Supersport World Championship


























Supersport World Championship

Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event2018 Supersport World Championship
WorldSSlogo.png
Sport Motorcycle sport
Founded 1997 (World Series)
1999 (World Championship)
Country Worldwide
Most recent
champion(s)

Sandro Cortese (rider)
Yamaha (manufacturer)



Gianluca Vizziello riding the RG Team Yamaha YZF-R6 at Phillip Island


The Supersport World Championship, short WorldSSP, is a motorcycle racing competition on paved surfaces, based on mid-sized sports motorcycles. Competition machines are based on 600-750cc - depending on the number of cylinders - production-based motorcycles. The championship runs as a support class to the Superbike World Championship, which is similarly based on large production-based sports motorcycles. The championship, organized and promoted as its parent series by FGSport—renamed Infront Motor Sports in 2008[1]—until 2012 and by Dorna from the 2013 season onwards,[2] is sanctioned by the FIM.




Contents






  • 1 Overview


  • 2 Regulations


    • 2.1 Technical regulations


    • 2.2 Sporting regulations




  • 3 Champions


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Overview


Supersport was introduced as a support class to the Superbike World Championship in 1990 as a European Championship. The series allows four-cylinder engines up to 600 cubic centimetres (37 cu in), three-cylinder engines up to 675 cubic centimetres (41.2 cu in), and twin-cylinder power plants up to 750 cubic centimetres (46 cu in). In 1997 the championship became a "World Series" and the European title was given to the European Motorcycle Union's European Road Racing Championship. The full title Supersport World Championship was introduced in 1999.[3] Supersport racing has also been one of the most popular classes of national racing for many years.


Several riders who were successful in World Supersport have moved on to high-level competitions, notably, Cal Crutchlow, Chaz Davies, and Chris Vermeulen, though others such as Fabien Foret and Kenan Sofuoğlu have spent several years in this championship.


Competition in the championship is typically fierce, and season domination by a single competitor is unusual. The 2001 championship was particularly notable in this respect, the champion being Andrew Pitt who did not win a single race, but amassed a championship-winning total of points by finishing near the front of the field in almost every race.



Regulations



Technical regulations


In 2012, to be eligible for Supersport World Championship, a motorcycle must satisfy FIM's homologation requirements and have a four-stroke engine in one of the following configurations:[4]



  • Between 400 and 600 cubic centimetres (24 and 37 cu in) – 4 cylinders

  • Between 500 and 675 cubic centimetres (30.5 and 41.2 cu in) – 3 cylinders

  • Between 600 and 750 cubic centimetres (37 and 46 cu in) – 2 cylinders


As of 2015, the homologated motorcycles are Honda CBR600RR, Kawasaki ZX-6R, MV Agusta F3 675, Suzuki GSX-R600, Triumph Daytona 675 and Yamaha YZF-R6;[5] formerly homologated motorcycles include Bimota YB9, Ducati 748, Ducati 749, Honda CBR600F, Triumph Daytona 600 and Yamaha YZF600R.[6][7]


Supersport regulations are much tighter than in Superbikes. The chassis of a supersport machine must remain largely as standard, while engine tuning is possible but tightly regulated. For instance, the displacement capacity, bore and stroke must remain at the homologated size. Modifying the bore and stroke to reach class limits is not allowed.[4] As in World Superbike, a control tyre is used, although World Supersport regulations dictate that the tyres must be road legal and therefore slicks are not allowed.



Sporting regulations


A Supersport World Championship race takes place at almost every Superbike World Championship round. Starting positions are decided by the riders' fastest laps from two 45-minute qualifying sessions. Each race is approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) long. Typically, the race takes place between the two Superbike races.


The points system is the same for the riders' championship and the manufacturers' championship, but only the highest-finishing motorcycle by a particular manufacturer is awarded the points for the latter championship.











































Points scoring system
Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Points
25
20
16
13
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1


Champions






































































































































































Season
Rider champion[8]
Team
Motorcycle
Manufacturer champion[9]
World Series

1997

Italy Paolo Casoli
Gio.Ca.Moto

Ducati 748

Ducati

1998

Italy Fabrizio Pirovano
Team Alstare Corona

Suzuki GSX-R600

Suzuki
World Championship

1999

France Stéphane Chambon
Suzuki Alstare F.S.

Suzuki GSX-R600

Yamaha

2000

Germany Jörg Teuchert
Alpha Technik Yamaha

Yamaha YZF-R6

Yamaha

2001

Australia Andrew Pitt
Fuchs Kawasaki

Kawasaki ZX-6R

Yamaha

2002

France Fabien Foret

Ten Kate Honda

Honda CBR600F

Suzuki

2003

Australia Chris Vermeulen

Ten Kate Honda

Honda CBR600RR

Honda

2004

Australia Karl Muggeridge

Ten Kate Honda

Honda CBR600RR

Honda

2005

France Sébastien Charpentier

Winston Ten Kate Honda

Honda CBR600RR

Honda

2006

France Sébastien Charpentier

Winston Ten Kate Honda

Honda CBR600RR

Honda

2007

Turkey Kenan Sofuoğlu

Hannspree Ten Kate Honda

Honda CBR600RR

Honda

2008

Australia Andrew Pitt

Hannspree Ten Kate Honda

Honda CBR600RR

Honda

2009

United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow
Yamaha World Supersport

Yamaha YZF-R6

Honda

2010

Turkey Kenan Sofuoğlu

Hannspree Ten Kate Honda

Honda CBR600RR

Honda

2011

United Kingdom Chaz Davies
Yamaha ParkinGO Team

Yamaha YZF-R6

Yamaha

2012

Turkey Kenan Sofuoğlu
Kawasaki Lorenzini

Kawasaki ZX-6R

Honda

2013

United Kingdom Sam Lowes
Yakhnich Motorsport

Yamaha YZF-R6

Kawasaki

2014

Netherlands Michael van der Mark

PATA Honda World Supersport

Honda CBR600RR

Honda

2015

Turkey Kenan Sofuoğlu
Kawasaki Puccetti Racing

Kawasaki ZX-6R

Kawasaki

2016

Turkey Kenan Sofuoğlu
Kawasaki Puccetti Racing

Kawasaki ZX-6R

Kawasaki

2017

France Lucas Mahias
GRT Yamaha Official WorldSSP Team

Yamaha YZF-R6

Yamaha

2018

Germany Sandro Cortese
Kallio Racing

Yamaha YZF-R6

Yamaha


























































































By rider
Rider
Championships
Year

Turkey Kenan Sofuoğlu
5

2007, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016

France Sébastien Charpentier
2

2005, 2006

Australia Andrew Pitt
2

2001, 2008

Italy Paolo Casoli
1

1997

Italy Fabrizio Pirovano
1

1998

France Stéphane Chambon
1

1999

Germany Jörg Teuchert
1

2000

France Fabien Foret
1

2002

Australia Chris Vermeulen
1

2003

Australia Karl Muggeridge
1

2004

United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow
1

2009

United Kingdom Chaz Davies
1

2011

United Kingdom Sam Lowes
1

2013

Netherlands Michael van der Mark
1

2014

France Lucas Mahias
1

2017

Germany Sandro Cortese
1

2018



































By manufacturer
Manufacturer
Championships
Year

Japan Honda
10

2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014

Japan Yamaha
6

1999, 2000, 2001, 2011, 2017, 2018

Japan Kawasaki
3

2013, 2015, 2016

Japan Suzuki
2

1998, 2002

Italy Ducati
1

1997


See also



  • Superbike racing

  • Grand Prix motorcycle racing

  • Isle of Man TT



References





  1. ^ "Infront rebrands leading promoter in motor sport, FGSport, as Infront Motor Sports". infrontsports.com. Infront Sports & Media. 31 October 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


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  3. ^ "110th FIM anniversary – Flash Back 1996–1999". fim-live.com. Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2015.


  4. ^ ab "Road Racing FIM Superbike & Supersport World Championships & FIM Superstock Cup regulations 2012" (PDF). v2-fim-live.com. Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. Retrieved 8 November 2012.


  5. ^ "Listing of FIM homologated motorcycles for 2015". fim-live.com. Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.


  6. ^ "Superbike/Supersport World Championships: rules, time schedule, wild-card riders in Kyalami, list of homologated motorcycles". fim.ch. Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 18 March 1999. Archived from the original on 11 October 1999. Retrieved 20 March 2015.


  7. ^ "Listing of FIM homologated motorcycles for 2007" (PDF). v2-fim-live.com. Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 5 April 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2015.


  8. ^ "Supersport Champions - Riders". oldsbk.perugiatiming.com. Superbike World Championship. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.


  9. ^ "Supersport Champions - Manufacturers". oldsbk.perugiatiming.com. Superbike World Championship. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.




External links


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