW	6th	0	7th	3	10	Ret	9	11	3	Ret	Ret	DNS	6th	Ret			7th	Ret	1	4th	4th	Ret	7th	7th	2	0	87
16	Maxime Berger	Ducati	0	0	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	2	Ret	5	2	6th	Ret	3	Ret	3	Ret	8th	4th	Ret	6th	Ret	3	Ret	4th	9	6th	64
17th	Rubén Xaus	Honda	0	6th	4th	6th	8th	2	1	4th	Ret	0	5	8th	0	Ret	Ret	DNS					0	5	DNS	DNS			49
18th	Roberto Rolfo	Kawasaki	5	4th	2	1	Ret	0	Ret	3	0	0	Ret	4th	2	3	2	5	3	Ret	2	3	0	Ret	3	Ret			42
19th	Mark Aitchison	Kawasaki	0	0	1	0	6th	0	0	2	0	0	Ret	Ret	1	4th	0	4th	Ret	2	4th	Ret	5	7th	Ret	Ret	0	0	36
20th	John Hopkins	Suzuki																	11	9									20th
21st	Chris Vermeulen	Kawasaki			DNS	DNS	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS			2	6th	4th	2	0	DNS											14th
22nd	James Toseland	BMW	0	2					DNS	DNS	1	DNS					WD	WD	4th	3	3	Ret							13
23	Javier Forés	BMW																					Ret	2	5	5	Ret	0	12
24	Lorenzo Lanzi	BMW											1	5	Ret	1	0	3											10
25th	Joshua Waters	Suzuki	0	3							4th	1															0	0	8th
26th	Federico Sandi	Ducati																					3	4th					7th
27	Alessandro Polita	Ducati											3	Ret									2	Ret					5
28	Matteo Baiocco	Ducati											4th	Ret			Ret	Ret					0	Ret					4th
29	Davide Giugliano	Ducati																									0	4th	4th
30th	Barry Veneman	BMW					3	0																					3
31	Jon Kirkham	Suzuki																	2	1									3
32	Fabrizio Lai	Honda							0	1									Ret	0									1
33	Bryan Staring	Kawasaki	1	0																									1
34	Viktor Kispataki	Honda															0	1											1
35	Alex Lowes	Honda															1	Ret	Ret	Ret									1
	Karl Muggeridge	Honda																									0	0	0
	Makoto Tamada	Honda																			0	Ret							0
	Santiago Barragan	Kawasaki																									0	Ret	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	Ducati	529
2	Yamaha	450
3	Aprilia	422
4th	BMW	275
5	Kawasaki	228
6th	Honda	194
7th	Suzuki	169

Web links

Commons : Superbike World Championship 2011  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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