World Supersport Championship
| World Supersport Championship | |
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 Supersport World Championship 2020
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| Vehicle type | Super athlete |
| Country or region | World Championship |
| Current name | FIM World Supersport Championship |
| First season | 1999 |
| tires | Pirelli |
| Official website | www.worldsbk.com |
The Supersport World Championship is a racing class for near-series motorcycles . It is also known under the abbreviation WSS and has been officially held as a world championship under the umbrella of the FIM since 1999 . The races take place as part of the Superbike World Championship and are often very tight due to the high power density of the motorcycles.
Racing machines that are close to series production are described as super athletes in the sense of the World Cup regulations. The maximum displacement is 600 cm³ for four-cylinder , 675 cm³ for three-cylinder and 750 cm³ for two-cylinder machines.
The first winner of the class on March 28, 1999 in Kyalami , South Africa, was Iain MacPherson from Great Britain on Kawasaki . The record world champion is the Turk Kenan Sofuoğlu with five titles won.
Supersport series
| 1990-1995 | Supersport EM (European Championship) |
| 1996 | Supersport-OM (open championship) |
| 1997-1998 | Supersport-WS (world series) |
| since 1999 | Supersport World Championship (World Championship) |
Supersport world champion
Accidents
On July 21, 2013, during the World Championship run at the Moscow Raceway in Russia, there was a serious accident with the Italian Andrea Antonelli , who sustained critical injuries. The race was stopped and the driver was immediately taken to the ambulance where the medical staff attempted to reanimate him. Despite all his efforts, Antonelli succumbed to his injuries a little later.
Media presence
The Supersport World Championship was televised on Eurosport and Eurosport 2 in 2010 .
Until 2009, the races were offered on the official website of the Supersport World Championship via livestream and were freely available.
Web links
- Official website of the Superbike World Championship (English / Italian / German)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Yahoo! Eurosport: Superbike World Championship live at Eurosport ( memento from March 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) , accessed on January 1, 2011.