Superbike World Championship 2016

Superbike World Championship 2016

World Champion
Driver:	Jonathan Rea
Constructor:	Kawasaki
<2015 season	2017 season>

The 2016 Superbike World Championship season was the 29th 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

General

• The event in Germany at the Lausitzring is new to the racing calendar for the 2016 season . An event was also planned for the end of July in Monza , Italy . Since the necessary reconstruction of the racetrack had not been completed, a replacement was sought. Since there was no agreement, this run was completely canceled.
• The races in Portugal ( Portimão ) are no longer there .
• The second race in Aragón was the 700th race in the history of the Superbike World Championship.

Teams

• Yamaha returns to the Superbike World Championship after a four-year break. The racing motorcycle will be a Yamaha YZF-R1 . Crescent Racing will act as team partner. Which drove the Suzuki GSX-R1000 last season . As a driver of were Briton Alex Lowes ( British Superbike Champion in 2013 ) and the French Superbike World Champion of 2014 Sylvain Guintoli contracted.
• After the first round in Jerez , Spain , Kawasaki became Superbike Constructors' World Champion for the second time , with Tom Sykes finishing second three races to go .

driver

• Since Joshua Hook injured himself during a test in Australia, the Turk Toprak Razgatlıoğlu should replace him . However, this in turn fell in the second free practice session at the season opener in Australia. Since he broke an ankle in the process , there was no racing. The Thai Suhastchai Kaewjaturaporn was the substitute driver for Hook in his home country.
• Even Fabio Menghi was injured during the tests in Australia. Among other things, he suffered a fractured pelvis . No substitute driver was used for the races in Australia. In Thailand, Aragón , Assen and Imola he was represented by the Italian Matteo Baiocco .
• For the races in Sepang and Donington Fabio Menghi was represented by the Italian Luca Scassa . After Menghi the race in Misano denied he was by the race doctor for the race at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for unfit explained.
• The Frenchman Sylvain Barrier was replaced by his compatriot Lucas Mahias in Assen. Because Barrier injured himself on the second run in Aragón.
• Since Lucas Mahias was injured in a fall in Imola, the Australian Anthony West started as a substitute driver for Sylvain Barrier in Sepang and Donington.
• Alex De Angelis broke his little finger in a collision with Joshua Hook during the warm-up before the second run in Assen . That is why he did not take part in the race.
• After a highsider in Imola, the Frenchman Sylvain Guintoli was unable to take part in the races there. In Donington he was represented by the American Cameron Beaubier . At the races in Misano and Laguna Seca, Guintoli was replaced by the Italian Niccolò Canepa .
• Alex Lowes injured his collarbone after falling in Sepang . He took part in the first free practice session in Donington. But the injuries had not healed enough for him to take part in the races.
• The Italian Raffaele De Rosa drove the races in Laguna Seca for the injured Markus Reiterberger . Reiterberger injured his back after a highsider in the second run in Misano.
• Chaz Davies and Javier Forés competed as guest starters in the Audi Sport TT Cup at the Hungaroring . The two races took place on September 24th and 25th, 2016. Forés finished 13th and 15th. Davies was eliminated from both races.
• At the last event of the season in Qatar , Brit Leon Haslam was the reserve driver for Sylvain Barrier.
• With second place in the first race in Losail, Jonathan Rea became Superbike World Champion for the second time .
• With eight pole positions won Tom Sykes the Tissot-Superpole Award .

Racing calendar

No.	Run	date	country	route	Track layout
1	1	February 27, 2016	Australia	Phillip Island Circuit
	2	February 28, 2016
2	1	March 12, 2016	Thailand	Chang International Circuit
	2	March 13, 2016
3	1	2nd April 2016	Spain	Motorland Aragón
	2	3rd April 2016
4th	1	April 16, 2016	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen
	2	17th April 2016
5	1	April 30, 2016	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
	2	May 1, 2016
6th	1	May 14, 2016	Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit
	2	May 15, 2016
7th	1	May 28, 2016	Great Britain	Donington Park
	2	May 29, 2016
8th	1	June 18, 2016	Italy	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli
	2	19th June 2016
9	1	July 9, 2016	United States	Laguna Seca Raceway
	2	July 10, 2016
10	1	17th September 2016	Germany	Lausitzring
	2	18th September 2016
11	1	October 1, 2016	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
	2	October 2nd, 2016
12	1	15th October 2016	Spain	Circuito de Jerez
	2	October 16, 2016
13	1	October 29, 2016	Qatar	Losail International Circuit
	2	October 30, 2016

Teams and drivers

The list of teams and drivers corresponds to the official entry list. Guest, substitute and wildcard drivers are marked separately in this overview.

No. driver nation team motorcycle 1 Jonathan Rea  Great Britain Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 2 Leon Camier  Great Britain MV Agusta Reparto Corse MV Agusta 4th Gianluca Vizziello 1  Italy Grillini Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 6th Cameron Beaubier 2  United States Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF-R1M 7th Chaz Davies  Great Britain Aruba.it Racing Ducati Ducati Panigale R 9 Dominic Schmitter  Switzerland Grillini Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 10 Imre Tóth  Hungary Team Toth Yamaha YZF-R1M 11 Saeed Al Sulaiti  Qatar Pedercini Racing Kawasaki ZX-10R 12 Javier Forés  Spain Barni Racing Team Ducati Panigale R 13 Anthony West 3  Australia Pedercini Racing Kawasaki ZX-10R 14th Anucha Nakcharoensri 4  Thailand Yamaha Thailand Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1M 15th Alex De Angelis  San Marino IodaRacing team Aprilia RSV4 16 Joshua Hook  Australia Grillini Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 17th Karel Abraham  Czech Republic Milwaukee BMW BMW S1000RR 19th Suhastchai Kaewjaturaporn 5  Thailand Grillini Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 20th Sylvain Barrier  France Pedercini Racing Kawasaki ZX-10R 21st Markus Reiterberger  Germany Althea BMW Racing Team BMW S1000RR 22nd Alex Lowes  Great Britain Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF-R1M 25th Joshua Brookes  Australia Milwaukee BMW BMW S1000RR 32 Lorenzo Savadori  Italy IodaRacing team Aprilia RSV4 34 Davide Giugliano  Italy Aruba.it Racing Ducati Ducati Panigale R 35 Raffaele De Rosa 6  Italy Althea BMW Racing Team BMW S1000RR 40 Roman Ramos  Spain Team GOELEVEN Kawasaki ZX-10R 44 Lucas Mahias 7  France Pedercini Racing Kawasaki ZX-10R 46 Mike Jones 8  Australia Desmo Sport Ducati Ducati Panigale R 50 Sylvain Guintoli  France Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF-R1M 54 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu 9  Turkey Grillini Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 56 Péter Sebestyén  Hungary Team Toth Yamaha YZF-R1M 57 Alex Plancassagne 10  France 3ART Yamaha YZF-R1M 59 Niccolò Canepa 11  Italy Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF-R1M 60 Michael van der Mark  Netherlands Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR 1000RR SP 61 Fabio Menghi  Italy VFT Racing Ducati Panigale R 66 Tom Sykes  Great Britain Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 69 Nicky Hayden  United States Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR 1000RR SP 76 Matthieu Lagrive 12  France Pedercini Racing Kawasaki ZX-10R 81 Jordi Torres  Spain Althea BMW Racing Team BMW S1000RR 82 Karel Pešek 13  Czech Republic Team Toth Yamaha YZF-R1M 86 Sheridan Morais 14  South Africa Grillini Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 91 Leon Haslam 15  Great Britain Pedercini Racing Kawasaki ZX-10R 94 Matthieu Lussiana 16  France Team ASPI BMW S1000RR 99 Luca Scassa 17th  Italy VFT Racing Ducati Panigale R 119 Paweł Szkopek 18  Poland Team Toth Yamaha YZF-R1M 151 Matteo Baiocco 19th  Italy VFT Racing Ducati Panigale R

Legend Regular driver Wildcard driver Substitute driver

1 Replacement for Hook from Misano

2 Replacement for Guintoli in the UK

3 Replacement for Barrier in Malaysia, UK, Misano, USA and Germany

4th Wildcard in Thailand

5 Replacement for Hook in Thailand

6th Replacement for Reiterberger in Laguna Seca

7th Replacement for Barrier in Assen and Imola

8th Wildcard in Australia

9 Replacement for Hook in Australia

10 Wildcard in France

11 Replacement for Guintoli in Misano and Laguna Seca

12 Replacement for Barrier in France

13 Replacement for Szkopek in Jerez

14th Replacement for Hook in the UK

15th Replacement for Barrier in Qatar

16 Wildcard in Aragón, Assen, Great Britain and France

17th Replacement for Menghi in Malaysia, Great Britain and Germany

18th Replacement for Tóth from Assen

19th Replacement for Menghi in Thailand, Aragón, Assen and Imola

Race results

No.	date	run	route	Pole position	Run	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap	Overall leading driver	Overall leading designer
1	27th of February	Australia	Phillip Island	Tom Sykes	1	Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies	Michael van der Mark	Davide Giugliano	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki
	February 28				2	Jonathan Rea	Michael van der Mark	Davide Giugliano	Chaz Davies
2	March 12th	Thailand	Chang International Circuit	Michael van der Mark	1	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Michael van der Mark	Jonathan Rea
	March 13th				2	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea
3	2nd of April	Spain	Motorland Aragón	Tom Sykes	1	Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Chaz Davies
	3rd of April				2	Chaz Davies	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies
4th	April 16	Netherlands	Aces	Tom Sykes	1	Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies	Nicky Hayden	Chaz Davies
	17th April				2	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Michael van der Mark	Jonathan Rea
5	April, 30th	Italy	Imola	Chaz Davies	1	Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Chaz Davies
	1st of May				2	Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Chaz Davies
6th	May 14th	Malaysia	Sepang	Tom Sykes	1	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies	Tom Sykes
	May 15				2	Nicky Hayden	Davide Giugliano	Jonathan Rea	Davide Giugliano
7th	28th of May	United Kingdom	Donington	Tom Sykes	1	Tom Sykes	Davide Giugliano	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea
	May 29th				2	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea
8th	18th of June	Italy	Misano	Tom Sykes	1	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Michael van der Mark	Tom Sykes
	June 19th				2	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Davide Giugliano	Alex Lowes
9	July 9	United States	Laguna Seca	Tom Sykes	1	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Nicky Hayden	Chaz Davies
	10th of July				2	Tom Sykes	Davide Giugliano	Chaz Davies	Tom Sykes
10	17th of September	Germany	Lausitzring	Chaz Davies	1	Chaz Davies	Tom Sykes	Nicky Hayden	Chaz Davies
	September 18				2	Jonathan Rea	Alex De Angelis	Javier Forés	Javier Forés
11	October 1	France	Magny-Cours	Jonathan Rea	1	Chaz Davies	Michael van der Mark	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes
	October 2nd				2	Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes
12	15th October	Spain	Jerez	Tom Sykes	1	Chaz Davies	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes
	October, 16th				2	Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Chaz Davies
13	October 29th	Qatar	Qatar	Jonathan Rea	1	Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea	Sylvain Guintoli	Chaz Davies
	30th of October				2	Chaz Davies	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea

Driver ranking

Item	driver	machine	OUT		THA		ESP		NLD		ITA		MYS		GBR		ITA		United States		DEU		FRA		ESP		QAT		total
			R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	J. Rea	Kawasaki	1	1	1	2	2	3	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	DNF	DNF	1	4th	2	3	2	2	3	498
2	T. Sykes	Kawasaki	5	6th	2	1	3	2	DNF	2	3	3	1	8th	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	12	3	3	2	3	4th	2	447
3	C. Davies	Ducati	2	10	4th	3	1	1	2	5	1	1	3	4th	DNF	3	4th	DNF	DNF	3	1	6th	1	1	1	1	1	1	445
4th	M. vd Mark	Honda	3	2	3	4th	DNF	7th	DNF	3	7th	9	7th	6th	8th	8th	3	10	4th	7th	6th	8th	2	5	5	6th	9	11	267
5	N. Hayden	Honda	9	4th	DNF	5	6th	DNF	3	6th	9	8th	8th	1	5	6th	DNF	6th	3	5	3	10	DNF	9	4th	4th	5	7th	248
6th	J. Torres	BMW	8th	7th	8th	8th	7th	5	5	15th	4th	7th	4th	13	7th	11	5	7th	8th	6th	4th	DNF	14th	7th	8th	8th	8th	6th	213
7th	D. Giugliano	Ducati	4th	3	18th	10	5	6th	DNF	8th	5	4th	6th	2	2	7th	14th	3	DNF	2	7th	DNF	INJ		DNF	13	DNF		197
8th	L. Camier	MV Agusta	7th	DNF	11	11	DNF	16	4th	9	6th	5	10	9	4th	5	8th	DNF	11	DNS	5	4th	7th	4th	7th	DNF	18th	13	168
9	J. Forés	Ducati	DNF	DNS	14th	DNF	4th	4th	13	10	10	10	14th	11	12	14th	DNF	4th	7th	4th	10	3	8th	10	DNF	DNF	6th	8th	151
10	L. Savadori	Aprilia	12	DNF	10	9	10	11	6th	4th	8th	11	DNF	14th	6th	4th	DNF	5	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	5	6th	13	10	10	12	150
11	S. Guintoli	Yamaha	6th	5	7th	6th	9	10	DNF	11	INJ		INJ		INJ		INJ		INJ		9	5	9	8th	6th	5	3	4th	141
12	A. Lowes	Yamaha	DNF	14th	6th	DNF	8th	9	8th	7th	11	6th	5	DNF	INJ		13	8th	5	14th	8th	DNF	11	19th	DNF	7th	7th	10	131
13	A. De Angelis	Aprilia	DNF	13	9	14th	11	8th	12	INJ	15th	14th	DNF	7th	DNF	15th	12	13	9	DNS	12	2	10	14th	11	DNF	13	DNF	96
14th	J. Brookes	BMW	10	9	15th	16	13	13	11	DNF	14th	13	11	12	14th	9	11	14th	13	DNS	14th	7th	12	11	10	12	15th	DNS	89
15th	R. Ramos	Kawasaki	11	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	INJ		INJ		13	13	9	12	15th	10	13	9	13	13	12	11	14th	14th	89
16	M. Reiterberger	BMW	DNF	8th	5	7th	14th	15th	7th	16	13	12	DNF	10	11	16	6th	DNF	INJ		DNF	DNF	17th	12	9	14th	DNF	15th	82
17th	A. West	Kawasaki											9	5	10	12	10	11	12	9	11	DNF			14th	9			64
18th	K. Abraham	BMW	13	11	DNF	15th	15th	14th	DNF	14th	16	DNF	12	DNF	9	DNF	DNF	15th	14th	12	DNF	15th	16	16	INJ		DNF	DNF	33
19th	N. Canepa	Yamaha															7th	9	10	8th									30th
20th	L. Haslam	Kawasaki																									11	5	16
21st	R. De Rosa	BMW																	DNF	11							12	9	16
22nd	M. Baiocco	Ducati			13	13	DNF	17th	14th	DNF	12	DNF																	12
23	M. Lagrive	Kawasaki																					6th	15th					11
24	L. Scassa	Ducati											13	17th	DNF	17th					15th	11	15th	DNF	DNF	16	16	16	10
25th	L. Mahias	Kawasaki							10	13	INJ		INJ		INJ														9
26th	C. Beaubier	Yamaha													DNF	10													6th
27	D. Schmitter	Kawasaki	16	16	19th	19th	18th	19th	DNQ	20th	DNS	15th	16	19th	15th	18th	17th	16	16	13	16	DNF	DNF	INJ	17th	18th	19th	18th	5
28	G. Vizziello	Kawasaki										DNF	18th	16			20th	DNF	DNF	17th	19th	13	21st	17th	16	15th	21st	17th	4th
29	P. Szkopek	Yamaha							17th	18th	18th	17th	DNF	18th	16	19th	15th	20th	18th	INJ	17th	14th					DNS	20th	3
30th	M. Jones	Ducati	14th	DNF																									2
31	S. Barrier	Kawasaki	15th	15th	16	17th	16	DNF	INJ		INJ		INJ		INJ														2
32	J. Hook	Kawasaki	INJ		INJ		DNF	DNF	16	DNF	17th	DNF	15th	15th															2
33	P. Sebestyén	Yamaha	18th	18th	20th	20th	19th	20th	DNQ	19th	DNS	INJ	INJ		INJ		16	18th	17th	16	18th	16	19th	18th	15th	DNF	20th	19th	1
34	M. Lussiana	BMW					17th	18th	15th	17th					DNF	DNF							20th	DNF	DNF	17th			1
35	S. Al Sulaiti	Kawasaki	17th	17th	17th	DNF	DNF	21st	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	16	17th	20th	17th	DNF	19th	19th	DNF	15th	DNF	DNF	18th	DNF	DNF	DNF	17th	DNS	1
36	F. Menghi	Ducati	INJ		INJ		INJ		INJ		INJ		INJ		INJ		18th	17th	EX	EX	INJ		INJ		INJ		INJ		0
37	I. Tóth	Yamaha	19th	19th	22nd	22nd	20th	22nd					19th	21st	18th	DNF							DNF	21st					0
38	K. Pešek	Yamaha																							18th	19th			0
39	A. Nakcharoensri	Yamaha			23	18th																							0
40	A. Plancassagne	Yamaha																					22nd	20th					0
41	S. Kaewjaturaporn	Kawasaki			21st	21st																							0
	S. Morais	Kawasaki													DNS	DNS													0
	T. Razgatlıoğlu	Kawasaki	INJ																										0

colour	meaning
gold	winner
silver	2nd place
bronze	3rd place
green	Placement in the points
blue	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	Race not finished ( DNF )
	not classified (NC)
red	not qualified (DNQ)
black	disqualified (DSQ)
White	not at the start ( DNS )
	withdrawn (WD)
	Race canceled (C)
colourless	not participated in the training (DNP)
	injured or sick (INJ)
	excluded (EX)
	did not appear (DNA)

Web links

Commons : Superbike World Championship 2016  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Superbike World Championship

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Two months of summer break. In: motorsport-magazin.com. Retrieved May 29, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Calendar update 2016. In: worldsbk.com. Retrieved April 2, 2016 . 
3. ↑ # 700WorldSBK: Milestones. In: worldsbk.com. Retrieved March 31, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Yamaha returns to World Superbike. In: worldsbk.com. Retrieved September 24, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Sensation: Superbike World Championship debut for Toprak Razgatlioglu. In: speedweek.com. Retrieved February 25, 2016 . 
6. ↑ WSBK Phillip Island 2016: This is how the trainings went. In: motorsport-magazin.com. Retrieved February 27, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Chris Vermeulen: "Great rivalry between Hook and Schmitter". In: speedweek.com. Retrieved March 12, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Fix: Baiocco replaces injured Menghi at VFT Ducati. In: speedweek.com. Retrieved March 12, 2016 . 
9. ↑ Ducati test driver Luca Scassa is allowed to run again. In: speedweek.com. Retrieved May 8, 2016 . 
10. ↑ Laguna Seca: Fabio Menghi is not allowed to start. In: speedweek.com. Retrieved July 12, 2016 . 
11. ↑ Lucas Mahias wants to replace Sylvain Barrier for Assen (NL) Round 4. In: pederciniracing.com. Retrieved April 16, 2016 . 
12. ↑ Goal reached: Anthony West (34) drives Superbike World Championship! In: speedweek.com. Retrieved May 11, 2016 . 
13. ↑ Superbike Assen Alex De Angelis not partirà in gara 2. In: corsedimoto.com. Retrieved April 17, 2016 . 
14. ↑ Confirmed: Beaubier represents Guintoli in Donington. In: motorsport-total.com. Retrieved May 28, 2016 . 
15. ↑ Alex Lowes does not get the green light. In: worldsbk.com. Retrieved May 28, 2016 . 
16. ↑ De Rosa replaces Reiterberger in Laguna Seca. In: worldsbk.com. Retrieved July 9, 2016 . 
17. ↑ Perfect! In: audi-motorsport.com. Retrieved October 1, 2016 . 
18. ↑ Exclusive: World Cup comeback by Leon Haslam for Pedercini. In: speedweek.com. Retrieved October 20, 2016 . 
19. ↑ Sykes & Sofuoglu win Tissot Superpole Award. In: worldsbk.com. November 4, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016 .