2008 World Supersport Championship

2008 World Supersport Championship

World Champion
Driver:	Andrew Pitt
Constructor:	Honda
<2007 season	2009 season>

The 2008 Supersport World Championship season was the tenth in the history of the FIM - Supersport World Championship . 13 races were held.

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

• All pilots competed on Pirelli uniform tires.

Deaths

The season was overshadowed by the death of Craig Jones , who had a fatal accident at Brands Hatch .

Race results

	date	run	route	Pole position	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	02/23	Qatar	Losail	Fabien Foret	Broc Parkes	Joan Lascorz	Craig Jones	Fabien Foret
2	02.03.	Australia	Phillip Island	Andrew Pitt	Andrew Pitt	Joshua Brookes	Robbin Harms	Robbin Harms
3	06.04.	Spain	Valencia	Andrew Pitt	Joan Lascorz	Fabien Foret	Craig Jones	Broc Parkes
4th	04/27	Netherlands	Aces	Broc Parkes	Andrew Pitt	Jonathan Rea	Joan Lascorz	Gianluca Vizziello
5	05/11	Italy	Monza	Broc Parkes	Fabien Foret	Joshua Brookes	Broc Parkes	Fabien Foret
6th	15.06.	Germany	Nürburgring	Broc Parkes	Andrew Pitt	Joshua Brookes	Broc Parkes	Broc Parkes
7th	29.06.	San Marino	Misano	Broc Parkes	Andrew Pitt	Craig Jones	Jonathan Rea	Broc Parkes
8th	07/20	Czech Republic	Brno	Broc Parkes	Jonathan Rea	Andrew Pitt	Joshua Brookes	Andrew Pitt
9	03.08.	Great Britain	Brands Hatch	Matthieu Lagrive	Jonathan Rea	Craig Jones	Andrew Pitt	Andrew Pitt
10	07.09.	Europe	Donington	Matthieu Lagrive	Joshua Brookes	Andrew Pitt	Jonathan Rea	Joshua Brookes
11	09/21	Italy	Vallelunga	Broc Parkes	Jonathan Rea	Broc Parkes	Eugene Laverty	Broc Parkes
12	05.10.	France	Magny-Cours	Broc Parkes	Andrew Pitt	Barry Veneman	Joshua Brookes	Broc Parkes
13	11/02	Portugal	Portimão	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Andrew Pitt	Joan Lascorz	Kenan Sofuoğlu

Teams and drivers

Driver ranking

rank driver motorcycle Points 1 Andrew Pitt Honda Ret 25th 0 25th 13 25th 25th 20th 16 20th Ret 25th 20th 214 2 Jonathan Rea Honda Ret 5 10 20th Ret 10 16 25th 25th 16 25th 6th 164 3 Joshua Brookes Honda 13 20th Ret 10 20th 20th 2 16 5 25th 4th 16 5 162 4th Broc Parkes Yamaha 25th Ret 13 5 16 16 6th 13 13 6th 20th Ret 5 150 5 Joan Lascorz Honda 20th 9 25th 16 7th 4th Ret 0 2 9 13 Ret 16 121 6th Fabien Foret Yamaha Ret 13 20th 13 25th 13 13 DNS Inj Inj Inj 8th 6th 111 7th Craig Jones Honda 16 0 16 7th 10 5 20th Ret 20th 100 8th Barry Veneman Suzuki 10 0 Ret 9 Ret DNS 8th 5 10 13 5 20th Ret 92 9 Robbin Harms Honda 9 16 Ret 3 5 Ret 5 Ret Ret 10 10 1 Ret 71 10 Gianluca Nannelli Honda Ret 6th 5 Ret 3 Ret 3 10 9 0 9 9 10 70 11 Gianluca Vizziello Honda 6th 8th 4th 8th Ret 2 5 4th 4th 5 1 5 8th 60 12 Massimo Roccoli Yamaha Ret 7th 9 Ret 9 Ret 9 6th 8th 0 0 10 Ret 58 13 Matthieu Lagrive Honda 5 0 3 6th 8th Ret Ret 8th 0 7th Ret 13 Ret 56 14th Mark Aitchison triumph Ret 4th 6th 5 5 Ret 10 0 Ret 3 7th DNS 7th 47 15th Didier Van Keymeulen Suzuki 0 DNS 0 Ret 0 9 0 2 Ret 8th 8th 5 1 39 16 Chris Walker Kawasaki 7th 2 7th 4th Ret 7th 4th 5 36 17th Ivan Clementi triumph 4th 5 Ret 2 0 Ret 7th 3 DNS 0 5 2 0 28 18th Josh Hayes Honda 6th 7th 13 26th 19th Kenan Sofuoğlu Honda 25th 25th 20th Vesa Kallio Honda 2 1 2 0 2 6th Ret 7th 3 Ret 23 21st Eugene Laverty Yamaha 4th 16 20th 22nd Katsuaki Fujiwara Kawasaki 1 Ret 5 Ret 1 5 Ret 0 Ret 2 0 4th 0 18th 23 Hudson Kennaugh Yamaha 6th 11 17th 24  Ángel Rodríguez Honda 8th Ret 6th 14th 25th Miguel Praia Honda 3 0 1 0 Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 Ret 4th 14th 26th Garry McCoy triumph Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret Inj Ret DNS Inj Inj Inj Inj 3 13 27 Russell Holland Honda Ret 9 Ret Ret 0 0 2 11 28 Simone Sanna Honda Ret 9 9 29 David Salom Yamaha 8th 0 0 0 0 Ret 1 21st Ret 0 0 0 9 30th Arne death triumph 8th Ret 8th 31 Robert Frost triumph 7th Ret 7th 32 Steve Plater triumph 5 5 33 Grégory Leblanc Honda 5 25th Ret Ret 23 0 0 Ret 5 Cristiano Migliorati Kawasaki 4th 4th 35 Graeme Gowland Honda Ret 3 Ret 0 Ret 0 24 Ret 1 0 0 4th 36 Patrik Vostárek Honda 0 3 0 3 37 Terence Toti Suzuki 2 2 38 Steve Martin Honda Ret 1 0 0 1 Danilo Marrancone Yamaha 1 1 Jeremy Crowe Yamaha 1 1 Ilario Dionisi triumph 0 Ret Ret 1 1 rank driver motorcycle Points

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	Honda	315
2	Yamaha	203
3	Suzuki	102
4th	triumph	77
5	Kawasaki	46

References

Web links

• Official website of the Supersport World Championship (English / Italian)

Footnotes

1. ↑ McConnell only started in the UK run
2. ↑ Harris replaced the injured Fabien Foret while running in Great Britain
3. ↑ Hill only started the run in Germany
4. ↑ Vostárek only started in the last three races
5. ↑ Aitchison did not start in France
6. ↑ Walker only started until the Czech Republic run
7. ↑ Holland started from the race in San Marino
8. ↑ Hidalgo only started in San Marino, the Czech Republic and Great Britain
9. ↑ Wildcard at the first run in Italy
10. ↑ Talmácsi only started in the first three races and the first run in Italy
11. ↑ Szkopek only started in Great Britain and the European run
12. ↑ ^{a b c} Wildcard when running in Portugal
13. ↑ Plater only started in the UK
14. ↑ McCoy only started in the first five races, in San Marino and in Portugal
15. ↑ ^{a b} Wildcard at the run in Great Britain and the European race
16. ↑ Scambia only started at the first run in Italy, in San Marino, the Czech Republic and Great Britain
17. ↑ Günther replaced Vesa Kallio from the second run in Italy
18. ↑ Kallio only started until the European run
19. ↑ Nemeth started from the race in Germany
20. ↑ Barone only started the second race in Italy
21. ↑ De Angelis only started in the first nine races
22. ↑ Leblanc only started in the first eight races
23. ↑ Hayes replaced Craig Jones from the second run in Italy
24. ↑ Cudlin only started in the second run in Italy
25. ↑ Salom did not start in Germany
26. ↑ Zappa only started at the second run in Italy
27. ↑ Clementi did not start in Great Britain
28. ↑ Laverty replaced the injured Fabien Foret in the European race and the second Italian race
29. ↑ Barragán did not start the second race in Italy
30. ↑ De Gea only started in Spain and Germany
31. ↑ Smart only started in Great Britain and the European run
32. ↑ Sofuoğlu replaced Jonathan Rea, who started in the Superbike class, at the last race of the season in Portugal
33. ↑ Dionisi only started in the first four races
34. ↑ Antonelli only started in the first two races
35. ↑ ^{a b} Wildcard when running in the Netherlands
36. ↑ Rea started in the Superbike class at the last race of the season in Portugal
37. ↑ Staring only started at the European run
38. ↑ Magda only started in the first three races, the first run in Italy, Germany and San Marino
39. ↑ ^{a b c} Wildcard when running in France
40. ↑ Nedog only started in the first five races
41. ↑ ^{a b c} Wildcard at the run in San Marino
42. ↑ Gowland did not start in the last two races
43. ↑ ^{a b} Wildcard when running in Spain
44. ↑ ^{a b} Wildcard when running in Germany
45. ↑ Coghlan only started in the Netherlands and the first race in Italy
46. ↑ Tode only started in San Marino
47. ↑ Sacchetti started from the race in the Czech Republic
48. ↑ Silva only started in Portugal
49. ↑ Wildcard at the second run in Italy
50. ↑ Crowe only started in Germany, the European run and the second run in Italy
51. ↑ Wildcard when running in Great Britain
52. ↑ Martin replaced Chris Walker from the European run
53. ↑ Wildcard at the run in the Netherlands, fixed starter at the first run in Italy
54. ↑ Subirats only started in the first two races