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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3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
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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.
The innovations in the racing calendar were the run in Kyalami , South Africa , which was part of the program for the first time since 2002, and the relocation of the second Italian event from Vallelunga to Imola , where the World Cup last took place in 2005.
↑ Supersport Riders 2009. (No longer available online.) Sbk.perugiatiming.com, archived from the original on January 19, 2010 ; accessed on January 19, 2010 (English).