2017 Superbike World Championship

2017 Superbike World Championship

World Champion
Driver:	Jonathan Rea
Constructor:	Kawasaki
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The 2017 Superbike World Championship season was the 30th 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 races in Portugal ( Portimão ) returned for the 2017 season.
• Rule changes
  • The starting grid for the second race was determined by the Superpole up to position 10 . The first nine places were determined by the result from the first race. The top three drivers were on the third row of the grid. Places 1 and 3 have been swapped. In the second row of the grid, the drivers were in positions 7, 8 and 9. The first row was made up of the drivers in positions 4, 5 and 6.
  • Ride-by-wire was only permitted if the street-legal model also had it.
    See also : Motorsport homologation
• After the event in Aragon, the following changes were decided:
  • Drivers who were outside the 107 percent after the free practice sessions were still allowed to take part in the warm-up . If they achieved a time within 107 percent, they were qualified for the race and could start from the back row.
  • In addition to motor scooters , electric bicycles have now also been banned from walking on the route .
  • Analogous to the motorcycle world championship , the penalty points have also been abolished for the superbike world championship.

driver

• Leandro Mercado was injured during training drives and suffered a pneumothorax . Because of this, the doctors forbade him to fly on an airplane. For this reason, he cannot take part in the first event of the season in Australia.
• The doctors decided that the Italian Lorenzo Savadori was not allowed to take part in the European opener in Motorland Aragón after a crash in the second run on the Chang International Circuit . He was represented by the Spaniard Julián Simón , who made his debut in the Superbike World Championship. He had contested the Qatar Grand Prix in Moto2 just a weekend before .
• In Superpole 1 , at the event in Aragon, the Czech Ondřej Ježek fell. In the process, he suffered a concussion . For this reason, he did not receive any approval from the doctors for the two races.
• One week after the event in Aragon, the Althea BMW Racing Team announced that they had mutually separated from the German Markus Reiterberger . The reason given was Reiterberger's fall in the second run in Misano from the previous year . From the fourth event in Assen , the Italian Raffaele De Rosa replaced him as a regular driver. At the event in Germany at the Lausitzring , Reiterberger entered with a wildcard .
• Nicky Hayden was involved in a traffic accident three days after the Imola event . A car caught him while he was out on his racing bike . His team announced that his place will not be occupied by a replacement driver for the time being. He succumbed to his injuries on May 22, 2017. His compatriot Jacob Gagne replaced him at the event at the Laguna Seca Raceway .
• With the victory in the second round of the last event of this season in Qatar , Jonathan Rea achieved a new total points record with 556 points. Before that, since 2002 the American Colin Edwards had this with 552 points.

Teams

• The victory of Jonathan Rea in race two at Donington Park was also the 100th win for Kawasaki in the World Superbike Championship.

Racing calendar

No.	Run	date	country	route	Track layout
1	1	February 25, 2017	Australia	Phillip Island Circuit
	2	February 26, 2017
2	1	March 11, 2017	Thailand	Chang International Circuit
	2	March 12, 2017
3	1	April 1, 2017	Spain	Motorland Aragón
	2	2nd April 2017
4th	1	April 29, 2017	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen
	2	April 30, 2017
5	1	May 13, 2017	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
	2	May 14, 2017
6th	1	May 27, 2017	Great Britain	Donington Park
	2	May 28, 2017
7th	1	17th June 2017	Italy	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli
	2	18th June 2017
8th	1	July 8, 2017	United States	Laguna Seca Raceway
	2	July 9, 2017
9	1	19th August 2017	Germany	Lausitzring
	2	20th August 2017
10	1	16th September 2017	Portugal	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve
	2	17th September 2017
11	1	September 30, 2017	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
	2	October 1, 2017
12	1	October 21, 2017	Spain	Circuito de Jerez
	2	October 22, 2017
13	1	3rd November 2017	Qatar	Losail International Circuit
	2	4th November 2017

Teams and drivers

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

No. driver nation team motorcycle 1 Jonathan Rea  Great Britain Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10 RR 2 Leon Camier  Great Britain MV Agusta Reparto Corse MV Agusta F4 1000 3 Julián Simón  Spain Milwaukee Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 RF 5 Sylvain Guintoli  France Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10 R 6th Stefan Bradl  Germany Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR 1000RR SP 7th Chaz Davies  Great Britain Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati Panigale R 11 Jérémy Guarnoni  France Pedercini Racing SC-Project Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10 R 12 Javier Forés  Spain BARNI Racing Team Ducati Panigale R 13 Anthony West  Australia Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10 R 15th Alex De Angelis  San Marino Pedercini Racing SC-Project Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10 R 19th Paweł Szkopek  Poland Pazera Racing Yamaha YZF-R1M 21st Markus Reiterberger  Germany Althea BMW Racing Team BMW S 1000 RR Van Zon-Remeha-BMW 22nd Alex Lowes  Great Britain Pata Yamaha Official Team SBK with Rizla Yamaha YZF-R 1M 25th Joshua Brookes  Australia ERMotorsport-EliteRoads.com.au Yamaha YZF-R 1M 27 Jake Dixon  Great Britain Royal Air Force Reg. & Res. Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10 R 32 Lorenzo Savadori  Italy Milwaukee Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 RF 33 Marco Melandri  Italy Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati Panigale R 34 Davide Giugliano  Italy Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR 1000RR SP 35 Raffaele De Rosa  Italy Althea BMW Racing Team BMW S 1000 RR 36 Leandro Mercado  Argentina IODARacing Project Aprilia RSV4 RF 37 Ondřej Ježek  Czech Republic Grillini Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10 R 40 Roman Ramos  Spain Team GO ELEVEN Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10 R 44 Roberto Rolfo  Italy Grillini Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10 R 45 Jacob Gagne  United States Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR 1000RR SP 50 Eugene Laverty  Ireland Milwaukee Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 RF 55 Massimo Roccoli  Italy Guandalini Racing Yamaha YZF-R1M 60 Michael van der Mark  Netherlands Pata Yamaha Official Team SBK with Rizla Yamaha YZF-R 1M 66 Tom Sykes  Great Britain Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10 RR 69 Nicky Hayden (†)  United States Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR 1000RR SP 72 Takumi Takahashi  Japan Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR 1000RR SP 81 Jordi Torres  Spain Althea BMW Racing Team BMW S 1000 RR 84 Riccardo Russo  Italy Guandalini Racing Yamaha YZF-R 1M Pedercini Racing SC-Project Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10 R 86 Ayrton Badovini  Italy Grillini Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10 R 88 Randy Krummenacher  Switzerland Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10 R 91 Leon Haslam  Great Britain Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10 R 96 Jakub Smrž  Czech Republic Guandalini Racing Yamaha YZF-R 1M 99 Dominic Schmitter  Switzerland eighty one HPC-Power Suzuki Racing Suzuki GSX-R 1000 121 Alessandro Andreozzi  Italy Guandalini Racing Yamaha YZF-R1M

Legend Regular driver Wildcard driver Substitute driver

Remarks

1. ↑ substitute for Savadori in Aragon
2. ↑ Replacement for Krummenacher from Jerez
3. ↑ Regular driver in Qatar (replacement for Russo)
4. ^ Replacement for Krummenacher in Portugal and France
5. ↑ Regular drivers to Misano
6. ↑ Wildcard in Germany
7. ↑ Regular drivers to Aragon
8. ↑ Wildcard in Germany
9. ↑ Wildcard in Australia
10. ↑ ^{a b} Wildcard in Donington
11. ↑ Regular drivers in Germany (replacement for Hayden) and from France (replacement for Bradl)
12. ↑ Regular drivers from Assen
13. ^ Replacement for Badovini in Qatar
14. ↑ Replacement for Hayden in the USA, France and Qatar
15. ↑ Regular drivers in Germany (replacement for Smrž)
16. ↑ Regular drivers in Portugal and Jerez (replacement for Hayden)
17. ↑ Regular drivers to Misano
18. ^ Regular drivers from Germany to Jerez
19. ↑ Regular driver in Laguna Seca (replacement for Russo)
20. ↑ Wildcard in Jerez
21. ↑ Regular drivers from Portugal (replacement for Roccoli)

Race results

#	date	run	route	Pole position 1	Run	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap	Overall leadership
										driver	constructor
1	February 25	Australia	Phillip Island Circuit	Jonathan Rea	1	Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki
	February 26th				2	Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies	Marco Melandri	Marco Melandri
2	March 11	Thailand	Chang International Circuit	Jonathan Rea	1	Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea
	March 12th				2	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Marco Melandri	Marco Melandri
3	April 1st	Spain	Motorland Aragón	Chaz Davies	1	Jonathan Rea	Marco Melandri	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea
	2nd of April				2	Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea	Marco Melandri	Chaz Davies
4th	April 29	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	Jonathan Rea	1	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Marco Melandri	Jonathan Rea
	April, 30th				2	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea
5	May 13th	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Chaz Davies	1	Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea	Marco Melandri	Chaz Davies
	May 14th				2	Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Chaz Davies
6th	May 27th	Great Britain	Donington Park	Tom Sykes	1	Tom Sykes	Leon Haslam	Alex Lowes	Jonathan Rea
	28th of May				2	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Chaz Davies	Tom Sykes
7th	17th of June	Italy	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	Tom Sykes	1	Tom Sykes	Alex Lowes	Jonathan Rea	Michael van der Mark
	18th of June				2	Marco Melandri	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea
8th	8th of July	United States	Laguna Seca Raceway	Tom Sykes	1	Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea
	July 9				2	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea
9	August 19th	Germany	Lausitzring	Tom Sykes	1	Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes
	20th of August				2	Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea	Marco Melandri	Chaz Davies
10	16th September	Portugal	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	Jonathan Rea	1	Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies	Marco Melandri	Jonathan Rea
	17th of September				2	Jonathan Rea	Michael van der Mark	Marco Melandri	Jonathan Rea
11	30. September	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	Jonathan Rea	1	Jonathan Rea	Marco Melandri	Tom Sykes	Marco Melandri
	October 1				2	Chaz Davies	Alex Lowes	Michael van der Mark	Chaz Davies
12	October 21	Spain	Circuito de Jerez	Marco Melandri	1	Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies	Tom Sykes	Marco Melandri
	October 22nd				2	Jonathan Rea	Marco Melandri	Chaz Davies	Jonathan Rea
13	November 3rd	Qatar	Losail International Circuit	Jonathan Rea	1	Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies	Marco Melandri	Jonathan Rea
	November 4th				2	Jonathan Rea	Chaz Davies	Alex Lowes	Jonathan Rea

^{1 As of} this season, only entitled to start from first place in the first run.

Ratings

driver

Item driver machine OUT THA ESP NLD ITA GBR ITA United States DEU POR FRA ESP QAT Total points 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 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 DNF 1 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 DNF 1 1 1 1 556 2  C. Davies Ducati 2 2 2 6th DNF 1 DNF 3 1 1 8th 3 DNF INJ 1 3 1 1 2 DNF 10 1 2 3 2 2 403 3  T. Sykes Kawasaki 3 6th 3 2 3 4th 2 2 4th 3 1 2 1 3 3 2 3 4th INJ 3 7th 3 5 6th DNF 373 4th  M. Melandri Ducati DNF 3 4th 3 2 3 3 DNF 3 5 4th DNF 15th 1 4th 4th 4th 3 3 3 2 5 DNF 2 3 6th 327 5  A. Lowes Yamaha 4th 4th 6th 4th 4th 13 DNF 5 8th 6th 3 5 2 DNF DNF 9 6th 5 18th DNF 5 2 4th 4th DNF 3 242 6th  M. vd Mark Yamaha 9 7th 5 DNF 5 5 DNF 4th 7th 9 5 4th DNF 4th 8th 10 15th 11 5 2 9 3 5 6th DNF 4th 223 7th  J. Forés Ducati 6th 5 11 8th DNF 6th 4th 13 5 4th 10 7th 5 DNF 5 5 8th 10 9 13 DNF 4th 9 7th DNF 5 196 8th  L. Camier MV Agusta 5 8th 8th DNF 11 10 10 6th 6th DNF 6th 6th 11 DNF 6th DNF 5 6th 4th DNF 4th DNF 12 12 9 9 168 9  J. Torres BMW 7th DNF 7th 5 6th 7th DNF 7th INJ 8th 9 DNF 4th DNF 7th DNF 9 8th 6th 5 14th 8th 13 10 7th DNF 158 10  E. Laverty Aprilia 8th 10 DNF 15th 8th 9 8th 8th DNF 7th 13 DNF 6th 5 DNF 6th 10 DNF 7th 4th 6th 17th 8th DNF 4th 7th 157 11  L. Savadori Aprilia DNF 9 13 DNF INJ 5 DNF 12 13 12 DNF 9 6th 10 8th 7th 7th 8th 6th 11 DNF 7th 18th 5 DNF 124 12  R. Ramos Kawasaki 13 14th 15th 9 DNF 11 7th 11 9 11 11 8th 8th DNF 12 12 14th 14th 10 15th 12 9 10 11 10 10 118 13  L. Mercado Aprilia INJ INJ 7th 8th 9 12 DNF 10 7th DNF DNF 9 9 7th 11 12 DNF 7th 7th 6th 11 9 WD 115 14th  S. Bradl Honda 15th 15th 10 DNF 9 12 6th 10 10 14th DNF 11 NC 10 11 11 INJ 13 DNF INJ INJ INJ INJ 67 15th  R. De Rosa BMW 13 17th 14th 16 15th 10 10 7th 13 DNF DNF 15th 11 DNF 13 10 DNS 1 13 DNF 11 53 16  R. Krummenacher Kawasaki 10 16 12 DNF 14th 14th 11 14th 13 15th 14th DNF 7th 8th 17th 14th 12 DNF INJ INJ INJ INJ 50 17th  N. Hayden (†) Honda 11 DNF 9 7th 10 DNF 14th 9 DNF 12 40 18th  S. Guintoli Kawasaki 6th 8th 8th 8th 34 19th  A. De Angelis Aprilia 14th 11 16 11 15th DNF 12 15th 11 DNF 17th DNF 12 DNF 14th 13 32 20th  M. Reiterberger BMW 12 13 14th 10 12 16 13 9 29 21st  A. Badovini Kawasaki 17th DNF DNF 14th DNF 17th 15th 16 15th DNS 1 16 14th 13 11 16 DNF 16 18th 12 9 INJ 15th DNS 1 INJ INJ 26th 22nd  O. Ježek Kawasaki 18th 17th 18th 13 INJ 16 18th 16 17th 18th 13 14th 12 19th 17th DNF 16 16 11 16 18th 15th DNF 14th 14th 22nd 23  L. Haslam Kawasaki 2 DNF 20th 24  J. Gagne Honda 15th 15th DNF 12 12 12 14th 25th  A. Andreozzi Yamaha 17th 12 17th 13 14th 14th DNF 13 14th 26th  D. Giugliano Honda DNF 17th 8th 11 DNF 17th DNF DNS 13 27  A. West Kawasaki 13 8th 18th 14th 13 28  R. Russo Yamaha 16 DNF 17th 12 16 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF 12 DNF DNS 13 Kawasaki DNF DNF 14th 14th 15th 16 17th 16 29  T. Takahashi Honda 15th 10 16 15th 8th 30th  J. Dixon Kawasaki DNF 9 7th 31  J. Guarnoni Kawasaki 11 16 5 32  J. Brookes Yamaha DNF 12 4th 33  J. Simón Aprilia 13 15th 4th 34  R. Rolfo Kawasaki 13 15th 4th 35  J. Smrž Yamaha 18th 16 0 36  M. Roccoli Yamaha DNF 19th 0  F. Menghi Ducati DNF DNF 0  P. Szkopek Yamaha DNF DNF 0  D. Schmitter Suzuki DNF 0  M. Lussiana BMW 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)

¹ No participation in the restarted second race

Constructors

Item constructor OUT THA ESP NLD ITA GBR ITA United States DEU POR FRA ESP QAT Total points 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   Kawasaki 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 7th 1 1 1 1 599 2  Ducati 2 2 2 3 2 1 3 3 1 1 4th 3 5 1 1 3 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 520 3   Yamaha 4th 4th 5 4th 4th 5 DNF 4th 7th 6th 3 4th 2 4th 8th 9 6th 5 5 2 5 2 4th 4th DNF 3 308 4th  Aprilia 8th 9 13 11 7th 8th 5 8th 11 7th 7th DNF 6th 5 9 6th 7th 7th 7th 4th 6th 6th 7th 9 4th 7th 218 5  BMW 7th 13 7th 5 6th 7th 13 7th 14th 8th 9 10 4th 7th 7th DNF 9 8th 6th 5 13 8th 13 10 7th 11 187 6th  MV Agusta 5 8th 8th DNF 11 10 10 6th 6th DNF 6th 6th 11 DNF 6th DNF 5 6th 4th DNF 4th DNF 12 12 9 9 168 7th  Honda 11 15th 9 7th 9 12 6th 9 10 12 DNF 11 NC 10 11 11 DNF 13 15th 10 8th 11 16 17th 12 12 112 8th  Suzuki DNF DNF 0

Web links

Commons : Superbike World Championship 2017  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Superbike World Championship

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FIM Superbike Commission publishes updates on the 2017 Superbike World Championship . In: worldsbk.com. December 5, 2016, accessed December 6, 2016 . 
2. ↑ One reason why Honda needs a new Fireblade for World SBK… In: crash.net. July 5, 2016, accessed January 5, 2017 . 
3. ^ FIM Superbike & Supersport World Championships - decisions of the SBK Commission. In: worldsbk.com. April 4, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Leandro Mercado is not allowed to fly to Australia. In: motorsport-total.com. February 16, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Julian Simon replaces Lorenzo Savadori in MotorLand Aragón. In: worldsbk.com. March 29, 2017, accessed March 31, 2017 . 
6. ^ Aragón: Ondrej Jezek is not allowed to start. In: speedweek.com. April 1, 2017, accessed April 2, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Markus Reiterberger resigns from WorldSBK. In: worldsbk.com. April 8, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Markus Reiterberger: Start of the Lausitzring World Championship without Althea. In: speedweek.com. July 13, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Nicky Hayden: Scandalous conditions in front of the clinic. In: speedweek.com. May 21, 2017. Retrieved May 21, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Honda confirms: Gagne will succeed Nicky Hayden. In: motorsport-total.com. July 3, 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2017 .