2012 Superbike World Championship

2012 Superbike World Championship

World Champion
Driver:	Max Biaggi
Constructor:	Aprilia
<2011 season	2013 season>

The 2012 Superbike World Championship season was the 25th in the history of the FIM - Superbike World Championship . A total of 27 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

• The Italian energy company Eni was the title sponsor for the 2012 season
• All pilots competed on Pirelli uniform tires.
• The racing calendar for 2012 was only slightly changed compared to the previous year. The only new race that was added was the event at the Moscow Raceway in Moscow .
• At the race in Australia, the Superpole qualification was canceled after 17-year-old Oscar McIntyre had an accident shortly before in the race of the Australian Supersport Championship and succumbed to his injuries shortly afterwards.

Race results

	date	run	route	Pole position	Run	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	02/26	Australia	Phillip Island	Tom Sykes	1	Max Biaggi	Marco Melandri	Sylvain Guintoli	Max Biaggi
					2	Carlos Checa	Max Biaggi	Tom Sykes	Carlos Checa
2	04/01	Italy	Imola	Tom Sykes	1	Carlos Checa	Tom Sykes	Leon Haslam	Carlos Checa
					2	Carlos Checa	Tom Sykes	Leon Haslam	Tom Sykes
3	04/22	Netherlands	Aces	Tom Sykes	1	Sylvain Guintoli	Davide Giugliano	Carlos Checa	Sylvain Guintoli
					2	Jonathan Rea	Sylvain Guintoli	Eugene Laverty	Carlos Checa
4th	06.05.	Italy	Monza	Sylvain Guintoli	1	Canceled for security reasons.
					2	Tom Sykes	Leon Haslam	Eugene Laverty	Tom Sykes
5	13.05.	Europe	Donington	Tom Sykes	1	Marco Melandri	Leon Haslam	Tom Sykes	Max Biaggi
					2	Jonathan Rea	Max Biaggi	Tom Sykes	Max Biaggi
6th	05/28	United States	Salt Lake City	Jakub Smrž	1	Carlos Checa	Marco Melandri	Max Biaggi	Marco Melandri
					2	Marco Melandri	Jonathan Rea	Max Biaggi	Carlos Checa
7th	10.06.	San Marino	Misano	Tom Sykes	1	Max Biaggi	Carlos Checa	Davide Giugliano	Carlos Checa
					2	Max Biaggi	Jonathan Rea	Leon Haslam	Max Biaggi
8th	01.07.	Spain	Motorland Aragón	Tom Sykes	1	Max Biaggi	Marco Melandri	Carlos Checa	Marco Melandri
					2	Marco Melandri	Eugene Laverty	Chaz Davies	Marco Melandri
9	07/22	Czech Republic	Brno	Tom Sykes	1	Marco Melandri	Tom Sykes	Loris Baz	Carlos Checa
					2	Marco Melandri	Tom Sykes	Carlos Checa	Tom Sykes
10	08/05	Great Britain	Silverstone	Jakub Smrž	1	Loris Baz	Michel Fabrizio	Ayrton Badovini	Ayrton Badovini
					2	Sylvain Guintoli	Loris Baz	Jakub Smrž	Loris Baz
11	08/26	Russia	Moscow	Carlos Checa	1	Tom Sykes	Marco Melandri	Max Biaggi	Leon Haslam
					2	Marco Melandri	Tom Sykes	Chaz Davies	Marco Melandri
12	09.09.	Germany	Nürburgring	Max Biaggi	1	Max Biaggi	Eugene Laverty	Chaz Davies	Max Biaggi
					2	Chaz Davies	Eugene Laverty	Leon Camier	Carlos Checa
13	23.09.	Portugal	Portimão	Tom Sykes	1	Tom Sykes	Carlos Checa	Sylvain Guintoli	Carlos Checa
					2	Eugene Laverty	Jonathan Rea	Max Biaggi	Eugene Laverty
14th	07.10.	France	Magny-Cours	Tom Sykes	1	Sylvain Guintoli	Marco Melandri	Tom Sykes	Sylvain Guintoli
					2	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Sylvain Guintoli	Davide Giugliano

Teams and drivers

No. driver team motorcycle tires 2  Leon Camier Crescent Fixi Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 L2 P 3  Max Biaggi Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory P 4th  Hiroshi Aoyama Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR P 5  Alexander Lundh 1 Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R P 7th  Carlos Checa Althea Racing Ducati 1098R P 13  Viktor Kispataki 2 Prop-tech ltd Honda CBR1000RR P 14th  Shane Turpin 3 Boulder Motor Sports Ducati 1098R P 15th  Lorenzo Alfonsi 4 Pro Ride Real Game Honda Honda CBR1000RR P 16  Jake Holden 5 Grillini Progea Superbike Team BMW S1000 RR P 17th  Joan Lascorz 6 Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R P 18th  Mark Aitchison 7 Grillini Progea Superbike Team BMW S1000 RR P 19th  Chaz Davies ParkinGO MTC Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory P 20th  David Johnson 8 Rossair AEP Racing BMW S 1000 RR P 21st  John Hopkins 9 Crescent Fixi Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 L2 P 23  Federico Sandi 10 Grillini Progea Superbike Team BMW S1000 RR P 25th  Joshua Brookes 11 Crescent Fixi Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 L2 P 33  Marco Melandri BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S 1000 RR P 34  Davide Giugliano Althea Racing Ducati 1098R P 35  Raffaele De Rosa 12 Pro Ride Motorsports Honda CBR1000RR P 36  Leandro Mercado 13 Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R P 44  David Salom 14 Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R P 50  Sylvain Guintoli Team Effenbert Liberty Racing 15 Ducati 1098R P PATA Racing Team 16 53  Alessandro Polita 17th Red Devils Roma Ducati 1098R P 58  Eugene Laverty Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory P 59  Niccolò Canepa 18 Red Devils Roma Ducati 1098R P 60  Peter Hickman 19th Crescent Fixi Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 L2 P 64  Norino Brignola 20 Grillini Progea Superbike Team BMW S1000 RR P 65  Jonathan Rea Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR P 66  Tom Sykes Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R P 67  Bryan Staring 21 Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R P 68  Brett McCormick 22 Liberty Racing Team Effenbert Ducati 1098R P 71  Claudio Corti Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R P 76  Loris Baz 23 Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R P 84  Michel Fabrizio BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet BMW S 1000 RR P 86  Ayrton Badovini BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet BMW S 1000 RR P 87  Lorenzo Zanetti PATA Racing Team Ducati 1098R P 91  Leon Haslam BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S 1000 RR P 96  Jakub Smrž Liberty Racing Team Effenbert Ducati 1098R P 101  Gary Mason 24 Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R P 121  Maxime Berger Team Effenbert Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R P 151  Matteo Baiocco 25 Barni Racing Team Italia Ducati 1098R P 199  Sergio Gadea 26 Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R P

Legend Regular driver Wildcard driver Substitute driver

1Lundh replaced Leandro Mercado at Team Pedercini from the Great Britain run

2 Wildcard in the Czech Republic

3 Wildcard in the USA

4th Alfonsi replaced Raffaele De Rosa at the first round in Italy, after which the team withdrew from the World Cup

5 Holden only started in the US

6th Lascorz had a serious accident during test drives after the first run in Italy and was unable to contest any more races

7ththe Grillini Progea Superbike Team parted ways with Mark Aitchison after the European race

8thWildcard in Australia, in Great Britain Johnson replaced Leandro Mercado, in Russia he drove an additional machine in the Pedercini team

9 in Australia and the European run not at the start due to injury

10 Sandi only started in San Marino

11 Brookes replaced the injured John Hopkins in Australia

12 De Rosa was replaced by Lorenzo Alfonsi from the first round in Italy

13in Australia not at the start due to injury, from the race in Great Britain Mercado started for the Pedercini team in the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup

14th not at the start of the European run due to injury

15thGuintoli separated from the Effenbert Liberty Racing team for financial reasons before the Czech race

16From the Great Britain race, Guintoli drove an additional machine in the PATA Racing Team

17th Polita replaced the injured Noccolò Canepa in Australia

18th at the Czech Republic run due to injury not at the start

19th Hickman replaced the injured John Hopkins at the European run

20thBrignola started for the Grillini Progea Superbike Team from the race in Spain

21st Staring replaced the injured Leandro Mercado in Australia

22ndMcCormick drove an additional machine in the Effenbert Liberty Racing team at the first round in Italy, in the Netherlands, Great Britain and Russia

23 Baz replaced the injured Joan Lascorz from the European run

24 Mason replaced the injured Luis Salom at the European run

25th Wildcard in San Marino

26th Gadea replaced the injured Joan Lascorz at the second round in Italy

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	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	25th	20th	13	13	13	8th	Ann.	5.5	11	20th	16	16	25th	25th	25th	13	10	13	Ret	2.5	16	Ret	25th	3	13	16	Ret	11	358
2	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki	13	16	20th	20th	Ret	10	Ann.	12.5	16	16	8th	11	13	9	Ret	8th	20th	20th	8th	2	25th	20th	13	11	25th	Ret	16	25th	357.5
3	Marco Melandri	BMW	20th	10	10	6th	7th	13	Ann.	6.5	25th	Ret	20th	25th	Ret	10	20th	25th	25th	25th	9	4th	20th	25th	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	20th	Ret	328.5
4th	Carlos Checa	Ducati	Ret	25th	25th	25th	16	0	Ann.	4.5	10	Ret	25th	Ret	20th	Ret	16	9	13	16	11	5	Ret	13	4th	10	20th	11	Ret	9	287.5
5	Jonathan Rea	Honda	9	13	7th	11	Ret	25th	Ann.	5	13	25th	13	20th	11	20th	0	11	Ret	4th	13	3.5	Ret	9	Ret	13	10	20th	3	20th	278.5
6th	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia	Ret	8th	11	10	11	16	Ann.	8th	8th	Ret	11	10	9	Ret	11	20th	11	11	6th	6.5	13	Ret	20th	20th	3	25th	9	13	263.5
7th	Sylvain Guintoli	Ducati	16	Ret	Ret	5	25th	20th	Ann.	DNS	8th	11	4th	6th	8th	Ret	4th	3			0	12.5	Ret	5	10	6th	16	13	25th	16	213.5
8th	Leon Haslam	BMW	4th	11	16	16	Ret	11	Ann.	10	20th	1	6th	8th	4th	16	9	10	9	9	10	0	10	Ret	9	Ret	0	Ret	11	Ret	200
9	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	DNS	DNS	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ann.	2	4th	9	9	13	10	Ret	13	16	5	10	2	4.5	Ret	16	16	25th	Ret	Ret	Ret	8th	164.5
10	Davide Giugliano	Ducati	7th	3	Ret	Ret	20th	7th	Ann.	4th	9	Ret	5	9	16	Ret	8th	6th	Ret	5	7th	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	8th	10	143
11	Michel Fabrizio	BMW	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	6th	Ann.	DNS	5	3	7th	4th	2	10	10	5	8th	6th	20th	1.5	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	6th	8th	4th	Ret	137.5
12	Ayrton Badovini	BMW	Ret	Ret	1	1	Ret	9	Ann.	3	5	10	2	3	5	11	Ret	7th	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	4th	8th	7th	7th	7th	10	10	7th	133
13	Loris Baz	Kawasaki									Ret	8th	1	2	Ret	2	Ret	0	16	8th	25th	10	5	7th	Ret	8th	9	9	6th	Ret	122
14th	Leon Camier	Suzuki	0	4th	Ret	8th	Ret	2	Ann.	0.5	7th	13	3	5	6th	1	7th	Ret	2	7th	Ret	Ret	1	11	11	16	5	Ret	Ret	6th	115.5
15th	Jakub Smrž	Ducati	11	5	5	9	9	Ret	Ann.	3.5	2	Ret	10	7th	7th	7th	Ret	DNS	6th	3	0	8th									92.5
16	Maxime Berger	Ducati	3	9	4th	4th	5	Ret	Ann.	1.5	3	Ret	0	1	3	5	6th	4th	7th	1	5	5.5			5	2			13	5	92
17th	Lorenzo Zanetti	Ducati	5	2	8th	3	2	Ret	Ann.	1	0	4th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	2	0	0	4th	0	8th	6th	8th	5	0	4th	Ret	3	68
18th	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	8th	7th	0	Ret	4th	3	Ann.	2.5	0	6th	0	DNS	0	6th	2	1	Ret	Ret	3	1	3	Ret	6th	1	8th	Ret	Ret	2	61.5
19th	John Hopkins	Suzuki			3	Ret	Ret	5	Ann.	DNS	Inj	Inj	Ret	0	0	2	1	Ret	1	2	Ret	3	7th	4th	3	4th	4th	5	DNS	DNS	44
20th	Niccolò Canepa	Ducati	0	6th	6th	Ret	8th	Ret	Ann.	0	0	5	Ret	Ret	0	5	5	0	Inj	Inj	Ret	0.5	9	Ret	DNS	DNS					42.5
21st	David Salom	Kawasaki	2	Ret	0	0	3	4th	Ann.	DNS	Inj	Inj	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0	0	Ret	1	Ret	6th	3	DNS	DNS	Ret	3			22nd
22nd	Brett McCormick	Ducati			0	0	DNS	Ret													DNS	DNS			1	Ret	11	7th			19th
23	Joan Lascorz	Kawasaki	1	Ret	9	7th	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	17th
24	Claudio Corti	Kawasaki																											7th	4th	11
25th	Norino Brignola	BMW															0	0	3	0	Ret	DNS			0	0	0	1	5	1	10
26th	Leandro Mercado	Kawasaki			2	Ret	6th	1	Ann.	0	Ret	Ret	Ret	0	0	0	Ret	0	Ret	DNS											9
27	Lorenzo Lanzi	Ducati																							2	0	0	6th			8th
28	Matteo Baiocco	Ducati													1	6th											1	Ret			8th
29	Alexander Lundh	Kawasaki																					2	2	0	Ret	2	2	DNS	DNS	8th
30th	Peter Hickman	Suzuki									Ret	7th																			7th
31	Bryan Staring	Kawasaki	6th	0																											6th
32	Alessandro Polita	Ducati																	4th	Ret											4th
33	Mark Aitchison	BMW	0	Ret	0	0	1	0	Ann.	DNS	Ret	2																			3
34	Joshua Brookes	Suzuki	0	1																											1
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	Aprilia	444.5
2	BMW	421
3	Ducati	416
4th	Kawasaki	397.5
5	Honda	293.5
6th	Suzuki	136.5

References

Web links

Commons : Superbike World Championship 2012  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Superbike World Championship

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gerald Dirnbeck: Fatal accident: Superpole canceled. www.motorsport-total.com, February 25, 2012, accessed on February 25, 2012 .