Superbike World Championship 2018
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| World Champion | |
| Driver: |
 Jonathan Rea
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| Constructor: |
 Kawasaki
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| <2017 season | |
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The 2018 Superbike World Championship season was the 31st in the history of the FIM - Superbike World Championship . 25 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 | |||||||||||||||
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| 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 results achieved are included in the evaluation.
useful information
General
- For the 2018 season, the race in Germany at the Lausitzring was no longer there.
- The Czech racing circuit Automotodrom Brno returned to the racing calendar. It was last driven here in 2012 .
- The newly built Autódromo de El Villicum in Argentina was the venue for the penultimate race of the season.
- Due to heavy rainfall, the second race in Qatar could not be held.
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Rule changes
- A concession system for the performance equalization of the motorcycles, as is common in the MotoGP class of the motorcycle world championship , was introduced.
- To ensure the equality of the motorcycles, the individual motors could be regulated by a speed limit.
Racing calendar
| No. | Run | date | country | route | Track layout |
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| 1 | 1 | February 24, 2018 |
 Australia
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Phillip Island Circuit |
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| 2 | February 25, 2018 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | March 24, 2018 |
 Thailand
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Chang International Circuit |
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| 2 | March 25, 2018 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | April 14, 2018 |
 Spain
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Motorland Aragón |
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| 2 | April 15, 2018 | ||||
| 4th | 1 | April 21, 2018 |
 Netherlands
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TT Circuit Assen |
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| 2 | April 22, 2018 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | May 12, 2018 |
 Italy
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Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari |
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| 2 | May 13, 2018 | ||||
| 6th | 1 | May 26, 2018 |
Great Britain
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Donington Park |
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| 2 | May 27, 2018 | ||||
| 7th | 1 | June 9, 2018 |
 Czech Republic
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Brno Automotodrome |
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| 2 | June 10, 2018 | ||||
| 8th | 1 | June 23, 2018 |
 United States
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Laguna Seca Raceway |
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| 2 | June 24, 2018 | ||||
| 9 | 1 | 7th July 2018 |
Italy
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Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli |
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| 2 | July 8, 2018 | ||||
| 10 | 1 | 15th September 2018 |
 Portugal
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Autódromo Internacional do Algarve |
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| 2 | 16th September 2018 | ||||
| 11 | 1 | 29th September 2018 |
 France
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Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours |
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| 2 | September 30, 2018 | ||||
| 12 | 1 | October 13, 2018 |
 Argentina
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Autódromo de El Villicum |
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| 2 | October 14, 2018 | ||||
| 13 | 1 | October 26, 2018 |
 Qatar
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Losail International Circuit |
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| 2 | October 27, 2018 |
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.
- Remarks
- ↑ Wildcard in Aragon and Imola
- ↑ a b c Wildcard in Australia
- ↑ Regular drivers from Aragon
- ↑ Wildcard in Great Britain
- ^ Replacement for Laverty in Aragon and the Netherlands
- ^ Replacement for Hernández in Great Britain
- ↑ Wildcard in Imola
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Superbike World Championship 2018: New rules for closer racing in the WSBK. In: motorsport-magazin.com. October 25, 2017. Retrieved November 24, 2018 .
