2006 Superbike World Championship |
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The 2006 Superbike World Championship was the nineteenth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 25 February at Losail, and finished on 8 October at Magny-Cours after 12 rounds and 24 races. The original season calendar issued by the FIM included a 13th round scheduled in South Africa on 22 October but the round was cancelled at the request of the series' promoter FGSport.[1]
2006 saw the return of Australian Troy Bayliss in Superbike World Championship after 3 years in MotoGP. The combination of Bayliss and Ducati proved unstoppable and they dominated the season winning 12 races, 8 of them consecutive. Honda's James Toseland and Yamaha's Noriyuki Haga battled for second with the British rider coming on top. Defending champion Troy Corser on a Suzuki was fourth. The manufacturers' championship was won by Ducati.
Race calendar and results
Championship standings
Riders' standings
Manufacturers' standings
2006 final manufacturers' standings[3] |
Pos. | Manufacturer | QAT | AUS | ESP | ITA | EUR | SMR | CZE | GBR | NED | GER | ITA | FRA | Pts |
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 | Ducati | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 450 |
2 | Honda | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 414 |
3 | Yamaha | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 401 |
4 | Suzuki | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 2 | 372 |
5 | Kawasaki | 13 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 229 |
6 | Petronas | 18 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 22 | 15 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 21 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 17 | Ret | 19 |
Pos. | Manufacturer | QAT | AUS | ESP | ITA | EUR | SMR | CZE | GBR | NED | GER | ITA | FRA | Pts |
Entry list
Team | Constructor | Motorcycle | No. | Rider | Rounds | Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra | Suzuki | Suzuki GSXR1000 K6 | 1 | Troy Corser | All | 71 | Yukio Kagayama | All | Yamaha Motor France–Ipone | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 3 | Norifumi Abe | All | 16 | Sébastien Gimbert | 1–2, 4–9, 11–12 | 61 | Lorenzo Alfonsi | 3 | Klaffi Honda | Honda | Honda CBR1000RR | 4 | Alex Barros | All | D.F.X. Treme | Honda | Honda CBR1000RR | 7 | Pierfrancesco Chili | 1–2, 6–12 | 69 | Gianluca Nannelli | 3–6 | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | All | Team Pedercini | Ducati | Ducati 999 RS | 8 | Ivan Clementi | All | 19 | Lucio Pedercini | 1–3 | 76 | Max Neukirchner | 1–6 | 80 | Kurtis Roberts | 8–12 | 91 | Paweł Szkopek | 7 | PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX10R | 9 | Chris Walker | All | 55 | Régis Laconi | All | PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse 2 | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX10R | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | All | Sterilgarda – Berik | Ducati | Ducati 999 F05 | 11 | Rubén Xaus | All | 13 | Vittorio Iannuzzo | 12 | 20 | Marco Borciani | 1–11 | Emmebi Team | Honda | Honda CBR1000RR | 12 | Ivan Goi | 11–12 | Celani Team Suzuki Italia | Suzuki | Suzuki GSXR1000 K6 | 13 | Vittorio Iannuzzo | 1–11 | Alstare Eng. Corona Extra | Suzuki | Suzuki GSXR1000 K6 | 15 | Fabien Foret | 1–7 | 76 | Max Neukirchner | 9–12 | Foggy Petronas Racing | Petronas | Petronas FP1 | 18 | Craig Jones | All | 99 | Steve Martin | All | Ducati Xerox | Ducati | Ducati 999 F06 | 21 | Troy Bayliss | All | 57 | Lorenzo Lanzi | All | Prorace | Suzuki | Suzuki GSXR1000 K6 | 22 | Miloš Čihák | 7 | SBK Team JM | Ducati | Ducati 999 RS | 23 | Jiří Mrkývka | 7 | Kawasaki Bertocchi | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX10R | 25 | Josh Brookes | 5–12 | 116 | Franco Battaini | 1–4 | Kawasaki Docshop Racing | Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX10R | 26 | Stefan Nebel | 10 | Coronas Suzuki Motorrad | Suzuki | Suzuki GSXR1000 K6 | 27 | Anthony Gobert | 3 | 35 | Sergio Fuertes | 3 | Spring Ducati | Ducati | Ducati 999 RS | 28 | Lorenzo Mauri | 4 | Winston Ten Kate Honda | Honda | Honda CBR1000RR | 31 | Karl Muggeridge | 1–2, 4–12 | 52 | James Toseland | All | 200 | Giovanni Bussei | 3 | Honda BQR | Honda | Honda CBR1000RR | 32 | Javier del Amor | 3 | 33 | José David de Gea | 3 | Yamaha Factory | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 34 | Josep Monge | 3 | Pro-SBK Racing Yamaha Junior Pro-SBK Racing | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 36 | Jiří Dražďák | 7, 10, 12 | Jafferson Racing | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 37 | Marek Svoboda | 7 | Yamaha Motor France–Ipone 2 | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 38 | Shinichi Nakatomi | All | Berten Racing | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 39 | Berto Camlek | 7 | Yamaha Motor Italia WSB | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | All | 88 | Andrew Pitt | All | Ducati SC – Caracchi | Ducati | Ducati 999 F05 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | All | Team Guandalini | Ducati | Ducati 999 RS | 66 | Norino Brignola | 3–4, 6, 11 | Virgin Mobile Yamaha | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 81 | Tommy Hill | 5, 8 | MGM – TTSL Racing | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 83 | Didier Van Keymeulen | 10 | PN Corse | Ducati | Ducati 999 RS | 85 | Valter Bartolini | 11 | 105 | Lorenzo Alfonsi | 4, 6 | D'Antin MotoGP | Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 95 | Talal Al Naimi | 1 | Motoport Den Bosch – Suzuki | Suzuki | Suzuki GSXR1000 K2 | 96 | Harry van Beek | 9 | | Key | Regular rider | Wildcard rider | Replacement rider | |
References
- ^ South African Round Cancelled[permanent dead link] motorcycle-usa.com retrieved on 14 September 2007
- ^ "Magny Cours, 6–7–8 October 2006 – Superbike – Championship Standings & Ranking Progression". sbk.perugiatiming.com. Perugia Timing. 8 October 2006. Archived from the original on April 27, 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "Magny Cours, 6–7–8 October 2006 – Superbike – Manufacturers Standings & Ranking Progression". sbk.perugiatiming.com. Perugia Timing. 8 October 2006. Retrieved 10 January 2015.[permanent dead link]